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[Review Of] Gilbert C. Din And Abraham P. Nasatir. The Imperial Osages : Spanish-Indian Diplomacy In The Mississippi Valley, Lyle Koehler

Explorations in Sights and Sounds

In a sixty-year career Abraham P. Nasatir collected 200,000 sheets of transcripts, photostats, and notes on the Spanish regime in the upper Mississippi Valley. His colleague Gilbert C. Din is also a student of the Spanish-Indian (primarily Osage) relations on the west bank of the Mississippi before 1808. Their study, The Imperial Osages, contains an excellent description of Osage culture (including the important economic role played by women), a fine examination of the impact of U.S. policy on the Osages after the demise of Spanish rule, and a good conclusion, bibliography, and index. However, the remainder of the book consists …

[Review Of] David M. Gradwohl And Nancy M. Osborn. Exploring Buried Buxton, Dennis Stewart

Explorations in Sights and Sounds

Readers of Explorations In Sights and Sounds are in for a welcome surprise, especially if they have an occasion to wade through a professional monograph outside their own area of interest or expertise. Exploring Buried Buxton is a rigorous, specialized archaeological monograph that should be read by all who wish to learn of ethnic relations in the United States. It is also readable, comprehensive, interesting, and important. Moreover, Exploring Buried Buxton is significant as the record of a model academic process. As a result of the activities centering on Buxton, Iowa, over the past few years, professors have published, students …

[Review Of] G.M.K. Kpedekpo. Essentials Of Demographic Analysis For Africa, Barbara Entwisle

Explorations in Sights and Sounds

Based on lecture notes used by Kpedekpo at a number of African universities, this textbook for undergraduates provides an introduction to techniques of demographic analysis. Its twelve chapters are broad in coverage and address such topics as sources of population data; rates of fertility, mortality, and population growth; age and sex standardization; life table analysis; marriage and nuptiality; internal and international migration; methods for projecting population size and structure; stable and quasi-stable population theory; and methods for coping with deficient data. Numerous tables, charts, and worked examples help to illustrate demographic principles and techniques. An index is also included.

[Review Of] Ken Levine And Ivory Waterworth Levine. Becoming American, The Oddysey [Odyssey] Of A Refugee Family (Film Or Video), Margaret A. Laughlin

Explorations in Sights and Sounds

Becoming American is an extraordinary documentary which traces the odyssey of Hang Sou and members of his extended family as they flee the highland hills of war-torn Laos, await resettlement in a refugee camp in Thailand, and eventually resettle in the United States. Sou and his family are preliterate farmers, who served as mercenaries for the CIA's "secret war" in Laos. The Sou family face months of intense culture shock and prejudice after being transported thousands of miles in physical distance from their homeland as they seek to adapt to their new urban and alien environment in Seattle. For the …

[Review Of] Nellie Y. Mckay. Jean Toomer, Artist, Richard L. Herrnstadt

Explorations in Sights and Sounds

Nellie Y. McKay's Jean Toomer, Artist is an account of Toomer's life and work from his birth in 1894 to the publication of his long poem "Blue Meridian" in 1936. McKay's is the most complete biography of Toomer published thus far, and it also includes the most extensive analysis to date of Toomer's literary work. For the biographical material, McKay has made heavy use of the Jean Toomer Special Collection at Fisk University, especially the autobiographical manuscripts and the manuscript letters therein. A detailed scholarly investigation of Toomer has been sorely needed now that his important place in the canon …

[Review Of] Armando Morales And Bradford W. Sheafer. Social Work: A Profession Of Many Faces, Linda M. C. Abbott

Explorations in Sights and Sounds

Morales and Sheafer bring their diverse histories to this comprehensive overview of the social work profession. The result of their collaboration is a balanced presentation of a complex field, an appropriate introduction for students considering social work careers.

