Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 26, no. 4, Tribal College Governance, Summer, 2015
Description
Group at the Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute campus has identified four actionable priorities as part of their strategy addressing climate change.
Three case studies illustrate the use of the Food Sovereignty Assessment Tool: Cochiti Pueblo, Diné Policy Institute, and the Mvskoke Food Sovereignty Initiative.
Dine Clans and Climate Change: A Historical Lesson for Land Use Today
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Klara Kelley
Harris Francis
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 43, no. 1, 2019, pp. 55-82
Description
Authors describes the Diné system of clans and kinship, and suggest that rooted as it is in an ethic of universal relatedness, it might hold solutions for dealing with environmental and political instability.
Report includes the following papers:
Report of the Chief by M. W. Stirling
The Acoma Indians by Leslie A. White
Isleta, New Mexico by Elsie Clews Parsons
Introduction to Zuñi Ceremonialism by Ruth L. Bunzel
Zuñi Origin Myths by Ruth L. Bunzel
Zuñi Ritual Poetry by Ruth L. Bunzel
Zuñi Katcinas by Ruth L. Bunzel
Report includes the following papers:
Report of the Chief by J. Walter Fewkes
The Osage Tribe: Two Versions of the Child-Naming Rite by Francis La Flesche
Wawenock Myth Texts from Maine by Frank G. Speck
Native Tribes and Dialects of Connecticut: A Mohegan-Pequot Diary by Frank G. Speck
Picuris Children's Stories by John P. Harrington and Helen H. Roberts
Iroquoian Cosmology - Second Part by J. N. B. Hewitt
Looks at the religious considerations underlying construction of the Great North Road and other Chaco roads uniting the Chaco world and its works with its spiritual landscape.
Outlines a scientific history of uranium, and looks at the traditional Navajo’s belief system regarding uranium and milling as a disruption in the balance of earth and sky.
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Report includes the following papers:
Tusayan Migration Traditions by Jesse Walter Fewkes
Localization of Tusayan Clans by Cosmos Mindeleff
Mounds in Northern Honduras by Thomas Gann
Mayan Calendar Systems by Cyrus Thomas
Primitive Numbers by W. J. McGee
Numeral Systems of Mexico and Central America by Cyrus Thomas
Tusayan Flute and Snake Ceremonies by Jesse Walter Fewkes
The Wild Rice Gatherers of the Upper Lakes by Albert Ernest Jenks
Stealing/Steeling the Spirit: American Indian Identities ; and Smoke Screens/Smoke Signals: Looking Through Worlds: Proceedings of the Third and Fourth Native American Symposiums
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Gerald D. Waite
Description
Examines the effects of cultural theft that infringes upon religious rituals and ceremonies within Native American cultures.
Digital Library Perspectives, vol. 34, no. 3, August 13, 2018, pp. 200-214
Description
Authors use a critical making methodology to engage with the Zuni Pueblo people in the digital humanities project, Zuni Language Materials Collection; argue that collaboration with members of the community of creation dramatically improved item description, collection discoverability and collection interactivity.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 19, no. 3, 1995, pp. 33-70
Description
Looks at the historical relationship between the Laguna Pueblo of New Mexico and the westward expansion of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroads, including the eventual removal of the Laguna Pueblo to Richmond, California.
Where No One Else Has Gone Before: Proceedings of the Ninth Native American Symposium
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Frederic Murray
Description
Examines two themes: the violent nature of Great Basin Indian history, and the sacred and cultural landscapes described by the salt songs of the Nuwuvi people.
Solar Energy Development Programmatic EIS: Information Centre
Web Sites » Governmental
Description
Website focuses on identifying the locations most suitable for utility-scale solar energy development, and evaluating potential environmental, social, and economic effects.
To accompany film The Sun Dagger about discovery of a prehistoric calendar system in Chaco Canyon, New Mexico and the culture that built the site. Guide is for grades seven to twelve. Contains lesson plans, handouts and suggested readings.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 28, no. 1, Special Issue on Teaching Leslie Marmon Silkos Ceremony, 2004, pp. 41-52
Description
Looks at Silko's novel Ceremony and the climax of the novel, a witches’ ceremony—at Cañoncito, southeast of the Jackpile Uranium Mine. The article also discusses how Tayo, the main character, must restore harmony between the land and his people.
Journal of Religion & Film, vol. 18, no. 1, 2014, p. Article 40
Description
Film reviews of:
40 Years Celebrating Wounded Knee directed by Christopher Marshall.
The Medicine Game directed by Lukas Korver.
Shouting Secrets directed by Korinna Sehringer.
Spirit in Glass: Plateau Native Beadwork.
Winter in the Blood directed by Alex Smith and Andrew J. Smith.
Yellow Fever: The Navajo Uranium Legacy directed by Sophie Rousmaniere.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 24, no. 4, 2000, pp. 107-125
Description
Describes the destruction of the wolf and argues that with the reintroduction of the wolf to their native habitat, there may be a restored harmony and balance for the Navajo people.