Third Text, vol. 27, no. 1, Contemporary Art and the Politics of Ecology, January 2013, pp. 17-28
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Discusses how several Aboriginal artists have incorporated the traditional worldview, in which everything is animate, into their modern works. Highlights Jimmie Durham, Rebecca Belmore, Jolene Rickard, and Will Wilson.
Journal of Cleaner Production, vol. 60, December 2013, pp. 11-17
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Overview of the quality of water in Aboriginal communities and interviews Grandmothers about the nature of water, its meaning and the importance of water to Aboriginal women.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 17, no. 1, Winter, 1993, pp. 69-82
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Article examines the representations of Comanche religious practice in ethnographic writings from the early 1800s into the 20th century. Discusses the portrayal of the Comanche as skeptics or as a people without a cohesive religion.
Museum Anthropology, vol. 36, no. 2, September 2013, pp. 113-127
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Looks at works by Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas who infuses Haida form lines, ideas, and oral histories with Manga, a Japanese genre of cartoon illustration.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 17, no. 6, November/December 1993, pp. 15-17
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Looks at alcohol abuse and violence in Aboriginal communities and how some communities are using community shelter for women, rehabilitation, fewer liquor outlets and night patrols to deal with it.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 17, no. 1, Winter, 1993, pp. 45-67
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Literary Criticism article in which the author examines the place-based and relational nature of Indigenous spiritual practices, and the treatment of these in the McNickle’s novel.
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 36, no. 1, Indian Control of Indian Education--40 Years Later, 2013, pp. 36-58
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Discusses the process of developing the Anishinaabe Bimaadiziwin Cultural Healing and Learning Program in an off-reserve school.The concept of the medicine wheel was central to design, implementation and evaluation of the curriculum.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 17, no. 2, Spring, 1993, pp. 151-169
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Study conducted in 1986 & ‘87 interviews participants in 13 Navajo communities about spaces that are sacred or important to the people in those communities. Research was done to determine which sites should be the focus of the Navajo Nation’s Historic Preservation Department.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 17, no. 4, July/August 1993, pp. 19-22
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Paper presented at the The Otitis Media in Childhood Conference. Compares Aboriginal perceptions in remote communities about hearing loss to non-Aboriginal western thinking.
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 28, no. 2, Fall, 2013, pp. 87-111
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Argues that scholars have oversimplified Haudenosaunee creation stories and that John Napoleon Brinton Hewitt's versions, which have not received much attention, should be re-examined.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 17, no. 1, Winter, 1993, pp. 83-99
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Article describes the different layers of meaning embedded in the Sacred Pole of the Omaha people; recounts the narrative of the pole being moved to the Peabody Museum in Cambridge, Massachusetts and the process of repatriation.