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Research & Publications

Research and Publications

1996
	Strong Hearts, Wounded Souls: Native American Veterans of the Vietnam War 1996 Tom Holm In his first work on Vietnam, Holm, a soldier in the war, provides an overview of one kind of... read more
	Paths of life : American Indians of the Southwest and northern Mexico 1996 Nancy Parezo Within these pages are living portraits of fifteen Native American groups of Arizona and northern Mexico. The Navajos, the Western Apaches,... read more

1994
	They called it prairie light : the story of Chilocco Indian School 1994 K. Tsianina Lomawaima Established in 1884 and operative for nearly a century, the Chilocco Indian School in... read more

1993
	Promises of the past : a history of Indian education in the United States 1993 David H. DeJong DeJong uses the power of original documents and eyewitness accounts to educate readers about the true history of Indian education.... read more

1991
	Navajo sandpainting: from religious act to commercial art 1991 Nancy Parezo

Pages

Author		Year	Chair
Christina Weinzettle	Proving the Applicability of the Theory of Regulation and the Economic Theory of Regulatory Constraint to American Indian Studies (AIS): A Case Study in Federal Indian Law and Policy	2010	Eileen Luna Firebaugh
Paul Barbone	“We Were Recruited from The Warriors of Many Famous Nations,” Cultural Preservation: U. S. Army Western Apache Scouts, 1871-1947	2010	Roger L. Nichols
Leo Killsback	The Chief’s Prophecy: The Destruction of ‘Original’ Cheyenne Leadership during ‘The Critical Era’ (1876-1935)	2010	Luci Tapahonso
Roland Marmon	Last Card Played: A History of the Turtle Mountain Chippewa and the Ten Cent Treaty of 1892	2009	Franci Washburn
Christine Birong-Smith	The Influence of Police Brutality on the American Indian Movement's Establishment in Minneapolis, 1968-1969	2009	Eileen Luna Firebaugh
Martina Dawley	Indian Boarding School Tattoos Among Female American Indian Students (1960s-1970s): Phoenix Indian School, Santa Rosa Boarding School, Fort Wingate Boarding School	2009	K. Tsianina Lomawaima
Caroline "Charlie" Williams	Their Way of Life: A Case Study of Leadership at Denali River Cabins & Kantishna Roadhouse	2009	Mary Jo Tippeconnic Fox
Ferlin Clark	In becoming Sa'ah Naaghai Bik'eh Hozhoon: The historical challenges and triumphs of Dine College	2009	Manley Begay
Louellyn White	Free to be Kanien'kehaka: A case study of educational self-determination at the Akwesasne Freedom School	2009	K. Tsianina Lomawaima
Jesse Johnson	Wakpa Waste Na Lakhotiyapi/ Good River and Lakhota Language: Immersion Works Best for the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe	2009	Mary Jo Tippeconnic Fox
Judith Herbster	Tohono O'odham Community College Curriculum Proposal for Associate's Degree and Certificate in Museum Studies	2008	Nancy Parezo
Anne Hendricks	A Taxing Solution: New Revenue and Wealth Redistribution in Indian Country	2008	Benedict Colombi
Amy Fatzinger	"Indians in the house": Revisiting American Indians in Laura Ingalls Wilder's "Little House" books	2008	Luci Tapahonso
Leah Carpenter	Tracking the Land: Ojibwe Land Tenure and Acquisition at Grand Portage and Leech Lake	2008	Nancy Parezo
Billy J. Stratton	Re)inscribing King Philip's War: Mary Rowlandson and the advent of the Indian captivity narrative	2008	Franci Washburn
Sheilah Nicholas	Becoming "fully" Hopi: The role of the Hopi language in the contemporary lives of Hopi youth---A Hopi case study of language shift and vitality	2008	Emory Sekaquaptewa
Elaine Martina	Abortion in South Dakota: The Stereotypes and The Changing Role of the Native American Woman	2008	Eileen Luna Firebaugh
Sharon Milholland	Native voices and native values in sacred landscapes management: Bridging the indigenous values gap on public lands through co-management policy	2008	Rob Williams
Julie Hailer	American Indian Youth Involvement in Urban Street Gangs: Invisible No More?	2008	Nancy Parezo
Robert Innes	The Importance of Family Ties to Members of Cowessess First Nation	2007	K. Tsianina Lomawaima

Pages

Publications

Colonized through Art: American Indian Schools and Art Education, 1889-1915

2017
The Red Bird All-Indian Traveling Band

Franci Washburn

2014
Archaeology in the Great Basin and Southwest

Nancy Parezo

2014
Elder Brother and the Law of the People Contemporary Kinship and Cowessess First Nation

Robert Innes

2013
The Evolution of Policing: Worldwide Innovations and Insights

Eileen Luna Firebaugh

2013
Keystone Nations: Indigenous Peoples and Salmon Across the North Pacific

Benedict Colombi

2012
Native American Boarding Schools (Landmarks of the American Mosaic)

Mary A. Stout

2012
Red Medicine: Traditional Indigenous Rites of Birthing and Healing

Patrisia Gonzales

2012
Traditional Forest-Related Knowledge: Sustaining Communities, Ecosystems and Biocultural Diversity (World Forests)

Ronald Trosper

2012
The Other Movement Indian Rights and Civil Rights in the Deep South

2012

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