Native American and Chicano/a Literature of the American Southwest: Intersections of Indigenous Literatures
E-Books
Author/Creator
Christina M. Hebebrand
Discusses commodification of Native American culture in mass toy manufacture, by analyzing packaging material and accompanying text of nine Native American Barbies produced between 1981 and 2003.
Joint issue with: Indigenous Studies Today Issue 1, Spring 2006.
Looks at causes of depopulation after colonization between sixteenth century to the start of the twentieth century as well as the recovery starting in the 1900s.
Joint issue with: Indigenous Studies Today Issue 1, Spring 2006.
Lesson plan for elementary school students which looks at Native American dolls, how they are made and the cultures they represent.