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Books on: ("native american" OR "american indian" OR indian) AND (language OR languages)

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American Indian Environments: Ecological Issues in Native American History

Book by Christopher Vecsey, Robert W. Venables; Syracuse University Press, 1980

Subjects:

Human Ecology--North America, Indians Of North America--Land Tenure

Collections: History, Entire Library

...toothpicks, and toilet paper." In published sources many Indians have presented themselves and their nations as people with...recently a theological historical work has charged that "the Native American religious traditions radically challenge . . . the Western...
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The Athabaskan Languages: Perspectives on a Native American Language Family

Book by Theodore B. Fernald, Paul R. Platero; Oxford University Press, 2000

Subjects:

Athapascan Languages--Congresses, Navajo Language--Congresses

Collections: Entire Library

The Native American language family called Athabaskan has received increasing attention from linguists and educators. The linguistic chapters in this volume focus on syntax and semantics, but also involve morphology, phonology, and historical linguistics. Included is a discussion of whether religion ...
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The Native American language family called Athabaskan has received increasing attention from linguists and educators. The linguistic chapters in this volume focus on syntax and semantics, but also involve morphology, phonology, and historical linguistics. Included is a discussion of whether religion and secular issues can be separated in Navajo classrooms.
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America's Second Tongue: American Indian Education and the Ownership of English, 1860-1900

Book by Ruth Spack; University of Nebraska Press, 2002

Subjects:

English Language--Study And Teaching--Indian Speakers--History--19th Century, Indians Of North America--Cultural Assimilation--History--19th Century, Indians Of North America--Education--History--19th Century, Indians Of North America--Languages--History--19th Century, Language And Culture--United States--History--19th Century, Language And Education--United States--History--19th Century

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...Re-visioning Sioux Women: Zitkala-S as Revolutionary American Indian Stories, Legacy: A Journal of American Women Writers...however. It was not until 1990, when Congress passed the Native American Languages Act, that the United States government was charged...
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Edward S. Curtis and the North American Indian Project in the Field

Book by Mick Gidley; University of Nebraska Press, 2003

Subjects:

Curtis, Edward S.--1868-1952, Curtis, Edward S.--1868-1952--North American Indian, Indians Of North America--Pictorial Works, Indians Of North America--Portraits

Collections: History, Entire Library

...very period that the North American Indian project was at work among...when work toward The North American Indian was conducted simultaneously...in volume 1 of T he North American Indian-the Navajos and Jicarilla Apaches-they...
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Agents of Repression: The FBI's Secret Wars against the Black Panther Party and the American Indian Movement

Book by Ward Churchill, Jim Vander Wall; South End Press, 1988

Subjects:

American Indian Movement, Black Panther Party, United States--Federal Bureau Of Investigation

Collections: History, Entire Library

...have opted to focus our attention upon FBI operations conducted against a single, non-criminal organization the American Indian Movement -- AIM in a given locale the Pine Ridge Sioux Reservation, South Dakota and during a sharply demarcated...

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Journal Articles on: ("native american" OR "american indian" OR indian) AND (language OR languages)

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The Paradox of Native American Indian Intellectualism and Literature

Journal article by Kathryn Winona Shanley; MELUS, Vol. 29, 2004

Subjects:

The Paradox of Native American Indian Intellectualism and Literature (Essay)--Criticism and interpretation

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...the Annual CIC American Indian Studies Conference, "American Indian Perspectives on the Humanities in the 21st Century," held...behind the mask" (49). Trickster often functions as a mask in Native American writing, a la Frantz Fanon, but can be much more. (4.) That...
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Relocations Upon Relocations: Home, Language, and Native American Women's Writings

Journal article by Inés Hernández-ávila; American Indian Quarterly, Vol. 19, 1995

Subjects:

Indians Of Central America, Indians Of Mexico, Indians Of North America

Collections: Entire Library

...HOME, LANGUAGE, AND NATIVE AMERICAN WOMENS WRITINGS BY...land was Mexican once / was Indian always / and is. / And will...interrogation of whiteness, Native American women writers inscribe their...is dedicated ostensibly to Indian men (and white women), but...
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Words as Big as the Screen: Native American Languages and the Internet

Journal article by Tracey Mchenry; Language, Learning & Technology, Vol. 6, 2002

Subjects:

Distance education--Usage, Education--Innovations, Literacy--Study and teaching, Native American languages, Native Americans--Languages, Native language and education--Innovations, Native language--Innovations, Second languages--Study and teaching

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...doing research on Native American education; Swisher...anthropology, American Indian studies, history...1993). The path of Native American education: Where...K. (1996). Why Indian people should be...America. American Indian Culture and Research...The condition of Native American languages in the...
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Methodological Approaches to Native American Narrative and the Role of Performance

Journal article by Randall T. G. Hill; American Indian Quarterly, Vol. 21, 1997

Subjects:

Indians Of Central America--Periodicals

Collections: Entire Library

...postmodern critique in Native American studies, Gerald...Native American Indian Literatures ( 1989...critical responses to Native American Indian Literatures: the...Postmodern Discourse on Native American Indian Literatures . ed...
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Native American Indian Literature: Critical Metaphors of the Ghost Dance

Journal article by Gerald Vizenor; World Literature Today, Vol. 66, 1992

Subjects:

Books--Reviews, Literature, Modern--20th Century--History And Criticism

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...Larson studied three generations of fiction writers in American Indian Fiction . He reviewed Queen of the Woods by Simon Pokagon, one of the first Native American Indian novels published at the turn of the last century, and concluded...