[Review Of] Okot P'Bitek. Song Of Lawino And Song Of Ocol, Charlotte H. Bruner

Explorations in Sights and Sounds

Heinemann's reissue of two early works by Okot p'Bitek includes Song of Lawino in Okot's own translation from the Acoli published in 1966 and his shorter companion piece, Song of Ocol, 1967, composed in English only. The volume includes an introduction and brief biography of Okot and a critical analysis of the two poems in the light of Okot's background and other works, written by George A. Heron in 1972. Heron includes a comparison between the Acoli and the English versions of Song of Lawino, and a comparison of the traditional poems inserted into the songs with some of the …

[Review Of] Bernd Peyer, Ed. The Elders Wrote, Gretchen M. Bataille

Explorations in Sights and Sounds

Bernd Peyer has collected a number of documents which, although available elsewhere, are not easily accessible. The twenty-three selections are arranged chronologically and are complemented by several photographs of the writers. A bibliography of materials written by American Indians between 1772 and 1938 provides additional resources for the scholar interested in reading the complete works from which many of these selections are taken. By collecting what was written during this early period by American Indians about their conditions, Peyer challenges readers to revise many stereotypes of the "savages."Most summaries and anthologies of American Indian literature ignore the writers who are …

[Review Of] Kenneth Ramchand. The West Indian Novel And Its Background, Faythe Turner

Explorations in Sights and Sounds

Kenneth Ramchand's The West Indian Novel and Its Background is a useful guide for exploring this literature. First published in 1973 and reissued in 1983, Ramchand's book (which has a complete bibliography of West Indian writers) gives us some of the information necessary to understand the difficulties facing the offspring of British colonialism in the West Indies.

[Review Of] Sipho Sepamla. A Ride On The Whirlwind: A Novel Of Soweto, Linda M. C. Abbott

Explorations in Sights and Sounds

South African poet, playwright, and teacher Sipho Sepamla has in his second novel, produced a fictional but tensely revealing narrative of events surrounding the 1976 Soweto riots. Dedicated to the young heroes of the day, the novel chronicles daily life in an atmosphere of fear, suspicion, distrust and terrorism.

[Review Of] Fred W. Voget. The Shoshoni-Crow Sun Dance, Robert Gish

Explorations in Sights and Sounds

The University of Oklahoma Press has long led the way in publications about the American West, and more particularly about Native American experience in that sometimes limitless region. In keeping with that tradition, The Shoshoni-Crow Sun Dance is volume 170 in the University of Oklahoma Press's Civilization of the American Indian Series -- a series distinctive in its purpose if not always in its result. Professor of anthropology emeritus at Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, Fred W. Voget -- as author of this comprehensive study -- adds yet another title to his list of ethnological studies about American Indians, and …

[Review Of] Daniel Walden, Ed. Twentieth·Century American·Jewish Fiction Writers, Steward Rodnon

Explorations in Sights and Sounds

During the last several years, the rapidly appearing volumes of the Dictionary of Literary Biography, particularly such specialized volumes as American Writers in Paris, 1920-1929 and American Realists and Naturalists, have become an important tool of my college library's reference section for American literature undergraduate students. Especially valuable is this new DLR for those of us who teach either a general multi-ethnic American literature or a specialized Jewish-American or Yiddish-American literature course. The fifty-one individual essays deal with all of the giants, including Bellow, Malamud, Doctorow, Mailer, Heller, and Roth as well as the much less well-known Gerald Green, Jay …

[Review Of] Victoria Wyatt. Shapes Of Their Thoughts: Reflections Of Culture Contacts In Northwest Coast Indian Art, Charline L. Burton

Explorations in Sights and Sounds

An exhibition at the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History in New Haven, Connecticut, was held from November 1983 to May 1984. The exhibit focused on 200 years of the creative responses of Northwest Coast Indian artists to interactions with explorers, fur traders, missionaries, businessmen, tourists and ethnographers from a variety of cultures.

