Native American Studies: A Personal Overview

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
C. Patrick Morris
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 2, no. 2, Autumn, 1986, pp. 9-16
Description
Argues that in the 1980s lack of a professionally guided research academic recognition is a major obstacle for Indigenous Studies and that the greatest success has been the development of Tribal Colleges, e.g.. Navajo Community College.
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Native American Studies: Academic Concerns and Community Service

Alternate Title
Symposium on American Indian Studies, January 1977
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Clara Sue Kidwell
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 2, no. 3-4, 1978, pp. 4-9
Description
Overview of the Ethnic Studies Department at the University of California at Berkeley and considerations involved when establishing new programs.
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Native American Subjective Happiness: An Overview

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Amoneeta Beckstein
Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 25, no. 2, Proceedings of the 2014 WSSA American Indian Studies Section, Fall, 2014, pp. 1-6
Description
Comments on the correlation between collectivist values, social relationships and happiness for Native Americans.
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Native American Turnout in the 1990 and 1992 Elections

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Geoff Peterson
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 21, no. 2, Spring, 1997, pp. 321-331
Description
Article offers an analysis of data collected about the voting practices of Indigenous voters in two different elections in the United States. 674 Indigenous voters in 7 states were interviewed, findings indicate that while income and education levels play a role, Indian status is strongly related to whether an individual voted in these elections.
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Native American Women: Our Voice, the Air

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Linda Hogan
Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies, vol. 6, no. 3, Autumn, 1981, pp. 1-4
Description
Discusses the ways in which Native American women influence their communities and the larger Euro-American society.
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Native American Women's History: Tribes, Leadership, and Colonialism

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Lucy Eldersveld Murphy
Journal of Women's History, vol. 17, no. 4, 2005, pp. 124-133
Description
Book reviews of: The New Warriors: Native American Leaders Since 1900 edited by R. David Edmunds, Indigenous American Women: Decolonization, Empowerment, Activism by Devon Abbot Mihesuah, Sifters: Native American Women's Lives edited by Theda Perdue, Esther Ross: Stillaguamish Champion by Robert H. Ruby and John A. Brown, Indian Women and French Men: Rethinking Cultural Encounter in the Western Great Lakes by Susan Sleeper-Smith.
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[Native American Youth: Changing the Narrative]

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
[Jodi Gillette
Val Davidson
Littlebear Sanchez
Chaske Spencer]
Description
Key note speech and panel discussion highlights perspectives on racial equity to inspire policymakers, foundations and other advocates to make Native American youth a priority. Duration: 1:24:17.
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Native Americans and American Identities in the Early Republic

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Timothy Sweet
American Literary History, vol. 13, no. 3, Fall, 2001, pp. 592-602
Description
Book reviews of 4 books: Native Americans and the Early Republic edited by Frederick E. Hoxie, Ronald Hoffman, Peter J. Albert. The National Uncanny: Indian Ghosts and American Subjects by Renée Bergland. The Insistence of the Indian: Race and Nationalism in Nineteenth-Century American Culture by Susan Scheckel. Imagined Empires: Incas, Aztecs, and the New World of American Literature, 1771-1876 by Eric Wertheimer.
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Native Americans Decry European Church Structures

Articles » General
Anglican Journal, vol. 123, no. 6, June 1997, p. 17
Description
Native American gathering criticizes imposition Western structures and doctrine on indigenous communities and calls for a new relationship with churches.
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Native Americans in Elementary School Social Studies Textbooks

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Maxel J. Ferguson
Dan B. Fleming
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 23, no. 2, January 1984, pp. [10-15]
Description
Study assesses Native American content of 34 elementary textbooks used in Virginia including some used nationwide.
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[Native Americans on Film: Conversations, Teaching, and Theory]

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Erin J. Cotter
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 26, no. 1, Spring, 2014, pp. 125-127
Description
Book review of: Native Americans on Film edited by M. Elise Marubbio and Eric L. Buffalohead. Entire issue on one pdf. To access review, scroll to page 125.
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Native and Indigenous Scholars and Journalists in the ‘Post-Truth’ Communications Environment

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Richard Wheelock
Indigenous Policy Journal , vol. 29, no. 2, Fall, 2018, pp. 33-56
Description
Publication of paper presented at Western Social Science Association 2018 Meeting, American Indian Studies Section. Author describes the current state of journalism and news media in the United States, discusses issues of funding, populism, political criticism, and the effects of data mining; examines the implications for Indigenous peoples, scholars and journalists.
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Native and Mainstream Parenting: A Comparative Study

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Adje van de Sande
Peter Menzies

Native Social Work Journal, vol. 4, no. 1, Aboriginal Children and Youth, Issues and Challenges, December 2003, pp. 126-139
Description
Examines the differences between Native and non-Native parenting practices.
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Native Anglicans Closer to Own Church

Articles » General
Anglican Journal, vol. 121, no. 7, September 1995, p. 7A
Description
Discussion of a new covenant that places Aboriginal people into a self-determining church within the Anglican Church of Canada.
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Native Children and the Child Welfare System in Canada

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Christine Davies
Alberta Law Review, vol. 30, no. 4, 1992, pp. 1200-1215
Description
Argues that the past approaches of assimilation, combined with funding squabbles, have been responsible for the existing child welfare problems.
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Native Ethics and Principles

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Clare Brant
Description
Discusses nine common attitudes: non-interference, anger must not be shown, everything is shared, attitude to gratitude, protocol, shaping vs. modelling, conversation/withdrawal reaction, and independence-dependence.
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Native Health Research in Canada: Anthropological and Related Approaches

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
John D. O'Neil
James B. Waldram
Native Studies Review, vol. 5, no. 1, Native Health Research in Canada, 1989, pp. 1-15
Description
Introduction to this special volume of the Native Studies Review, which focuses on research to address the health needs of Native people.
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