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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"Oglala Lakota"”.
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Tongue -Tied: Sociocultural Change, Language, and Language Ideology Among the Oglala Lakota (Pine Ridge Sioux)
… by 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 …
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An Analysis of Healing and Honoring Ceremonies Practiced by Lakota Veterans on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation
… the healing 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 …
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Dwelling in the districts: the participation and perspectives of mapping traditional communities on Pine Ridge
… By engaging in a community mapping project with Oglala Lakota elders, I show the benefits and reason behind the theory of participation. The project intends to "map" the indigenous tiospaye groups in the Porcupine District, and ends up gathering narrative representations of place rather than …
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Heavy Metals in Traditionally Used Fruits Among the Lakota
… Reservation (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 …
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Biculturalism And Native American College Students' Performance On The WAIS-III
… attending an on-reservation tribal college, Oglala Lakota College (OLC). The Northern Plains Bicuituralism Inventory (NPBI) (Allen & French, 1993) was employed to measure cultural orientation and the WAIS-III provided scores indicative of intellectual functioning.</p> <p>Many important …