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Showing 1 to 20 of 38 for “"Lakota"”.
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A Lakota/Nakota/Dakota Model Of Oratory
<p>Lakota/Nakota/Dakota people, as well as other Native American tribal groups, did not traditionally use the established, conventional forms of oration to which most in contemporary mainstream society relate. Rather, Native-specific epistemology, ontology and axiology played a central role in …
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Exploring the Lakota Culture in Reservation-Based Schools
This study focused on the implementations of the Lakota culture in reservation schools through the perspectives of the parents of students and any supportive artifacts. The study is important considering the mistrust and fear of schools that developed over time as a result of boarding schools. …
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Heavy Metals in Traditionally Used Fruits Among the Lakota
… (PRR), SD, are a cause of concern to Oglala Lakota tribal government, particularly because of current and past uranium mining nearby, as well as familiarity with occasional selenium poisoning in livestock. In this study, concentrations of As, Ba, Pb, Se, and U were determined using ICP-OES …
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Mental Health, Life Satisfaction and Attachment in Elderly Urban Lakota Women
… and attachment in a group of elderly, urban Lakota women. Factors that influenced this group in maintaining attachment relationships were also examined.<br> The conceptual model of Systems In Change, developed by Riehl and Roy (1980) was chosen for this study. This model assesses natural …
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CO₂ geosequestration in the Lakota Formation, Powder River Basin, WY, USA
… sites, the Cretaceous deep saline aquifer Lakota Formation in the Powder River Basin has been suggested as a potential target. This thesis presents a quantitative feasibility study for carbon geosequestration within the Lakota Sandstone Formation. The assessment consists of formation …
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A Ritual in Perspective: An Ethnographic Analysis of a Lakota Sundance At Hoosier National Forest
… IN PERSPECTIVE: AN ETHNOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS OF A LAKOTA SUNDANCE AT HOOSIER NATIONAL FOREST MAJOR PROFESSOR: Dr. Jonathan Gray Using ethnographic methods, interviews, observations, and participation of and in indigenous rituals, I discuss the ways in which Western and American Indian notions of …
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Tongue -Tied: Sociocultural Change, Language, and Language Ideology Among the Oglala Lakota (Pine Ridge Sioux)
… investigating how it came to be among the Oglala Lakota on Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota and what it meant to the people there at the end of the 20th century. Full-time ethnographic fieldwork was carried out principally in one school and its host community. Data from that fieldwork was …
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An Analysis of Healing and Honoring Ceremonies Practiced by Lakota Veterans on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation
… and honoring ceremonies practiced by Oglala Lakota veterans on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. After a brief history of the Lakota people, Indians in the military, and the reservation, I discuss contemporary reasons that have led some Lakota men and women to join the service. I then focus …
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Health Perceptions and Health Care Practices of Lakota Sioux Living Off the Reservation in Western South Dakota
… of health perceptions and care practices of Lakota men and women living off the reservation.</p>
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The Relationship Between Ethnic Identity, Self-Esteem, Emotional Well-Being and Depression Among Lakota/Dakota Sioux Adolescents
… well-being, and depression were examined for 137 Lakota/Dakota Sioux reservation youth. Participants completed surveys including the <em>Multigroup Ethnic Identity Measure</em> (MEIM; Phinney, 1992) and the <em>Acculturation Questionnaire-Adolescent Version</em> (AQA; Doerner, 1995) as well as …
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Theoretical aspects of Dakota morphology and phonology
… some morphological and phonological processes in Lakota, and American Indian language. It attempts to show that recent revisions of and additions to the theories of morphology and phonology will more adequately account for certain problematical processes in Lakota. A recent innovation, Lexical …
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Recent Changes in the Ethnobotany of Standing Rock Indian Reservation
… bottomlands, was a traditional part of the Lakota culture. Plant use among the Lakota has been greatly reduced and in some cases, completely eliminated by the damming of the Missouri River by Oahe Dam. This dam, which forced the Lakota of Standing Rock Reservation to give up their homes in …
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Grazing Behavior of Beef Steers Grazing Endophyte-Infected, Endophyte-Free, and Novel Endophyte Infected Tall Fescue, and Lakota Prairie Grass
… determine the grazing behavior of cattle grazing Lakota (L) prairie grass (Bromus catharticus Vahl.), endophyte infected (E+), endophyte free (E-), and novel endophyte (Q) tall fescues. Angus-crossbred steers (279±8 kg) steers wore electronic behavior data recorders in four sampling periods, and …
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Dreams and Dust in the Black Hills: Race, Place, and National Identity in America's "Land of Promise"
… In 1868, the United States negotiated with the Lakota people the terms of the Fort Laramie Treaty, which established the Great Sioux Reservation and legally guaranteed the Black Hills to the Lakota tribe. When the lure of gold and lust for expansion came to full realization in the northern …
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My Brother the Buffalo: An Ethnohistorical Documentation of the 1999 Buffalo Walk and the Cultural Significance of Yellowstone Buffalo to the Lakota Sioux and Nez Perce Peoples
… Indian cultural groups, the Nez Perce and the Lakota Sioux, and of the 1999 Buffalo Walk and accompanying ceremony that took place within the boundary of the park. Both Lakota Sioux and Nez Perce peoples had leadership roles in the Buffalo Walk, which was a benchmark event in the history of the …
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My Brother the Buffalo: An Ethnohistorical Documentation of the 1999 Buffalo Walk and the Cultural Significance of Yellowstone Buffalo to the Lakota Sioux and Nez Perce Peoples
… Indian cultural groups, the Nez Perce and the Lakota Sioux, and of the 1999 Buffalo Walk and accompanying ceremony that took place within the boundary of the park. Both Lakota Sioux and Nez Perce peoples had leadership roles in the Buffalo Walk, which was a benchmark event in the history of the …
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Comparison of techniques for estimating pasture herbage mass and productive ground cover for Lakota prairie grass, Kentucky 31 endophyte free tall fescue, Kentucky 31 endophyte infected tall fescue and Quantum 542 tall fescue grazed by stocker steers
… investigate botanical composition and yield of "Lakota" prairie grass (Bromus catharticus Vahl.), "Kentucky 31" endophyte-infected (KY31 E+), endophyte-free (KY31 E-), and "Quantum" tall fescue (non toxic endophyte infected) under grazing by stocker steers. Forage botanical composition and yield …
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The Effect of Three Fescue Types and Lakota Prairie Grass on Copper Status, Dry Matter Intake, and Alkaloid Appearance of Beef Steers
… endophyte Q4508-AR542 tall fescue (Q)], and Lakota prairie grass (L; Bromus catharticus Vahl.) on animal response, alkaloid appearance, DMI, and copper status. Ergovaline (EV) is the most abundant ergot alkaloid in tall fescue and has previously been considered the causative toxin in fescue …
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