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Foreword For Vol. 17 No.2, James W. Merchant, Rex Honey
Foreword For Vol. 17 No.2, James W. Merchant, Rex Honey
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences
Geographers have contributed much to the rich literature that defines the natural and human dimensions ofthe Great Plains. The emphasis that geographers place upon illuminating the spatial components of environmental, societal, economic, and cultural issues has often afforded them a unique perspective on important questions confronting the region. Moreover, geographers have sought to improve our understanding of the complex interrelationships between Great Plains landscapes and their human occupants. These foci of geography have, in recent years, given rise to research on topics such as the drivers and effects of land use and land cover change, rural depopulation and evolving settlement …
Review Of Lethal Injection: Capital Punishment In Texas During The Modern Era, Nicole Casarez
Review Of Lethal Injection: Capital Punishment In Texas During The Modern Era, Nicole Casarez
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences
Texas has a notorious reputation as the death-penalty capital of America. The sheer number of Texas executions since 1976 has created a statistical pool that Jon Sorenson and Rochy Pilgrim use in Lethal Injection to address four major factual (as opposed to moral) issues surrounding the death penalty: (1) Does it deter would-be murderers from killing? (2) Does it prevent probable future acts of violence by those sentenced to death? (3) Is it applied to the most deserving defendants? (4) Is it imposed fairly and cost-effectively? These are certainly the right questions, and, for the most part, the authors do …
The Shop-Locally Discourse In Jefferson County Kansas, Gina K. Thornburg
The Shop-Locally Discourse In Jefferson County Kansas, Gina K. Thornburg
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences
Inhabitants in the villages of Jefferson County, Kansas, respond to socioeconomic changes in a variety of ways. Empirical research conducted in 2004 revealed multiple discourses that constituted such responses. The shop-locally discourse emerged in structured interviews, newspaper articles, and newspaper advertisements as an emblem of socioeconomic empowerment. Discourse was analyzed within its context and interpreted to provide some insight into residents' responses to change. The discourse revealed not only nostalgia for formerly vibrant commercial districts but also the importance of economic vitality to social life. Shopping locally today, however, will not restore yesteryear's social milieu. The proximity of midsize cities …
Review Of Buffalo Nation: American Indian Efforts To Restore The Bison., James H. Shaw
Review Of Buffalo Nation: American Indian Efforts To Restore The Bison., James H. Shaw
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences
Ken Zontek presents a thoroughly researched and generally well-written account of the underappreciated role played by American Indians in the conservation and restoration of American bison. He notes that of the five foundation herds that in the. 1870s became the principal gene pool for today's Plains bison, three of them were established by people of American Indian descent.
Comic : An Exploration Into Computer-Mediated Intercultural Communication, Simone Alder
Comic : An Exploration Into Computer-Mediated Intercultural Communication, Simone Alder
University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations
This thesis explores how cultural differences manifest themselves in computermediated intercultural communication (CoMIC). This study particularly looks at the role and use of digital nonverbals (DNVs) and their regulatory functions. The data analyzed is from a global virtual team working together for a period of three months. The grounded theory method has been employed to code the electronic transcript of the team's communication. Furthermore, the participants were surveyed regarding their personal backgrounds, their work, and their perception of the communication processes that took place. The study shows that in an intercultural communication process DNVs are used to avoid intercultural misunderstandings …
Oromummaa, Asafa Jalata
Oromummaa, Asafa Jalata
Sociology Publications and Other Works
This book is a collection of my nineteen selected speeches that I delivered to different Oromo and other communities, organizations, and scholarly conferences in North America between 2000 and 2007. Since these speeches were delivered at different times to different audiences, the reader observes some similar central patterns in some of the chapters. In order to maintain the originality of the speeches, I have decided not to change them. From outset I declare that I am an integral part of the process I am exploring and critiquing in this book as a member of the educated Oromo group who have …
Review Of Deep Alberta: Fossil Facts And Dinosaur Digs, University Of Alberta
Review Of Deep Alberta: Fossil Facts And Dinosaur Digs, University Of Alberta
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences
We tend to rate smarter animals, like crows and naturalists, by their degree of behavioral versatility. If polymathic interest correlates with intellect, John Acorn is a very bright naturalist indeed. He has written field guides to insects and birds of Alberta's prairies, mountains, and badlands. His versatility emerges through media popularization of these topics, in series like The Nature Nut and more recently Deep Alberta, a set of radio vignettes about Alberta's fossilized past. But does Acorn's range skim the surface like a light breeze, or does his insight scour deep to Cretaceous bedrock? Judging by Acorn's Deep Alberta: …
