boundary 2, vol. 19, no. 3, 1492-1992: American Indian Persistence and Resurgence, Autumn, 1992, pp. 148-179
Description
Looks at texts translated from Lakota, the relationship to George Sword's writing, the history and comparison to transitional texts from other cultures.
University of British Columbia Law Review, vol. 26, Special Edition on Aboriginal Justice, 1992, pp. 324-337
Description
Asserts that the treaties recognize a basis for relationship building and a process for resolving differences; whereas in the criminal justice system there is only the clash of cultures.
Canadian Journal of Criminology, vol. 34, no. 3-4, July-October 1992, pp. [403]-416
Description
Argues that an integrated approach, incorporating both deprivation (influences external to the individual) and importation (internal to the individual) theory, is necessary when analyzing risk factors for suicide in the inmates.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 16, no. 1, Winter, 1992, pp. 63-73
Description
Article documents the author’s interview with the novelist Anna Lee Walters about her novel Ghost Singer and includes corrections and clarifications sent by Walters after reading the transcript of the interview. Includes commentary on the text, literature, cultural interactions.
Museum Anthropology, vol. 16, no. 1, February 1992, pp. 29-43
Description
Assesses two major museum exhibits as individual projects and as illustrations of broader issues concerning the representation of Native Americans: Objects of Myth and Memory: American Indian Art at the Brooklyn Museum and Chiefly Feast: The Enduring Kwakiutl Potlatch at the American Museum of Natural History.0892-8339
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 16, no. 1, Winter, 1992, pp. 39-52
Description
Author asserts that previous studies on Indigenous people’s engagement in the American Revolution focus on the role played by tribes and their members rather that the effects of the war on Indigenous communities. Article reconsiders the Revolutionary war from the perspective of the Shawnee people.
The Drama Review, vol. 36, no. 1, 1992, pp. 135-159
Description
Discusses the history of Native Theatre in Canada, the founding of Native Earth Performing Arts Inc., and various productions including The Rez Sisters by Tomson Highway.
Arkansas Law Review, vol. 40, no. 2, 1986, pp. 327-379
Description
Compares and contrasts the social and mores existing in American Indian societies of the nineteenth century with those of the Anglo-Europeans. The article also discusses the effects of assimilation and post-assimilation policies on those social structures.
Canadian Journal of Criminology, vol. 34, no. 3-4, July-October 1992, pp. [417]-434
Description
Compares methods of dealing with crime on-reserve (communities with a majority Aboriginal population) which may not involve formal processes and off-reserve (communities with a minority Aboriginal population) which are dealt with through the criminal justice system.
American Literature, vol. 64, no. 1, March 1992, pp. 49-70
Description
Reviews Native American elements in The Narrative of the Life of Mrs. Mary Jemison identifying perspectives that Seaver (the editor) and Jemison disagreed on.
Focuses on a group of women who ran a tribal council for over a year in the late 1960s. Discusses how they gained control, their impact on council activities and the long term effects on their community.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 16, no. 3, Summer, 1992, pp. 381-395
Description
Author summarizes, reviews, and compares several children’s literature books with Indigenous content, highlighting the elements of each book that contribute to a faithful or an inaccurate portrayal of the Indigenous peoples and cultures.
American Indian Law Review, vol. 17, no. 2, 1992, pp. 589-637
Description
Discusses how declarations as a sovereign nation and using established rules of customary international law, will with help the tribe in the return of its cultural property