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Direct linkBlansett, Kent – American Indian Quarterly, 2010
The Ozark Mountains occupy a large area within the state boundaries of southern Missouri, northern Arkansas, and northeastern Oklahoma as well as the southeastern-most tip of Kansas. Missouri and Arkansas make up the bulk of the Ozarks, while Oklahoma and Kansas straddle their outer rim. From 1800 to 1865 the Ozarks region was in constant flux, as…
Descriptors: Oral Tradition, American Indians, Sampling, Historians
Fulton, Ann – American Indian Quarterly, 2007
An ilkak'mana called Multnomah once lived near the river where New England merchants chopped Portland, Oregon, out of a Douglas-fir forest. With a bow and shield slung behind his back, the chief stood imperiously in Hermon A. MacNeil's 1904 statuette inscribed at its base with his name. Nearby tribes preserved Multnomah in words, but years later…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian History, Tribes, Art Products
Sims, Christine P. – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2006
In the American southwest, Pueblo Indian tribes have managed to retain their languages and cultures far longer than many American Indian tribes who have suffered complete language loss as a result of historical oppression, displacement and annihilation. In more recent times, however, Pueblo Indian tribes have faced tremendous pressures to abandon…
Descriptors: Language Skill Attrition, Language Maintenance, Language Planning, American Indians
Margolin, Malcolm, Ed.; Montijo, Yolanda, Ed. – 1995
This collection of stories and memories, suitable for adolescents, offers a perspective on both traditional and contemporary ways of California Indians. Some stories are from old reports and books, and some are from people of today. The introduction ties the wide variety of Indians that live in California to the variety of landscape and climate.…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, American Indian Culture, American Indian History, American Indians
Download full textSmith-Trafzer, Lee Ann; Trafzer, Clifford E. – 1988
This children's book relates the story of Travis and Laura and how their grandfather, a Maidu Indian, teaches them about their history and culture through stories. The book stresses the importance of storytelling as the traditional way of passing on the history of Indian peoples. As part of a school project, Travis tells his classmates the Maidu…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian History, American Indian Literature, American Indians
John, Rosa; And Others – 1994
The book is divided into four sections in a way that ensures seasonal recognition and environmental awareness. Each chapter within the sections begins with one or more oral histories from Native nations relevant to the concepts and ideas covered in that chapter. The student is introduced to the Native perspective through the concept of the circle,…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, American Indian Culture, American Indian Education, American Indian History
