Canadian Historical Review, vol. 83, no. 3, September 2002, pp. 432-434
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Book review of: Âh-âyîtaw isi ê-kî-kiskêyihtahkik maskihkiy stories from Alice Ahenakew, edited, translated and with a glossary by H.C. Wolfart and Freda Ahenakew.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 26, no. 3, Summer, 2002, pp. 436-459
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Author considers the way that worldviews are constructed; examines the way that humour and comedy contribute to the Anishinaabe worldview, and to the resilience of the Anishinaabe people.
American Literature, vol. 80, no. 4, December 2008, pp. 677-705
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Discusses how Life of Ma-Ka-Tai-Me-She-Kia-Kiak, or Black Hawk contextualizes the Battle of Bad Axe within previous conflicts between the U.S. government and Indigenous peoples of the Great Lake region over conceptions of landholding, diplomacy and trade.
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 31, no. 1, Indigenous Knowledges and the University, 2008, pp. 1-6
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Introduction to a special issue of Canadian Journal of Native Education titled "Indigenous Knowledges and the University" which is dedicated to the challenges and opportunities of bringing Indigenous Knowledges and Academia together.
Poem by Nils-Aslak Valkeapāā and translated by Ralph Salisbury, Lars Nordström and Harald Gaski describes how the Sámi people live in relation to the land.
Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, vol. 14, no. 5, June 2008, pp. 497-504
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Evaluates the commonalities of 47 people who were given a 10% or less chance of survival beyond five years and sought out traditional healers for help with cancer.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 26, no. 3, Summer, 2002, pp. 460-478
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Author critiques the theory presented in Basso’s book, Wisdom sits in Places, which argues that the voice of a place is nothing more than the projection of human imagination; article contextualize the critique in the within Apache cultural and spiritual practice.
Journal of Military History, vol. 72, no. 1, January 2008, pp. 71-104
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Examines the cultural significance of scalping among the Pawnee Indians, who lived in Nebraska and Kansas until their removal to Oklahoma in the 1870s.