Aboriginal History, vol. 41, December 2017, pp. 121-149
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Article draws on the journals of Guardian of Aborigines William Thomas in New South Wales to describe and examine corroborees (Indigenous spiritual ceremonies) taking place in the early 1850s. Author considers the role of syncretism in Indigenous peoples’ process of understanding European systems of belief.
Contemporary Justice Review, vol. 7, no. 2, June 2004, pp. 171-182
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Uses a review of the film Rabbit Proof Fenceas a starting point for a discussion of the residential school system in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and India.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 32, no. 4, Autumn, 2008, pp. 412-442
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The author explores different expressions of conversion to Catholicism in the daily practices of the different Indigenous peoples in the San Francisco Bay area; considers where people chose to give birth or die and the practice of various traditional protocols.
Consists of an interview where Verna Patronella Johnston speaks of uses for traditional foods and medicines. She also gives an account of Grandma Jones, a storyteller.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 40, no. 1, 2016, pp. 19-32
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Looks at settler colonialism and the 1850 Act for the Government and Protections of Indians paving the way for victimization and criminalization of American Native women.
Stealing/Steeling the Spirit: American Indian Identities ; and Smoke Screens/Smoke Signals: Looking Through Worlds: Proceedings of the Third and Fourth Native American Symposiums
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Jia-Yi Cheng-Levine
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Examines the link between environmental injustice, racism and cultural genocide; and discusses the importance of creating a nature based culture that is both environmentally sustainable and socially just.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 2, no. 1, 1977, pp. 19-22
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Looks at the convoluted logic used by New England Puritans to justify their treatment of the Indigenous people and similar threads that ran through American governments' developing policies.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 5, no. 4, Series 2, Winter, 1993, pp. 45-54
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Looks at the works of William Apess, and discusses how he has not been recognized as an "authentic" representation of Native America.
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Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 25, no. 1, Spring, 2013, pp. 1-26
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Discusses the orator's use of the theory that Native Americans were descended from the ten lost tribes of Israel, in arguments for rights and sovereignty, as well as to counteract the popular attitude that they were a "vanishing race".
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William Okeymaw was 12 years old at the time when he attended the Treaty #8 negotiations.He describes the negotiations and his understanding of the promises made; the role of the missionaries; talks of some of the Indian agents; and the abundance of buffalo in Lesser Slave Lake area at one time.
William Okeymaw attended the signing of Treaty 8 when he was 12 years old. He talks about: signing of treaty; treaty promises; establishment of reserves around Lesser Slave Lake; and expansion of these reserves as population grew; and the present need for further expansion.