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Ohrn, Deborah Gore, Ed. – Goldfinch: Iowa History for Young People, 1992
This issue of "The Goldfinch" examines the history of American Indians in Iowa. This volume's featured articles include: "Encounter"; "Iowa Earthworks"; "The Long Way Home"; "How One Learns, a Mesquakie Woman's Life Story"; "Indians of Iowa"; "Little Brother Snares the Sun";…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian History, American Indians, Elementary Education
Thompson, Lowell – Insights into Open Education, 1989
This issue of "Insights" celebrates North Dakota's centennial. The information and activities it contains were meant for classroom use by teachers from North Dakota during the centennial year, but could provide others with a glimpse of that state's history. A fact sheet on "North Dakota Centennial Dates" gives a brief…
Descriptors: American Indian History, Class Activities, Curriculum Enrichment, Elementary Secondary Education
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Arnow, Pat, Ed.; Chiltoskey, Mary, Ed. – Now and Then, 1986
This issue of "Now and Then" focuses on Cherokee Indians in Appalachia. It includes poetry, articles, fiction, book reviews, and photos. Articles include "The Story of My Life as Far Back as I Remember" by Aggie Ross Lossiah and edited by Joan Greene; "Goingback Chiltoskey, Master Carver," by Joan Greene;…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian History, American Indian Literature, Cultural Background
O'Brien, Mary, Comp. – Cherokee Quarterly, 2001
According to Federal land appraisals, the land surrounding the Pineville community in Delaware County, Oklahoma, was "unfit for any use," but to the Cherokee who lived there it was a land of plenty. In 1875 Cherokee families constructed a log meeting house, which served first as a church and became a school in 1893. The 1880 Cherokee Census…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indian History, Cherokee (Tribe), Community Involvement
Ramirez, Ray, Ed. – NARF Legal Review, 1993
This special theme issue outlines the history of discrimination against traditional Native American religions, including recent Supreme Court decisions. "Discrimination and Native American Religious Rights," by Senator Daniel K. Inouye, discusses the compelling government interest in eradicating discrimination and describes two Supreme…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, American Indian Culture, American Indian History, American Indians
Heaton, Moss, Ed. – Loblolly Magazine, 1985
Written by history students at Gary High School, Gary, Texas, this issue includes two articles relevant to East Texas history. "Mission Dolores and Jim Corbin," (Moss Heaton and others) is a summary of material presented by Professor James Corbin about the early Spanish presence in East Texas. The first attempt at setting up a mission…
Descriptors: American Indian History, Ethnography, Folk Culture, Interviews
Barreiro, Jose, Ed. – Northeast Indian Quarterly, 1989
As the most significant American Indian contribution to world civilization, corn is discussed from historical, socio-cultural, and scientific perspectives. The introduction describes a collaboration between the American Indian Program of Cornell University and the Indigenous Preservation Network Center, which brought students and reservation…
Descriptors: Agronomy, American Indian Culture, American Indian History, American Indian Studies
Barreiro, Jose, Ed. – Northeast Indian Quarterly, 1988
A memory told and retold among Haudenosaunee traditional (Iroquois or Six Nations people, including the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca, and Tuscarora) holds that in the formative days of the American republic, statesmen from the still powerful Indian Confederacy informed prominent colonists and some founding fathers on Indian concepts of…
Descriptors: American Indian History, American Indian Studies, American Indians, Colonial History (United States)
Bigelow, Bill, Ed.; And Others – Rethinking Schools, 1991
This periodical critiques the traditional views of Christopher Columbus and his voyages to America and looks at current issues that affect Native Americans. More than 50 essays, poems, historical documents, and articles are featured, including: "Columbus and Native Issues in the Elementary Classroom" (Bob Peterson); "Bones of…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian History, American Indian Studies, American Indians