CR: The New Centennial Review, vol. 4, no. 1, Spring, 2004, pp. 189-209
Description
Analysis of pseudo-Indian mascots and anti-Indian symbols in sports, arguing they offer, sometimes in a powerful way, insights into race and race relations.
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 19, no. 2, Autumn, 2004, pp. 33-48
Description
Article contends that the United States, as the last significant colonial power, still dominates indigenous peoples in external territories without their full consent. The paper argues that images of cowboys and Indians are a part of colonial history that asserts white supremacy and Indigenous inferiority.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 28, no. 4, 2004, pp. 1-35
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Authors contend that finalism serves as a mechanism that aids the development and maintenance of social amnesia about Native identities and accomplishments, creating a situtation in which Native voices are not just viewed as irrelevant, but also anti-American.
[Engaging/Performing Theories of Decolonizing Research]
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Julie Kaomea
Description
Author discusses her efforts to reconcile competing expectations of her community and the academy by developing a hybrid research methodology.
Chapter one from Decolonizing Research in Cross-Cultural Contexts edited by Kagendo Mutua and Beth Blue Swadener.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 20, no. 1, Writing about (Writing about) American Indians, Winter, 1996, pp. 29-39
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Authors examines the moral ethics, professional responsibilities, and the potential pitfalls for historians and other academics who are studying and writing about the history of what are now the Americas, and about Indigenous peoples and cultures.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 20, no. 3, Special Issue on The Shadow Catcher: The Uses of Native American Photography, 1996, pp. 111-128
Description
Looks at the Western image of the Native American as determined by photographs.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 20, no. 3, Special Issue on The Shadow Catcher: The Uses of Native American Photography, 1996, pp. 129-136
Description
Examines the different perspectives archivists and Aboriginal versus non-Aboriginal users have in terms of photogragh use.
Cultural Anthropology, vol. 11, no. 4, November 1996, pp. 547-576
Description
Investigates the deconstruction of Native American identity, bloodlines, racism, and stereotypes by examining the works of Native American visual artists and authors.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 20, no. 1, Writing about (Writing about) American Indians, Winter, 1996, pp. 49-55
Description
Author criticizes the ways that History scholars portray Indigenous peoples in their writings with a particular focus on Richard White’s The Middle Ground: Indians, Empires, and Republics in the Great Lakes Region, 1650-1815.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 20, no. 3, Special Issue on The Shadow Catcher: The Uses of Native American Photography, 1996, pp. 51-64
Description
Examines some photographers' motivations for doing photographs and the reactions of those being photographed, and argues that Natives Americans wish to preserve and interpret their own histories with photographs that illustrate all facets of their lives.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 20, no. 3, Special Issue on The Shadow Catcher: The Uses of Native American Photography, 1996, pp. 83-91
Description
Looks at Navajo photography from a Navajo’s point of view, both as subject and as photographer.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 20, no. 1, Writing about (Writing about) American Indians, Winter, 1996, pp. 41-47
Description
Article examines, compares, and critiques different stereotypes of Indigenous peoples that were promoted by social scientists and the tourism and film industries in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 20, no. 3, Special Issue on The Shadow Catcher: The Uses of Native American Photography, 1996, pp. 65-81
Description
Paper argues that the Navajo never had much, if any, input into their image presentation within photography and discusses the implications of this lack of input.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 20, no. 3, Special Issue on The Shadow Catcher: The Uses of Native American Photography, 1996, pp. 93-110
Description
Discusses the duel challenge of photographing Zuni religious ceremonies and how old photos now pose a new set of challenges to museums and archives, namely accessibility, privacy, and artist/owner rights.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 28, no. 4, 2004, pp. 93-105
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Examines racial and gender tensions during the Vietnam War and explains how Red Earth, a novel by Phillip Red Eagle, urges readers to question antagonism based on race and or gender and move toward a healthier alternative.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 28, no. 4, 2004, pp. 131-181
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Book reviews of :
American Indian Education, a History by Jon Allan Reyhner and Jeanne Eder.
The Anguish of Snails: Native American Folklore in the West by Barre Toelken.
Battle for the BIA: G.E.E. Lindquist and the Missionary Crusade against John Collier by David W.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 28, no. 2, 2004, pp. 137-188
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Book reviews of:
America’s Second Tongue: American Indian Education and the Ownership of English, 1860–1900 by Ruth Spack.
Anthropologists and Indians in the New South edited by Rachel A. Bonney and J.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 20, no. 3, Special Issue on The Shadow Catcher: The Uses of Native American Photography, 1996, pp. 33-49
Description
Argues that only the views directly expressed by Aboriginal peoples or Indigenous authorities have validity in determining what is, and what is not appropriate, in the cross cultural experience of displaying photographs.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 20, no. 1, Winter, 1996, pp. 91-[?]
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Introduction to a special issue on interpretation and presentation of Native American history and culture; eight authors present perspectives on methods, ethics and issues of the non-Native American as the historian.
The English Journal, vol. 93, no. 4, March 2004, pp. 64-69
Description
Examines how the works of Blackfeet author James Welch can be used to overcome Native American stereotypes and be used to explore themes of identity, family and love.