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The American Indian in Transition: Reformation and Accommodation

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Fred W. Voget
American Anthropologist, vol. 58, no. 2, April 1956, pp. 249-263
Description
Looks at the "Great Message" of the Iroquois, Peyotism in the Plains and Shakerism in the Pacific Northwest, to explain the reformation movement.
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The Comanches as Aboriginal Skeptics

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Daniel J. Gelo
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 17, no. 1, Winter, 1993, pp. 69-82
Description
Article examines the representations of Comanche religious practice in ethnographic writings from the early 1800s into the 20th century. Discusses the portrayal of the Comanche as skeptics or as a people without a cohesive religion.
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Ethnicity and the Looking Glass: The Dialectics of National Indian Identity

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jeffery R. Hanson
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 21, no. 2, Spring, 1997, pp. 195-208
Description
Article examines the formation of pan-Indigenous or pan-Indian identity while considering the factors of political, economic, and ethnic marginalization. Considers different 20th Century pan-Indigenous organizations in the context of ethnic process theories.
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Kiowa Powwows: Continuity in Ritual Practice

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Benjamin R. Kracht
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 18, no. 3, Summer, 1994, pp. 321-348
Description
Author explores the role that powwows play in intertribal social culture, discusses the ritual of such events, and the elements of shared musical and dance traditions among Southern Plains Peoples. Focuses on the Kiowa and their engagement in the powwow events since the 1870s.
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The Last Indian War: Reassessing the Legacy of American Indian Boarding Schools and the Emergence of Pan-Indian Identity

Alternate Title
Article 2
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Abigail M. Gibson
Global Tides, vol. 10, no. 1, 2016, pp. 1-20
Description
Gives some context behind the rise of Pan-Indianism in part due to the divide between urban and reservation American Indians struggling between spiritual and communal connection and learned white individualistic industrial activity.
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Pan-Indianism

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robert K. Thomas
Midcontinent American Studies Journal, vol. 6, no. 2, Indian Today, Fall, 1965, pp. 75-83
Description
Overview of the social movement promoting unity among American Indian groups.
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Promoting the Progressive Indian: Lee Harkins and The American Indian Magazine

Articles » General
Author/Creator
John M. Coward
American Journalism, vol. 14, no. 1, Winter, 1997, pp. 3-18
Description
Argues that the publication mirrored the attitudes of mainstream society in it's idealized version of the past and promotion of assimilation as "progress", but its founder displayed little understanding of issues confronting traditional Native Americans. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll down to appropriate page.
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Thinking and Believing: Nativism and Unity in the Ages of Pontiac and Tecumseh

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Gregory E. Dowd
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 16, no. 3, Summer, 1992, pp. 309-335
Description
Author examines the narratives and discourses surrounding different Indigenous prophets and warriors; argues that the dichotomy between the secular and the sacred breaks down in consideration of Indigenous leaders.
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