Native Studies Review, vol. 5, no. 1, Native Health Research in Canada, 1989, pp. 53-70
Description
Looks at an ecological approach, that incorporates environmental, cultural & historical data with biological data, to help understand the causes of acute ear infections [Text in French].
Documentary shows traditional way of life for nomadic Netsilik Inuit moving to river valley in late autumn and, fishing, and building shelters out of snow and skins.
Duration: 26:18.
Shows traditional way of life for nomadic Netsilik Inuit as they move again. The men construct an igloo and build a sleigh of skins, frozen fish and caribou antlers.
Duration: 33:06.
Shows traditional nomadic way of life of the Netsilik Inuit at camp. In anticipation of the caribou hunt, they build a row of inukshuits, to aid in the hunt.
Duration: 29:26
Shows traditional nomadic way of life of the Netsilik Inuit. Lone hunter travelling with sled dogs, snares a squirrel and uncovers hidden fish. Community packs up and moves to shore for the summer.
Duration: 26:33.
Shows traditional nomadic way of life of the Netsilik Inuit. A family travels with dogs and sleds stopping to make camp. The men cut blocks and the women shovel the site for the igloo. One of the men gets a seal.
Duration: 35:42.
Shows traditional nomadic way of life of the Netsilik Inuit. Children at play, fixing of igloo, making clothes and a seal catch for the day. Duration: 36:16.
Shows traditional nomadic way of life of the Netsilik Inuit. A large community igloo is constructed, women work and play games with children. Seal cut up and distributed.
Duration: 30:14.
Shows traditional nomadic life of the Netsilik Inuit. In a community igloo, women and men gamble at spear-the-peg game. The day ends with drumming and singing.
Duration: 34:40.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 9, no. 2, 1989, pp. 341-348
Description
Book reviews of 4 books:
Northwest Coast Native Indian Art Curriculum by Karin Clark and Jim Gilbert.
Out of the North: The Subarctic Collection of the Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology by B. A. Hail and K. C. Duncan.
Totem Poles: An Illustrated Guide by Marjorie M. Halpin.
The Chilkat Dancing Blanket by Cheryl Samuel.
American Journal of Physical Anthropology, vol. 79, no. 4, August 1989, pp. 503-520
Description
Study examines the relationship between obesity and adult-onset diabetes and proposes that this occurs due to the interaction of susceptible genotypes and a low fiber diet.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 13, no. 2, 1989, pp. 97-105
Description
Book reviews of:
The Abenaki by Colin G. Calloway.
The Catawbas by James H. Merrell.
The Narragansett by William S. Simmons.
The Pima-Maricopa by Henry F. Dobyns.
The Yuma by Robert L. Bee.
Report - 1885 on the north-western tribes of the Dominion of Canada
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Author/Creator
Committee on North-Western Tribes of the Dominion of Canada of the British Association for the Advancement of Science
Horatio Hale
Description
"Reports on the physical characters, languages, industrial and social condition of the North-western tribes of the Dominion of Canada," focuses on Blackfoot, Cree and Ojibwe/Ojibway, 1885 era.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 13, no. 2, 1989, pp. 1-28
Description
Examines gender differences in five Native American societies in order to see the extent to which social conditions have molded gender roles in Native American cultures.
Looks at the religious considerations underlying construction of the Great North Road and other Chaco roads uniting the Chaco world and its works with its spiritual landscape.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 13, no. 1, Winter, 1989, pp. 30-57
Description
Delves into the creation of the White Earth Reservation, the allotment periods, and tribal bingo as a source of income, education, and the evolution of their religion for the Chippewa Nation.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 13, no. 4, The California Indians, Autumn, 1989, pp. 409-420
Description
Using California land claims to argue that non-Indigenous witnesses and experts must state their personal assumptions, preconceptions, and definitions when presenting evidence for Indigenous land claim cases.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 13, no. 1, 1989, pp. 97-128
Description
Book reviews of:
The Witch of Goingsnake and Other Stories by Robert J. Conley.
Social Change in the Southwest, 1350-1880 by Thomas D. Hall.
Collections Arctiques by Yvon Csonka.
New Directions in American Indian History edited by Colin G. Calloway.
Hasinai: A Traditional History of the Caddo Confederacy by Vynola Beaver Newkumet, Howard L. Meredith.
Sous le signe de l'ours.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 13, no. 2, 1989, pp. 107-138
Description
Book reviews of:
A Stranger in Her Native Land: Alice Fletcher and the American Indians by Joan Mark.
Blackfoot Dictionary of Stems, Roots and Affixes by D. G. Frantz and N. J. Russell.
The Indians' New World: Catawbas and Their Neighbors From European Contact Through the Era of Removal by James H. Merrell.
American Women Writing Fiction edited by Mickey Pearlman.
New Voices From the Longhouse: An Anthology of Contemporary Iroquois Writing edited by Joseph Bruchac.
Spirit of the New England Tribes: Indian History and Folklore, 1620-1984 by William S.