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Native Women’S March Position Paper To The Government Of Canada, July 20, 1979, Tobique First Nation Women

American Indian Movement and Activism

This ten-page typed Position Paper to the Government of Canada was presented by a group of Tobique First Nation women who organized a march from the Oka Reserve in Quebec to Ottawa. The paper lists many problems and recommendations for solutions to issues facing indigenous women and children including housing and health. Criticisms of the amendment to the Indian Act of 1951 also focus on the retention of Indian status and rights which are often unknowingly given up by women.

Ua77/1 Western Alumnus, Vol. 51, No. 2, Wku Alumni Association

WKU Administration Documents

Alumni magazine published by WKU. This issue has the following articles:

• Highland, Jim. Western Selects a Sixth President – Donald Zacharias
• Morgan, Michael. Western's Economic Impact on the Bowling Green-Warren County Economy
• Hardin, Henry. The Kentucky Building on the Way
• Conway, Sheila. Plainsong Reveals Poetry's Simplicity
• Just, Paul. Searching for a Winner, Del Hessel to Coach for 1980 Olympics
• Wells, Carroll. Western Shares Ideas in Faculty Exchange Program
• Kentucky's Finest Arts Festival
• Bill Thomas, Photographer
• Dero Downing Stresses Importance of Ideas, Values to University
• Jamie Hargrove is New Regent
• Trendsetter for 5^th Time – Talisman
• College Heights Herald Wins …

Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 28, Folk Festival Supplement, Gail Eaby Hartmann, Richard C. Gougler, Marie Gottshall, Theodore W. Jentsch, Robert Doney, Lester Breininger, Joyce Goodhart Zupan, Louise Hyde, James Portlock, Earl F. Robacker, Ada Robacker

Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine

• Fifteen Years of Quilting at the Festival
• The Shunning
• Band Boxes
• Cooking for the Lord
• A Harvest of Handicrafted Items from the Craft Stalls
• Festival Focus
• Folk Festival Programs
• Country Auctions: Going, Going, But Not Gone!
• A Look at PA. Dutch Folk Art Through the Eye of a Needle
• Herb Vinegars, Jellies and Salad Dressings
• Modern, Clean Rest Rooms: They are Appreciated!
• Decorative Painting

Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 28, No. 4, C. Lee Hopple, Albert T. Gamon, William U. Helfferich, Ludwig Schandein, Willoughby W. Moyer, Mac E. Barrick

Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine

• European Religious and Spatial Origins of the Pennsylvania Plain Dutch
• Story of a Stove
• Journal of Rev. Johann Heinrich Helfferich
• Die Auswannerer: The Emigrants
• Abstract of Diary of Warren G. Bean, 1899
• Cumberland County Deathlore
• Aldes un Neies

A Fight Back Position Paper On Racism And Nuclear Technology: Interrelated Threats To Humanity, Fight Back

American Indian Movement and Activism

This 5-page photocopied paper examines how uranium mining and the development of nuclear technology is impacting Native American communities. It claims that capitalism and racism continue to dehumanize the population of the United States and suggests that an educational and political campaign is needed to combat racism and unite workers.

Indian News: July 1979, Christopher H. Peters, Brian D. Tripp, Frank Tuttle, Caroline F. Antone

Tri-County Indian News

No abstract provided.

Ua11/2 Wku's Musical Gemini 79 To Tour Pacific, Wku Public Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

Press release regarding Gemini 79s Pacific tour. Includes information about past band members.

Ua12/2/2 1979 Talisman, Vol. 56 Part 2, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

1979 Talisman yearbook pp. 196-end, includes athletics, organizations, classes and index.

• Potter College
• College of Business & Public Affairs
• Graduate College
• Sports
• Judd, Alan & Margaret Shirley. Brawn vs. Brains
• White, Don. A Runner Took Flight – Track & Field
• White, Don. The Winningest Losing Season Ever – Football
• White, Don. Robbed! – Basketball
• White, Don. The Three Ds – Basketball
• Taylor, Beth. Nothing to Brag About – Basketball
• Taylor, Beth. Nine Days’ Notice – Eileen Canty
• Salato, Nancy & Margaret Shirley. New Faces & a New Home – Cheerleaders
• Taylor, Beth. A Season So Bad It Hurt – Gymnastics …

Ua12/2/2 1979 Talisman, Vol. 56, Part 1, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

1979 Talisman yearbook pp. 1-195, includes student life, academics and athletics.

• Student Life
• Whitaker, David. Don’t Worry – Registration, Moving In, Parking
• Phillips, Laura. Living Space
• Shirley, Margaret. Mass Exodus
• Holmes, Connie. A Fountain of Faiths
• Frank, David. And a Young Man Shall Lead Them – Jimmy Gentry
• Howerton, Jeff. Town Talk
• Holman, Connie. Hardly Handicapped . . . Sam Early
• Shirley, Margaret. A Lack of Awareness – Black Awareness Symposium
• Vincent, Robin. Life in the Fast Lane – Gayle Watkins
• Watson, Judy. The Longest Mile – Karen Martin, ROTC
• Splashdown – Sigma Nu
• Homecoming: Whether You Win or Lose …

Indian News: June 1979, Christopher H. Peters, Brian D. Tripp, Frank Tuttle

Tri-County Indian News

No abstract provided.

