Getting Started in Oral Traditions Research
Alternate Title
Occasional Papers of the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, No. 4
E-Books
Author/Creator
Elisa Hart
Description
Presents discussion of approaches, methodologies and protocols relevant to oral testimony with an emphasis on the Northwest Territories.
A Global Potlatch: Identifying the Indigenous Influence on Western Thought
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Isaiah Lorado Wilner
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 37, no. 2, The Settler Complex, 2013, pp. 87-114
Description
Comments on the relationship between anthropologist, Franz Boas, and the Kwakwaka'wakw people and their influence on his concept of culture.
Globalization and Development in a Post-Nomadic Hunter-Gather Village: The Case of Arctic Village, Alaska
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Steven C. Dinero
Northern Review, no. 25/26, Summer, 2005, pp. 135-160
Description
Discusses how the settlement (pop. 125) has sought to introduce community planning in an effort to transform itself into a more "developed" western-style town.
"Going to the Water": A Structural Analysis of Cherokee Purification Rituals
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Alan Edwin Kilpatrick
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 15, no. 4, 1991, pp. 49-58
Description
Study results indicate a deep sense of reciprocity underscoring all human thought and action in the Cherokee sense of being.
Great Basin Petroglyphs and Prehistoric Game Trails
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robert F. Heizer
Martin A. Baumhoff
Science, vol. 129, no. 3353, New Series, April 3, 1959, pp. 904-905
Description
Petroglyphs are located along routes of deer migration which suggest a connection to hunting and perhaps hunting-magic.
The Great North Road: A Cosmographic Expression of the Chaco Culture of New Mexico
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Anna Sofaer
Michael P. Marshall
Rolf M. Sinclair
Description
Looks at the religious considerations underlying construction of the Great North Road and other Chaco roads uniting the Chaco world and its works with its spiritual landscape.
The Grizzly Gave Them the Song: James Teit and Franz Boas Interpret Twin Ritual in Aboriginal British Columbia, 1897-1920
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Wendy Wickwire
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 25, no. 3, June 01, 2001, pp. 431-452
Description
Uses literature concerning twin rituals to illustrate problems with cultural interpretation and translation in the early years of anthropology.
The Gros Ventre/Fall Indians in Historical and Archaeological Interpretation
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mary E. Malainey
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 25, no. 1, 2005, pp. 155-183
Description
Discusses the debate whether the people described as Gros Ventre were Atsina or Hidatsa. Historical documents indicate the two groups Atsina and the Arapaho recognized their kinship.
Guide to Documents Relating to American Indians in Montana Identified and Collected by the Natives of Montana Archival Project (NOMAP) from Repositories in the National Archives and Records Administration, Smithsonian Institution & Library of Congress, 2008-10
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Helen Cryer
Miranda McCarvel
Carole Meyers
Wilena Old Person
Glen Still Smoking ... [et al.]
Description
Guide distinguished between records held at the Mansfield Library, those digitized and online and those located solely in the archival repositories in Washington, DC.
The Gwich'in Boy in the Moon and Babylonian Astronomy
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Wayne Horowitz
Alestine Andre
and Ingrid Kritsch
Arctic Anthropology, vol. 55, no. 1, 2018, pp. 91-104
Description
Using evidence ranging from cuneiform tablets the contemporary anthropological writings this study examines and compares different cultural explanations for the face in the moon.
The Habitat of the Wailaki
Alternate Title
Phoebe Apperson Hearst Memorial Volume
University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology ; v.20
E-Books
Author/Creator
P. E. Goddard
Description
Part of: University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, vol. 20 (pp93-109).
Handbook of the North American Indians, vol 12: Plateau
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Kenichi Matsui
Arthur J Ray
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 81, no. 4, December 2000, p. 678
Description
Book review of: Handbook of the North American Indians, vol 12: Plateau edited by Deward E. Walker. Smithsonian Institution Series
'Hang Onto These Words': Johnny David's Delgamuukw Evidence
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Tom G. Svensson
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 27, no. 2, 2007, pp. 516-517
Description
Book review of: 'Hang Onto These Words': Johnny David's Delgamuukw Evidence edited by Antonia Mills.
Scroll to page 516 to read review.