[Review Of] Charles V. Willie. Race, Ethnicity, And Socioeconomic Status, Kimberly S. Hee

Explorations in Sights and Sounds

The author examines the interrelations of race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status through the presentation of a collection of his writings about blacks which have been reprinted from various sources. By reprinting this collection of works, Willie seeks to gain the opportunity to take "theoretical stock" of what he has learned through his involvements as a planner, student, teacher, researcher, administrator, policy maker, consultant, and concerned citizen. His aim is to link his work with others in the field, hoping to benefit from their clarification and correction. Willie's main objective is to articulate his theoretical conceptions about the field of race …

[Review Of] Fred Mctaggart. Wolf That I Am: In Search Of The Red Earth People, Nancy M. Osborn

Explorations in Sights and Sounds

Fred McTaggart's engaging narrative Wolf That I Am: In Search of the Red Earth People is as much a personalized story of self discovery as it is a discussion of surviving Mesquakie folklore. In the early 1970s, as a graduate student at the University of Iowa, McTaggart set out to gather and to analyze the folk stories told among Mesquakies, known historically to the non-Indian world as the combined Indian tribes of the Sac and Fox. Today the main body of this Native American group resides on a tribally-owned settlement (decidely [decidedly] not a government-controlled "reservation" as mentioned in the …

[Review Of] Anya Peterson Royce. Ethnic Identity: Strategies For Diversity, Gloria Eive

Explorations in Sights and Sounds

"... Ethnic identity requires the maintenance of sufficiently consistent behavior to enable others to place an individual or group in some given social category, thus permitting appropriate interactive behavior." With this definition by George De Vos as thesis, Anya Peterson Royce examines ethnic identity, considering it as " ... one of many identities available to people ... developed, manipulated or ignored ... " as the particular situation demands. She identifies power, perception and purpose as the fundamental criteria which determine behavior in any inter-ethnic situation. Colonialism, nationalism and mass immigration are analyzed from an historical and theoretical perspective and as …

Explorations In Sights And Sounds

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Ua37/30/2 Wku Research Notecards - M & Mc Topics, Lowell Harrison

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Notecards created by Lowell Harrison while researching his book Western Kentucky University. The cards transcribed below are for 111 topics beginning with M ranging from MACT to McVey, Frank Lerond 1869-1953 - Speaks.

Ua37/30/2 Wku Research Notecards - W Topics, Lowell Harrison

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Notecards created by Lowell Harrison while researching his book Western Kentucky University. The cards transcribed below are for 56 topics beginning with W ranging from W Club to Wright, Henry 1878-1936.

Ua37/30/2 Wku Research Notecards - U-V Topics, Lowell Harrison

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Notecards created by Lowell Harrison while researching his book Western Kentucky University. The cards transcribed below are for 55 topics beginning with U & V ranging from Underground Papers to Voting - Regents.

Ua37/30/2 Wku Research Notecards - E Topics, Lowell Harrison

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Notecards created by Lowell Harrison while researching his book Western Kentucky University. The cards transcribed below are for 104 topics beginning with E ranging from Eagle Prep to Extension.

Ua37/30/2 Wku Research Notecards - C Topics, Lowell Harrison

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Notecards created by Lowell Harrison while researching his book Western Kentucky University. The cards transcribed below are for 429 topics beginning with C ranging from Cabell Hall to Cuthbertson, Sterrett.

The Vanguard (Vol. 32, No. 3), May 1985, Lutheran Human Relations Association Of America

The Vanguard

"Xenophobia, the hatred of the foreigner, is spreading in Europe. Dear friends, the 'hideous beast' is rising again among us, and, as before, governments are being weak and not combating this climate of hate. What starts with xenophobia ends with war.''

So said Bruno Kreisky, former chancellor of Austria, on the 46th anniversary of "Kristall Nacht," November 10, 1984, at Dachau in the Federal Republic of Germany.

The Vanguard (Vol. 32, No. 8), Dec 1985, Lutheran Human Relations Association Of America

The Vanguard

Defense lawyers in the trial of 11 Sanctuary church workers who were indicted by the U.S. government for their work in sheltering refugees from Guatemala and El Salvador are pressing motions to dismiss the case on the basis of selective prosecution.

The trial began in mid-November in Tucson, Ariz., after a lengthy period of pre-trial hearings which focused on jury selection and on various motions for dismissal by the defense. Defense arguments were largely turned down by Judge Earl Carroll.

The Vanguard (Vol. 32, No. 2), Mar-Apr 1985, Lutheran Human Relations Association Of America

The Vanguard

The Lutheran churches are in Indian country.

