Native American Indian Studies
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If belief drives behavior, what did first nations peoples believe? Though a material approach attempts to bridge the gap, other disciplines such as philology may be of assistance and compatible with a strict material diagnostic. This... more
Sophisticated diagnostics have allowed archaeologists to make great inroads in understanding America's First people. At the same time, modern archaeology has assumptions about reality that have limited its scope and ability to integrate... more
The Hiawatha First Nation is populated by the Mississaugas subtribe of the Anishinaabe speaking First Nations. An aboriginal cultural community residing in the Hiawatha Reserve (868.20 ha), the people are located at Rice Lake (north... more
Entrato in contatto con la musica degli Indiani nel corso della tournée americana del 1910, tra l'anno successivo e il 1916 Ferruccio Busoni lavora a una serie di composizioni su quelle melodie: lo schizzo preparatorio del Canto di... more
This essay focuses on the movement to free Leonard Peltier to better understand the relationship between the rhetoric of American Indian activism and non–American Indian audiences. A rhetorical analysis of Peltier's response to denial of... more
This unpublished paper is a short introduction to the pre-colonial history of the Wangunk community, a once-powerful Connecticut tribe whose homelands extended on both sides of the lower Connecticut River Valley from Windsor Locks to East... more
The fourth known pre-Columbian Maya codex—the only one discovered in the 20th century—was found by looters in the mid-1960s. First exhibited in New York in 1971, what has come to be known as the Grolier Codex is half of a hybrid-style... more
"[T]he carefully constructed essays in [this volume] contribute to elevating this reference book so much more than its component parts could have achieved - much like German cinema itself. It is a volume that contributes significantly to... more
The April 21, 1971 New York Times article by George Gent covering the opening of the Grolier Club exhibition, "Ancient Mayan Calligraphy" with interview quotes by Yale anthropologist Michael D. Coe. The article focuses on the significant... more
A transcription of the 1833 Potawatomi annuity payment roll paid at Chicago.
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Keywords: Tourism, Pueblo Indians, Acculturation, Village Design, Tourist Behavior, Environmental Management First paragraph: Acculturation is defined as the process of culture change that occurs when a society with superior... more
... 1. See Chip Colwell-Chanthaphonh, Massacre at Camp Grant (Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 2007); Robbie Ethridge and Sheri M. Shuck-Hall, eds., Mapping the Mississippian ... 31. JamesMooney, "The Cherokee Ball Play,"... more
A statement in support of the Yakama Nation’s amicus brief challenging the Doctrine of Christian Discovery and Domination in the U.S. Supreme Court case, Washington State Department of Licensing v. Cougar Den, Inc.(2018)
This project by Tom R. Chambers pays tribute to the Native Americans (American Indians). The namesake, "Just Words", is a play on the "White man's" broken promises, and the words seen as a part of the art reflect Tom R. Chambers'... more
Press coverage of "rollout" of first-ever translation of 16th-century Lurianic Kabbalah (Rabbi Isaac Luria, the ARI's circle) text "Tikkun Leil Shavuoth"--all-night study/intentional prayer ceremony. Work on this and other parallel texts... more
The paper reviews and analyzes major developments in the Canadian official policy since the mid-1940s with respect to Health, Native Indians and Immigration. The focus would be on identifying elements subscribing to continuity and change... more
Billy Frank Jr. emulated civil rights activism, but his actions were rooted in a movement for self-determination. That root distinguishes Native American activism from the activism of "minorities" in American politics. We can appreciate... more