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Societies of the Arikara Indians

Alternate Title
Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History ; v.11, pt.8
E-Books
Author/Creator
Robert H. Lowie
Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History
Description
Forms part of Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History, v.11 (p.645-678).
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"Some of Them... Would Always Have a Minister with Them": Mohawk Protestantism, 1683-1719

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Daniel K. Richter
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 16, no. 4, Shamans and Preachers, Color Symbolism and Commercial Evangelism: Reflections on Early Mid-Atlantic , Autumn, 1992, pp. 471-484
Description
Author works to re-examine the activities of the first wave of Protestant Missionaries and the effects of their engagement with the Mohawk people; discusses elements of cultural exchange and argues that this is the framework through which the Mohawk approach Christian Baptism and prayer.
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Southern Diegueño Customs

Alternate Title
Phoebe Apperson Hearst Memorial Volume
University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology ; v.20
E-Books
Author/Creator
Leslie Spier
Description
Part of: University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, vol. 20 (pp295-358).
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The Sovereignty of Transmotion in a State of Exception: Lessons from the Internment of 'Praying Indians' on Deer Island, Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1675-1676

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Deborah L. Madsen
Transmotion, vol. 1, no. 1, 2015, pp. 23-47
Description
Author uses the treatment of the Indigenous Christians by the colonial government during Metacom’s War (or King Phillip’s War) to contrast colonial and Indigenous understandings of sovereignty.
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Space Syntax Analysis of Central Inuit Snow Houses

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Peter C. Dawson
Journal of Anthropological Archaeology , vol. 21, no. 4, December 2002, pp. 464-480
Description
Analysis of how the layout of buildings influences social and environmental interaction.
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The Spatial and Socioeconomic Analysis of First Nation People in Toronto CMA

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Joe T. Darden
Sameh M. Kamel
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 22, no. 2, 2002, pp. 239-267
Description
Findings from the 1996 Census revealed that while Aboriginal peoples are not segregated, they do occupy poorer quality neighbourhoods at a higher rate than non-Aboriginal people in the Toronto Census Metropolitan Area
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Spectacular Striptease: Performing the Sexual and Racial Other in Vancouver, B.C., 1945-1975

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Becki Ross
Kim Greenwall
Journal of Women's History, vol. 17, no. 1, 2005, pp. 137-164
Description
Describes the racial divides in the industry and how white and women of colour were positioned differently both geographically and in terms of prestige. It was a rarity for First Nations women to be employed as show dancers.
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Speculative States: Citizenship Criteria, Human Rights, and Decolonial Legal Norms in Gerald Vizenor’s The Heirs of Columbus

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Andrew Uzendoski
Extrapolation, vol. 57, no. 1-2, 2016, pp. 21-50
Description
Critical paper which uses international Human Rights Law to examine the legal arguments made by Vizenor in his 1991 novel; discusses the relationship between Indigenous speculative fictions (SF) and international law at the end of the twentieth century.
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Spuzzum: Fraser Canyon Histories, 1808-1939

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
R. W. Sandwell
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 82, no. 2, June 2001, p. 357
Description
Book review of: Spuzzum by Andrea Laforet and Annie York of Nlaka'pamux First Nation.
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The Staff of Leadership: Indian Authority in the Missions of Alta California

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Steven W. Hackel
William and Mary Quarterly, vol. 54, no. 2, 3rd series, April 1997, pp. 347-376
Description
Describes the conversion and control of Aboriginal people by Franciscans; analyzes and identifies leadership selection patterns and the role of leaders in relation to the missions.
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Stolen Spirits of Haida Gwaii

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Kristina McLaughlin
Michael McMahon
Description
Narratives of historical events impacting the Haida Gwaii villages in British Columbia and the preparation to repatriate ancestral bones from the Field Museum in Chicago back to the Haida Nation. Duration 1:14:12.
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The Story of the Ahenakews

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Edward Ahenakew
Saskatchewan History, vol. 17, no. 1, Winter, 1964, pp. 12-23
Description
Draws on notes and a manuscript written by the Reverend Canon Edward Ahenakews to piece together a series of memoirs and narratives about the Ahenakew family, their relations, and historical events and characters of the late 1800s and early 1900s. Entire issue on one pdf file, scroll to page 12.
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Strategy As Lived: Mixed Communities in the Age of New Nations

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Daniel H. Calhoun
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 22, no. 1/2, Winter-Spring, 1998, pp. 181-202
Description
Article examines the different structures and ways of being expressed by bi-racial or multi-racial communities in 19th century North America, considers some of the mainstream/anglo responses to these peoples and communities.
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The Subarctic Indians and the Fur Trade 1680-1860

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
C. E. Heidenreich
BC Studies, no. 76, Winter, 1987, pp. 86-88
Description
Book review of: The Subarctic Indians and the Fur Trade 1680-1860 by J. C. Yerbury. Scroll down to page 86 to read review.
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Success in Closing the Socio-Economic Gap, But Still a Long Way to Go: Urban Aboriginal Disadvantage, Trauma, and Racism in the Australian City of Newcastle

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Deirdre Howard-Wagner
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 10, no. 1, January 14, 2019
Description
Article presents research from a four-year place-based project which investigate the success of Aboriginal communities in addressing the disparity faced by Aboriginal people; participants redefine this disparity as symptom of colonial structures and cultural exclusion and develop trauma informed approaches.
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Surveying American Indians with Opt-In Internet Surveys

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rebekah Herrick
Jeanette Morehouse Mendez
Ben Pryor
James A. Davis
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 43, no. 3, Summer, 2019, pp. 281-305
Description
Study examines the potential for using opt-in internet surveys as means to study the political attitudes and behaviors of Indigenous people in the United States.
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The Tahltan Indians

Alternate Title
University of Pennsylvania. University Museum. Anthropological Publications; vol. IV, no. 1
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Author/Creator
G.T. Emmons
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Taitsumanialuk, les collections de l’Arctique canadien et du Groenland dans les musées français au XIXe siècle

Alternate Title
Taistumanialuk, the Arctic Collections from Canada and Greenland in Nineteenth century French Museums
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Gwénaële Guigon
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 42, no. 1, Arctic Collections and Museology: Presentations, Disseminations, and Interpretations, 2018, pp. 87-115
Description
Article offers a historical perspective on the cataloguing and description of various undocumented Arctic artifacts in French Museums.
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