American Indian Quarterly, vol. 15, no. 1, Winter, 1995, pp. 31-73
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Article relates a prophetic narrative recorded by the ethnologist Frank Cushing, and explores possible interpretations of the story and potential results.
Justice as Healing, vol. 2, no. 3, Fall, 1997, p. [?]
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Reprint of a lecture given by Chief Justice of the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal (SaskCA), at the University of Saskatchewan in 1997.
This is a two-part sample article, courtesy of the Native Law Centre of Canada. Subscriptions are available from the NLC.
Discusses early authorities' attitudes about the upbringing of Aboriginal children, residential schooling in Canada, judicial responses to culture in child protection cases, and the origin and functioning of intertribal child protection agencies in Manitoba.
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.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 17, no. 2, 1997, pp. 315-328
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Outlines cultural assumptions of the Canadian justice system in contrast with Aboriginal conceptions of justice and argues that Canada must implement the recommendations of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples to neutralize the impact of criminal law on Aboriginal peoples.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 19, no. 4, Autumn, 1995, pp. 451-465
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Literary criticism article that considers Humishuma’s (Mourning Dove, aka Christine Quintasket) novel; examines the ways that the text was influenced and edited by Humishuma’s friend and mentor Lucullus V. McWhorter.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 7, no. 1, Series 2, Spring, 1995, pp. 45-63
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Discusses how the characters provide the poets with a playful, sometimes painful, way of speaking about American Indian women’s experiences and encompasses both traditional beliefs and contemporary reality.
Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 10, no. 2, Summer, 1995, pp. 29-30
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Review of an exhibition of clothing from three aboriginal cultures, the Inuit, the NLaka'pamux and the Dene at the Canadian Museum of Civilization, Quebec, 1997.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 29.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 21, no. 1, To Hear the Eagles Cry: Contemporary Themes in Native American Spirituality (Part 3), Winter, 1997, pp. 57-71
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Author conducts a nuanced analysis of the imagery and stereotypes of Indigenous peoples in the contemporary American culture(s) and how those tropes contribute to a colonial narrative surrounding Indigenous cultures and spiritual practices and must be considered part of the context when teaching Indigenous studies courses and content.
American Antiquity, vol. 62, no. 2, April 1997, pp. 273-284
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Discusses lack of consensus on settlement patterns based on wide variation in number of dwellings. Study of a site at Porden Point, N.W.T. found structures were not all constructed or occupied at the same time.
Journal of Women's History, vol. 9, no. 3, Autumn, 1997, pp. [10]-27
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"This article explores attempts of Office of Indian Affairs (OIA) agents on the Southern Ute reservation in southwestern Colorado to use Southern Ute women to "reform" Ute sexual and marital practices, as well as Ute women's responses to these efforts".
Art Journal, vol. 54, no. 4, Winter, 1995, pp. 48-52
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Reviews and discusses work of Hopi video and filmmaker Victor Masayesva, Jr. who integrates experiences of traditional American Indian world with Native American media.
Speech to the people of the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation.by General John J. Sheehan, United States Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic Commander in Chief, U. S. Atlantic Command.