Comments on recent studies on the Cherokee Nation which emphasize the profound differences of traditional Cherokee culture from White society, the deep factionalism that has plagued the Cherokees since the emergence of a mixed-blood group, and the remarkable persistence of native values and social forms despite two centuries of acculturation. (NEC)

Maintains that tremendous changes in the historiography and treatment of Native American history have occurred since the late 1960s. Provides a historiographic essay on contemporary historians and their interpretations of Native American history and culture. (CFR)

Examines the vast differences that exist between mainstream expectations and the cultural values of Native American youth in what is referred to as cultural discontinuity. Cultural conflict in the school setting is discussed and suggestions for dealing with cultural discontinuity are offered. (CH)

Presents an overview of 273 sociological journal articles focusing on American Indians. Examines trends in these publications since 1900 and discusses implications for future sociological considerations of American Indians and American Indian societies. (Author/GC)

Reviews INDIAN EDUCATION IN CANADA, volumes one and two by Barman, Hebert, and McCaskill (1986). States that the books are a valuable introduction to the field of Canadian Indian educational history as they present historical case studies and examine various aspects of the recent Indian self-determination movement. (GEA)

Traces development of Native American place name studies from Boas (1880s) to the present. Argues that place names convey information about physical environments but also reveal how people perceive, conceptualize, and utilize their environment. Suggests the utility of place names as a framework for cultural analysis and describes recent…

Reviews trends in the literature on Native American women and notes significant changes in recent years. Suggests that scholarly issues may have to be subordinated to community needs, and that feminist scholars should direct their studies to those issues most important to the group being studied. (ST)

American Indian Studies programs at over 100 institutions perform the traditional teaching, research, and service functions expected of all departments but also assume atypical roles, such as multicultural education for the whole institution, recruitment and retention of Indian students, linking academic and Indian communities, and advancement of…

Examines factionalism within Minnesota Ojibwe Indian villages and its significance before and after the arrival of Europeans and Euramericans. Defines "progressive" and "traditional" Indians and examines sociopolitical differences between Ojibwe factions from 1850 to 1880. Examines roles of young warriors and older civil…

Reviews two books on issues of Native American education: (1) "Light of the Feather: Pathways through Contemporary Indian America" (M. Fedullo); and (2) "Teaching American Indian Students" (J. Rehner). (ME)

In the new order of academic worlds, marked by multiculturalism, postmodernism, and the interdiscipline of cultural studies, American Indian studies offers an alternative to Eurocentric domination of 21st-century scholarship if, and only if, it does not become encircled by the benevolent imperialism of neocolonial versions of multiculturalism.…

Native American trickster stories teach lessons about inappropriate social behavior or roles through satire. Frequent targets of such lessons are gender relations, expectations, and transgressions, most notably male licentiousness. Lessons concerning inappropriate female behavior may be conveyed through female trickster stories, found mainly in…

Critically reviews modern writings about American Indians, focusing on Indian romance novels, children's stories, biographies, works by "urban mixed-bloods," and the "art for art's sake" stance. Views non-Native works as irrelevant and most Native writings as self-centered or escapist. Calls for Native intellectuals to…

This book is a comparative interpretation of the works of Vine Deloria, Jr., (Standing Rock Sioux) and John Joseph Mathews (Osage), two American Indian intellectuals of this century. In bringing these two thinkers together, the book lays the groundwork for a discussion of several crucial issues in contemporary American Indian critical studies: (1)…

Reports on the investigations and writings of Stanford assistant professor of English Robert Allen Warrior concerning published writings by American Indian authors back to the 1760s. Introduces two of Warrior's current projects: comparing American Indian authors John Joseph Matthews and Vine Deloria Jr., and examining writings of Indian activists…