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"Faces We Remember": Assessing Visual Memory Depth among the Yupik of Chukotka and St. Lawrence Island

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Igor Krupnik
Etudes Inuit Studies, vol. 45, no. 1/2, Chukotka: Understanding the Past, Contemporary Practices, and Perceptions of the Present, 2021, pp. 63-91

Examines the visual memories of Yupik and Chukotka elders based on historical photographs and the importance of physical visual collections. 

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Facial Paintings of the Indians of Northern British Columbia

Alternate Title
Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History ; v. 2. Anthropology ; v. 1
[Publications of] the Jesup North Pacific Expedition ; v. 1 (1898-1900), pt. 1
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Franz Boas
Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History
Forms part of Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History ; v. 2 (p. [3]-24, [6] plates).
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Facial Paintings of the Indians of Northern British Columbia

Alternate Title
Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History ; v. 2. Anthropology ; v. 1
[Publications of] the Jesup North Pacific Expedition ; v. 1 (1898-1900), pt. 1
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Franz Boas
Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History
Forms part of Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History ; v. 2 (p. [3]-24, [6] plates).
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[Faith Food and Family in a Yupik Whaling Community]

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Ned (Edmund) Searles
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 30, no. 2, The Influence of Marcel Mauss, 2006, pp. 225-228
Book review of: Faith Food and Family in a Yupik Whaling Community by Carol Zane Jolles, with Elinor Makaghaq Oozeva.
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Farm Labourers and Small-Scale Producers in Latin America

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Jim Handy
Labour/Le Travail, no. 55, Spring, 2005, pp. 233-243
Books reviewed: In the Shadows of the State: The United Fruit Company, Popular Struggle, and Agrarian Restructuring in Ecuador, 1900-1995 by Steve Striffler. Cutting the Wire: The Story of the Landless Movement in Brazil by Sue Branford and Jan Rocha. Feeding the Market: South American Farmers, Trade and Globalization by John Hellin and Sophie Higman.
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The Fate of the Eyak Indians in Russian America (1783–1867)

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Andrei V. Grinëv
Arctic Anthropology, vol. 54, no. 2, 2017, pp. 52-70
From a Russian-Anthropological perspective, the author discusses the history, society, and culture of the Eyak peoples during the time that Alaska was controlled by the Russian Empire. Article in translation.
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Fieldwork in Courtroom 53: A Witness to Delgamuukw v. B.C.

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robin Ridington
BC Studies, no. 95, Anthropology and History of the Courts, Autumn, 1992, pp. 12-24
Discusses court case and Justice Allan McEachern's rejection of expert testimony showing Aboriginal land ownership through oral histories.
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Fifteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1893-'94

E-Books
Author/Creator
J. W. Powell
Report includes the following papers: Report of the Director by J. W. Powell Stone Implements of the Potomac-Chesapeake Tidewater Province by William Henry Holmes The Siouan Indians: A Preliminary Sketch by W. J. McGee Siouan Sociology: A Posthumus Paper by James Owen Dorsey Tusayan Katcinas by Jesse Walter Fewkes The Repair of Casa Grande Ruin, Arizona, in 1891 by Cosmos Mindeleff
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Fifth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1883-'84

E-Books
Author/Creator
J. W. Powell
Report includes the following papers: Report of the Director by J. W. Powell Burial Mounds of the Northern Sections of the United States by Prof. Cyrus Thomas The Cherokee Nation of Indians by Charles C. Royce The Mountain Chant: A Navajo Ceremony by Dr. Washington Matthews The Seminole Indians of Florida by Clay MacCauley The Religious Life of the Zuñi Child by Mrs. Tilly E. Stevenson
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Fight for the North

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Nelle Oosterom
Canada's History, vol. 91, no. 4, August/September 2011, p. 49
Book review of: Polar Imperative: A History of Arctiv Sovereignty in North America by Shelagh D. Grant.
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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.
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First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1879-'80

E-Books
Author/Creator
J. W. Powell
Report includes the following papers: Report of the Director by J. W. Powell On the Evolution of Language by J. W. Powell Sketch of the Mythology of the North American Indians by J. W. Powell Wyandot Government: A Short Study of Tribal Society by J. W. Powell On Limitations to the Use of Some Anthropologic Data by J. W. Powell A Further Contribution to the Study of the Mortuary Customs of the North American Indians by Dr. H. C. Yarrow Studies in Central American Picture-Writing by Edward S.
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First Nations, First Dogs

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Marion Schwartz
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 84, no. 4, December 2003, pp. 663-664
Book review of: First Nations, First Dogs by Bryan D. Cummins.
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First Nations Histories

Web Sites » Personal
Author/Creator
Lee Sultzman
Historical look at almost 50 Native tribes in Canada and the United States with links to more detailed histories and extensive bibliography.
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First Nations Women, Games, and Sport in Pre- and Post-Colonial North America

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Thierry Terret
Frabrice Delsahut
Women's History Review, vol. 23, no. 6, 2014, pp. 976-995
Using a gendered approach to look at the history of Indigenous women's participation and impact on sports culture. Focuses on the Indigenous boarding school basketball team the Fort Shaw Blues.
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[First] Report of the Committee Consisting of Dr. E.B. Tylor, Dr. G.M. Dawson, General Sir J.H. Lefroy, Dr. Daniel Wilson, Mr. Horatio Hale, Mr. R.G. Haliburton, and Mr. George W. Bloxam (Secretary): Appointed for the Purpose of Investigating and Publish

Alternate Title
Report - 1885 on the north-western tribes of the Dominion of Canada
E-Books
Author/Creator
Committee on North-Western Tribes of the Dominion of Canada of the British Association for the Advancement of Science
Horatio Hale
"Reports on the physical characters, languages, industrial and social condition of the North-western tribes of the Dominion of Canada," focuses on Blackfoot, Cree and Ojibwe/Ojibway, 1885 era.
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Fishing at the Stone Weir: Part 1

Alternate Title
Fishing at the Stone Weir: Part One
Netsilik Series
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Quentin Brown
Film chronicles life at the isolated community depicting the reinforcement of the weir before commencing fishing. Duration: 30:20.
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Fishing at the Stone Weir: Part 2

Alternate Title
Fishing at the Stone Weir: Part Two
Netsilik Series
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Quentin Brown
Fishing continues and is completed for the women to process the catch and cook some in a stone pot. Duration: 26:54.
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A Foot In Two Worlds

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Stephen R. Brown
Nelle Oosterom
Canada's History, vol. 96, no. 2, April/May 2016, pp. 54-55
Interview with author Stephen R. Brown on his book, White Eskimo: Knud Rasmussen's Fearless Journey Into The Heart of the Arctic.
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Footprints Along the Cape York Sandbeaches

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Athol Chase
Aboriginal History, vol. 17, 1993, pp. 147-148
Book review of: Footprints Along the Cape York Sandbeaches by Nonie Sharp. Review located by scrolling to page 147.
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