American Indian Quarterly, vol. 22, no. 4, Autumn, 1998, pp. 485-491
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Authors offer a critical commentary of Bejamin R. Kracht’s application of a “communitas” model to the Kiowa Gourd Dance in his article, “Kiowa Powwows: Continuity in Ritual Practice.”
Educational website focuses on the photographs taken by Edward S. Curtis. Contains links to thumbnail images with notes, lesson plans, slide show and kit manual.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 33, no. 1, 2009, pp. 143-192
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Book reviews of 20 books:
American Indians and State Law: Sovereignty, Race, and Citizenship, 1790-1880 by Deborah A. Rosen.
Architectural Variability in the Southeast edited by Cameron H. Lacquement.
Art from Fort Marion: The Silberman Collection by Joyce M.
American Anthropologist, vol. 118, no. 1, March 2016, pp. 159-161
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Book reviews of: Sovereign Screens: Aboriginal Media on the Canadian West Coast by Kristin L. Dowell and Recreating First Contact: Expeditions, Anthropology, and Popular Culture edited by Joshua A. Bell, Alison K. Brown and Robert J. Gordon.
Great Plains Quarterly, vol. 29, no. 1, Winter, 2009, pp. 61-65
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Review essay of: The Choctaws in Oklahoma by Clara Sue Kidwell and How Choctaws Invented Civilization and Why Choctaws Will Conquer the World by D. L. Birchfield.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 22, no. 1/2, Winter-Spring, 1998, pp. 125-133
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Article introduces the second section of this is issue of AIQ and the articles contained therein. Focuses on issues of identity, cultural hybridity and marginality.
Looks at the history, artistic and cultural value of Alutiiq masks, and discusses some of the challenges for future masters to carry Alutiiq traditions forward.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 22, no. 3, Summer, 1998, pp. 343-362
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Literary criticism article (from a conference paper) which uses the text Green Grass, Running Water by Thomas King to illustrate the conversation narrative style of many Indigenous authors.
Great Plains Quarterly, vol. 36, no. 4, Fall, 2016, pp. 259-280
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Uses material culture and paleobotanical evidence to assess the chronological development of the Wichita society living in Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas from 1450 to the 1800s.
Looks at the theory of developmental stages which argues that cultures evolve at different rates by discussing the book, Disrobing the Aboriginal Industry.