MELUS, vol. 17, no. 1, Native American Fiction: Myth and Criticism , Spring, 1991-1992, pp. [21]-38
Description
Contends that despite commonalities between the two figures, many more dissimilarities exist due to differences in Aboriginal and Western cultures and worldviews.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 3, no. 2, Series 2, Summer, 1991, pp. 28-35
Description
Introduces a proposal for a composition course that is based on American Indian autobiography, and is designed for upper-level English majors.
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Change, vol. 23, no. 2, March/April 1991, pp. 11-18
Description
Explores Indian higher education beginning with early colonial efforts to the federal control focused on assimilation efforts and finally the move to self controlled Tribal colleges.
Council of Planning Librarians Exchange Bibliography ; 594
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
James N. Kerri
Description
Supplement to the general bibliography section of American Indians (U.S. & Canada): A Bibliography of Contemporary Studies and Urban Research compiled by James N. Kerri.
Dated material. Published in 1974.
Explores the historical relationship between a variety of dances and games and fertility rites belonging to the Iroquoian and Muskogean linguistic families.
Journal of Reading, vol. 35, no. 1, September 1991, pp. 66-69
Description
Book reviews of:
The American Indians in America (volume 2) by Jayne Clark Jones.
America's Fascinating Indian Heritage.
Canyons by Gary Paulsen.
Girl in Buckskin by Dorothy Gilman.
The Night the White Deer Died by Gary Paulsen.
The Owl's Song by Janet Campbell Hale.
The Shadow Brothers by A.E. Cannon.
Review of the filmstrip: A Look at Native Americans
Studies in American Indian Lilteratures, vol. 3, no. 3, Series 2 , Fall, 1991, pp. 88-90
Description
Looks at a number of noteworthy books and articles that were not reviewed in the issue.
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American Indian Quarterly, vol. 15, no. 3, American Indian Family History, Summer, 1991, pp. 339-358
Description
Author challenges the assumption that population growth among Indigenous people during the early reservation period was an indicator of the success of the reservation health care system. Argues that maternal/infant health is a better indicator and considers the Northern Cheyenne people as an ethnohistorical example.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 15, no. 1, Winter, 1991, pp. 65-89
Description
Article attempts to examine some of the reasons the Chumash people elected to be baptized, the consequences for that choice, and the resistance (both overt and subversive) that they offered to Christian missionaries.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 3, no. 3, Series 2, Fall, 1991, pp. 39-44
Description
Commentary includes:
From the Secretary-Treasurer by Elizabeth H. McDade
From the Editors by Helen Jaskoski & Robert M. Nelson
1992 ContinuedCall for Creative WorkUpdate on "Returning the Gift"Opportunity for BenefactorsInvitation to ReviewersDirectory of American Indian WritersAICA Tour
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Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 3, no. 4, Series 2, Winter, 1991, pp. 41-46
Description
Presents commentary from the editors and also includes:
More Grizzly Women by Dell Hymes, with a response by Craig Thompson
Call for Creative WorkCall for Papers on Critical Approaches to American Indian Literatures
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National Forum, vol. 71, no. 2, Spring, 1991, pp. [31-33?]
Description
Looks at the Seneca Nation Settlement Act of 1990 that compensated for the failure of the United States federal government to carry out trust responsibilities and to protect interests.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 1, no. 1, Spring, 1974, pp. 1-26
Description
An examination of portrayals of Indigenous peoples in fictional writings and how they reflected the prejudices of the time and helped to perpetuate stereotypes.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 15, no. 1, 1991, pp. 1-28
Description
Chronicles the efforts of the Menominee Tribe to resist the efforts of the so-called Pine Ring in order to obtain control of their large stand of virgin timber.