Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 30, no. 2, Fall, 2015, pp. 5-27
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Discusses how the Mexican-U.S. border has impacted this bi-national group's perceptions of identity and transnational relationships by looking at the experiences of ceremonial leader José Matus.
Journal of Genocide Research, vol. 17, no. 4, Special Issue on Canadian and Colonial Genocide, 2015, pp. 391-409
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Looks at the theory of refusal in Mohawk Interruptus by Audra Simpson and details of the changes on the northern plains in late nineteenth century in Clearing the Plains by James Daschuk and Metis and the Medicine Line by Michel Hogue.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 27, no. 2, Summer, 2015, pp. 62-79
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Discusses how Erdrich's approach to boarding schools is one of safe haven not the historical negative effects on Native communities. Suggests instructors supplement teaching so students get a complete picture of boarding school experiences.
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 30, no. 1, Spring, 2015, pp. 100-117
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Looks at the history of tribal government and Native corporations and shows how each contribute to political ventures at the national and state levels.
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 30, no. 2, Fall, 2015, pp. 56-76
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Discusses tribes which have been ignored or forgotten and have ambiguous status, and the role that academics have played in shaping what constitutes legitimate Indigenous identity.
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 30, no. 1, Spring, 2015, pp. 7-28
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Looks at Christopher D. Stone's work, Should Trees Have Standing? Toward Legal Rights for Natural Objects regarding the status and legal recognition of the natural world.
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 30, no. 2, Fall, 2015, pp. 28-55
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Discusses how the Cherokee's loss of control over education impacted leaders' ability to promote a common national identity among their scattered population.
Ethnohistory, vol. 62, no. 4, October 2015, pp. 729-750
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Looks at reasons why Indian agents and national census takers often could not obtain accurate information, including: linguistic and cultural differences, distrust, uncertainty of racial categories, geographic mobility, and isolation of communities.