American Indian Quarterly, vol. 22, no. 1/2, Winter-Spring, 1998, pp. 63-82
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Article explores the perspective of and possible motivations for the internalized racism present in Emmy Valandry’s interviews about the Lakota people and the Hunka ceremony.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 21, no. 1, To Hear the Eagles Cry: Contemporary Themes in Native American Spirituality (Part 3), Winter, 1997, pp. 15-33
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Author works to describe the Kiowa belief system in terms of four different eras, to examine the emotionality of the people who practice it, and to articulate contemporary practices.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 21, no. 4, Cultural Property in American Indian Literatures: Representation and Interpretation, Autumn, 1997, pp. 555-565
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Examines the literary structures used by some contemporary Native American female writers.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 17, no. 2, 1997, pp. 355-356
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Review of the art exhibition: Lost Visions, Forgotten Dreams curated by Robert McGhee and Patricia Sutherland and held at the Canadian Museum of Civilization in Hull, Quebec, November 1996 to September 1997 provides some insights into the Tuniit people.
Native Social Work Journal, vol. 1, no. 1, Inaugural Edition, May 1997, pp. 55-67
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Looks at a community-based program that provides education, prevention and healing services to those affected by family violence and substance abuse, through circles, ceremonies and workshops.
Sources are divided by two areas, "Chipewyan" (Northern Saskatchewan and Manitoba, North West Territories) and British Columbia, Alberta, Yukon and Northwest Territories, grouped together. Each area is then divided into a social and cultural section and a language section. Bibliography includes citations from the Hearne Bibliography. The article is current as of 1998.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 22, no. 4, Autumn, 1998, pp. 457-468
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Author draws on different interviews he has conducted with Diné (Navajo) to discuss metaphors used by elders to make traditional values accessible to contemporary youth.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 10, no. 3, Series 2; [Special Issue on] Almanac of the Dead, Fall, 1998, pp. 65-83
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Explores how the writer replaces the European linear thinking about time and replaces it with the indigenous viewpoint of circularity.
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Towards 2012, Part III: Culture and Language, 1997, p. [?]
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Discusses different characteristics of Clowns in different tribes from the Oglala and Lakota to the Salish and Hopis and the importance of the Clowns to the community spirit.
Interviews Navajos who were involved in a voluntary foster-care program sponsored by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Utah which placed Native American Mormon children into white Mormon homes for the school year.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 21, no. 3, 1997, pp. 483-497
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Literary criticism article in which the author examines the Silko’s novel and its relevance to Laguna narratives of land, territory, resistance, and cultural survivance.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 9, no. 2, Series 2, Summer, 1997, pp. [1]-10
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Contends that there are parallels between the Aboriginal philosophy of balancing the world as it is, and maintaining traditions, and the Western concept of pragmatism.
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Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 17, no. 1, 1997, pp. 103-113
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Discusses the differences in the concept of predation between western societies, which regard the predator-prey relationship as antagonistic and the traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) viewpoint, which regards this relationship as mutual and interdependent.
American Journalism, vol. 14, no. 1, Winter, 1997, pp. 3-18
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Argues that the publication mirrored the attitudes of mainstream society in it's idealized version of the past and promotion of assimilation as "progress", but its founder displayed little understanding of issues confronting traditional Native Americans.
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