Physiological Responses Of Four Hazelnut Hybrids To Water Availability In Nebraska, Tala Awada, Scott Josiah
Physiological Responses Of Four Hazelnut Hybrids To Water Availability In Nebraska, Tala Awada, Scott Josiah
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences
Responses of hazelnut hybrids (88BS, BOX1, Gl7, and GEL502) to water availability (watered and nonwatered) were examined in the field. The study site received 35% of long-term average precipitation between July and September. Photosynthesis (A), stomatal conductance (gs), water potential (Ψ), and specific leaf area were generally lower in the nonwatered than in the watered treatment and exhibited significant seasonal decline, which was accompanied by an increase in water use efficiency (WUE) under both water treatments. Hybrids exhibited different strategies to cope with water availability. The hybrid 88BS was more water conserving, with the most decline in g …
Review Of Paleoamerican Origins: Beyond Clovis, Matthew G. Hill
Review Of Paleoamerican Origins: Beyond Clovis, Matthew G. Hill
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences
Paleoamerican Origins is a compilation of23 papers, most of them expanded versions of presentations or posters given at "Clovis and Beyond" in Santa Fe in late October of 1999, "the greatest Ice Age American conference of the twentieth century" according to Kenneth Tankersley in his 2002 In Search of Ice Age Americans. It follows up New Perspectives on the First Americans (Lepper and Bonnichsen, 2004), a slim volume comprised of30 short, preliminary papers; eight contributors to Paleoamerican Origins also have papers in New Perspectives. Thus, these two volumes contain the published versions of about half of the …
Review Of Wild Orchids Ofthe Prairies And Great Plains Region Of North America., Doris Ames
Review Of Wild Orchids Ofthe Prairies And Great Plains Region Of North America., Doris Ames
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences
There are orchidophiles who think big, and the prolific author of this book, which covers a vast geographical area and includes 73 species and varieties of wild orchids, is surely one of them.
Grassland Birds In Restored Grassland Of The Rainwater Basin Region In Nebraska, Jill Sporrong Utrup, Craig A. Davis
Grassland Birds In Restored Grassland Of The Rainwater Basin Region In Nebraska, Jill Sporrong Utrup, Craig A. Davis
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences
Conservationists and managers mention grassland restorations as a conservation strategy to reverse the decline of grassland bird populations in the Great Plains. In the Rainwater Basin Region of southcentral Nebraska, state and federal resource agencies have used grassland restorations to protect wetlands from sedimentation and agrichemical runoff. These grassland restorations may also provide important habitat for breeding grassland birds. In this paper, we describe the abundance, composition, nesting success, and habitat requirements of breeding birds in grassland restorations in the Rainwater Basin Region. We observed 14 grassland bird species in 12 grassland restorations. The most abundant species were dickcissels ( …
Review Of False Expectations: Politics And The Pursuit Ofthe Saskatchewan Myth, Cristine De Clercy
Review Of False Expectations: Politics And The Pursuit Ofthe Saskatchewan Myth, Cristine De Clercy
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences
For much of its history Saskatchewan has been a net exporter of people, mainly to adjacent Great Plains locales and across North America. Many expatriates retain psychological ties to this prairie province that stretch beyond familial or historical connections, and this deep sense of identity is puzzling to students of prairie polities. Unlike other established societies with high out-migration levels such as Newfoundland, Saskatchewan was settled fairly recently, and many families lived there for one or two generations at most before leaving. How is it that in a relatively brief period many new immigrants developed such a deep and abiding …
Review Of Queer Youth In The Province Of The "Severely Normal.", Doreen Fumia
Review Of Queer Youth In The Province Of The "Severely Normal.", Doreen Fumia
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences
Gloria Filax poses an important question that has a specific context for the conservatism found in the Canadian prairies, yet is more generally applicable to modern western societies: Can queer youth, who struggle to define themselves as "normal," negotiate a place of social belonging where heterosexual norms still dominate? She problematizes this question through a complicated mixture of ethnography, discourse analysis, history, and theory. Queer Youth in the Province of the "Severely Normal" tells a story about how queer youth in Alberta in the 1990s, unlike their heterosexual counterparts, have been actively excluded from social supports and public education that …
Annual Index For Vol.17 (2007)
Annual Index For Vol.17 (2007)
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences
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Zontek, Ken. Buffalo Nation: American Indian Efforts to Restore the Bison, reviewed, 17:225
Review Of Treaty Promises, Indian Reality: Life On A Reserve, Robert Alexander Innes
Review Of Treaty Promises, Indian Reality: Life On A Reserve, Robert Alexander Innes
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences
Harold LeRat's book provides details of the history of the early years of the Cowessess First Nation. LeRat, an Elder from the Cowessess Reserve in Sakatchewan, is a farmer/rancher by trade, not a trained historian. Yet he, along with Linda Ungar, has pieced together a narrative based on oral stories, personal reflections, and an impressive collection of archival documents.
