Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 32, no. 2, Fall, 2017, pp. 30-45
Description
Exploratory article which examines the ways lessons and information on the history and contemporary state of Indian Education are integrated into American Indian/Native American Studies programs and journals.
Radio report discusses Sherman Indian High School in Riverside California and the controversy over whether the Federally-funded schools should closed. Accompanied by article.
Duration: 7:46.
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 32, no. 2, Fall, 2017, pp. 106-114
Description
Ortiz’s address to the AISA calls on Indigenous people to recognize the damage done to them by colonization and to find in that recognition the strength and will to participate in contemporary resistance to neocolonial projects rooted in consumer capitalist and extractive resource regimes.
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 32, no. 2, Fall, 2017, pp. 91-105
Description
This presentation text examines different sites and incidents of neocolonial violence and Aboriginal activism as defiance in response; asserts the basis of Native Studies is “indigenousness and sovereignty” and examines the implications of these concepts for activism and resistance movements.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 8, no. 4, Series 2; European Writings on Native American Literatures, Winter, 1996, pp. [61]-72
Description
In the interview, the acclaimed author of House Made of Dawn, discusses, among other things, oral traditions as compared to the written word.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 15, no. 1, 2008, pp. 18-32
Description
Results from a study that recruited 12 United States Aboriginals and 12 non-Aboriginal participants to play simulated slot machines in order to measure how sensation seeking and payback percentages affect gambling behaviours.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 20, no. 2, Repatriation: An Interdisciplinary Dialogue, Spring, 1996, pp. 229-237
Description
Editorial piece in which the author offers an Indigenous perspective on and criticism of the practices of archaeologists and physical anthropologists in relation to the physical remains and funerary artifacts of Indigenous peoples.
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 6, no. 1, 2019, pp. 111-148
Description
Discusses the way in which some members of the Society of American Indians (SAI) advocated for a model of “Americanization” of Indigenous people that allows for the “performance of both American and Native allegiances,” and enfranchised Indigenous peoples as full citizens.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 31, no. 1-2, Spring-Summer, 2019, pp. 170-207
Description
Discusses Winnemucca’s 1883 book, Life among the Piutes, and her advocacy work on behalf of the Piutes; focuses on the rhetorical strategies and political positioning Winnemucca uses to represent her people and their interests to settler publics and government officials.
Outlines characteristics of current programs for training adulteducation instructors and makes recommendations to increase the number Aboriginal faculty in mainstream colleges and vocational institutes.
Putting the Woman and the Aboriginal into the Scientist: A Female Urban Indian Scientist's Perspective
Women and Other Faces in Science Conference
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lillian E. Dyck
Native Studies Review, vol. 11, no. 2, 1996, pp. 89-102
Description
Explores how being female and/or holding Aboriginal beliefs can influence/change Western scientific medodologies and thought. Paper presented at the Women and Other Faces in Science Conference in Saskatoon, 1996
Manual designed to help Indigenous women and service providers address key aspects of violence, as well as understand Indigenous women’s legal rights on matters related to leaving a violent relationship.
AlterNative, vol. 15, no. 4, Indigenous Notions of Cultural Heritage, December 2019, pp. 330-339
Description
Discusses how the Apurinã community in Brazil create and maintain relationships with different non-human actors forms an intergenerational way of managing and relating to the land; critically examines how these relationships are protected by international law.
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act and Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act: Capabilities Failure?
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Wayne Edwards
Tara Natarajan
Native Studies Review, vol. 17, no. 2, 2008, pp. 69-97
Description
Argues that laws that had the potential to improve the well-being of people in Alaska were never fully realized due to the legislation's design and implementation.
Discusses the survival of traditional Andean textile traditions and how they are linked to the people’s environment and their ancestors.
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Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 31, no. 2, 1996, pp. 62-75
Description
Argues that Métis life in Maria Campbell's Halfbreed are structured around humorous anecdotes which are often in stark contrast to the tragic nature of the story.