Anthropologists

Displaying 1 - 50 of 103

Anthropology and Education in Canada, the Early Years (1850-1970)

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
A.D. Fisher
Anthropology & Education Quarterly, vol. 29, no. 1, March 1998, pp. 89-102
Argues that this subdiscipline has developed differently than in the United States despite common ground regarding anthropologists and topics studied.
Login or Register to create bookmarks.

Apartheid Pressures Push Aboriginal Peoples to Edge of Extinction

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Matthew Coon-Come
Canadian Speeches, vol. 15, no. 3, July/August 2001, p. 37
Speech by Matthew Coon-Come, The National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations, criticizes the United Nations' Draft Declaration of the Indigenous Rights of Aboriginal Peoples and argues that Aboriginal people continue to be marginalized in Canada.
Login or Register to create bookmarks.

Archaeological Field Work in North America During 1929

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
American Anthropologist, vol. 32, no. 2, New Series, April 1930, pp. 342-374
Summary reports outlining the activities of various archaeologists throughout the year. Includes overview of 1929 work by Harlan I. Smith in British Columbia and W.J. Wintimberg concerning Inuit occupation in Newfoundland.
Login or Register to create bookmarks.

Assiniboine

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
C. L. Higham
American Review of Canadian Studies, vol. 32, no. 3, Autumn, September 1, 2002, pp. 496-8
Book review of: The Assiniboine by Edwin Thompson Denig (1812-1858), edited by J. N. B. Hewitt, with a new introduction and index by David R. Miller. Originally published as Forty-sixth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution 1928-1929.
Login or Register to create bookmarks.

Book Reviews

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Various Authors
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 22, no. 2, 2002, pp. 399-402
Book reviews of 10 books: An Overview of Aboriginal and Treaty Rights and Compensation for their Breach by Robert Mainville. Black Elk Lives: Conversations With the Black Elk Family by Esther Black Elk DeSersa, Olivia Black Elk Pourier, Aaron DeSersa Jr., Clifton DeSersa. Black Elk Speaks, Being the Life Story of a Holy Man of the Oglala Sioux told through John G. Neihardt (Flaming Rainbow) by Nicholas Black Elk. Choctaws at the Crossroads: The Political Economy of Class and Culture in the Oklahoma Timer Region by Sandra Faiman-Silva.
Login or Register to create bookmarks.

The Clearwater Lake Punctate Pottery of P.G. Downes

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Margaret G. Hanna
Canadian Journal of Archaeology, vol. 28, no. 1, 2004, pp. 117-143
Discusses Clearwater Lake Punctate Type pottery and the first report of this pottery in American Antiquity by Prentice G. Downes in July 1938.
Login or Register to create bookmarks.

The Collaboration of James Mutch and Franz Boas, 1883-1922

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kenn Harper
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 32, no. 2, Franz Boas et les Inuit / Franz Boas and the Inuit, 2008, pp. 53-71
Investigates the contributions made by manager of the whaling station to the emerging anthropologist and chronicles the three decade period of correspondence between the two.
Login or Register to create bookmarks.

Did I Hear That Right? One Anthropologist's Reaction to Colleague's Testimony in a Court Case Involving Alaska Native Aboriginal Hunting and Fishing Rights on the Outer Continental Shelf

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Rita A. Miraglia
Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 22, no. 4, Special Issue of Indigenous Policy: Anthropology, Archaeology and Litigation - Alaska Style, Spring, 2012, pp. 1-19
Comments on opinions presented as fact in a court case and questions if guidelines need to be established for the use of anthropological and archaeological data in court testimony.
Login or Register to create bookmarks.

Donald Thomson in Arnhem Land

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Nancy M. Williams
Aboriginal History , vol. 29, 2005, pp. 150-156
Book review of: Donald Thomson in Arnhem Land, Revised edition by Donald Thomson. Review located by scrolling to page 150.
Login or Register to create bookmarks.

Donald Thomson, the Man and Scholar

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Nancy Williams
Aboriginal History, vol. 34, January 2010, pp. 243-253
Book review of: Donald Thomson, the Man and Scholar edited by Bruce Rigsby and Nicolas Peterson. Review located by scrolling to page 243.
Login or Register to create bookmarks.

Dreams and Visions in Indigenous Lifeworlds: An Experiential Approach

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jean-Guy A. Goulet
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 13, no. 2, 1993, pp. 171-198
Argues that anthropologists may experience dreams and visions similar to those whom they study and that it is useful to incorporate such experiences into ethnographic descriptions.
Login or Register to create bookmarks.

A Figure of Speech

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Christopher Moore
Canada's History, vol. 96, no. 5, October/November 2016, p. 19
Brief biographical article on John Steckley, who has mastered the Ojibwa and Wendat languages in order to study Indigenous history more effectively.
Login or Register to create bookmarks.

Francis LaFlesche and the World of Letters

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sherry L. Smith
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 25, no. 4, Fall, 2001, pp. 579-603
Experiences and recollections about the life of the first Native American anthropologist.
Login or Register to create bookmarks.

[Franz Boas 1858-1942: An Illustrated Biography]

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Ludger Müller-Wille
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 29, no. 1-2, Préserver la langue et les savoirs / Preserving Language and Knowledge, 2005, pp. 347-348
Book review of: Franz Boas 1858-1942 by Norman F. Boas.
Login or Register to create bookmarks.

Franz Boas and the Inuit

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ludger Müller-Wille
Études/Inuit/Studies, vol. 32, no. 2, Franz Boas et les Inuit / Franz Boas and the Inuit, 2008, pp. 5-12
Introductory article to themed issue on noted anthropologist Franz Boas.
Login or Register to create bookmarks.

The Franz Boas Enigma

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Hugh Brody
Northern Review, no. 28, Political and Economic Change in Canada’s Provincial North, 2014, pp. 297-299
Book review of: The Franz Boas Enigma by Ludger Müller-Wille.
Login or Register to create bookmarks.

Gladys Reichard at the Frontiers of Navajo Culture

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
William H. Lyon
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 13, no. 2, Spring, 1989, pp. 137-163
Examines the anthropological work of Gladys Reichard, both the flaws and successes in her work.
Login or Register to create bookmarks.

Headhunting William Jones

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Collis H. Davis
Review of video documentary about an Oklahoman Fox anthropologist who was murdered while doing field work in the Philippines.
Login or Register to create bookmarks.
Subscribe to Anthropologists