Category: Native Americans/First Nation

  • The Rise and Decline of Hybrid (Metis) Societies on the Frontier of Western Canada and Southern Africa The Canadian Journal of Native Studies Volume 3, Number 1 (1983) (Special Issue on the Metis) ISSN  0715-3244 Alvin Kienetz A comparison of the development of the Metis in Canada and similar peoples in Southern Africa reveals some…

  • Ties on the fringes of identity Social Science Research Volume 33, Issue 4 (December 2004) Pages 702-723 DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2003.10.002 Carolyn A. Liebler, Assistant Professor of Sociology University of Minnesota I use data on part-American Indian children in the 1990 Census 5% PUMS to assess my hypotheses that thick racial ties within the family constrain racial…

  • Telling Our Own Stories: Lumbee History and the Federal Acknowledgment Process The American Indian Quarterly Volume 33, Number 4, Fall 2009 pages 499-522 E-ISSN: 1534-1828, Print ISSN: 0095-182X Malinda Maynor Lowery, Assistant Professor of History University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Being part of and writing about the Lumbee community means that history always emerges…

  • Mitsawokett to Bloomsbury: Archaeology and History of a Native-American Descendant Community in Central Delaware Chapter 5. A Larger Ethnic Community 2008 383 pages Delaware Department of Transportation Project 88-110-01 Federal Highway Administration Project F-NH-1003(13) Delaware Department of Transportation Archæological Series Number 154 Carolann Wicks, Secretary Original and redraft prepared by Edward F. Heite and Cara L.…

  • Cultural Activities, Identities, and Mental Health Among Urban American Indians with Mixed Racial/Ethnic Ancestries Race and Social Problems Volume 2, Number 2 (2010) pages 101-114 DOI: 10.1007/s12552-010-9028-9 Yoshitaka Iwasaki, Professor of Rehabilitation Sciences and Social Work Temple University Namorah Gayle Byrd, Assistant Professor, Developmental English Gloucester County College, New Jersey Focus groups were conducted to…

  • Vikings Possibly Carried Native American to Europe Discovery News 2010-11-17 Medieval texts suggest the Vikings arrived in the New World more than 1,000 years ago. THE GIST DNA analysis reveals that four families in Iceland possess genes typically found in Native Americans or East Asians. Genealogical evidence revealed that these families shared a distant ancestor…

  • “The Horrid Alternative”: Miscegenation and Madness in the Frontier Romance Journal of American & Comparative Cultures Volume 24, Issue 3 (Fall/Winter 2001) Pages: 137-151 DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-4726.2001.2403_137.x Harry J. Brown, Assistant Professor of English DePauw University In a speech delivered to a gathering of Delaware and Mohican Indians, Thomas Jefferson foresaw the destiny of the United…

  • Constructing Whiteness: Regulating Aboriginal identity University of Toronto 2009 93 pages Publication Number: AAT MR59722 ISBN: 9780494597224 Rebecca Boock A thesis submitted in conformity with the requirements for the degree of Masters of Arts Graduate Department of Sociology and Equity Studies in Education Ontario Institute for Studies in Education University of Toronto Curricula in classrooms…

  • “Hearing Radmilla” Film Screening Northern Arizona University Flagstaff, Arizona Gardner Auditorium, W. A. Franke College of Business (bldg. 81, room 101) 2010-11-22, 19:00 to 21:30 (Local Time) Native American Heritage Month The film will be introduced by filmmaker/producer Angela Webb, Radmilla Cody–Miss Navajo Nation 1997-1998, followed by Questions & Answer session. The film follows Radmilla…

  • The Pocahontas Exception: The Exemption of American Indian Ancestry from Racial Purity Law bepress Legal Series Working Paper 1572 2006-08-18 47 pages Kevin N. Maillard, Associate Professor of Law Syracuse University “The Pocahontas Exception” confronts the legal existence and cultural fascination with the eponymous “Indian Grandmother.” Laws existed in many states that prohibited marriage between…