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The Plains Culture Area in the Light of Archaeology

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
W. D. Strong
American Anthropologist, vol. 35, no. 2, New Series, 1933, pp. 271-287
Description
Examines how, in the 1930s, very little archaeological research was done in this region, even though modern agriculture was threatening to destroy any site evidence that could link the historic and prehistoric periods.
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Plains Indian Studies: A Collection of Essays in Honor of John C. Ewers and Waldo R. Wedel

Alternate Title
Plains Indian Studies: A Collection of Essays in Honour of ...
Smithsonian Contributions to Anthropology ; no. 30
E-Books
Author/Creator
William N. Fenton
James H. Gunnerson
T.D. Stewart
Douglas R. Parks
Thomas R. Wessel
Loretta Fowler
Hugh A. Dempsey
James A. Hanson
Midred Mott Wedel
David Mayer Gradwohl
Brian Hesse
John A. Hotopp
George C. Frison
Dennis J. Stanford
Smithsonian Contributions to Anthropology
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The Plains Paradox: Secular Trends in Stature in 19th Century Nomadic Plains Equestrian Indians. The Arapaho, Assiniboin, Blackfeet, Cheyenne, Comanche, Crow, Kiowa, and Sioux from 1800 to 1870

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The Plains Paradox: Secular Trends in Stature in 19th Century Nomadic Plains Equestrian Indians. The Arapaho, Assiniboine, Blackfeet, Cheyenne, Comanche, Crow, Kiowa, and Sioux from 1800 to 1870
Theses
Author/Creator
Joseph M. Prince
Description
Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 1998.
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Plants and People of Groote Eylandt

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Dulcie Levitt
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 5, no. 4, December 1981, pp. 27-37
Description
Describes various plants for medicinal use.
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The "Policy of Aggressive Civilization" and Projects of Governance in Roman Catholic Industrial Schools for Native Peoples in Canada, 1870-95

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Derek G. Smith
Anthropologica, vol. 43, no. 2, 2001, pp. 253-271
Description
Explores three projects of governance (civilization, protection, assimilation) that are embodied in industrial schools, and looks at the founding of the earliest industrials schools, information that is located in government and mission archives.
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Political Organization in Tribal Societies: A Cross-Cultural Comparison

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Elizabeth Colson
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 10, no. 1, The History of American Indian Leadership, Winter, 1986, pp. 5-19
Description
Describes the complex cross-cultural interpretations of tribal political organizations, as tribal groups did not share identical political histories based on colonial ideology.
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The Political Thought of Sol Tax: The Principles of Non-Assimilation and Self-Government in Action Anthropology

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Joshua Smith
Histories of Anthropology Annual, vol. 6, 2010, pp. 129-170
Description
Looks at how Sol Tax incorporated action anthropology, through conventional tactics, into his goals of challenging the United States government policies and also challenged assimilationist ideals found in both science and politics.
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Population History of the Onongaga and Oneida Iroquois, A.D. 1500-1700

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Eric E. Jones
American Antiquity, vol. 75, no. 2, April 2010, pp. 387-407
Description
Studies population trends, using archaeological settlement remains and methods developed in recent research on Iroquois cultures, to create a model of two precontact Native American populations and show the effects of European contact.
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Population Variation in Second Metacarpal Sexual Size Dimorphism

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Richard A. Lazenby
American Journal of Physical Anthropology, vol. 118, no. 4, August 2002, pp. 378-384
Description
Comparison of 19th century Euro-Canadians and Inuit, found differences between the cultural groups as well as between men and women in relation to metalcarpal dimorphism. Less difference was found between Inuit men and women than in the Euro-Canadian sample group.
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Postcards: A Source for Aboriginal Biography

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Christine Cane
Niel Gunson
Aboriginal History, vol. 10, no. 2, 1986, pp. 171-174
Description
Looks at a collection of postcards that document a friendship between two women and offers a record of the Diyari language.
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