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The Early Archaic Record in the Gunnison Basin, Colorado: An Investigation of Projectile Point Technology and Settlement Patterns
(2018-05)
In comparison to the Late Paleoindian Period (11,500–8,400 B.P.), the Early
Archaic (8,400–6,400 B.P.) in the Gunnison Basin, Colorado is a poorly understood
time because of its relatively light archaeological signature. ...
Leadership and Social Dynamics at Brackett (34CK-43): an Archaeological Study of a Mississippi period Mound Site in Eastern Oklahoma.
(2016-08)
During the Mississippi period (A.D. 900-1500), middle-range societies constructed large earthworks throughout the Southeast as a means to construct sacred places on the landscape and reflect the negotiations formed between ...
"I Live in Boley, America:Exploring a Contemporary Identity for African American Boley Residents
(2016-05-13)
Abstract
Boley's history for African Americans are stories filled with triumphs and challenges, specifically autonomy, slavery and Jim Crow. In this paper I address their past and consider a contemporary identity that ...
Repurposing the Comparative Method for Pawnee Language and Dialect Revitalization
(2016-08)
A member of the Caddoan language family, Pawnee is a nearly extinct language with few living fluent speakers. However, there is an active, community-led revitalization movement. Community members involved in revitalization ...
Identifying Geophysical Patterning Along the Landscape of the Silver Glen Springs Archaeological Complex
(2019-05-10)
The Silver Glen Springs Complex (SGSC) is a collection of archaeological sites that has been thus-far defined by the terraforming regime of shell mounding conducted by fisher-gatherer-hunters that created many monumental ...
Language Revitalization Through Pawnee Music
(2016)
Pawnee music has always been a crucial component in the lives of the Pawnee people and have been a source of comfort to those who have needed it. Traditional songs give Pawnee people a sense of identity lacking because of ...
Petrographic Quartzite Source Discrimination in the Upper Gunnison Basin, Colorado: Implications for the Archaeological Study of Prehistoric Hunter-Gathers
(2016-05-14)
Recently (Pitblado et al. 2008, 2013), an interdisciplinary team of archaeologists and geologists collaborated to develop a protocol for sourcing quartzite in the Upper Gunnison Basin, Colorado where archaeological assemblages ...
Singing Redface: The Misappropriation of American Indian Culture in Popular Music
(2016-12)
This project examines the role of cultural appropriation in the creation of Native American stereotypes that are present in Western popular music in post-colonial America through the completion of an in-progress book. ...
Remembrance and Perseverance in History of the Native American Church in Oklahoma
(2019-05-10)
In this thesis, I examine the concepts of Native sovereignty, authenticity, (invented) tradition, indigeneity, and cultural heritage as these are applied to the context of the Native American Church (NAC, Peyotism, or the ...
American Indian painters of Oklahoma : artistic negotiation in the twentieth century.
(2005)
This work discusses the emergence of easel painting as an art form in Oklahoma American Indian communities and the commoditization of American Indian art during the twentieth century. The lives and art of five Muscogee ...