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The Ethics of Research in American Indian Communities by Wax, Murray L.

“…Discusses ethical problems of research in rural Indian communities, including incompatibility of traditional world views and philosophies of ethics and…”
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Introduction: Religion and Encounter: Mid-Atlantic Regional Contact between Native American and Euroamerican Peoples after the Voyages of Columbus by Grim, John A.

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Native Tales and Traditions in Books for Children by Stott, Jon C.

“…Reviews six children's books about American Indian culture, traditional life, and folk tales by Native and non-Native authors. Discusses questions related to…”
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Crying for the Children of Sacred Ground: A Review Article on the Hopi-Navajo Land Dispute by Clemmer, Richard O.

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The Biological Encounter: Disease and the Ideological Domain by Starna, William A.

“…The most devastating aspect of the earliest contact between Europeans and Indians in what is now the US Northeast was the terrible loss of Indian life…”
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Powhatan Priests and English Rectors: World Views and Congregations in Conflict by Rountree, Helen C.

“…Fundamental differences in religion and society that separated the English colonists in Virginia and the Powhatan Indians embittered their struggle for land…”
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"Some of Them... Would Always Have a Minister with Them": Mohawk Protestantism, 1683-1719 by Richter, Daniel K.

“…Efforts by Euroamerican Protestant missionaries between 1683 and 1719 to convert Mohawk Indians were more successful than either 18th-century clergymen or…”
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The Iroquois and the World's Rim: Speculations on Color, Culture, and Contact by Hamell, George R.

“…How the Northern Iroquoians responded culturally to their earliest contact with Europeans in the 16th century exemplified the cultural ramifications of initial…”
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Religious Encounters in a Colonial Context: New England and New France in the Seventeenth Century by Salisbury, Neal

“…Scholarship on the efforts by English Puritans in New England and by French Jesuits in New France to convert Indians in the 17th century stands in need of…”
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Christopher Columbus: Lost Havens in the Ruins of Representation by Vizenor, Gerald

“…Recent historical writing on Christopher Columbus, occasioned by the quincentenary of his first voyage to the New World, has begun to correct the extreme…”
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Dancing Gods: Erna Fergusson's Travels toward Exoticism by Gish, Robert F.

“…Erna Ferguson's 1931 book 'Dancing Gods' exemplifies both the virtues and the deficiencies of 20th-century travel literature focusing on the Indians of the US…”
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Thinking and Believing: Nativism and Unity in the Ages of Pontiac and Tecumseh by Dowd, Gregory E.

“…Early campaigns for pan-Indian unity were led by Ottawa warrior Pontiac and Delaware prophet Neolin (1760-65), and by Shawnee warrior Tecumseh and prophet…”
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"The Word Is Sacred to a Child": American Indians and Children's Literature by Trafzer, Clifford E.

“…Examines approximately 28 children's books containing American Indian stories. Evaluates the authenticity of the stories, their effectiveness in adapting oral…”
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Historic Change in Western Shoshone Country: The Establishment of the Western Shoshone National Council and Traditionalist Land Claims by Rusco, Elmer R.

“…The Western Shoshone Indians of Nevada changed their internal politics by setting up the Western Shoshone National Council as a common government and by…”
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Self-Sufficiency and the Creation of Dependency: The Case of Chief Isaac, Inc by Murray, David W.

“…The Han Kutch'in Athapaskans, a native people living in Alaska and Canada's Yukon Territory, developed their economic resources, through Chief Isaac Inc, at…”
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Cherokee Healing: Myth, Dreams, and Medicine by Irwin, Lee

“…Eastern Cherokee shamanism reacted to the various upheavals affecting the Cherokee people in the 19th century by reformulating beliefs and practices while…”
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The Dynamic of Indian Demographic Collapse in the San Francisco Bay Missions, Alta California, 1776-1840 by Jackson, Robert H.

“…A severe decline of Indian populations was the chief result of the mission regime that the Spaniards imposed on Alta California starting in 1769. The Spaniards…”
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Investigating Child Sexual Abuse in the American Indian Community by Schafer, John R., McIlwaine, Blaine D.

“…Describes cases of child sexual abuse by teachers on the Navajo and Hopi reservations. Discusses culturally appropriate techniques for an investigator to use…”
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The "Heathen Party": Methodist Observation of the Ohio Wyandot by Walsh, Martin W.

“…Methodist Episcopal missionaries' writings show that some Wyandot Indians living on the Sandusky River in Ohio fought to preserve their traditional religion…”
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The Political Survival of Landless Puget Sound Indians by Tollefson, Kenneth D.

“…The Duwamish and Snoqualmie Indians survived expulsion from their ancestral lands around Washington State's Puget Sound by forming small, tight-knit…”
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