More Films at UNT -
Format: Online/streaming
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This page: guides.library.unt.edu/mc/nahm
UNT- Denton land acknowledgment:
"UNT was built on wichita, caddo, Kickapoo, Tawakoni, Waco and Keechi land." (Source: UNT NASA "Land" page)
November is Native American Heritage Month (NAHM)
--sometimes referred to as American Indian Heritage Month
This month recognizes the accomplishments of the peoples who were the original inhabitants, explorers and settlers of the United States. NAHM celebrates the cultures, traditions, and histories and acknowledges the important contributions of Native people. Suggestions? Email me, the UNT Sociology Librarian, at Lilly.Ramin@unt.edu
- UNT sources on Division of Institutional Equity and Diversity on Native American/indigenous IED page
Native American Heritage Month terms for browsing in our collections (examples only).
These headings are from Library of Congress.
Groups and people
Sacred Objects and Sacred Places (2000) by Combines native oral histories, photographs, drawings and case studies to present current issues of cultural preservation vital to American Indians, Alaska natives, and Native Hawaiians, such as the repatriation of human remains, the curation and exhibition of sacred masks and medicine bundles, and protecting sacred places on private, state, and public land.
Call Number: E-Book online single use/ also in print Willis Library 3rd Floor E98.M34 G85 2000
Traditions of the Osage: stories collected and translated by Francis la Flesche (2010) by The forty-nine traditional Osage narratives presented here, collected in Oklahoma between 1910 and 1923 for the Bureau of American Ethnology, have never before been assembled in one book. What makes these stories especially important is that they were collected in their original language, Osage, by a scholar who was a native speaker of a mutually intelligible language, Omaha, and who was also highly educated and articulate in English. As contextualized in Garrick Bailey's introduction, these stories offer insights into Osage culture and society that are not available elsewhere. Bailey divides the stories into sacred teachings, folk stories, and animal stories. To the Osage, the sacred included not only religious but also what we would consider social and political institutions. Unlike the sacred teachings, which were known only to priests, folk tales were public property. Sacred teachings were always educational, whereas folk stories served a variety of purposes. Some were entertaining, some humorous, some frightening, but all were also designed to instill the proper social norms and values of the Osage. The animal stories, intended for children, also illustrate Osage values, as well as conveying information about the animals themselves.
(catalog URL: https://iii.library.unt.edu/record=b4218350~S12)
Publication Date: E-book online - single user
The Indianization of Lewis and Clark by
E-book | Publication Date: 2012-01-01
The Language Loss of the Indigenous (2016 This volume traces the theme of the loss of language and culture in numerous post-colonial contexts. It establishes that the aphasia imposed on the indigenous is but a visible symptom of a deeper malaise -- the mismatch between the symbiotic relation nurtured by the indigenous with their environment and the idea of development put before them as their future. The essays here show how the cultures and the imaginative expressions of indigenous communities all over the world are undergoing a phase of rapid depletion. They unravel the indifference of market forces to diversity and that of the states, unwilling to protect and safeguard these marginalized communities. This book will be useful to scholars and researchers of cultural and literary studies, linguistics, sociology and social anthropology, as well as tribal and indigenous studies.D
E-Book Online Link | Discover catalog link |
Native American Almanac (2016) From ancient rock drawings to today’s urban living, the Native American Almanac: More than 50,000 Years of the Cultures and Histories of Indigenous Peoples traces the rich heritage of indigenous people. It is a fascinating mix of biography, pre-contact and post-contact history, current events, Tribal Nations’ histories, enlightening insights on environmental and land issues, arts, treaties, languages, education, movements, and more. Ten regional chapters, including urban living, cover the narrative history, the communities, land, environment, important figures, and backgrounds of each area’s Tribal Nations and peoples. The stories of 345 Tribal Nations, biographies of 400 influential figures in all walks of life, Native American firsts, awards, and statistics are covered. 150 photographs and illustrations bring the text to life. The most complete and affordable single-volume reference work about Native American culture available today, the Native American Almanac is a unique and valuable resource devoted to illustrating, demystifying, and celebrating the moving, sometimes difficult, and often lost history of the indigenous people of America. Capturing the stories and voices of the American Indian of yesterday and today, it provides a range of information on Native American history, society, and culture.
All Indians Do Not Live in Teepees (or Casinos) (2011) by Both a tribute to the unique experiences of individual Native Americans and a celebration of the values that draw American Indians together, All Indians Do Not Live in Teepees (or Casinos) explores contemporary Native life. Based on personal experience and grounded in journalism, this story begins with the repatriation of ancestral remains to the Pueblo peoples of New Mexico. The 1999 return to Pecos of the skeletal remains of two thousand bodies excavated during an archaeological expedition nearly a century earlier was the largest repatriation in American history. In a united, purposeful, and energizing quest, the Pecos and Jemez Indians brought their ancestors home. This event, along with subsequent repatriations, has accelerated similar momentum across much of Native America. In All Indians Do Not Live in Teepees (or Casinos), Catherine C. Robbins traces this restorative effect in areas such as economic development, urbanization, the arts, science, and health care. Through dozens of interviews, Robbins draws out the voices of Indian people, some well-known and many at the grassroots level, working quietly to advance their communities. These voices speak against the background of the narrative's historical context. The result is a rich account of Native American life in contemporary America, revealing not a monolithic "Indian" experience of teepees or casinos, but rather a mosaic of diverse peoples existing on a continuum that marks both their distinctions and their shared realities.
Hollywood's Indian (2010) by Offering both in-depth analyses of specific films and overviews of the industry's output, Hollywood's Indian provides insightful characterizations of the depiction of the Native Americans in film. This updated edition includes a new chapter on Smoke Signals, the groundbreaking independent film written by Sherman Alexie and directed by Chris Eyre. Taken as a whole the essays explore the many ways in which these portrayals have made an impact on our collective cultural life.
Fighting Colonialism with Hegemonic Culture (2013) Explores how American Indian businesses and organizations are taking on images that were designed to oppress them.
Encyclopedia of Native American Music of North America (2013) This book is a one-stop reference resource for the vast variety of musical expressions of the First Peoples' cultures of North America, both past and present. * Provides print and Internet resources with each entry * Presents exclusive information derived from the personal research and fieldwork of the editors * Includes a timeline that highlights important developments in First Peoples' musical expressions * Supplies an index that allows users to easily look up all of the relevant information on a topic
Caption: Screenshot of AIHC database, 4th tab, pictured above.
October 15, 2019 was the is the Indigenous People's Day Celebration at UNT (official notice by President Smatresk (10/8/19)
The Language Loss of the Indigenous (2016 This volume traces the theme of the loss of language and culture in numerous post-colonial contexts. It establishes that the aphasia imposed on the indigenous is but a visible symptom of a deeper malaise -- the mismatch between the symbiotic relation nurtured by the indigenous with their environment and the idea of development put before them as their future. The essays here show how the cultures and the imaginative expressions of indigenous communities all over the world are undergoing a phase of rapid depletion. They unravel the indifference of market forces to diversity and that of the states, unwilling to protect and safeguard these marginalized communities. This book will be useful to scholars and researchers of cultural and literary studies, linguistics, sociology and social anthropology, as well as tribal and indigenous studies.Media: Online & DVDs
Indigenous People Day (vs Columbus Day?)
U.S. government websites on Native Americans
