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.
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.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 20, no. 1, Writing about (Writing about) American Indians, Winter, 1996, pp. 49-55
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Author criticizes the ways that History scholars portray Indigenous peoples in their writings with a particular focus on Richard White’s The Middle Ground: Indians, Empires, and Republics in the Great Lakes Region, 1650-1815.
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.
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. 20, no. 3, 1996, pp. 181-249
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Book reviews of:
All My Sins Are Relatives by William S. Penn.
Aniyunwiya/Real Human Beings: An Anthology of Contemporary Cherokee Prose edited by Joseph Bruchac.
Becoming and Remaining a People: Native American Religions on the Northern Plains by Howard 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.