American Indian Quarterly, vol. 29, no. 3/4, Special Issue: The National Museum of the American Indian, Summer - Autumn, 2005, pp. 691-706
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Author combines Buddhist teaching and the traditional teachings of the Indigenous peoples of the North West Coast to talk about healing from trauma and loss.
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 16, no. 3, Indigenizing Education, Spring, 2005
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Looks at the Sisseton Wahpeton Community College and the integration of the Dakota language and tribal cultural values into the programs offered at the institution.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 12, no. 3, Summer, 1988, pp. 221-228
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An analysis of prophets as an extension of traditional Indigenous shamans and how their similarities allowed prophets to achieve legitimacy within Indigenous communities.
Ethnicity and Health, vol. 10, no. 4, November 2005, pp. 341-354
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Study based on information gathered from Oglala Lakota Souix participants from the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota found two personal themes and three environmental emerged with regard to tissue donation.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 29, no. 2, Special Issue on Research Case Studies , 2005, pp. 1-14
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Article outlines steps the Coquille took to strengthen claims of tribal sovereignty by investment in education, active participation in academic research, and the re-establishment of relationships through potlatches (gift giving) ceremonies.
Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, vol. 37, no. 3, Face of HIV/AIDS and Substance Abuse in Native American Communities, September 2005, pp. 305-311
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Discusses risks from co-occurring conditions and social and cultural customs contributing to spread of HIV/AIDS and the unique foundation and influence of the project on the development of HIV/AIDS care and treatment.
Documentary about the challenges faced by the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians and how they have combined economic development in the form of tourism, cultural preservation, and spirituality as a means to carry the tribe into the future.
Duration: 1:26:30.
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 20, no. 1, Spring, 2005, pp. 97-111
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Asserts that withholding knowledge is an act of resistance and argues that to fully understand Native American people is how a dominant society gains a sense of mastery and control.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 20, no. 3/4, Special Issue: To Hear the Eagles Cry: Contemporary Themes in Native American Spirituality, Summer - Autumn, 1996, pp. 415-431
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Demonstrates how the appropriation of a spiritual system has had political and interpretation failures and, while these issues have become exaggerated almost like a cartoon form by New Age enthusiasts, they have also become embedded subtly into academic research.
Journal of the Southwest , vol. 30, no. 3, Autumn, 1988, pp. 325-355
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Discusses how Leslie Marmon Silko's Storyteller combines fiction, poetry, family history, and oral tradition to create a sense of personal, cultural, feminist, and human identity.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 20, no. 3/4, To Hear the Eagles Cry: Contemporary Themes in Native American Spirituality (Parts 1 & 2), Summer, 1996, pp. 433-450
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Comments on the crisis of conscience in academic institutions where Indigenous religions are taught.
Provides links to documentation about Copper and Caribou Inuit, NLaka'pamux and Dene peoples. Explores changes in materials, methods used, styles, and decoration of traditional and contemporary garments.
Totems to Turquoise: Native North American Jewelry Arts of the Northwest and Southwest
Totems to Turquoise: October 30, 2004 - July 10, 2005
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Website provides background to exhibition which examines jewelry designs from the American Southwest and the Northwest Coast and compares similarities between the two cultures.
Paper presented to the Ipperwash Inquiry includes a general discussion of relations between Aboriginals and Euro-Canadians and specific issues and incidents involving fishing and resource rights, and sacred burial grounds.