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A 550-Year-Old Microbiology Lesson Emerges From BC Glacier

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Amy Jo Ehman
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 164, no. 5, March 6, 2001, p. 678
Microbiologist conducting research using samples from a 550-year old frozen corpse to study bacteria that existed at that time to gain better understanding how pathogens may have evolved.
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Aboriginal Environmental Impacts

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Doreen Bowdery
Aboriginal History, vol. 22, 1998, pp. 266-268
Book review of: Aboriginal Environmental Impacts by James Kohen. Review located by scrolling to page 266.
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Aboriginal North American Population and Rates of Decline, ca. A.D. 1500-1900

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Russell Thornton
Current Anthropology, vol. 38, no. 2, April 1997, pp. 310-315
Asserts that pandemics were not the sole cause of population decline but that disease in conjunction with effects of colonialism such as war, relocation and change in diet led to increased mortality and decreased fecundity. Scroll down to page 310.
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Aboriginal Oral Traditions of Australian Impact Craters

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Duane W. Hamacher
John Goldsmith
Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage, vol. 16, no. 3, [2013], pp. 295-311
Examines how Aboriginal stories and artworks relate to scientific accounts of Australian meteorite craters.
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An Aboriginal Salt Mine at Camp Verde, Arizona

Alternate Title
Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History ; v. 30, pt. 3
E-Books
Author/Creator
Earl H. Morris
Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History
Forms part of Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History, v.30 (p.75-97).
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Aboriginal Use and Occupancy of Lelu Island, 1793 to 1846

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Adrian Clark
"This report provides a preliminary review of the historical and ethnographic record as it pertains to First Nations use and occupation of Lelu Island ... and the marine area surrounding Lelu Island".
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Academic Symposium 2006

Articles » General
Totem, vol. 14, no. 1, 2006, pp. 91-92
Overview of presentations at the University of Western Ontario Anthropology Society Academic Symposium 2006.
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Accessing History from Home

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Mary Annette Pember
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 23, no. 3, Technology and Culture, Spring, 2012
Looks at the E-Humanity web portal, which allows users to access photographs and descriptions of more than 70,000 artifacts.
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Acknowledging the Repatriation Claims of Unacknowledged California Tribes

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Carole Goldberg
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 21, no. 3, 1997, pp. 183-190
Focuses on the unacknowledged or unrecognized bands or tribes, especially in California, and their legal rights of repatriation that are enforceable through the courts.
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Across Time and Tundra: The Inuvialuit of the Western Arctic

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Peter Collings
American Review of Canadian Studies, vol. 35, no. 1, Spring, 2005, pp. 187-189
Book review of: Across Time and Tundra: The Inuvialuit of the Western Arctic by Ishmael Alunik, Eddie D. Kolausok, and David Morrison.
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Activity Areas or Conflict Episode?: Interpreting the Spatial Patterning of Lice and Fleas at the Precontact Yup'ik Site of Nunalleq (Sixteenth to Seventeenth Centuries ad, Alaska)

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Véronique Forbes
Jean-Bernard Huchet
Ellen McManus-Fry
Yan Axel Gómez Coutouly
Julie Masson-MacLean ... [et al.]
Etudes Inuit Studies, vol. 43, no. 1/2, The Past in the Yup’ik Present: Archaeologies of Climate Change in Western Alaska, 2019, pp. 197-221

Compares archaeological of insects from the precontact site of Nunalleq with other data samples to demonstrate the value of the archaeoentomology to provide insight into past living conditions.

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Alaska Sites Contend as Native Americans' First Stop

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lisa Busch
Science, vol. 264, no. 5157, New Series, April 15, 1994, p. 347
Discusses a migration theory and a search for the original point of entry by the prehistoric man from Asia through Alaska.
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Alberta: How the West was Young

Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Heritage Community Foundation
Explores province's early history using three themes: Archaeology and Pre-Contact, First Nations and Métis History, and Fur Trade and Mission History. Text with accompanying photos....
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An Aleutian Burial

Alternate Title
Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History ; v. 31, pt. 3
E-Books
Author/Creator
Edward Moffat Weyer
Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History
Forms part of Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History, v.31 (p.219-238).
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Amakomanak: An Early Holocene Microblade Site in Northwestern Alaska

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Yan Axel Gómez Coutouly
Arctic Anthropology, vol. 54, no. 2, 2017, pp. 111-135
Author compares Amakomanak microblade assemblage to that of others from sites in Alaska; argues that the raw materials available in a given area are responsible for the different microblade designs described.
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American Indian Issues: An Introductory and Curricular Guide for Educators

Alternate Title
Wild Rivers Teaching American History Project
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
[Gayle Olson-Raymer
Anne Hartline
Sophie Huntington
David Riesenfeld]

Contains links to historical overview and nine lesson plans, including: Mascots, Symbols, and Name; Federal Indian Policy: Historical Roots and 19th Century Policies; Indian Boarding Schools; Red Power; and American Indian Tribal Gaming.

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American Indians and the Market Economy, 1775-1850.

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
James Taylor Carson
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 37, no. 1, 2013, pp. 167-169
Book review of: American Indians and the Market Economy, 1775-1850 edited by Lance Greene and Mark R. Plane. Review located by scrolling to page 167.
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Among the Mound Builders' Remains

Articles » General
Author/Creator
George Bryce
Transactions of the Historical and Scientific Society of Manitoba, no. 18, Series 1, May 28, 1885, p. [?]
Late 19th century opinion and description of structures, locations, and artifacts found in Manitoba mound region near Rainy River.
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The Anasazi Legacy Is the Light of the Jurassic Sun

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
William Willard
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 7, no. 4, Series 2, Winter, 1995, pp. 37-50
Examines the culture similarities and differences of the Anasazi people and their descendants. Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
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Ancient Iron and Slags in Greenland

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Lynda Gullason
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 27, no. 1-2, Architecture Paléoesquimaude / Palaeoeskimo Architecture, 2003, pp. 517-521
Book review of: Ancient Iron and Slags in Greenland by Vagn Fabritius Buchwald.
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The Ancient Maya: New Perspectives

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Chuck Hamsa
Whispering Wind, vol. 34, no. 6, November/December 2004, p. 36
Book review of: The Ancient Maya: New Perspectives by Heather McKilop.
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