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
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Discusses the elements involved in the development of a curriculum and the future consequences of its use.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 19, no. 2, Spring, 1995, pp. 181-203
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Examines the writings of Brigham Young to reconstruct some of the epidemiological events that affected Indigenous people in what is now Utah while was being colonized.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 7, no. 3, Series 2: Contemporary American Indian Poetry, Fall, 1995, pp. 51-70
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Looks at alternative critical strategies, in contemporary Navajo poetry, which enable readers and critics in consciously interactive and intersubjective engagements with the poems.
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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
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Discusses several components of cross-cultural teachers: identification and criteria of effective teachers and the important knowledge to have.
Dwellings: A Spiritual History of the Living World
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Linda Hogan
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Author explores her lifelong love of the living world and all its inhabitants.
Chapter from Dwellings: A Spiritual History of the Living World by Linda Hogan.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 19, no. 1, 1995, pp. 119-131
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Examines the 1988 U.S. Indian Gaming Regulatory Act as a vehicle for self-government; also argues that there is a need to look at pathological gambling behaviour in the state.
Library & Information Science Research, vol. 17, no. 1, Winter, 1995, pp. 49-67
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Analyzed the literature on gaming and natural resource exploitation in terms of authors, publication forms, type of source, titles of frequently cited works, and age of publication. Compared results to previous study by Metoyer-Duran.
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 18, no. 2, January 1979, pp. [28-32]
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Outlines criteria for a successful Native American program, lists some objectives and argues that changes should be initiated by educators and school administrators.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 19, no. 3, Summer, 1995, pp. 319-339
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Author examines 13 treaties made between 1736 and 1762 and collected for publication by Benjamin Franklin; argues that the texts of the treaties demonstrate not only the influence of the Iroquois signatories, but also their worldview and spiritual practice, and function as a form of ritual or ceremony.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 7, no. 3, Religions, Summer, 1983, pp. 69-92
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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.
Journal of the American Institute for Conservation, vol. 23, no. 1, Autumn, 1983, pp. [1]-6
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Discusses conservation treatment methods using the following considerations: unresolved questions regarding legal ownership, potential for treatments to prejudice future treatment options and the analytical value, consideration of non-physical aspects.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 19, no. 4, 1995, pp. 1-124
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When law suits arose claiming that there had been damage done to Native culture by the March 1989 oil spill, the Exxon Corporation responded that Aboriginal culture had already been "smashed" and that the small differences between Natives and non-Natives in the spill area were "ethnic" and not cultural in nature.
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 34, no. 3, Spring, 1995, pp. [28-50]
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Data suggests that personal investments like sense of self, purpose and competence, together with a task, like striving for excellence, are the most important factors when determining academic achievement and school retention.
Child Welfare, vol. 74, no. 1, January-February 1995, pp. 264-82
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Discusses the law passed in 1978 as result of actions initiated by the Devils Lake Sioux in collaboration with the Association on American Indian Affairs (AIAA); the objective was to reverse the trend of out-of-home placement, and in particular trans-racial placements.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 7, no. 1, 1983, pp. 23-40
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Describes how this project, which included 6 dams, destroyed over 550 square miles of tribal land and displaced more than 900 Native American families.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 7, no. 4, Autumn, 1983, pp. 25-36
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Delves into Indigenous alcohol consumption by examining scholarly work and telling the story of a disillusioned Indigenous person named Plain Peterson.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 19, no. 1, Winter, 1995, pp. 75-89
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Article examines different telling of the Hopi origins narrative, discusses the different elements and what they might say about Hopi culture. Considers different characters in the story and explores the cultural understanding of them as heroes/villains.
Saskatchewan History, vol. 36, no. 3, Autumn, 1983, pp. 94-101
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Describes the resistance of Nekaneet (Foremost Man or Front Man) and those that followed him, to the attempts of the Canadian government to settle the First Nations onto reserves. Argues that Nekaneet’s goal was a reserve in the Cypress Hills.
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Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 7, no. 1, Series 2, Spring, 1995, pp. 97-101
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Forum includes:
From the ASAIL President.
ASAIL Sessions at ALA, Baltimore, 26-28 May 1995.
Book Review Editor Announced.
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Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 7, no. 2, Series 2, Summer, 1995, pp. 45-72
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Forum includes:
Lonesome Duck: The Blueing of a Texas-American Myth.
Mourning Dove: Editing in All Directions to "Get Real".
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