American Indian Quarterly, vol. 20, no. 3/4, To Hear the Eagles Cry: Contemporary Themes in Native American Spirituality (Parts 1 & 2), Summer-Autumn, 1996, pp. 527-562
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Author examines the different ways that Mexican national culture and Indigenous Nahua culture interact, adopt each other’s practices, and blend together at intersections of meaning and practice.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 20, no. 2, 1996, pp. 173-185
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Describes how the Navajo fabric of life was disturbed by uranium mining in the 1940s and 1950s and how the United States Government knew the health risks, but neglected to inform Navajo workers.
Identifies resources, practices and instructional methods that would support Aboriginal students in the Intermediate-Advanced English as a Second Language Program (ESL) at Mount Royal Collegiate in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 27, no. 3/4, Urban American Indian Womens Activism, Summer/Fall, 2003, pp. 505-522
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Focuses on women who are strong, but low key activists, who extend many services to other urban community members and play many different roles to the people around them.
Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology, vol. 40, no. 4, 2003, pp. 373-390
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"Paper examines the relationship between Canadian state formation and the construction of Aboriginal identities via the legitimating function of public inquiry".
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 42, no. 2, 2003, pp. 50-60
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Comparison of the verbal-performance discrepancy on the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC-III) and the WISC-R for Navajo children and suggestions for further research.
Consists of an interview where he tells of life in a foster home and cultural suppression; gives a description of suppression on reserves in the 1950's; and gives a description of native values and philosophy and the role of sweat lodges.
Comments on several current topics including Aboriginal veterans at the ceremonial march on Remembrance Day, artist Allen Sapp winning the Governor General's Award for illustrations in the children's book The Song Within Our Heart, the Frank Calder Treaty case and elections at Big River First Nation.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 8, no. 1, Series 2, Spring, 1996, pp. [13]-24
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Discusses treatment of these subjects in the work of Ella Doloria, LeAnne Howe, Mary Crow Dog, Louise Erdrich, and Janet Campbell Hale.
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American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 27, no. 4, 2003, pp. 1-51
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Discusses photography as a technology used for domination, especially in the conquest of Native Americans. Photography achieved unparalleled success and soon became a means to justify and legitimate policies of American imperial expansion.
Polar Record, vol. 39, no. 1, January 2003, pp. 49-60
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Results of a survey of members of committees formed pursuant to the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement; three elements emerged: complex views of traditional knowledge, role of Inuit in attempting to shape the role of TEK in decision-making and need for financial support to collect TEK.
Science News, vol. 150, no. 14, October 5, 1996, pp. 216-217
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Contends that rock and cave art may offer insights about the trance-induced, supernatural journeys and spiritual sightings of shamans around the world.