American Indian Quarterly, vol. 22, no. 4, Autumn, 1998, pp. 485-491
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Authors offer a critical commentary of Bejamin R. Kracht’s application of a “communitas” model to the Kiowa Gourd Dance in his article, “Kiowa Powwows: Continuity in Ritual Practice.”
Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, vol. 30, no. 4, Therapeutic Use of Hallucinogens, October-December 1998, pp. 333-341
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Discusses four perspectives of psychotherapy; the western paradigm, the shamanic rituals of divination, folk religious ceremonies and "hybrid" rituals.
Agriculture and Human Values, vol. 15, no. 2, June 1998, pp. 133-138
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Looks at the concept of one medicine, the relationship between the doctor and horse in the Cheyenne, and the intimacy between people and their horses in the Navajo or Apache.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 14, no. 1, Winter, 1990, pp. 35-50
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Article describes the consultation process and the eventual agreement (1985) between the Tohono O’Odham nation, the Arizona State Museum, and the Bureau of Indian Affairs regarding the exhumations, examination and repatriation of human remains at the San Xavier Bridge site.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 14, no. 4, 1990, pp. 67-122
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Book reviews of:
The View From Officers' Row: Army Perceptions of Western Indians by Sherry L. Smith.
Indians of the Northwest Coast by Maximilien Bruggmann and Peter R. Gerber.
Oklahoma Seminoles, Medicine, Magic, and Religion by James H. Howard in collaboration with Willie Lena.
American Indian Identities: Today's Changing Perspectives edited by Clifford E. Trafzer.
Oil Age Eskimos by Joseph G. Jorgensen.
The Western Abenakis of Vermont, 1600-1800: War, Migration, and the Survival of an Indian People by Colin G.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 14, no. 3, 1990, pp. 93-174
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Book reviews of:
As Long as the Rivers Run: Hydroelectric Development and Native Communities in Western Canada by James B. Waldram.
Sun Journey: A Story of Zuni Pueblo by Ann Nolan Clark.
Maricopa Morphology and Syntax by Lynn Gordon.
The Cheyenne Nation: A Social and Demographic History by John H. Moore.
Pride of the Indian Wardrobe-Northern Athapascan Footwear by Judy Thompson.
Sagebrush Soldier: Private William Earl Smith's View of the Sioux War of 1876 by Sherry L.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 22, no. 3, Summer, 1998, pp. 386-392
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Author describes the process of gaining and using ritual knowledge in a Hopi context; examines some of the misunderstandings created by anthropologists about those who hold ritual knowledge.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 14, no. 4, Autumn, 1990, pp. 355-366
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Article voices the concerns and commentary of Tlingit elders surrounding the effects of secular performance of sacred song and dances and weighs the value of creating cross-cultural understanding against the devaluation of ceremonial practices.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 22, no. 4, Autumn, 1998, pp. 415-431
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Study defines the cultural values and symbols of the Snoqualmie people and then uses the maintenance of these cultural pieces to evaluate the resistance of the Snoqualmie to assimilation.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 14, no. 4, Autumn, 1990, pp. 379-386
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Author discusses some of the difficulties raised by teaching pieces of Indigenous literature that contain information considered to be sacred, ceremonial, or confidential.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 14, no. 4, Autumn, 1990, pp. 367-377
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Literary criticism article in which the author considers the role that “spirit animals” play as symbols of adaptation and resistance in Leslie M. Silko’s novel Ceremony.
Shows that the stylistic and representational contrasts in art correspond with the division of the Kwakiutl year based on notions of secular and sacred.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 14, no. 1, Winter, 1990, pp. 19-33
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Article examines the significance of the Gourd Dance in Kiowa culture from the 1800's on. Discusses the evolution of the dance, the meaning of the regalia used, and how it was used as a method of cultural survivance when the Sundance was outlawed.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 22, no. 4, Autumn, 1998, pp. 433-456
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Article explores the phenomena of cultural resilience and resistance to assimilation on the Grand Ronde reservation, additionally considers those settler practices that were adopted and the cultural hybridity that came of that space.