Review Of Indian Gaming And Tribal Sovereignty: The Casino Compromise., James V. Fenelon
Review Of Indian Gaming And Tribal Sovereignty: The Casino Compromise., James V. Fenelon
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences
This is an excellent book, with a couple of provisos. Considering the relative dearth of material on the relationship between tribal sovereignty and Indian gaming, the authors have probably the best work currently in print. Light and Rand take us through three major frameworks that clarify these complex relationships: federal Indian law and policy (their area of specialty); laws and constructions of Indian gaming and tribal sovereignty; and the associated politics of Indian gaming in a number of contexts. It is in their handling of the fourth framework, where they try to identify an "indigenous perspective," which either doesn't exist …
Review Of The National Grasslands: A Guide To America's Undiscovered Treasures., Mary Ann Vinton
Review Of The National Grasslands: A Guide To America's Undiscovered Treasures., Mary Ann Vinton
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences
The aptly named "guide to America's undiscovered treasures" is an informative and user-friendly summary of the areas that comprise the 4 million-acre national grassland system. The terrain, plants, wildlife, public facilities, and unique features of each of the 20 grasslands ranging from western Oregon to eastern North Dakota are described, with detailed maps and 10utras's evocative photography interspersed throughout. Most areas (17 of 20) are located in the Great Plains. The aim of the book is ambitious: Moul attempts to place the national grasslands in context, with a look at the history of the grassland system as well as an …
Notes And News For Vol.17 No.2
Notes And News For Vol.17 No.2
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences
No abstract provided.
Understanding Sacred Lands, Roxanne T. Ornelas
Understanding Sacred Lands, Roxanne T. Ornelas
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences
Recognition of the human right for indigenous peoples to freely express their spiritual beliefs is essential to expanding tolerance for the earth-based spirituality of many indigenous peoples. Awareness of such beliefs must be extended to support the spiritual significance of what indigenous peoples believe are their sacred lands. Physical landmarks such as mountains or rivers hold essential spiritual meaning for many tribes. Linkages to indigenous peoples' knowledge systems can yield a greater understanding of their social values and cultural differences in public debates over human rights and their struggles to protect their sacred lands. This paper reviews the impact of …
Review Of Being Lakota: Identity And Tradition On Pine Ridge Reservation., Paula L. Wagoner
Review Of Being Lakota: Identity And Tradition On Pine Ridge Reservation., Paula L. Wagoner
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences
Identity everywhere is complicated, but, in my experience, nowhere as complicated as on the contemporary Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. This book is about one family "down East" in the small town of Allen, South Dakota, just over the Bennett County line. Petrillo does not seek to give an exhaustive picture of identity on Pine Ridge, focusing instead primarily on one married couple, Melda and Lupe Trejo and their narrative of their life together. Their lives are not necessarily emblematic of all the residents of Pine Ridge, but illustrate the ways in which personal, family, and religious identities are intertwined, flexible, …
Prairie Sandreed Response To Preceding-Year Defoliation And Precipitation Regime, Patrick E. Reece, Justin W. Morris, Walter H. Schacht, Ann E. Koehler, Jerry D. Vole Sky, Lowell E. Moser
Prairie Sandreed Response To Preceding-Year Defoliation And Precipitation Regime, Patrick E. Reece, Justin W. Morris, Walter H. Schacht, Ann E. Koehler, Jerry D. Vole Sky, Lowell E. Moser
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences
Knowledge of how current-year grazing and drought stress affect subsequent-year herbage production is needed to enhance the management of semiarid Sandhills prairies. This study quantifies subsequent- year effects of defoliation and precipitation on prairie sandreed (Calamovilfa longijolia), a high-seral, warm-season tallgrass, and total graminoid herbage production in the Nebraska Sandhills. Mainplots (9.0 m2) received either ambient precipitation (noncovered) or precipitation was excluded during April-May, June-July, or August-September, resulting in 66% to 135% of the long-term average (434 mm) precipitation. All species in 1.0 m2 defoliated subplots were clipped in early July at the stubble height required for 30%, …
Review Of The Nature Of Eastern North Dakota: Pre-1880 Historical Ecology, Dennis H. Knight
