American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 2, no. 1, 1977, pp. 8-18
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Discusses Roger Williams' challenges to Puritans' assertion that they had jurisdiction over both Indigenous peoples and their lands, and uses the conflict between the Narragansett and dissident Rhode Islanders as a case study.
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.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 21, no. 2, Spring, 1997, pp. 299-320
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Author examines both the text and its reception to offer a critical analysis of factors that affect the interaction between dominant and marginalized cultures including acts of appropriation on the part of reviewers, and the devaluing of oral literatures.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 5, no. 3, September 1981, pp. 44-46
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Article investigates the family 'clan' system in northern Australia and the belief in 'payback' in which people believe that all misfortunes are a result of others wishing them harm.
Chemosphere, vol. 34, no. 5-7, 1997, pp. 1459-1468
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Studies the high exposure of organochlorines, via food-chain contamination, on Inuit in Northern Quebec, and discusses the impact it has on their health.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 17, no. 1, 1997, pp. 149-157
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Reviews three books, each providing a life history of an Indigenous male: Blackfoot warrior Red Crow, Comanche Chief Quanah Parker, and Nuumuu farm labourer Corbett Mack.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 17, no. 2, 1997, pp. 329-350
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Reviews the research project developed to examine the attitudes of both incarcerated Aboriginal youth and senior management on the issue of racism in British Columbia's youth correctional facilities.
New story about Manitoba Grand Chief Phil Fontaine being under fire for hiring Brian Contois, leader of the Manitoba Warriors, to keep Aboriginal youth out of street gangs. Includes synopsis.
Duration: 2:13.
Mr. Isadore, aged 72, a former councillor on Drift Pile River Reserve, recounts a history of Drift Pile River Reserve, and of other reserves around Lesser Slave Lake.
Phyllis Clarke was a member of the Communist party and political associate of Norris and Brady. She talks about the political atmosphere in the Prince Albert area in the fifties as well as the political beliefs and affiliations of Norris and Brady.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 17, no. 1, 1997, pp. 159-161
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Video review of: The Place of Falling Water produced by Roy Bigcrane and Thompson Smith about the experiences of the Salish and Kootenai peoples on the Flathead Reservation.
Studies in Canadian Literature / Études en littérature canadienne, vol. 22, no. 2, 1997, pp. [83]-104
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Discusses novels in which the main plot is about the writing of a novel. The reviewer gives many Canadian examples and argues that they all fit into Robert Kroetsch's theory that by telling, we create.
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. [69]-80
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Compares and contrasts the two authors' approaches to the representation of history and the interaction of Native American and European culture.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 21, no. 3, Summer, 1997, pp. 451-470
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Authors discuss different positions and policies on resource extraction from traditional Diné territories and how these have created and maintained poverty conditions on the Navajo Reservation in Utah.