Indian Research

Features

• Making Indians Disappear: A Native American historian’s views regarding the treatment of Indians in American history

  Steven Crum

  A native American historian argues that scholars have tried to erase Indians from America’s history.

• Indians as Archaeologists

  Beverly Badhorse

  Archaeological study of native American cultures is nothing new; Indian artifacts have been collected for centuries. But a project at a site called Bear Gulch is directed by Fort Belknap College and staffed with its stu­dents, making it one of the few digs to be managed and worked by American Indians.

• Finding New Answers to Old Questions: By working together, universities and tribal colleges can meet the research needs of American Indian communities

  Grayson Noley

  Universities and tribal colleges should work together, argues Grayson Noley.

• The Model Scholar

  Paul Boyer

  How should scholars conduct research on reservations? They would do well to follow the lead of Barbara Bowman.

• The Utility of Scholarship: An interview with John Red Horse

  Paul Boyer

  Dr. John Red Horse is dean of the College of Liberal Arts at the University of Minnesota, Duluth. TCJ asked him to discuss the opportunities and limitations of research.

• Ways of Knowing: Extending the boundaries of scholarship

  Jack Barden

  Native American scholars should expand the definition of research, according to Jack Barden and Paul Boyer.

Editor's Essay

• Examing the Impacts of Research and a Thank You

  Paul Boyer

  For more than a century scholars have been intrigued by native Americans. Indians have been so thoroughly and repeatedly examined that some com­munities could joke that each home contained its own resident anthropologist.

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• From Passive to Active: Research in Indian Country

  Karen Gayton Swisher

  More than three decades ago, anthropologists George and Louise Spindler reported that their profession had studied American Indians more than any other group in the world.

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Profile

• Everything Passes, Even Disappointment, Anger and Shame

  Marjane Ambler

  Vermae Johnson-Taylor’s grandparents recognized a strength in her that they liked and wanted to encourage. The name they chose for her was Akicitawiya (Soldier Woman). Little did they know how much she would need that fortitude in the years to come.

Land Grant

• The Land Grant Tribal College: Tribally controlled colleges may seek status as land grant institutions

  Stephen Amato

  In the past twenty-five years, colleges and uni­versities from Washington, D.C. to American Samoa have been designated as land grant institutions providing programs ranging from community development to small business administration. Now tribal colleges are wondering if they should also pursue land grant status, a step that would acknowledge their unique service to reservations and make them eligi­ble for participation in valuable federal programs.