Science News, vol. 150, no. 14, October 5, 1996, pp. 216-217
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Contends that rock and cave art may offer insights about the trance-induced, supernatural journeys and spiritual sightings of shamans around the world.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 20, no. 3/4, To Hear the Eagles Cry: Contemporary Themes in Native American Spirituality (Parts 1 & 2), Summer/Fall, 1996, pp. 467-[?]
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Explains the dialogue between those who know spirituality through direct experience and those whose have written about Native Spirituality from the outside.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 20, no. 1, Winter, 1996, pp. 91-[?]
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Introduction to a special issue on interpretation and presentation of Native American history and culture; eight authors present perspectives on methods, ethics and issues of the non-Native American as the historian.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 8, no. 2, Series 2; Teaching American Indian Literatures, Summer, 1996, pp. [47]-58
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Discusses a class in which each lecturer took a different approach to the novel; one from the perspective of Native American literature as unique, the other from the perspective of similarities to any work of great literature.
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American Antiquity, vol. 61, no. 1, January 1996, pp. 136-148
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Using the Pot Creek Pueblo, New Mexico digging site for a critical look at errors in obsidian hydration dates and limitations of this dating technique.
Journal of Historical Sociology, vol. 9, no. 2, June 1996, pp. [188]-212
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Argues that rather than being a case cultural differences, the crime was motivated by extreme hunger as well an act of resistance against federal government authority and policies.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 20, no. 2, Repatriation: An Interdisciplinary Dialogue, Spring, 1996, pp. 209-228
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Authors attempt to justify delays in the repatriation of human remains to the Indigenous Nations to which they belong, as mandated by the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) by arguing for the anthropological benefits of continued study of the remains.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 8, no. 4, Series 2; European Writings on Native American Literatures, Winter, 1996, pp. [13]-20
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Traces the manifestations of power in four generations of fictional women: Pauline Puyat, Marie Lazarre, Zelda Kashpaw and her daughter Albertine.
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Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 20, no. 1, Voices From The Commons, Spring, 1996
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Promotes womens' input into decisions about the future of the fisheries industry, arguing that women are familiar with the needs of the rural communities that they live in.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 20, no. 6, November/December 1996, pp. 22-23
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Conference hosted by the Centre for Appropriate Technology (CAT) included workshops on women in communication, water, waste, transport, and shelter and environment.
Journal of Museum Ethnography, vol. 8, May 1996, pp. 41-58
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Discusses repatriation request by the Pine Ridge Wounded Knee Survivors Association for articles housed at the Art Gallery and Museum in Kelvingrove, Glasgow. Articles included a necklace, moccasins, Sioux cradle and Ghost Shirt.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 20, no. 1, 1996, pp. 27-41
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Examines two spheres of discourse, the written and the oral tradition and argues the novel affirms the oral tradition in written form, in terms of identity, community, continuity and change.