Hundreds of Lutheran congregations are within 10 miles of an Indian reservation. Hundreds more are in cities with large Indian populations, cities like Minneapolis, Sioux Falls, Seattle, Phoenix, Milwaukee and San Francisco.

Most Indian people, either on reservations or in cities, live in poverty and suffer more unemployment, poorer education, higher rates of illness and less opportunity than any other segment of society.

Effect Of Father-Presence And Father-Absence On The Self-Concept Of Black Males In Special Education And Regular Education Classes, Queen Esther Woodard

Dissertations

This study compared the self-concept of Black males residing in father-present and father-absent low socioeconomic status homes, who were between the ages of 8-12, and who were enrolled in emotionally impaired, or regular education classes. Literature indicated that since 1970, the number of children reared in one-parent homes has increased by over 60%, with over 90% of these children living with their mothers. This changing lifestyle has prompted researchers to investigate the effects of father-absence on children; especially on boys.

It was hypothesized that self-concept would be influenced by father status, chronological age, and class placement. These three independent variables …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 60, No. 21, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue includes articles:

• Thomas, Steve. Racer Rolls to His Own Victory – David Beach
• Paul, Steve & Jamie Morton. Regents Delay Discussing Budget Changes
• Edelen, Mark. French Students Claim Extortion – Alain Bertoni, Gilles Bertocchi
• 2 Days Left Flu Shots
• Western Name Spreads Across Country with Wins
• Todd, Tim. Dislikes LaMont Jones Quitting
• Khatir, Carol. Miffed by Denied Vote
• Weigel, Richard. Upset by Account – Attendance Policy
• Weigel, Diane. Alpha Omicron Pi’s Help in Success
• Smith, Jack. Praises Big Red’s Roar, University Center Board
• Knapp, Kevin. Editorial Cartoon …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 60, No. 13, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue includes articles:

• Paul, Steve. Suit Filed Against NCAA, University of Louisville
• Stone, Tom. Barnes-Campbell Hall Doors Shut on Stickers
• Edelen, Mark. Western Safe from Cuts, Jody Richards Says
• Parson, Kim. Minority Graduate Students Up
• Dezern, Craig. Alpha Delta Pi Dancing in Dark
• Novelist James Baldwin to Speak
• Officials Have Sidestepped Dance Group
• Knapp, Kevin. Editorial Cartoon – Dancers Dragged Off Stage
• Knapp, Kevin. Cartoon – Football Book of Excuses
• Legislators, Take Heed: Quality Beats Quantity
• Malmer, Victoria. Associated Student Government Proposes Lot Signs, Safety Railings
• Harris, Eric. …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 60, No. 11, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue includes articles:

• Malmer, Victoria. Fall Prods Request for Railing – Parking Structure, Raymond Morris
• Emery, Matt. Accident Unpreventable, Paul Bunch Says – Raymond Morris
• Struck, Angela. Telescope May Be Installed Yet – Physics & Astronomy
• Checking on Weekend not Needed
• Knapp, Kevin. Editorial Cartoon - Banking
• Todd, Tim. Associated Student Government Retreat Fantastic
• Reagan, Stanley. Weekend Exciting
• Rail Should Be Added – Parking Structure
• Key, Julius. DJ Enjoys Rapping on Campus – Gerald Harrison aka G-Man
• Folk Art More Than Old Quilts
• Open Seating Back with Ratt …

Ua68/13/4 Bowling Green, Vol. 5, No. 1, Kelly Thompson Chapter, Public Relations Student Society

Student Organizations

Magazine produced by senior seminar class in public relations with the Kelly Thompson Chapter of the Public Relations Student Society of America and students in the WKU Department of Journalism.

Regular features include:

• Reflections
• Business
• Art
• Community Service
• Reminiscing
• Curiosities
• Entertainment

This issue includes articles:

• Roberts, Candace & Ann Hochgesang. WKU Groups Support Community
• McMurtry, Pam. Care Centers Teach Social Skills, ABC's
• Walton, Dreama. A Life Some Never Left - Mennonites