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Little Choice for the Chumash: Colonialism, Cattle, and Coercion in Mission Period California

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Deana Dartt-Newton
Jon M. Erlandson
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 30, no. 3/4, Decolonizing Archaeology, Summer - Autumn, 2006, pp. 416-430
Description
Authors engage the 1994 article “Missionization among the Costal Chumash of Central California: A Study of Risk Minimization Strategies;” critically considering how the article emphasizes environmental factors as a motivator of the Chumash people and minimizes the influence of missionary and military factors of colonization.
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Living at a High Arctic Polynya: Inughuit Settlement and Subsistence around the North Water During the Thule Station Period, 1910-53

Alternate Title
Human Landscapes in the North: Papers in Honour of Dr. Priscilla Renouf
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Bjarne Grønnow
Arctic, vol. 69, no. 5, Suppl. 1, 2016, p. article no. 4573
Description
Uses ethnographic sources for information about geographical location and character of winter settlements, communication and transportation networks, mobility of families, hunting grounds, seasonal hunting and trading, and hunting strategies.
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London Museum of Archaeology

Web Sites » Virtual Exhibits
Description
Virtual museum focuses on history of Southwestern Ontario, Lawson Prehistoric Indian Village, includes links to publications and other services.
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"Lost and Lonesome": Literary Reflections on Museums and the Roles of Relics

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lee Schweninger
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 33, no. 2, Spring, 2009, pp. 169-199
Description
Analyzes the sociopolitical implications of disinterring bodies in order to put them on display, and discusses the responses of various writers to such issues. The article includes a comparison of display cases in museums, that house Native American bones, to that of zoos.
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The Luiseño Culture Bank Project: From Museum Shelves to HyperCard

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Bonnie Biggs
Catherine S. Herlihy
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 18, no. 1, 1994, pp. 55-65
Description
Discusses the gathering, organized by San Marocs librarians at California State University, of secondary information on Luiseño artifacts and information from a variety of museums, libraries, and private collections.
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Man and Resources of the Canadian Plains

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
W. O. Kupsch
Prairie Forum, vol. 9, no. 2, Fall, 1984, pp. 181-201
Description
Outlines the progression of mineral resource use in the Canadian Plains, from surface minerals, to buried deposits such as oil, gas, coal, potash, sodium, sulphate and sulphur.
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Manly-Hearted Women Among the North Piegan

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Oscar Lewis
American Anthropologist, vol. 43, no. 2, New Series; Part 1, April-June 1941, pp. 173-187
Description
Explains a different type of female personality and their role among the North Piegan Indians.
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