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"The Laying Aside of a Shield": Ethnographic Power Struggles in Oliver La Farge's Indian Fiction

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Erik Trump
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 22, no. 3, Summer, 1998, pp. 326-342
Description
Literary criticism piece in which the author considers the fictional writings and autobiography of Oliver La Farge, who was both a novelist and an anthropologist; argues that La Farge’s work engages in a process of critique of the anthropology and ethnography disciplines.
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Learning to Read—Almost: New Books in Early Native American Studies

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Joanna Brooks
Early American Literature, vol. 48, no. 3, 2013, pp. 743-754
Description
Book review essay of: English Letters and Indian Literacies: Reading, Writing, and New England Missionary Schools, 1750–1830 by Hilary E. Wyss. Queequeg’s Coffin: Indigenous Literacies and Early American Literature by Birgit Rasmussen. On Records: Delaware Indians, Colonists, and the Media of History and Memory by Andrew Newman.
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The Legacy of Pashofa: Ceremony, Society, Women, and Chickasaw Life

Alternate Title
Native American Symposium ; 5th, 2003
Native Being -- Being Native: Identity and Difference: Proceedings of the Fifth Native American Symposium
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Matt Despain
Description
Examines the history and cultural significance of the traditional Chickasaw food dish.
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Lewis Binford and the New Archaeology

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Harry Lerner
Totem, vol. 1, no. 1, Spring, 1994, pp. [57]-62
Description
Discusses Binford's approach to the archaeological discipline using methods that constantly re-evaluate theories concerning cultural processes.
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Life and Culture of the Hupa

Alternate Title
University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology ; v.1, no.1
E-Books
Author/Creator
Pliny Earle Goddard
Description
Part of: University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, vol. 1, (pp1-88, 30 plates).
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The Life and Death of Johnny Campbell

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Malcolm D. Prentis
Aboriginal History, vol. 15, no. 2, 1991, pp. 138-151
Description
Looks at the public execution of a man and the study of his corpse.
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The Life and Death of the Renown'd Mr. John Eliot, who was the First Preacher of the Gospel to the Indians in America: with an Account of the Wonderful Success which the Gospel has had Amongst the Heathen in that Part of the World: and of the Many Strange Customes of the Pagan Indians in New-England

Alternate Title
The Triumphs of the Reformed Religion in America: the Life of the Renowned John Eliot
E-Books
Author/Creator
Cotton Mather
Description
The first edition in1691 was published under the title: The Triumphs of the Reformed Religion in America: the Life of the Renowned John Eliot.
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The Life of the Copper Eskimos

Alternate Title
Report of the Canadian Arctic Expedition 1913-18 ; vol. 12, pt A
Southern Party, 1913-16, Canadian Arctic Expedition
The Copper Eskimos
E-Books
Author/Creator
[Diamond] Jennes
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The Lillooet Indians

Alternate Title
Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History ; [v. 4]
[Publications of] the Jesup North Pacific Expedition ; v. 2, pt. 5
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
James Teit
Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History
Description
Forms part of Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History, v. 4 (p. [193]-300).
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Lines and Criss-crossings: Hyperlinks in Australian Indigenous Narratives

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Barbara Glowczewski
Media International Australia Incorporating Culture and Policy, vol. 116, August 2005, pp. 24-35
Description
Provides background on two multimedia projects that open up new ways of seeing and thinking about narratives, images and performances in virtual space-time and discusses the relevance of games for anthropological insights.
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Linguistic Origins of Native Americans

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Joseph H. Greenberg
Merritt Ruhlen
Scientific American, vol. 267, no. 5, November 1992, pp. 94-99
Description
Discusses Greenberg's classification which places American languages into three families: Eskimo-Aleut, Na-Dene, and Amerind.
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