Arctic Anthropology, vol. 27, no. 1, 1990, pp. 52-65
Description
Examines the contentious role of oral histories in ethnohistorical reconstruction and discusses how six elderly individuals living in the Yukon used named locations in space to talk about past events.
American Anthropologist, vol. 90, no. 2, New Series, June 1988, pp. 272-290
Description
Using ethnobotanical data gathered from two groups in British Columbia, an index was developed to measure the cultural significance a given plant taxon. Discusses importance of such knowledge to the language.
Obstruent Voicing and Glottalic Obstruents in Gitxsan
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Bruce Rigsby
John Ingram
International Journal of American Linguistics, vol. 56, no. 2, April 1990, pp. 251-263
Description
Critique of James Hoard's essay "Obstruent Voicing in Gitksan: Some Implications for Distinctive Feature Theory" in Linguistic Studies of Native Canada.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 14, no. 2, 1990, pp. 93-157
Description
Book reviews of:
A Study of Pueblo Architecture in Tusayan and Cibola by Victor Mindeleff.
The Faithful Hunter: Abnaki Stories by Joseph Bruchac.
Navajo Coyote Tales by William Morgan.
Secrets From the Center of the World by Joy Harjo and Stephen Strom.
Kickapoo Vocabulary by Paul H. Voorhis.
An Ojibwe Text Anthology edited by John D. Nichols.
"Statement Made by the Indians": A Bilingual Petition of the Chippewas of Lake Superior, 1864 edited by John D. Nichols.
Pisiskiwak kâ-pîkiskwêcik/Talking Animals told by L. Beardy.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 14, no. 3, 1990, pp. 93-174
Description
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. 14, no. 4, Autumn, 1990, pp. 387-396
Description
Film criticism essay which examines the first film of the Hopi filmmaker Victor Masayesva, Hopiit (1981). Authors discuss the Indigenous perspective in the film and the effect that it has on how the film is viewed.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 14, no. 4, Autumn, 1990, pp. 349-354
Description
Reviews and discusses how Blackfeet author James Welch used history, realism, and myth as themes to affirm the power of storytelling and language Fools Crow.