American Quarterly, vol. 35, no. 5, Winter, 1985, pp. 702-718
Description
Contains transcripts of these early autobiographies and argues that they represent two conceptions of self, each tailored to a different audience and occasion.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 4, no. 2, A Special Symposium Issue on James Welch's , 1978, pp. 123-130
Description
A discussion on ritual in James Welch's Winter in the Blood and its a representation of Indigenous Americans fighting their own cultural alienation in society.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 4, no. 2, A Special Symposium Issue on James Welch's , 1978, pp. 107-122
Description
Takes a feminist approach to analyzing James Welch's story structure and characters in the novel. The female characters are the cause of and the resolution to the story's conflict.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 2, no. 2, 1978, pp. 26-31
Description
Brief survey of the ways in which fire was used to manage vegetation and discussion of how prescribed burning is gaining acceptance as an environmentally sound practice.
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 24, no. 2, May 1985, pp. [7-15]
Description
Reviews the needs of handicapped children and describes the American Indian Special Education Teacher Training Program, funded by the Department of Education, at Pennsylvania State University.
American Economic Review, vol. 68, no. 4, September 1978, pp. 503-516
Description
Suggests that land tenure or other institutional problems, not managerial deficiencies underlie Native American challenges in equalling non-Native operating efficiencies.
Symposium on American Indian Studies, January 1977
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Russell Thornton
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 2, no. 3-4, January 1, 1978, pp. 10-19
Description
Discusses development of American Indian Studies as a distinct entity within academic institutions by examining criticisms leveled against it and possible directions it might follow.
Mr. Bear has worked for Hudson Bay Mining and Smelting company for almost 30 years and he talks about the many changes he has witnessed as well as some of his experiences.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 5, no. 3, 1981, pp. 33-46
Description
Discusses the importance of these censuses as source of information about family size, number of households, name changes and kinship connections between households.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 4, no. 1, 1978, pp. 1-18
Description
The author argues that the writings of various anthropologists awoke Nanticoke resolve to exercise self-determination and embrace traditional cultural practices as a means to solidify their identity.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 1, no. 2, 1981, pp. 331-336
Description
Satirical pseudo-report to the Board of Directors of a hydroelectric project, proposing a solution to the problem of Indigenous people displaced by flooding.
The 25-minute black-and-white video filmed and produced by staff of the Department of Northern Saskatchewan in 1978 at Deschambault Lake It records the making of snowshoes, from the splitting of a log to the completed snowshoes.