Native Social Work Journal, vol. 1, no. 1, Inaugural Edition, May 1997, pp. 43-53
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Looks at a kinship care model that preserve the integrity and autonomy for First Nations, recognizing the importance of prior relationships between the child, caregiver and community, and is rooted in traditional connectedness.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 9, no. 1, Series 2; [Special Issue on] Gerald Vizenor, Spring, 1997, pp. 115-127
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Contends that, despite appearances, Vizenor's fiction is grounded in the same tradition as the Anishinaabe trickster tales and "tradition-honoring" authors like Momaday and Silko.
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Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 9, no. 1, Series 2; [Special Issue on] Gerald Vizenor, Spring, 1997, pp. 60-72
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Discusses the authors use of space, as it relates to tribal identity and oral traditions.
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World Literature Today, vol. 64, no. 1, Winter, 1990, p. 30
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Article argues that to establish a meaningful connection with the past and achieve a healing sense of self, writers must engage in a constant dialogue with past history.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 21, no. 2, Spring, 1997, pp. 321-331
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Article offers an analysis of data collected about the voting practices of Indigenous voters in two different elections in the United States. 674 Indigenous voters in 7 states were interviewed, findings indicate that while income and education levels play a role, Indian status is strongly related to whether an individual voted in these elections.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 21, no. 4, 1997, pp. 1-28
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Argues that a closer look at humour, in the work of Rowlandson, provides readers with a greater understanding of the Algonquian side of early cross-cultural relations and reveals the ways in which cultural discomfort and disharmony are not rare, but rather integral concepts for early American identity.
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 29, no. 3, May 1990, pp. [19-28]
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Examines relationship between the students' perception of family background as either traditional or modern and characteristics in students’ personal behaviour.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 21, no. 4, 1997, pp. 105-124
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Argues that Cogewea, the novels main character, does not need to occupy the homeland of her own people, the Okanogans, but she does need to feel the presence of a Indigenous American past and this presence, for her, resides in the land.
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 5, no. 3, Summer, 1990, pp. 11-23
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Discusses the stylistic characteristics of works by prominent artists from Povungnituk, Cape Dorset, Keewatin, Baker Lake, and Repulse, Spence, and Pelly Bay.
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American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 14, no. 3, 1990, pp. 93-174
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Book reviews of:
As Long as the Rivers Run: Hydroelectric Development and Native Communities in Western Canada by James B. Waldram.
Sun Journey: A Story of Zuni Pueblo by Ann Nolan Clark.
Maricopa Morphology and Syntax by Lynn Gordon.
The Cheyenne Nation: A Social and Demographic History by John H. Moore.
Pride of the Indian Wardrobe-Northern Athapascan Footwear by Judy Thompson.
Sagebrush Soldier: Private William Earl Smith's View of the Sioux War of 1876 by Sherry L.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 14, no. 4, 1990, pp. 67-122
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Book reviews of:
The View From Officers' Row: Army Perceptions of Western Indians by Sherry L. Smith.
Indians of the Northwest Coast by Maximilien Bruggmann and Peter R. Gerber.
Oklahoma Seminoles, Medicine, Magic, and Religion by James H. Howard in collaboration with Willie Lena.
American Indian Identities: Today's Changing Perspectives edited by Clifford E. Trafzer.
Oil Age Eskimos by Joseph G. Jorgensen.
The Western Abenakis of Vermont, 1600-1800: War, Migration, and the Survival of an Indian People by Colin G.
BC Studies, no. 115/116, Native Peoples and Colonialism, Autumn/Winter, 1997/1998, pp. 45-82
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Examines the current scholarship of colonialism by looking at three aspects of Northwest coast history: geopolitical recording and transposition of information, the introduction and distribution of disease, and the profits of fur trade.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 21, no. 2, Spring, 1997, pp. 171-193
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Literary criticism article that explores the underlying themes at work in the Autobiography of Delfina Cuero. Discusses bi-culturalism, borderlands theory, ethnocriticism, and transculturation.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 14, no. 1, Winter, 1990, pp. 19-33
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Article examines the significance of the Gourd Dance in Kiowa culture from the 1800's on. Discusses the evolution of the dance, the meaning of the regalia used, and how it was used as a method of cultural survivance when the Sundance was outlawed.