Anthropology

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The Walam Olum: An Indigenous Apocrypha and Its Readers

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Andrew Newman
American Literary History, vol. 22, no. 1, Spring, 2010, pp. 26-56
Description
Discussion on the origin and authenticity of The Walam Olum which claims to be a pictographic record of the Lenni Lenápe or Delaware Indians.
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Wangkajunga Women: Stories From the Desert

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Audrey Bolger
Aboriginal History, vol. 11, no. 2, 1987, pp. 102-115
Description
Presents memories from four women on their desert life, first sighting of non-Aboriginal people and their move to Christmas Creek station.
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Wappo Ethnography

Alternate Title
University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology; v.36, no.3
E-Books
Author/Creator
Harold E. Driver
Description
Part of: University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, vol. 36, (pp179-220).
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We'wha and Klah the American Indian Berdache as Artist and Priest

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Will Roscoe
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 12, no. 2, Spring, 1988, pp. 127-150
Description
Looks into the lives of the Berdache or gender-mixed Indigenous leaders We'wha and Klah and how their gender status provided them with a variety of unique skills, insights, and interaction with the rest of American society.
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Wealth Transmission and Inequality Among Hunter-Gatherers

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Eric Alden Smith
Kim Hill
Frank W. Marlowe
David Nolin
Polly Wiessner
et al.
Current Anthropology, vol. 51, no. 1, February 2010, pp. 19-34
Description
Looks at the role and impact of wealth in hunter-gatherer societies.
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The Whale House of the Chilkat

Alternate Title
Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History ; vol. 19, pt. 1
E-Books
Author/Creator
George T. Emmons
Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History
Description
Forms part of Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History, v. 19 (p. 1-33, 4 plates).
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What Are Our Expectations Telling Us?: Encounters with the NMAI

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Gwyneira Isaac
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 30, no. 3/4, Summer/Fall, 2006, pp. 574-596
Description
Describes four viewpoints about the National Museum of the Native American (NMAI) garnered through two personal visits and the others through newspaper articles and discussions.
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What's in a Price?: An Ethnography of Tribal Art at Auction

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Haidy Geismar
Journal of Material Culture, vol. 6, no. 1, March 2001, pp. 25-47
Description
Provides an overview of the tribal arts auction market and discusses the series of processes for the valuation and sale of tribal art objects.
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When is Indigeneity: Closing a Legal and Sociocultural Gap in a Contested Domestic/International Term

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Julia Bello-Bravo
AlterNative, vol. 15, no. 2, June 2019, pp. 111-120
Description
Author examines the multiple factors at play in defining the term indigeneity. Considers the right of people to self-identify, the legal implications and complications that result based on the definition, and the gap between the legal definition and the sociocultural practice thereof. Discuss both United States contexts and global ones.
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