Changing identification among AmericanIndians and Alaska natives
The census-enumerated AmericanIndian population dispersed rapidly between 1930 and 1990. Changes in ethnic classification account for most of the change. In the 10 states with historically large Indian populations, migration further reduced
the share of Indian residents. Study of the dispersal of the Indian population should focus on the new emergence of the expression of Indian identity, rather than on migration from former population centers.
Cultural diversity in geography curriculum : the geography of AmericanIndians
Examination of content of one course on the geography of AmericanIndians in the USA and Canada at the University of Minnesota-Duluth that included lectures, student projects, outside activities and an evaluation of learning. Article summarizes
three lectures on the Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin. - (DWG)
Indigenous maps, cosmology, and spatial recognition of the North AmericanIndian : with special reference to the Ojibway around Lake Superior in Cosmology, epistemology and the history of geography.
To seek a new horizon of studying the indigenous way of cartographic representation in the native societies of the AmericanIndians, integrated knowledge on the so-called Indian maps, of cartography and geography, as well as ethnohistory
Migration or interaction : reinterpreting pre-Columbian West Indian culture origins
Contrasts the two models of pre-European settlement in the Antilles : on the one hand, a South American origin of the Ciboney, Taino and Island Carib groups; on the other, a Yucatan or Central American origin for the Ciboney and a South American
Native American camas production and trade in the Pacific Northwest and northern Rocky Mountains
A wild plant, Camassia spp., has edible bulbs that were once an important food of many Indian tribes in the American West. Discussion of major species, gathering, processing, and trade of this plant, and how Native Americans managed this resource
Developing the Mbaracayú Biosphere Reserve, Paraguay : Chiripa Indians and sustainable economics
AmericanIndians ; Ethnic group ; Man-environment relationship ; Nature conservation ; Nature reserve ; Paraguay ; Way of life
Integrating the livelihood of about 5,000 Guarani-speaking Chiripa Indians into a biosphere near the Brazilian border would preserve the environment there and promote indigenous rights at the same time. The main commercial activity would
Acadians in Maritime Canada, Irish, English, and Scots in Ontario, Germans, Welsh in Ohio, Scotch-Irish and English in Appalachia, AmericanIndians in the Eastern USA, French Creoles on the Gulf Coast, African-Americans in the American South, Cajuns
in Louisiana, Belgians in Wisconsin, Danes in Iowa and Minnesota, Norwegians in Wisconsin, Finns in the Lake Superior Region, German-Russian Mennonites in Manitoba, Czechs in South Dakota, Ukranians in Western Canada, Navajo in the American Southwest, Spanish
-Americans in New Mexico's Rio Arriba, Germans in Texas, Basques in the American West.-(DWG)
Environmental justice and AmericanIndian tribal sovereignty : case study of a land-use conflict in Skull Valley, Utah
The A. analyses a land-use dispute over the Skull Valley Band of Goshute Indians' decision to host a high-level radioactive waste facility on their reservation in Tooele County, Utah. By elucidating the historical geography of Skull Valley
Economic development on Arizona's native-American reservations
Arizona's 22 Indian reservations comprise 25% of the state's territory and are home to 160 000 people. Lack of prosperity is attributed to differences in world views, time orientation, competitiveness, spirituality, family responsabilities
and decision-making processes from those of the dominant American society. - ( DWG)
This historical park celebrates the “freedom” that the U.S. brought to the region. But this landscape sits at the nexus of several contested territories. Guam was seized in the 1898 Spanish-American War and experienced 50 years of dictatorship under
the Navy. Disagreements between the park service and the local people added to the contests. The park presents a discourse of American military heroism against the Japanese, at the expense of recognition of Chamorro suffering. It serves as a colonial tool.
[b1] Smithsonian National Museum of the AmericanIndian, Washington, Etats-Unis
West Indian migration to the United States Virgin Islands: demographic impacts and socio-economic consequences
American Virgin Islands ; Antillais ; Antilles ; Emploi ; Géographie de l'Amérique ; Immigration ; Législation ; Marché du travail ; Migration internationale ; Petites Antilles ; Politique de l'immigration ; Population ; Virgin Islands of the U.S.
of landscapes and understanding of people. Kniffen's later research focus was on North AmericanIndians, folk housing and Luisiana geography, although his Ph.D. dissertation dealt with the Colorado Delta of Mexico. - (DWG)
F. Kniffen (1900-1993), whose career at Louisiana State University started in 1929, was a driving force in American cultural geography. His youthful years in Michigan, Kansas and Wisconsin and work as an itinerant laborer broadened his knowledge
Though primarily a geographer, F. KNIFFEN (1900-1993) was also trained in anthropology. He published monographs of North AmericanIndians and played a major role in creating a close liaison of geography and anthropology at Louisiana State University
is followed by a chronological description of economic and political developments and conflicts throughout the colonial and modern history. Five case studies concern the Central American coastal periphery, the indian population along the Costa Rica-Panama
A fascinating very comprehensive political geography of the steadily changing influences of Spanish, West-European, and American powers in the Western Caribbean and along the Central American isthmus. An introduction on general spatial patterns