American Literature, vol. 80, no. 3, September 2008, pp. 611-613
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Book reviews of: Custerology: The Enduring Legacy of the Indian Wars and George Armstrong Custer by Michael A. Elliot; Speak Like Singing: Classics of Native American Literature by Kenneth Lincoln.
Journal of Ethnic Studies, vol. 18, no. 3, Fall, 1990, pp. 1-27
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Discusses U.S.Government draft policies during World War II and the response of Commissioner Indian Affairs, John Collier, and Native American tribes. Issues included wardship versus citizenship and tribal sovereignty.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 14, no. 3, Summer, 1990, pp. 259-276
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Author describes the life of his grandmother, articulating the ways that the United States has changed and developed since her birth in 1890, discusses the effects of these changes and and developments on the Choctaw Nation.
The Western Historical Quarterly, vol. 39, no. 3, Autumn, 2008, pp. 283-302
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Discusses how Indigenous soldiers, who performed the same labor tasks as white soldiers, were institutionally marginalized and distanced as a second-class.
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.
International Feminist Journal of Politics, vol. 10, no. 2, 2008, pp. 216-233
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Discusses violence against Indigenous women resulting from global economic restructuring based on two cases: missing and murdered Aboriginal women in Canada, and the death of Private Piestewa, a Hopi woman.
Serials Review, vol. 16, no. 3, Autumn, 1990, pp. 7-22
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Uses the example of the Miskitua-Sandinistas conflict in Nicaragua to highlight publications of certain international organizations: International Work Group on Indigenous Affairs, Survival International, Cultural Survival, Inc., World Council of Indigenous Peoples
Critical Criminology, vol. 1, no. 2, Spring, 1990, pp. 13-32
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Contends that the labels used for economic, political, and social crimes depended on the type of conflict arising from interactions with various parties, and were motivated by political and economic power.
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 23, no. 2, Fall, 2008, pp. 29-42
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Examines the maintaining of peaceful diplomatic relationships, such as Gdoo-naaganinaa, which is a pre-colonial treaty between the Nishnaabeg and the Haudenosaunee Confederacy.
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 20, no. 2, Native Green, Winter, 2008, p. 57
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Book reviews of 5 books:
Does People Do It?: A Memoir by Fred Harris.
People of the Whate by Linda Hogan.
Dorm Rooms to Boardrooms by Victoria Pilate.
Tribal Libraries in the United States: A Directory of American Indian and Alaska Native Facilities by Elizabeth Peterson.
Fertilizers, Pills, and Magnetic Strips: The Fate of Public Education in America by Gene V. Glass.
Canadian Public Policy, vol. 16, no. 3, September 1990, pp. 262-283
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Discusses the efforts of the federal and territorial governments to develop the Northwest Territories, and assesses native participation in the economy in the late 1980's.
American Literature, vol. 81, no. 3, September 2008, pp. 439-467
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Compares four accounts of the Anglo-Pequot War of 1637: Philip Vincent's A True Relation of the Late Batell Fought in New-England between the English and the Pequot Savages, John Mason's A Brief History of the Pequot War, John Underhill's Newes from America and Lion Gardener's Relation of the Pequot War.
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.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 14, no. 1, 1990, pp. 127-181
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Book reviews of:
Powhatan's Mantle: Indians in the Colonial Southeast edited by Peter Wood.
Navajo Textiles: The William Randolph Hearst Collection by Nancy J. Blomberg.
Utmost Good Faith: Patterns of Apache-Mexican Hostilities in Northern Chihuahua Border Warfare, 1821-1848 by William B. Griffen.
The Confederate Cherokees: John Drew's Regiment of Mounted Rifles by W.
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.
Native Studies Review, vol. 17, no. 2, 2008, pp. 115-141
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Gives context of the dispute and occupation of Anicinabe Park, in Kenora, Ontario which brought about a new era of bad relations and distrust between the Canadian Government and Native groups.
The Beaver, vol. 88, no. 4, August/September 2008, p. 15
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Describes the Canadian Press Picture of the Year award winning photograph, taken by Shaney Komulainen, of the standoff between Canadian soliders and armed Mohawk warriors in 1990.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 32, no. 3, Summer, 2008, pp. 275-296
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Examines the strategies used by Harry C. Hale to communicate with and gain the trust of Hunkpapa peoples following the death of Sitting Bull in December of 1890.
American Studies, vol. 49, no. 3/4, Fall/Winter, 2008, pp. 5-38
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Comments on difficulties experienced by Americans adjusting to modernity, by firstly looking at the unconventional behaviour of audiences to the Wild West show.