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The Nine Lives of Cherum, the Pai Tokumhet

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Henry F. Dobyns
Robert C. Euler
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 22, no. 3, Summer, 1998, pp. 363-385
Description
Article is a biographical sketch of the Pai Chief Cherum; but is also the authors’ critical examination of the concept of the “ethnographic present.”
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Nineteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1897-98. In Two Parts - Part 2

E-Books
Author/Creator
J. W. Powell
Description
Report includes the following papers: Tusayan Migration Traditions by Jesse Walter Fewkes Localization of Tusayan Clans by Cosmos Mindeleff Mounds in Northern Honduras by Thomas Gann Mayan Calendar Systems by Cyrus Thomas Primitive Numbers by W. J. McGee Numeral Systems of Mexico and Central America by Cyrus Thomas Tusayan Flute and Snake Ceremonies by Jesse Walter Fewkes The Wild Rice Gatherers of the Upper Lakes by Albert Ernest Jenks
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The Nishga and the Fur Trade, 1834-1842

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
E. Palmer Patterson
Native Studies Review , vol. 6, no. 1, 1990, pp. 67-82
Description
Explores Nishga-European contact from the perspective of land-based fur trade centred at Fort Simpson.
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Nk'Mip: Creating a "Taste of Place"

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Brent A. Hammer
Totem, vol. 19, no. 1, 2011, pp. 93-108
Description
Looks at the concepts terroir (earth), taste, and taste of place and how they shape the cultural identity of the Osoyoos Indian Band who own and manage a winery in the Okanagan Valley.
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Nlaka’pamux Women’s Headgear: An Examination

of Design Elements

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nicholette Prince
Material Culture Review, vol. 61, Spring, 2005, pp. 52-61
Description
Looks at styles, patterns, and designs of headgrear collected by James Teit for Franz Boas and the American Museum of Natural History. Includes photographs.
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"None Excel Them in Virtue and Honesty": Ecclesiastical and Military Descriptions of the Gila River Pima, 1694-1848

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David H. Dejong
American Indian Quarterly , vol. 29, no. 1/2, Winter-Spring, 2005, pp. 24-55
Description
Author compiles serval descriptions of the of the Pima people (of what are now the San Pedro and Santa Cruz Valleys) made by various religious and military figures. Descriptions document the adaptations of the Pima culture during the period of American colonization.
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[Nooksack Place Names. Part 1]

Alternate Title
At the Edge of Canada: Indigenous Research
Nooksack Place Names: Geography, Culture, and Language
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Allan Richardson
Brent Galloway
Robert-Falcon Ouellette
Description
Interview with the authors of a book about the language, culture and history of the Nooksack indigenous people. Duration: 30:20. Access part II.
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[Nooksack Place Names. Part II]

Alternate Title
At the Edge of Canada: Indigenous Research
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Allan Richardson
Brent Galloway
Robert-Falcon Ouellette
Description
Interview with the authors of a book, Nooksack Place Names: Geography, Culture and Language researched over 35 years, about the language, culture and history of the Nooksack indigenous people . Duration: 38:30. Access part I.
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Nootka Sound

Alternate Title
Historic Nootka Sound
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Nootka Sound Service Ltd.
Description
History of a coastal region on Vancouver Island where Aboriginal, Spanish and English claims overlapped. Check out under 'History' two areas - "Early Exploration" and "The Nootka People".
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North America: an Introduction

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Angelika E. Sauer
The Canadian Historical Review, vol. 91, no. 4, December 2010, pp. 761-763
Description
Book review of: North America: an Introduction by Michael M. Brescia and John C. Super.
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North American Indian Brotherhood

Archival » Archival Items
Description
Folder containing a letter entitled "Indians Beware" by Andy Paull, President of the Native American Brotherhood, warning of the Federal Government's plans to assimilate Indigenous peoples into white society. Also, correspondence from Paul regarding taxation of Indigenous people living on reserves, amendments to the Indian Act and assistance. 2 issues of The Thunderbird.
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North American Indian Folklore Studies