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Magazine Articles on: ("native american" OR "american indian" OR indian) AND (language OR languages)

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American Indian Dance Theatre

Magazine article by Julinda Lewis; Dance Magazine, Vol. 68, May 1994

Subjects:

American Indian Dance Theatre--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Dance companies--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Dancing--Anthropological aspects

Collections: Entire Library

American Indian Dance Theatre by Julinda Lewis American Indian Dance Theatre, founded in 1987 by theatrical producer Barbara Schwei and directed by Hanay Geiogamah, a member of the Oklahoma-based Kiowa/Delaware tribes, numbers some twenty...
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Spirit and Resistance: Political Theology and American Indian Liberation

Magazine article by Clara Sue Kidwell; The Christian Century, Vol. 122, March 8, 2005

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews, Spirit and Resistance: Political Theology and American Indian Liberation--Book reviews

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...idealism in liberation theology. Scholars in the field of contemporary American Indian religious thought will find much to respond to in Tinkers book. Clara Sue Kidwell, who teaches Native American studies at the University of Oklahoma-Norman.
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Spirituality Pervades New American Indian Museum in Washington

Magazine article; The Christian Century, Vol. 121, October 19, 2004

Subjects:

Museums--Capacity, Native American history, Native Americans--History

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...the new National Museum of the American Indian, spirituality is an undercurrent within...West is also a United Methodist whose Native American heritage is the Southern Cheyenne Tribe...contradiction," she said, referring to Indian peoples going through hunger and persecution...
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West Refuses to Live in the Past: W. Richard West Wants the National Museum of the American Indian to Be Rich in History While Celebrating the Continuance of Contemporary Native Communities

Magazine article by Stephen Goode; Insight on the News, Vol. 18, November 26, 2002

Subjects:

Cheyennes, National Museum of the America Indian (museums)--Officials and employees, Native Americans--History, Washington, D.C., West, W. Richard--Selection, appointment, resignation, etc.

Collections: History, Entire Library

...to ethnic or racial groups are regarded as insulting or degrading. What "American Indian" shows is that Christopher Columbus was woefully lost. "Native American," on the other hand, is confusing because it can be applied to everyone who was born...
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Viola Records the View of the American Indian

Magazine article by Stephen Goode; Insight on the News, Vol. 16, January 3, 2000

Subjects:

Custer, George Armstrong--Conduct of life, Historians--Attitudes, Little Bighorn, Battle of the, 1876--History, Native Americans--History, United States history--1865-1898, Viola, Herman J.--Interviews

Collections: Entire Library

Viola Records the View of the American Indian by Stephen Goode Herman J. Viola, a historian devoted to the study of American Indians, has written a new book revealing the untold story of the Indians who took part in the Battle of the...

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Entering the Circle How One Itasca Man Is Trying to Keep the American Indian Culture Alive in His Own Children and throughout the Chicago Area

Newspaper article by Sara Burnett; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), November 30, 2004

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...the Circle How One Itasca Man Is Trying to Keep the American Indian Culture Alive in His Own Children and throughout the...everyone else." Yet as executive director of the American Indian Center of Chicago, Podlasek, 42, also knows there...
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American Indian Culture Preserved in New Mexico: Institute Survives despite Big Cuts in Federal Funding

Newspaper article by Julia Duin; The Washington Times, November 22, 1996

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

American Indian culture preserved in New Mexico: Institute...how to work their motifs into art." Indian spirituality is very much a part of...designer for the National Museum of the American Indian to be built on the Mall. Using the same...
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Where Naperville Reads Author Found Inspiration: His American Indian Culture

Newspaper article by Amy Boerema; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), January 31, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...is emphasizing multiculturalism; Bruchac and his books, including "Jim Thorpe: Original All- American," focus on American Indian issues. Others involved in Naperville Reads include young-adult author Greg Mortenson, who comes to town next week...
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Preserving American Indian Culture

Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), December 1, 2004

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Byline: Laura Bianchi Not even the best efforts of the American government in past centuries to wipe out the American Indian culture can succeed, particularly when people like Mary Wyatt are determined to preserve it. Mary, through her...
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Is American Indian Architecture Just Shelter?

Newspaper article by Ellen Sands; The Washington Times, November 29, 1998

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...whether it has the power to express cultural values. Someone with views on American Indian design is Carol Krinsky, author of "Contemporary Native American Architecture." Miss Krinsky believes that architecture is very much a cultural statement...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: ("native american" OR "american indian" OR indian) AND (language OR languages)

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American Indian Languages

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

AMERICAN INDIAN LANGUAGES see Native American languages . ____________________ The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Copyright 2007, Columbia University Press. Licensed from Lernout Hauspie Speech Products N.V. All rights reserved.
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Native American Languages

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...a number of linguistic features not otherwise known. Some native American groups in the United States are working to revitalize the...Mandelbaum (1949); J. A. Mason in Handbook of South American Indians, ed. by J. H. Stewart (Vol. 6, 1950); F. Boas, Handbook...
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Cherokee , Native American Language

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

CHEROKEE , Native American language language belonging to the Iroquoian branch of the Hokan-Siouan linguistic family. See Native American languages . ____________________ The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Copyright 2007, Columbia...
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Native American Music

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

NATIVE AMERICAN MUSIC The music of Native North Americans is primarily a vocal art...Native art ; Native American languages . See F. Densmore, The American Indians and Their Music (rev. ed. 1936); C. Kaywood, A Bibliography of North...
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Sino-Tibetan Languages

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...agreement is reached. Some linguists have even proposed a relationship between Sino-Tibetan and the Athabascan group of Native American languages (to which Navajo and Apache belong). Common Features The Sino-Tibetan languages have in common several...

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