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Native Americans and American Identities in the Early Republic

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Timothy Sweet
American Literary History, vol. 13, no. 3, Fall, 2001, pp. 592-602
Book reviews of 4 books: Native Americans and the Early Republic edited by Frederick E. Hoxie, Ronald Hoffman, Peter J. Albert. The National Uncanny: Indian Ghosts and American Subjects by Renée Bergland. The Insistence of the Indian: Race and Nationalism in Nineteenth-Century American Culture by Susan Scheckel. Imagined Empires: Incas, Aztecs, and the New World of American Literature, 1771-1876 by Eric Wertheimer.
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Native Americans and the Civil War

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Arrell Morgan Gibson
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 9, no. 4, Autumn, 1985, pp. 385-410
Examines the American Indigenous population's direct and indirect involvement in the US Civil War and its aftermath. The Confederate army courted Indigenous groups due to their tactical location and as a source for more troops.
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Native Americans and the U.S. Army

Web Sites » Governmental
Author/Creator
CEHIP Incorporated
Contains links to: Medal of Honor recipients, Indians in World War II, Navajo code talkers bibliography, fact sheet and dictionary.
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Native Americans in World War II

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Thomas D. Morgan
Army History, no. 35, Fall, 1995, pp. 22-27
Discusses Native American contributions to the war effort. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll down to appropriate page.
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Native Americans Serving in Iraq

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Doug Cuthand
Leader Post, April 14, 2003, pp. 2003-05-14
Reflects on the death of Army Pfc. Lori Piestewa, the first American female soldier killed in Iraq.
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Native-Directed Social Change in Canada and the United States

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Duane Champagne
American Behavioral Scientist, vol. 50, no. 4, Indigenous Peoples: Canadian and U.S. Perspectives, December 2006, pp. 428-449
Compares coercive and consensual social change through historical periods: pre-contact, competitive colonialism from 1600 to 1760, British hegemony from 1760 to 1770, colonial competition from 1777 to 1820, U.S. and Canadian hegemony from 1820 to 1871, absolute control of Aboriginal communities from 1872 to 1968, and 1969 to present.
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Native Soldiers, Foreign Battlefields

Alternate Title
Remembrance Series
[Indigenous Soldiers--Foreign Battlefields]
E-Books
Author/Creator
Janice Summerby
Describes the accomplishments of Aboriginal service personnel in the First and Second World Wars and the Korean War. Bibliography included.
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The Native Struggle for Liberation: Alcatraz

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jack D. Forbes
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 18, no. 4, 1994, pp. 123-130
Explains the significance of Alcatraz; including the fact that it was temporarily beyond the jurisdiction of authorities, it liberated the psyche of Aboriginal peoples, and it was an experiment in self-determination.
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Native Veterans Association of Northwestern Ontario: Actively Serving You

Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Native Veterans Association of Northwestern Ontario
Main focus of website is on veterans from the areas encompassed by: The Robinson-Superior Treaty of 1850, The Northwest Angle Treaty of 1873--No.3, and The James Bay Treaty No. 9. Contains links to: WWI, WWII, Korea, Vietnam and Peacekeeping.
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Native Words, Native Warriors

Web Sites » Virtual Exhibits
Author/Creator
National Museum of the American Indian
Presents the story of Native American codetalkers in World War II.
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Natives Know How Peacemaking Can Succeed

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Doug Cuthand
StarPhoenix, March 7, 2003, p. A13
Describes the First Nations experience in peace treaty negotiations using the example of the Blackfoot and Cree settlement at Wetaskiwin 150 years ago.
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Navaho and Zuni Veterans: A Study of Contrasting Modes of Culture Change

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
John Adair
Evon Vogt
American Anthropologist, vol. 51, no. 4, pt. 1, New Series, October-December 1949, pp. 547-561
Authors compare each community's attitudes toward participating in the war, ceremonies conducted before and after enlistees went abroad and community response to the acculturation experienced by the veterans.
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The Navaho Indians and the Ghost Dance of 1890

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
W. W. Hill
American Anthropologist, vol. 46, no. 4, New Series, October-December 1944, pp. 523-527
Explores alternative explanations for the rejection of the messianic movement associated with the Ghost Dance.
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Navajo Code Talker

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Peter MacDonald
World War II veteran shares his experiences as part of the code talker program. Duration: 1:35:07.
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Negotiation Only Way Out for Feds in Akwesasne

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Doug Cuthand
Star-Phoenix, June 5, 2009, p. A11
Comments on the political unrest observed at the United States and Canada border crossing that runs through the Akwesasne Mohawk Nation.
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Nepal: Indigenous Youth and the Armed Conflicts

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Luisang Waiba Tamang
Indigenous Affairs, no. 3-4, Indigenous Youth, 2005, pp. 50-53
Looks at historical and contemporary conflicts between the government, the Maoists rebels and the youth movement. To access this article, scroll down to page 50.
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[New France, New Horizons: On French Soil in America]

Web Sites » Virtual Exhibits
Author/Creator
[Pauline Arseneault
Victorin Chabot
Martine Cornède
Isabelle Dion
Lorraine Gadoury ... et al.]
Virtual exhibition and database containing more than one million images commemorating the 400th anniversary of French presence in North America
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A New Nation: The Métis

Alternate Title
People and Stories of Canada to 1867
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
[Michele Visser-Wikkerink]
[E. Leigh Syms]

Chapter 9 of People and Stories of Canada to 1867 by Michele Visser-Wikkerink and E. Leigh Syms. Recommended by Manitoba Education, Citizenship and Youth as a Manitoba Grade 5 Social Studies learning resource.

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