American Indian Quarterly, vol. 3, no. 4, Winter, 1977-1978, pp. 335-356
Description
Author argues that violence in Cherokee communities can be attributed to the combination social-structural problems found on reservations and the erosion of traditional cultural norms.
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 18, no. 2, Autumn, 2003, pp. 127-134
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Highlights the importance of incorporating the Ojibwa's cultural history in the analysis of their sacred stories and explores the variety and many versions of stories regarding Anishinaabe myth.
Discusses differences between Western and Indigenous understandings of what maps are, how they are made, how they look and what they do using two examples: one a drawing of north-eastern Siberia by a Chukchi man, the other by Sami of Lapland using marks on a drum in conjunction with Shamanistic performances as a means of mapping physical, spiritual and temporal elements of the environment.
Futures, vol. 35, no. 9, November 2003, pp. 917-929
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Author predicts that Indigenous values surviving in the future will be the exception, but argues that they enrich both Indigenous and mainstream societies.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 3, no. 1, Spring, 1977, pp. 16-36
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A discussion about the meaning of dependency in regards to traditional Indigenous cultures which are based on cooperation and relationships Dependencies can be in the form of customs and beliefs.
Hypatia, vol. 18, no. 2, Special Issue: Indigenous Women in the Americas, May 2003, pp. 32-57
Description
Analyzes effects of western ideas of self, other and feminism on women who migrate between altered states of consciousness in order to heal and mediate with the spirit world (Machi).