2002/2 : Indigenous Nations Studies Journal, Volume 03, Number 2 (Fall, 2002)

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    Hopi Culture and a Matter of Representation
    (Global Indigenous Nations Studies Program, University of Kansas: http://www.indigenous.ku.edu, 2002-09-01) Ishii, Loma
    The Hopi Indians of Northeastern Arizona have become one of the most studied tribes in North America. The rise of both academic and popular representations of Hopis was a direct result of ethnology and anthropology employed since the late nineteenth century. The synergy of scientific and popular texts, both imaginatively constructed, perpetuated an already existing "cultural archive" and implanted embryonic Hopi representations onto the minds of aspiring scientists, armchair travelers, and the public at large. The work of Jesse Walter Fewkes, John G. Bourke, and Earl Forrest, along with others, are examined to illustrate how this "cultural archive," as explained by Edward Said, has been maintained and continues to perpetuate a form of intellectual colonialism over Hopis.
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    "Realizing the Dreams" In Four Directions: The American Indian Studies Program at Michigan State University
    (Global Indigenous Nations Studies Program, University of Kansas: http://www.indigenous.ku.edu, 2002-09-01) LeBeau, Patrick Russell
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    Miskitu Identity in the Rio Platano Biosphere Reserve, Honduras
    (Global Indigenous Nations Studies Program, University of Kansas: http://www.indigenous.ku.edu, 2002-09-01) Herlihy, Laura Hobson
    This article examines how Miskito individuals construct their ethnic identity in the inter-ethnic relations of the Rio Platano Biosphere Reserve, an internationally designated protected area in Honduras. The field research focuses on the ethnic terms of reference and stereotypes that Miskito speakers use to distinguish between themselves and Others. The presented data illustrate the situations in which Miskito individuals manipulate cultural markers to define themselves as "Sambos" (stressing their Black ancestry) or "Indians" (stressing their Amerindian ancestry). Conclusions suggest that the Miskito people's ability to construct situational ethnic identities during social interactions, while remaining essentially Miskito, may be a key factor in the success of their population group within and beyond the reserve.
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    The Interpretation of Christianity by American Indian Prophets
    (Global Indigenous Nations Studies Program, University of Kansas: http://www.indigenous.ku.edu, 2002-09-01) Mohammedi, Sara
    The purpose of this article is to point out that the Indian prophetic movements enabled the American Indians to reassert their Native identity. It will be demonstrated that Christianity was a form of acculturation through which the Natives succeeded in resisting white encroachment and Christian proselytizing. Finally, several similarities prove what the prophetic movements promised, as far as the spiritual and political impact was concerned.
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    Indigenous Nations Journal, Volume 3, Number 2 (Fall, 2002)
    (Global Indigenous Nations Studies Program, University of Kansas: http://www.indigenous.ku.edu, 2002-09-01)
    "Watching Lacandon Maya Lives" by R. Jon McGee (Chris White); "Rebirth of the Blackfeet Nation, 1912-1954" by Paul C. Rosier (Stephanie AL Molholt); "Native American Studies in Higher Education: Models for Collaboration between Universities and Indigenous Nations" edited by Duane Champagne and Jay Stauss (Sterling Fluharty); "A Native American Theology" by Clara Sue Kidwell, Homer Noley, and George E. "Tink" Tinker (James T. Carroll); "Indigenous Peoples, Ethnic Groups, and the State" by David Maybury-Lewis (Yale Belanger); "The Indian Reorganization Act: Congresses and Bills" edited by Vine Deloria Jr. (Dietrich Volkland); "Team Spirits: The Native American Mascots Controversy" edited by C. Richard King and Charles Fruehling Springwood (Bradley Scott Schrager); "Choctaws in a Revolutionary Age, 1750-1830" Greg O'Brien (Clara Sue Kidwell); "Native Americans: The Indigenous People of North America" edited by Colin F. Taylor and William C. Sturtevant (Antonie Dvorakova); "The American Indian" by Colin F. Taylor (Antonie Dvorakova); "Broken Circles: Fragmenting Indigenous Families 1800-2000" by Anna Haebich (Patricia Ploesch); "The Fish Factory: Work and Meaning for Black and White Fisherman of the American Menhaden Industry" by Barbara J. Garrity-Blake (William J. Bauer, Jr.); "Indigenous Community-Based Education" edited by Stephen May (Chris Paci)
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    A Post-Colonial Perspective on James Welch's "The Heartsong of Charging Elk"
    (Global Indigenous Nations Studies Program, University of Kansas: http://www.indigenous.ku.edu, 2002-09-01) Washburn, Franci
    Drawing upon the works of Franz Fanon, Homi Bhabha, and Edward W. Said, this essay examines the construction of the post-colonial colonized subject through the eyes of the colonizer in James Welch's The Heartsong of Charging Elk. Furthermore, this essay addresses the doubling or trebling of identity construction/erasure created when Welch moves the main character, Charging Elk, from the United States to France.
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    Indigenous Nations Journal, Volume 3, Number 2 (Fall, 2002): Front Matter
    (Global Indigenous Nations Studies Program, University of Kansas: http://www.indigenous.ku.edu, 2002-09-01)
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    Strategies of Discourse: Native American Women Characters in Jackson's "Romona," Callahan's "Wynema," and Mourning Dove's "Cogewea"
    (Global Indigenous Nations Studies Program, University of Kansas: http://www.indigenous.ku.edu, 2002-09-01) Knittel, Janna
    This article treats three novels that present Native American women title characters: Helen Hunt Jackson's Ramona, published in 1884; S. Alice Callahan's Wynema, a Childofthe Forest (1891); and Mourning Dove's Cogewea, the Half Blood (1927). Jackson is a White writer best known for her activism on behalf of Native peoples; nevertheless, she forges an identity for her lead character that is stereotypical and unrealistic as Ramona learns of her Indian heritage and suddenly becomes Indian in her values and speech. Callahan, a Muscogee Creek writer, creates a character who, however in tune with Muscogee ways in her youth, gradually transforms into a replica of her white, middle-class teacher. Both of these novels present characters who shift between two discreet ethnic identities. In contrast, Mourning Dove, an Okanogan writer, creates a character of both white and Indian heritage who refuses to compromise either identity and who becomes a multi-facted model of mixed blood subjectivity.
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