American Indian Quarterly, vol. 5, no. 3, 1979, pp. 239-245
Description
Looks at Ruth Beebe Hill's novel Hanta Yo: An American Saga and how her research for the book presents valuable ethnographic details that are lost in a text that does not accurately portray Dakota culture to mainstream audiences.
Describes the policies of white educators in residential schools operated in British Columbia, and looks at the reactions, attendance, and cultural patterns of aboriginal families during the time of assimilation.
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 8, no. 1, January 1978, p. 18
Description
Albert Bellegarde, Executive Director of the Federation of Saskatchewan Indians, discusses education and attainment at Saskatchewan Indian Federated College's Cultural Day
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 4, no. 2, A Special Symposium Issue on James Welch's , 1978, pp. 131-139
Description
Looks into the role of humor for the main character in James Welch's novel to take control of his life as things out of his control occur throughout the narrative.
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 9, no. 7, July 1979, pp. 3-4
Description
Excluded from the Constitutional discussions in Canada, First Nations travel to England to plead that the British Parliament ask the Canadian government to entrench Indian Treaty and Aboriginal rights when the Constitution is brought to Canada.
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 3, no. 3, September 1979, pp. 32-33
Description
Describes the social and health problems of, 'petrol' (gasoline) sniffing by Aboriginal youth in remote communities of the Northern Territory, Australia.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 4, no. 4, A Special Symposium Issue on Navajo Mortuary Practices and Beliefs, 1978, pp. 347-365
Description
Looks at the conflicting accounts of the placement of a Navajo Jish in regards to burial. Jish or medicine bundles are made up sacred items that are used for a variety of reasons in Navajo culture.
Looks at artifacts recovered from a rock-shelter on the north side of Tasu Sound on the west coast of Moresby Island. Includes drawings and photographs.
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 3, no. 1, March 1979, pp. 32-35
Description
Author describes his experiences chairing a session of the First National Aboriginal Health Worker Conference held in Darwin, Australia in October of 1978.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 4, no. 4, A Special Symposium Issue on Navajo Mortuary Practices and Beliefs, 1978, pp. 397-405
Description
A discussion about educational, financial and spiritual changes in the Navajo lifestyle that has led to changes in Navajo beliefs and culture. However, these markers alone are not sufficient enough to prove the presence or absence of specifics beliefs and further research is required.
B.C. Historical News, vol. 12, no. 1, November 1978, pp. 3-8
Description
Looks at correspondence by and about the Chief, whom the Indian Agent and Department regarded as a troublemaker, and subsequent to his death, their interference in the election of a new leader.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 5, no. 1, A Special Symposium Issue on Leslie Marmon Silko's , 1979, pp. 47-62
Description
An analysis of the "tripratate" structural design of Silko's novel and how it places the hoop dance ceremony at the heart of the story despite the ritual only appearing in the middle of the novel.
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 2, no. 2, June 1978, p. 3
Description
Editorial discusses global terminology practices and the suggestion for Indigenous health workers to file health records by clan rather than alphabetical order.