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A photograph of the North West Half-Breed Claims Royal Commission members in 1885. (l to r); W.P.R. Street QC Chairman; Roger Goulet Secretary; N.O. Cote; A.E. Forget.
The Study of Material Culture: The Case of Southwest Textiles
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Suzanna Baizerman
Museum Anthropology, vol. 13, no. 2, May 1989, pp. 14-18
Description
Looks at the ethnic boundary art world by using publications on Southwest textiles, especially those done by the Navajo. In this way material culture in general can be studied.
Journal of American Indian Education, Special, August 1989, pp. [1-14]
Description
Discusses ways for teachers to adjust standard teaching procedures to better address Native American student methods of learning and demonstrating what was learned.
TDR [The Drama Review], vol. 37, no. 1, Spring, 1993, pp. 9-17
Description
Letter to the editor regarding the article Weesageechak Begins to Dance: Native Earth Performing Arts Inc. (published in vol. 36 , no.1, 1992) as well as several letters in rebuttal.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 17, no. 3, Special Issue on Encounter of Two Worlds: The Next Five Hundred Years, 1993, pp. 131-139
Description
Exposes the problems of intrusive research on Aboriginal peoples and the publication of information people within the communities do not wish disseminated to the general public.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 17, no. 4, 1993, pp. 99-105
Description
Study found a positive correlation between the number of hospital beds and suicide and homicide rates among United States Indian Health Service (IHS) areas. This study puts into question previous studies which found a negative correlation between the same variables.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 5, no. 3, Series 2, Fall, 1993, pp. 36-42
Description
Examines the relationship between the narrator and narratee regarding White Hawk's death sentence in Gerald Vizenor's work, Thomas White Hawk.
Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
Loyal till Death: Indians and the North-West Rebellion
Images » Photographs
Description
Sketch showing the surrender to French's Scouts, led by Lord Melgund, General Middleton's chief of staff. Sketch caption : "Three Dakota scouts told their captors that they had been forced to join Riel."
From the book Loyal till Death: Indians and the North-West Rebellion by Blair Stonechild and Bill Waiser.
Includes Saskatoon City Council minutes from a meeting on Tuesday, February 19, 1980 regarding Task Forces dealing with Native People and the Law, Education and Training, Employment and Economic Development, and Housing.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 5, no. 1, Series 2, Spring, 1993, pp. 51-62
Description
Outlines how to teach a three-unit course in Literature of the American Indians with a focus on Leslie Silko's Storyteller.
Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 9, no. 2, 1989, pp. 205-236
Description
The transformation of First Nation arts and crafts over the past century in response to changing mainstream demand, includes a history of the Indian art and crafts movement.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 5, no. 3, Series 2, Fall, 1993, pp. 31-35
Description
Discusses Vizenor's use of law and literature in the sentencing of Thomas White Hawk.
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