Review Of The Nature Of Eastern North Dakota: Pre-1880 Historical Ecology, Dennis H. Knight
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences
Biologists, anthropologists, and land managers have at least two primary reasons for digging deeply into the journals of early explorers and inhabitants of an area. One is pure enjoyment, the kind that comes with learning from firsthand observers about the environment, people, flora, and fauna that existed over a century ago. Another is coming to a better understanding of the development of the ecosystems on which we now depend, and thereby gaining insights into how to achieve the elusive goal of sustainable land management while protecting the biological diversity that remains. Accessing this information is taxing, occurring as it does …
Review Of Hidden Victims: The Effects Of The Death Penalty On Families Of The Accused, Mark Costanzo
Review Of Hidden Victims: The Effects Of The Death Penalty On Families Of The Accused, Mark Costanzo
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences
The debate over capital punishment is driven by data and stories. Social scientists have amassed and analyzed mountains of data on issues like deterrence, public opinion, racial bias, and financial cost, data that have convinced most social scientists and much of the general public that the death penalty ought to be abandoned. But support for or opposition to capital punishment is not guided by a dispassionate analysis of data alone. It is also fueled by stories. There are the stories of the murderers and their horrible crimes. There are the stories of the victims whose lives were tragically cut short, …
Native Land Acquisition In The Minnesota River Valley, Laura J. Smith
Native Land Acquisition In The Minnesota River Valley, Laura J. Smith
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences
The economic issues that often arise from Native land acquisition and development can strain relationships between American Indian tribes and non-Indian local governments. As Indian tribes expand their landholdings, political and economic landscapes are transformed. This paper examines intergovernmental relationships and the characteristics and impacts of recent land acquisitions made by two Dakota Indian communities in the Minnesota River Valley of Minnesota. The Upper Sioux Community has enjoyed a level of cooperation from local communities in their rural land acquisitions, while the Shakopee Mdewakanton Dakota Community has experienced vigorous opposition to their urban land acquisitions. Geographic situation may help to …
Review Of Like A Loaded Weapon: The Rehnquist Court, Indian Rights, And The Legal History Of Racism In America, Alexandra Page
Review Of Like A Loaded Weapon: The Rehnquist Court, Indian Rights, And The Legal History Of Racism In America, Alexandra Page
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences
In Like a Loaded Weapon, Robert A. Williams Jr. argues that reliance by the courts on racist precedents from the nineteenth century perpetuates racism against American Indians and prevents Native tribes and nations from vindicating their human rights, both under the law and in society more broadly. Taking his title from a dissenting opinion in the infamous 1944 Korematsu decision of the Supreme Court, which upheld the forced relocation and internment of thousands of Americans of Japanese descent during World War II, Williams cogently demonstrates how racially biased patterns of Janguage and belief incorporated into legal opinions pose a …
Potential Aboriginal-Occupation-Induced Dune Activity, Elbow Sand Hills, Northern Great Plains, Canada, Stephen A. Wolfe, Chris H. Hugenholtz, Christopher P. Evans, D. J. Huntley, Jeff Ollerhead
Potential Aboriginal-Occupation-Induced Dune Activity, Elbow Sand Hills, Northern Great Plains, Canada, Stephen A. Wolfe, Chris H. Hugenholtz, Christopher P. Evans, D. J. Huntley, Jeff Ollerhead
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences
Geomorphological and archeological evidence indicates potential linkages between Plains aboriginal occupation and dune activity in the Elbow Sand Hills of southern Saskatchewan, Canada. Vegetation encroachment has rapidly outpaced migration of an active dune complex over the last 65 years. Optical ages of stabilized dune remnants indicate that dune activity predates Euro-Canadian settlement (ca. AD 1900). Early Euro-Canadian explorers observed local occupation and exploitation of the sand hills by aboriginal groups for herding and impounding bison. Mapping of archeological sites in relation to physiography reveals that sand dunes, in close proximity to permanent water resources, were preferred areas of occupation. Collectively, …
Turkey In The Islamic World: An Institutional Perspective, Mehmet Ozkan
Turkey In The Islamic World: An Institutional Perspective, Mehmet Ozkan
Mehmet OZKAN
No abstract provided.