Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 18, no. 3, Fall, 2006, pp. 3-13
Description
Reflects on the contributions of Blackfeet author James Welch as a poet and philosopher who sought alternate ways of explaining issues using narration, passion, and commitment.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 3.
Hastings Race & Poverty Law Journal, vol. 4, no. 1, 2006-2007, pp. 45-129
Description
Brief overview of government policies aimed at eradicating Native Americans, discussion of how schools fit into achieving these goals, and possibilities for achieving redress through litigation.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 18, no. 3, Fall, 2006, pp. 90-97
Description
Argues that James Welch's work Fools Crow constructs the story of first contact from within Native American subjectivity and redefines the meanings of religion, culture and virtue by exploring the gap that exists between official national histories, early novels by Euroamericans, and the voice of Native Americans.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 90.
Educational Foundations, vol. 20, no. 3/4, Summer/Fall, 2006, p. 69
Description
Looks at the inner psychic conflicts of American Indian boarding school students in Indian boarding school environments, the interactions between aspects of the school environment, and the cultural and political beliefs complex process of assimilation that occurs in Indian boarding school residential settings.
Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part C: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Endocrinology, vol. 124, no. 2, October 1999, pp. 181-186
Description
Reports the mercury levels in five subsistence fish, northern pike, burbot, whitefish, grayling and sheefish, from the Yukon-Kuskokwim delta region of Alaska.
Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research, vol. 42, no. 6, December 1999, pp. 1311-1322
Description
Investigated age, gender, ethnic background and history of middle ear disease as factors affecting the degree of hearing impairment. The article also discusses how language acquisition can be affected due to hearing loss.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 18, no. 2, Summer, 2006, pp. 83-104
Description
Explains how Cheyenne text-images including glyphs, pictographs, winter counts, and ledger books helped sustain a unique literature form and present a legitimate alternative to European defined literacy.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 83.
Co-Operative Partnerships in Teacher Education: Proceedings of the 31st Annual ATEE Conference, October 21-25 2006, Portorož,, Slovenia
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jane McCarthy
Virginia Usnick
Larry Wallen
Description
Describes partnership to enhance student learning through linking traditional values and philosophy, improved professional teacher practice and increased parental involvement.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 23, no. 2, 1999, pp. 137-143
Description
Explains that hikwsi, which has often been translated as soul or a person's death breath, is much more complex and is actually used to explain human structure and behaviour.
Comments on public artworks by artist Edgar Heap of Birds, including a video presentation at Times Square and a large installation for the Denver Art Museum.
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 45, no. 2, 2006, pp. 77-88
Description
Discussion of the workshop Improving Academic Performance Among American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian Students, including major issues, challenges, solutions and summary.
Discusses the history of American archaeology in conflict with Native Americans specifically the battle for Kennewick Man/The Ancient one and solutions to the conflict.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 23, no. 1, Winter, 1999, pp. 45-53
Description
Author explores the different characteristics and purposes of storytelling, comparing Indigenous and Western traditions, oral vs written storytelling, and the different cultural values that are embedded in the stories.
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 14, no. 1, Spring, 1999, pp. 147-163
Description
Looks at the historical relationship, from a small town perspective, between people on the Nez Perce reservation and the United States, be it government or local level interactions.
Aboriginal Concerns: Self-Government, Nunavut, Repatriation, Representation, and Aboriginal Media
E-Books » Chapters
Description
Book based on presentations given at a colloquium of the same name. Part V contains Aboriginal content.
To access chapter, scroll down to appropriate page.
Chapter 36: Converging or Diverging Pathways to Aboriginal Self-Determination? Indigenous Peoples, Self-Government, and the Federation by Frances Abele and Michael J. Prince. (p.443)
Chapter 37: Keynote Address on Nunavut: Convergence and Divergence in North America: Canada and the United States by Donat Savoie. ( p.
Journal of American Institute for Conservation, vol. 38, no. 1, 1999, pp. 45-54
Description
Analysis of the two paintings uses evidence to formulate a hypothesis as to why the artist, Albert Biestadt painted two versions and in what order they were painted.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 11, no. 1, Series 2, Spring, 1999, pp. [82]-96
Description
Discusses the fact that despite many differences, all tribes exhibit similar attitudes about what constitutes a "worthy" husband and the proposal / marriage process.
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Looks at the conflict regarding the monument of Crazy Horse. The Indian organization Defenders of the Black Hills argue the monument is an environmental and spiritual violation.
North Dakota Law Review, vol. 82, no. 3, The Pedagogy of American Indian Law, 2006, pp. 849-862
Description
Looks at creating a tribal court emphasis within an existing clinic curriculum to cover basic principles of federal Indian law and the clinical skills needed to practice in a court setting.
Scroll down to page 849 to read article.