American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 7, no. 4, 1984, pp. 87-107
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Book reviews of:
The View From the Top of the Temple: Ancient Maya Civilization and Modern Maya Culture by Kenneth Pearce.
Earth Power Coming edited by Simon Ortiz.
Bibliography of Algonquian Linguistics by David H. Pentland.
License for Empire: Colonialism by Treaty in Early America by Dorothy V. Jones.
Indian Traders on the Middle Border: The House of Ewing, 1827-54 by Robert A.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 8, no. 1, 1984, pp. 59-107
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Book reviews of:
An Ethnohistoric Study of Easter James Bay Cree Social Organizations, 1700-1859 by Toby Morantz.
Partners in Furs: A History of the Fur Trade in Eastern James Bay, 1600-1870 by Daniel Francis and Toby Morantz..
The Roots of Dependency: Subsistence, Environment, and Social Change Among the Choctaws, Pawnees, and Navajos by Richard White.
Ethnic Identity and the Boarding School Experience of West-Central Oklahoma American Indians by Sally J.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 8, no. 2, 1984, pp. 33-71
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Book reviews of 12 books:
From Sand Creek by Simon J. Ortiz.
Seasonal Women by Luci Tapahonso.
She Had Some Horses by Joy Harjo.
Echoes of Our Being edited by Robert J.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 8, no. 3, 1984, pp. 81-131
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Book reviews of:
Lakota Society by James R. Walker.
Lakota Myth by James R. Walker.
Living the Sky: The Cosmos of the American Indian by Ray A. Williamson.
The Sons of the Wind edited by D. M. Dooling.
Cev'armiut Qanemciit Qulirait-llu compiled by Anthony C. Woodbury.
The Hidden Half: Studies of Plains Indian Women by Patricia Albers and Beatrice Medicine.
The Imperial Osages: Spanish-Indian Diplomacy in the Mississippi Valley by Gilbert C. Din and Abraham P.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 15, no. 2, Spring, 1991, pp. 201-216
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Article examines the role and effects of the Office of Indian Affairs’ (OIA) Field Matron Program; considers the evolution of the program to include Indigenous women as Matrons and examines the assimilation and resistance seen as a result.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 15, no. 2, March/April 1991, pp. 7-8
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Expresses that the primary concern when researching Aboriginal health and alcohol are rights of the community to be involved and joint control over the program.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 15, no. 3, American Indian Family History, Summer, 1991, pp. 287-309
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Author uses archival census and records and counts to examine the changing family dynamics of the Crow peoples during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
American Indian Law Review, vol. 12, no. 1, 1984, pp. 39-96
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Discusses the legal source and theoretical basis of the right of autonomy and whether this autonomy can be reconciled with the laws and institutions of the larger state.
College English, vol. 46, no. 6, October 1984, pp. 598-609
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Looks at what has happened in the 15 years since James Welch became known for his fiction and how many silenced Native Americans have now found a litrary voice.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 15, no. 4, Autumn, 1991, pp. 469-492
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Study examines the interview responses of 30 Indigenous Americans who have been convicted of murder to understand different factors that have contributed to their crime. Results find social disorganization, economic deprivation, a subculture of violence, cultural conflict, perceived powerlessness, substance abuse, and internalized colonialism to all be contributing factors.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 8, no. 2, Spring, 1984, pp. 103-1115
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Historical overview of the effects on Indigenous people and culture from the distribution of firearms to Indigenous people across North America during periods of European warfare and trade.
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 7, no. 2, Autumn, 1991, pp. 34-48
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Comments on Native American people in the United States being the poorest of the poor, where collective unemployment exceeds 65% and are what has been called the "Third World at home".
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 8, no. 1, Winter, 1984, pp. 1-35
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An analysis of the implementation of US federal aid policies and how their distribution created a larger economic divide for Indigenous citizens against non-Indigenous ones. Very little funds make it to the Indigenous people or were used to promote private-sector activities.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 8, no. 4, December 1984, pp. 46-49
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Discusses in evolutionary terms, the rapid changes in the diet of Aboriginal Australians and how current individuals can modify their eating habits positively.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 15, no. 2, Spring, 1991, pp. 153-170
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Author examines attempts by the Bureau of Indian Affairs to terminate Indian tribes’ status and recognition in the United States following the second world war. Focuses on the Eastern Cherokee and the conditions surrounding the Nation’s fight for continued recognition.
Explores the work of Blackfeet author James Welch who presents Native American and Western humanistic cultures in equally forceful ways in order to have a meeting of the two worlds.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 8, no. 2, June 1984, pp. 33-35
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Describes, in medical terms, what takes place when someone smokes and provides contact information for organizations in Australia to assist smokers to quit.