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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"American Indian history"”.
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My Brother, My Slave: The Social and Cultural Role of Slavery among the Navajo
… second goal addresses the need for more study of American Indian practices regarding slavery, particularly through the use of American Indian oral tradition and stories. This has been accomplished through the use of a comparative slavery analysis with another global indigenous culture. Further, …
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Before we teach it, We Have to learn it": Wisconsin Act 31 compliance within public teacher preparation programs
… 31 was established for the purpose of addressing American Indian history, culture, and sovereignty within K-12 schools as a response to treaty rights issues in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Yet, in the 21st century there remain issues with compliance throughout not only K-12 schools but also …
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From Scouts to Soldiers: The Evolution of Indian Roles in the U.S. Military, 1860-1945
… years from 1860-1945 was a momentous one in American Indian history. During this period, the United States fully settled the western portion of the continent. As time went on, the United States ceased its wars against Indian tribes and began to deal with them as potential parts of American …
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Negotiating nature : expertise and environment in the Klamath River Basin
… I then discuss how the Klamath Tribes of American Indians have responded this situation, and the implications of this for presumed divisions between the environmental knowledge of scientists and native peoples. In Part Two, I examine a 1975 water rights case, United States v. Adair et al. …
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The politics and policies of repatriating archaeological skeletal material : a case study into South Africa's indigenous past
… thesis has two aims. The first is to examine the history of archaeology in southern· Africa and to trace the development of calls for the repatriation and return of skeletal material to indigenous groups. The second examines indigenous group claims for the repatriation and return of skeletal …
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Reclaiming Tribal Identity in the Land of the Spirit Waters: The Tāp Pīlam Coahuiltecan Nation
… Tāp Pīlam Coahuiltecan Nation” brings together American Indian, Chicana/o/x, and U.S./Mexico borderlands history, demonstrating how the ambiguities of Chicana/o/x and American Indian categories paradoxically both made it difficult for Native communities to be recognized for what they were, and …
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Intertribal Communication, Literacy, and the Spread of the Ghost Dance
<p>During the 1880s, western Native Americans created networks of communication threaded together through postal correspondence and intertribal visitation among reservations. Through this network native groups cultivated intertribal relationships and exchanged ideas despite attempts by the United …
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One Nation, Separate Spheres: An Examination of Red Power Activism Between Two Mohawk Communities
… of Alcatraz Island in 1969 by a group called Indians of All Tribes marked the beginning of pan-Indian activism, inspiring diverse, indigenous efforts to bring about social change. The localism of native activism before the occupation of Alcatraz also extended to intratribal divisions which is …