Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 20, no. 3, Fall, 2008, pp. 99-102
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Book review of: Tell Me, Grandmother: Traditions, Stories, and Cultures of Arapaho People by Virginia Sutter.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access review, scroll to page 99.
Reviews the academic and trade tourism literature; looks at the literature review regarding challenges faced in developing sustainable cultural tourism; observes and analyses the development process and execution of a master cultural tourism plan; and reviews the governance and marketing of the Cherokee Nation Cultural Tourism Initiative.
Sixty-Seven Nations and Counting: Proceedings of the Seventh Native American Symposium
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Lisette Rice
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Discusses the history of the Seminary for Cherokee women and the underlying ideas that shaped both female and Native education in the nineteenth century, paying special attention to the curriculum of instruction at these institutions.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 11, no. 6, June 2008, p. 20
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Presents a 20 question trivia quiz, with answers, to test readers on their Aboriginal Knowledge.
Quiz located by scrolling to page 20, answers by scrolling to page 28.
Northern Review, no. 28, Spring, 2008, pp. 207-229
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Compares the environment of schooling in urban and rural Alaska plus the progress state educators have made following the initial implementation of the legislation.
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 31, no. 2, 2008, pp. 110-129, 174
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Argues that despite talk of tolerance and equaility, the reality is that Aboriginal students are still at an academic disadvantage for completing high school.
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 31, no. 1, Special Issue: Essentializing Elizabeth Cook-Lynn, Spring, 2016, pp. 27-45
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Prominent scholar discusses her work in the field of American Indian studies and attitudes about history and politics of Indigenous nations' situation in the United States.
Ozark Historical Review, vol. 37, Spring, 2008, pp. [1]-19
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Discusses the three methods used by Armstrong to secure funding from the government and philanthropists: celebrity endorsements, fund raising tours, and student correspondence.
Looks at the familial relationships which developed in the community of Île à la Crosse as well as those established with representatives of the fur trade and the Church.
Introduction and Chapter 1 of: One of the Family: Métis Culture in Nineteenth-Century Northwestern Saskatchewan.
Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies, vol. 29, no. 2-3, 2008, pp. 1-35
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Examines Frances Slocum’s cultural conversion from a white girl to an Indian woman; explores the dissemination of her story; and investigates the ways in which white writers later stressed the story of Frances Slocum as the story of a white woman.
Language in Society, vol. 37, no. 2, 2008, pp. 191-215
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Comments on the history of the place-names given to newly constructed neighbourhoods on the reservation in relation to locally established social idioms.
AlterNative, vol. 12, no. 5, [Indigenous Peoples, Popular Pleasures and the Everyday], 2016, pp. 466-479
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Brief comparison of American and Aboriginal Australian versions of the genre, followed by four mini-profiles of four artists: Briggs, Little G, Munkimuk and Kaylah Truth.
Welcoming remarks and keynote presentation by artistic director of the Gordon Tootoosis Nīkānīwin Theatre and a participant in the theatre's Circle of Voices program.
Duration: 1:09:19.
Winner of Coast Mental Health's 2013 Courage to Come Back Award in the category of Social Adversity speaks about his work with youth at risk and special needs children.
Duration: 21:01.
Noted lacrosse player speaks about the importance of the game in his community's cultural traditions and beliefs, and his personal life.
Duration: 24:30.
Young woman speaks about her personal story of healing and empowerment, and her time as the representative for missing and murdered women.
Duration: 22:58.