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Alan Dundes
Journal de la Société des Américanistes, vol. 56, no. 1, 1967, pp. 53-79
Description
Reviews folklore scholarship and the future of research.
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The North American Indians

E-Books » Chapters
Description
Review of "Art. V - 1. Memoirs of a Captivity among the Indians of North America, from Childhood to the Age of Nineteen; with Anecdotes descriptive for their Manners and Customs, &c. By John D. Hunter" an eight volume set, 1924. and "Sketches of the History, Manners, and Customs of the North American Indians. By James Buchanan, Esq. His Majesty's Consul in the State of New York. Extracted from an unknown source at pages 76 to 111.
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The North-Western Tribes of Canada: Eleventh Report of the Committee, Consisting of Professor E.B. Tylor (Chairman), Mr. Cuthbert E. Peek (Secretary), Dr. G.M. Dawson, Mr. R.G. Haliburton, and Mr. Horatio Hale ...

Alternate Title
Sixth Report on the Indians of British Columbia
E-Books
Author/Creator
Franz Boas
Description
"Appointed to investigate the physical characteristics, languages, and industrial and social conditions of the people of British Columbia."
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Northern Dene Bibliography

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ed Labenski
Description
Sources are divided by two areas, "Chipewyan" (Northern Saskatchewan and Manitoba, North West Territories) and British Columbia, Alberta, Yukon and Northwest Territories, grouped together. Each area is then divided into a social and cultural section and a language section. Bibliography includes citations from the Hearne Bibliography. The article is current as of 1998.
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The Northfork Mono

Alternate Title
University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology ; v.31, no.2
E-Books
Author/Creator
E. W. Gifford
Description
Part of: University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, vol. 31, (pp15-65).
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Northwest Coast: Archaeology as Deep History

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Alan D. McMillan
BC Studies, no. 179, Ethnobotany in BC, Autumn, 2013, pp. 220-222
Description
Book review of Northwest Coast by Madonna L. Moss. Entire book review section on one pdf. To access this review, scroll to p. 220.
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The Northwest Coast Sisiutl

Theses
Author/Creator
Roderick Paul Paterson
Description
Anthropology and Sociology Thesis (M.A.)--University of British Columbia, 1975.
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Notes on Shoshonean Ethnography

Alternate Title
Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History ; v.20 pt.3
Notes on Shoshone Ethnography
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.20 (p.185-324).
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Notes on the Akwa'ala Indians of Lower California

Alternate Title
University of California Publications American Archaeology and Ethnology ; v.23, no.7
E-Books
Author/Creator
E. W. Gifford
R. H. Lowie
Description
Part of: University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, vol. 23, (pp339-352).
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Notes on the Fox Indians

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
William Jones
Journal of American Folklore, vol. 24, no. 92, April-June 1911, pp. 209-237
Description
Observations on customs, stories including Creation, transcribed by Franz Boas from the manuscripts of. William Jones (1871-1909) the first Native American to obtain a Ph.D. in anthropology.
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Notes on the Historical Source Material in the Ayer Collection on the North American Indian Presented by Edward E. Ayer to the Newberry Library, Chicago.

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
The Newberry Library
Description
Notes on the Edward E. Ayer collection, located in The Newberry Library in Chicago, Illinois.

Historical note:

"In 1911 Edward E. Ayer, a Chicago businessman, presented to The Newberry Library his collection of historical source material relating chiefly to the discovery, exploration and colonization of North America and to the native races of North America, the Hawaiian Islands and the Philippine Islands. It contains at present about 49,000 volumes, bound pamphlets, manuscripts, documents and other accessioned pieces."
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Notes on the Indians of the Fort Apache Region

Alternate Title
Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History ; v. 31, pt. 5
E-Books
Author/Creator
Albert B. Reagan
Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History
Description
Forms part of Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History, v.31 (p.281-345).
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