American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 7, no. 4, 1983, pp. 51-68
Description
Explains why political power has eluded Native Americans and what chance they have in becoming a participating and policymaking force in mainstream American society.
American Quarterly, vol. 33, no. 5, American Culture and the American Frontier, Winter, 1981, pp. 502-524
Description
Contends that the Cherokee Nation was perceived, manipulated, and distorted according to the society of the times, which had its own multiple and internal conflicts.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 5, no. 4, 1981, pp. 41-44
Description
Discusses the National Endowment for the Humanities' recently adopted code for awarding research grants in the field of Native American cultural studies. Includes text of code.
Peabody Journal of Education, vol. 61, no. 1, The Transcultural Education of American Indian and Alaska Native Children: Teachers and Students ..., Autumn, 1983, pp. 49-66
Description
Discusses the elements involved in the development of a curriculum and the future consequences of its use.
Peabody Journal of Education, vol. 61, no. 1, The Transcultural Education of American Indian and Alaska Native Children: Teachers and Students ..., Autumn, 1983, pp. 86-108
Description
Discusses several components of cross-cultural teachers: identification and criteria of effective teachers and the important knowledge to have.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 7, no. 3, Religions, Summer, 1983, pp. 69-92
Description
Using Hopi creation myths to examine how tribal mythology dictates how Indigenous communities are organized, develop their religions, and met challenges for their own survival.
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 1, no. 1, 1981, pp. 89-100
Description
Four leaders: Maniilaq, Punginguhk, Uyagaq and Egaq and their influence on maintaining Inuit cultural patterns through creative accommodation to white contact.
[This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color
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Author/Creator
Barbara Cameron
Description
Author writes about her experiences with racism, both as an American Indian and as a lesbian.
Excerpt from This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color edited by C. Moraga, G. Anzaldua.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 5, no. 3, 1981, pp. 1-12
Description
Looks at cross-cultural language shift, cultural resistance to it's assimilationist effects, and connection between literary output and political activism.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 7, no. 1, 1983, pp. 1-21
Description
Describes the unique legal status and events leading to the passing of the Pueblo Lands Act, signed into law by President Calvin Coolidge on June 9, 1924.
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 21, no. 1, October 1981, pp. [1-9]
Description
Argues that multicultural commitments in American society lack meaningful substance and that Native cultures are suppressed by the policies and actions of the government.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal , vol. 5, no. 1, 1981, pp. 81-92
Description
Argues that radio and television portrayals mirrored earlier treatments in film and print, and that they were driven by economics and programming requirements.
Current Anthropology, vol. 24, no. 4, August-October 1983, pp. 443-470
Description
A gender mixing phenomenon in which individuals, usually male, adopt some of the social characteristics, occupational roles, clothing and sexual behaviours of the opposite sex.
American Journal of Public Health, vol. 71, no. 4, April 1981, pp. 403-407
Description
Contends that incidence of abortions and tubal sterilizations is still lower among Navajo women than among the total United States population, but it has risen, especially among 20-34 year olds.