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Language and Culture Contact in California Native Americans

One of the most perplexing problems in the field of anthropology over the last hundred years has been the relationship between language and culture. Does language shape culture? Does culture shape language? Further, and perhaps more interesting, does language shape our cognition, effecting the very...

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American Indian Perspectives on Childhood Education

This study examines American Indian parents’ perceptions of parent involvement in their children’s education and factors that may encourage or discourage involvement. A better understanding of American Indian parent involvement was considered as a possible solution to narrow the achievement gap...

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NAGPRA and the Return of Sacred Objects

Officials of the Intermountain Region have determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(C), the three cultural items described above are specific ceremonial objects needed by traditional Native American religious leaders for the practice of traditional Native American religions by their...

ancora impara

Vox Hunt: On My Walls

Show us a painting or piece of art you have hanging on your wall. What room is it in? Submitted by Strive2Be. This is Eskadi, who was a leader of an Apache band. The photograph was taken by Edward Curtis, and appears in Volume 1 of his North American Indians collection of photographs. I have the...

Ozzy Osborne

Star Dust - The Beginning

WARNING: I would like to put a disclaimer on the following first chapter of my highly subjective novel...but I'm afraid I cannot do so because everything you read has come from my heart, my soul, and my book-twisted mind. If you are insulted by anything following this point, simply stop reading it...

DollarMan

A Little Revisionist History.....

Owlbebak

Native Americans Want Their Land Back!

This is without a doubt a complicated situation. Historical, the United States Government, in my opinion, gave the Native Americans a raw deal. Now, it seems the tribes want to acquire or administer and utilized their old lands that are now National Parks. It appears some wish to have more...