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Twenty-Eighth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1906-1907

Alternate Title
28th Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1906-1907
E-Books
Author/Creator
W. H. Holmes
Description
Report includes the following papers: Report of the Chief by W. H. Holmes Casa Grande, Arizona by Jesse Walter Fewkes Antiquities of the Upper Verde River and Walnut Creek Valleys, Arizona by Jesse Walter Fewkes Preliminary Report on the Linguistic Classification of Algonquian Tribes by Truman Michelson
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Twenty-Fifth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1903-04

Alternate Title
25th Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1903-04
E-Books
Author/Creator
W. H. Holmes
Description
Report includes the following papers: Report of the Chief by W. H. Holmes The Aborigines of Porto Rico and Neighboring Islands by Jesse Walter Fewkes Certain Antiquities of Eastern Mexico by Jesse Walter Fewkes
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Two Kwakwaka'wakw Museums: Heritage and Politics

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Marie Mauzé
Ethnohistory, vol. 50, no. 3, Summer, 2003, pp. 503-522
Description
Examines two museums with similar goals but different approaches to preserving Kwakwaka'wakw culture and displaying it to the public.
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Two men mapping the medicine wheel

Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
unknown
Description
A photograph of two men mapping the medicine wheel at Tipperary Creek. South Saskatchewan River in background. (Tipperary Creek site later included in Wanuskewin Heritage Park)
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Un Alignment de Pierres Peut-Il Être un Nangissat Paléoesquimau?

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Claude Pinard
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 27, no. 1-2, Architecture Paléoesquimaude / Palaeoeskimo Architecture, 2003, pp. 111-129
Description
Discusses the process of excavating a site on Qikertaaluk Island containing Pre-Dorset tent rings and speculates on the possible function of the associated row of stones.
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UNESCO: (Dis)honoring Indigenous Rights

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Mililani Trask
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 38, no. 1, From the Heart of the Earth, March 2014, p. [?]
Description
Discusses concerns about the management and protection of World Heritage sites, and Indigenous peoples' rights to self-determination and sovereignty.
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An Unraveling Rope: The Looting of America's Past

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robert J. Mallouf
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 20, no. 2, Repatriation: An Interdisciplinary Dialogue, Spring, 1996, pp. 197-208
Description
Article describes the phenomenon of site-looting, or artefact collecting by amateur or hobbyist archeologists; discusses the motivations of the collectors and the effects for the scholarly archeological community.
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The Value and Diversity of Indigenous Archaeology: a Response to McGhee

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Stephen W. Silliman
American Antiquity, vol. 75, no. 2, April 2010, pp. 217-220
Description
Response to Robert McGhee's simplification and mischaracterization of Indigenous archaeology in a 2008 article, focusing on three main points of contention: insufficient sampling, caricature, and questionable treatment of colonialism and notions of "Aboriginalism".
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Vertical Post of Partition

Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Don Steer
Description
On information card: Vertical post of partition and east wall with floor joists on the north side of the partition. Logs from the roof are overlying the partition. Methy Portage, SK.
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Vestiges of Material Culture Among the Canadian Delawares

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
M.R. Harrington
American Anthropologist, vol. 10, no. 3, New Series, July-September 1908, pp. 408-418
Description
Describes artifacts author gathered from the Lenápe or Delaware peoples in Ontatrio in1907. Includes images of Muncey Treaty wampum belt and some traditional items.
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Virú Valley: Background and Problems

Alternate Title
Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History ; v. 43, pt. 1
Surface Survey of the Virú Valley, Peru
E-Books
Author/Creator
James Alfred Ford
Gordon R. Willey
Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History
Description
Forms part of the Surface Survey of the Virú Valley, Peru that is within Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History, v. 43 (p.5-89 , 7 plates).
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Wanuskewin: A Walk Through Wanuskewin

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Theresa Hohne
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 23, no. 4, May 1994, p. 14
Description
Describes main exhibit, buffalo jump, theatre, trails and experiences Wanuskewin Heritage Park near Saskatoon offers to visitors.
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Wanuskewin Demonstrates Importance of the Horse

Articles » General
Eagle Feather News, vol. 14, no. 8, August 2011, p. 2
Description
Describes an exhibition which features the sacred relationship between First Nations and the horse. Article found by scrolling to page 2.
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Wanuskewin Heritage Park

Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Wanuskewin
Description
Wanuskewin is a world recognized Heritage Park under the leadership and guidance of First Nations people that contributes to increasing public awareness, understanding and appreciation of the cultural legacy of the Northern Plains First Nations people.
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