Living in a (Schrodinger’s) Box: Jimmie Durham’s Strategic Use of Ambiguity
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Suzanne Newman Fricke
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 43, no. 4, Fraud in Native American Communities: Essays in Honor of Suzan Shown Harjo, 2019, pp. 55-64
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A discussion of how the artist and his supporters continue to identify him as Cherokee, despite his own admission of not being a member of the Cherokee Nation.
Website makes accessible 570 objects, 2600 written documents, 500 black and white photographs and 8 sound recordings from the Shotridge collection featuring southeastern Alaskan Native history and culture.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 22, no. 3, Fall, 2010, pp. 77-81
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Book review of: Manifesting America: The Imperial Construction of U.S. National Space by Mark Rifkin.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access review, scroll to page 77.
American Literature, vol. 82, no. 4, December 2010, pp. 837-839
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Book reviews of:
Mapping the Americas: The Transnational Politics of Contemporary Native Culture by Shari M. Huhndorf
Manifesting America: The Imperial Construction of U.S. National Space by Mark Rifkin
Book reviews found by scrolling to page 837.
MELUS, vol. 25, no. 3/4, Autumn-Winter, 2000, pp. 31-64
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Discussion on the poetic re-imaginings in Tekonwatonti, Molly Brant by Maurice Kenny, in order to reconstruct the times, life, and land of Molly Brant.
Critical Public Health, vol. 10, no. 2, 2000, pp. 243-256
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Examines the holistic and spiritual concepts of health among Indigenous peoples in North America and Australia as opposed to western medicine's linear approach.
American Quarterly, vol. 62, no. 3, September 2010, pp. 639-661
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Looks at how Todd Downing appropriates and refigures Mexico's Indigenous history and culture to reveal evidence of the modern Indigenous people obscured by Indigenismo discourse. The article also anticipates the anticolonial discourses of the American Indian civil rights movement.
Black Diaspora Review , vol. 1, no. 2, Spring, 2010, pp. 4-30
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Analysis of the three groups looks at internal problems encountered, the role and contributions of women, and methods used by the groups to get noticed.
Journal of Indigenous Research, vol. 7, no. 1, Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women , 2019, p. Article 2
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Profiles activities of two post-secondary students. The discussion includes motivations, tactics and what can be learned by other Indigenous student activists.
Great Plains Quarterly, vol. 39, no. 4, Fall, 2019, pp. 341-362
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Uses elder interviews, archival analysis, and behavioral observation to explore the cultural and communications practices of the Lakota people; relates those practices to the core cultural values of kinship and relationality; the idea that all people/things are related.
Journal of Indigenous Voices in Social Work, vol. 1, no. 1, February 2010, pp. 1-18
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Study examines issues of diversity disaster relief, recovery and the need to develop culturally appropriate methods for future training and preparation.
Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls: We Demand More: A Corrected Research Study of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women & Girls in Washington State
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Abigail Echo-Hawk
Adrian Dominguez
Lael Echo-Hawk
Description
Challenges efficacy of information found in the Missing & Murdered Native American Women Report issued by the Washington State Patrol.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 34, no. 3, Summer, 2010, pp. 285-311
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Looks at the development of Indigenous businesses to achieve ethical, culturally appropriate, and successful Indigenous participation in tourism and the global economy.
American Literature, vol. 82, no. 1, March 2010, pp. 183-186
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Book reviews of:
Moving Encounters: Sympathy and the Indian Question in Antebellum Literature by Laura L. Mielke
The Transatlantic Indian, 1776-1930 by Kate Flint All That Remains: Varieties of Indigenous Expression by Arnold Krupat.
Scroll down to page 183 to see reviews.
Looks at the negotiation for sacred lands in South Dakota and Arizona as an example of the relationship between Native populations and the American government.
Canadian Journal of Law and Society, vol. 25, no. 1, 2010, pp. 21-49
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Looks at various socially and culturally constructed categories of discrimination and demonstrates the need for courts to employ multidimensionality theory in cases of complex oppression.
Journal of the Early Republic, vol. 30, no. 4, Winter, 2010, pp. 505-532
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Looks at the linguistic precursor to biological essentialism, evidence of white philologists’ reliance on Native tutors and discusses why the federal government began moving toward assimilation.
BC Studies , no. 200, 50th Anniversary, Winter, 2019, pp. 19-26
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Armstrong gives her personal account of the Indigenous rights movements that took place in British Columbia and across Canada, connecting the events and attitudes of the time to the larger Civil Rights Movement taking place across the continent and to other contemporary social/cultural shifts.
Critical Inquiry, vol. 27, no. 1, Autumn, 2000, pp. 122-148
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Describes how the arrival of six Inuit individuals in New York City in 1897 accompanied by explorer Robert Perry increased the public interest in, "Eskimos."
Outlines the negative effects that colonialism has had on traditional Cheyenne kinship systems and gender relations. Examines familial relationships in terms of roles and responsibilities, and as a means of imparting the traditional values of respect, reciprocity and balance.
Focuses on two major concerns raised throughout first decade's results from the National Indian Education Study: contextual factors associated with higher- and lower-performing students and how students see themselves in terms of their languages, culture and hopes for the future.
Studies related to academic performance of fourth- and eighth-grade students in mathematics and reading, and their school experiences.
Focuses on four areas: strengthening Tribal control; investing in cultural and language revitalization; hiring Native American staff and administrators, and promoting interagency coordination.
Webinar focusing on research conducted by the Urban Indian Health Institute to develop a database regarding missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls, key findings from the initiative, and future directions.
Duration: 50:56.
Donald L. Fixico, policy historian, speaks about relationships, places of reference, stories and legends and his latest book, Inside the Lodge: American Indian Oral Tradition, Myth, and Oral History.
Duration: 1:01:47.
Administrative Office of the Courts. Center for Families
Children & The Courts
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Looks at project (NACJP) that assesses the needs of Native American victims of family violence in California. Provides key findings, identifies solutions and next steps.
Provides information on definitions of abuse, indicators, typical abusers and victims, tribal awareness and handling of the issue, resources for reporting and /or treatment, and the role of the National Indian Council on Aging.
Literature review discusses significant issues such as federal policies, historical influences, existing sources of data, and methodological problems in gathering information.