Literature review reveals that students are not developing cognitive academic language skills to be successful and recommends processes for transitioning from reservation English.
The Northern Review, no. 19, Special Klondike Issue, Winter, 1998, pp. 101-112
Description
Discusses how the work The Trail of '98: A Northland Romance was somewhat of an autobiographical novel.
Original pdf displays #18 Summer 1998 in header.
The King of the Waters: Legend of the Horned Water Serpent
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Author/Creator
Deborah Mitchell
Jerry Bryan Lincecum
Description
The King of the Waters: Legend of the Horned Water Serpent by Deborah Mitchell examines the rare legend of a "snake-man".
Chahta-Immataha and the Choctaw Bible by Jerry Bryan Lincecum discusses the oral tradition of the Choctaw people.
Language in Mari Sandoz’s Crazy Horse: Strange Man of the Oglalas
Native American Symposium ; 2nd, 1997
Sam Kenoi’s “Coyote and the Whitemen”: Contact in and out of a Chiricahua Narrative
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Author/Creator
Anthony K. Webster
Kimberli Lee
Description
Sam Kenoi’s “Coyote and the Whitemen”: Contact in and out of a Chiricahua Narrative by Anthony K. Webster examines specific narration by placing it within the context of received standards for a Coyote narrative.
Language in Mari Sandoz’s Crazy Horse: Strange Man of the Oglalas by Kimberli Lee discusses the Indian perspectives used in Mari Sandoz’s work.
Native American Voices in the Museum: The Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History Enters a New Century
Reclaiming Artifacts Through Oral History
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Author/Creator
Clifford Crane
Annette B. Fromom
Description
Reclaiming Artifacts Through Oral History by Clifford Crane discusses strategies of representing Native American cultures in museums.
Native American Voices in the Museum: The Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History Enters a New Century by Annette B. Fromom examines the importance of involving Native Americans in correctly representing museum artifacts.
John Collier and the Controversial Resignation of Indian Commissioner Charles Burke, 1921-1929
Native American Symposium ; 2nd, 1997
Reclaiming the Feminine in the Chitimacha Creation Myth
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Author/Creator
Ginger R. Davis
Carlon Andre
Carole McAllister
Description
John Collier and the Controversial Resignation of Indian Commissioner Charles Burke, 1921-1929 by Ginger R. Davis examines the federal Native American policy, and Burke's assimilationist policy and the end of his administration.
Reclaiming the Feminine in the Chitimacha Creation Myth by Carlon Andre and Carole McAllister discusses ways in which French influence altered and disturbed Chitimacha of Louisiana's oral traditions.
Ephanie’s Vision Quest: Blending Native American and Feminist Elements
Life Stories by a Cherokee Dreamer: John Oskison’s Historical Writings
Native American Symposium ; 2nd, 1997
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Barbara Jean Cook
Melissa Hearn
Description
Ephanie’s Vision Quest: Blending Native American and Feminist Elements by Barbara Jean Cook examines the differences between Indian feminism and "mainstream theoretical feminism" for Indian women.
Life Stories by a Cherokee Dreamer: John Oskison’s Historical Writings by Melissa Hearn discusses the cultural complexity of the Cherokee Nation.
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 7, no. 1, Spring, 1991, pp. 42-50
Description
Presents the United States Supreme Court's decision in the case of Oregon Department of Employment v. Alfred Smith, a rejection of Indigenous religious rights.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 18, no. 1, 1998, pp. 1-18
Description
Examines colonial documents and the Indian Act to illustrate efforts to force First Nations societies away from sexual diversity and make heterosexuality the only acceptable option.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 22, no. 3, Summer, 1998, pp. 280-304
Description
Author offers a critical examination of the ways that the Coast Salish Chief Seattle is remembered; considers both Indigenous and settler perspectives, and different social and cultural discourses that have evolved around the leader.
Museum Anthropology, vol. 15, no. 3, August 1991, pp. 19-21
Description
Discusses joint agreement between the Museum and the community resulting in different options for collecting, displaying and repatriation of all culturally sensitive materials.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 15, no. 6, 1991, pp. 17-22
Description
Looks at workshop that centered around community which went from 100 percent alcohol dependency to 5 percent in fourteen years. Looks at the use of spiritual practices to heal the hurt and trauma cause by alcohol and drug dependency.
Aboriginal Law Bulletin, vol. 2, no. 49, April 1991, p. 16
Description
Explains that the Report of the National Inquiry into Racist Violence is unique in that it is the most comprehensive study of racial violence, intimidation and harassment ever undertaken in Australia.