Letter From Lynn Adams Greenwalt To Cecil Andrus, May 15, 1979, Lynn Adams Greenwalt

American Indian Movement and Activism

This typed eight-page letter to the U.S. Secretary of the Interior from the Director of the Fish and Wildlife Service was sent on May 15, 1979. The letter reviews the impact of Fish and Wildlife Service policies on Native American religious practices in light of the passage of the American Indian Religious Freedom Act of 1978. It examines conflicts with bald and golden eagle regulations, migratory bird regulations, and endangered species regulations and outlines exceptions and steps taken to comply with the Act such as religious permits and the establishment of depositories for eagle parts.

Ua45/6 Commencement Program, Wku Registrar

WKU Administration Documents

Commencement program listing graduates.

Nacs 7th Annual Conference Program, National Association For Chicana And Chicano Studies

NACCS Conference Programs

Reflections of the Chicano Experience
May 11- May 13th, 1979
Colorado College

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald Magazine, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

College Heights Herald Magazine, articles in this issue:

• The Marsupial Awards
• Holman, Connie. In Search of … Graduates Should Remember All the Little Things
• Benson, Steve. Pledges’ Allegiance – Omega Psi Phi
• Fish, Tom. Drawing Attention – Roland Gibbons
• A Year in Review

Ua77/1 Western Alumnus, Vol. 50, No. 4, Wku Alumni Association

WKU Administration Documents

Alumni magazine published by WKU. This issue has the following articles:

• Harrison, Lowell. Wanted: Your Memories
• Highland, Jim. Dr. John Minton Named Interim President
• An Emotion-Filled Thanks for Harriet and Dero Downing
• Armstrong, Don. C. Ray Franklin Gives Priceless Antiques for Display at Kentucky Museum
• Conway, Sheila. An Iranian Ordeal for Carlton Jackson
• Tharp, Kerry. Larry Cuzzort Blazes to Two-Mile Record
• Salato, Nancy. Speech Clinic Gets New Quarters
• Western Offers Courses for Study Abroad
• Newspaper Course Covers Death & Dying
• Grant Provides Course for Understanding Arts
• Public Relations Students Promote Financial Aid Information
• Medical Technology Students Study in Rural Areas …

Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 28, No. 3, William T. Parsons, David H. Rapp, Phyllis Vibbard Parsons, Alfred L. Creager, Alvin F. Kemp

Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine

• Lebenslauf of John Nicholas Schaefer
• Philip Jacob Michael: Ecclesiastical Vagabond or "Echt Reformirte" Pastor
• Drum! Drum! Drum!
• Kartz G'dichte (Short Poems)
• More Dialect Stories
• Aldes un Neies

Indian News: April/May 1979, Christopher H. Peters, Brian D. Tripp, Frank Tuttle

Tri-County Indian News

No abstract provided.

Blacks In Norfolk Virginia During The 1930'S, Norma Cromwell Fields

History Theses & Dissertations

This thesis analyzes the experience of blacks in Norfolk, Virginia, during the Depression decade of the 1930's. It emphasizes the problems blacks faced in an era of rising unemployment and entrenched segregation. The study uses a variety of tables to show comparatively high rates of' disease, joblessness, and crime along with related discrimination in pay and in the distribution of public and private funds for humanitarian purposes.

Using a wide variety of primary sources, including personal interviews, the study examines a variety of subjects. In addition to portraying the plight of the black population, the thesis discusses the role of …

Rosebud Sioux Tribe Resolution No. 79-36, Edward Driving Hawk, John King Jr.

American Indian Movement and Activism

This typed two-page Rosebud Sioux Tribe resolution from 1979 outlines the history of governmental administration of the Tribe and its territorial boundaries in South Dakota. It alleges that Indian voting rights, as established in Little Thunder v. the State of South Dakota, are being undermined. The resolution demands that the United States Department of Justice and the Bureau of Indian Affairs investigate these matters.

Indian News: March 1979, Christopher H. Peters, Brian D. Tripp, Frank Tuttle

Tri-County Indian News

No abstract provided.

Black Heritage Stamp Series: Martin Luther King, Jr., United States Postal Service. Stamp Division

Rodney Lawrence Hurst, Sr. Stamp Collection

Informational pages for Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemorative Stamp - Black Heritage Series, includes images of the stamps, information about the physical stamp and biographical information for Martin Luther King, Jr. First issued January 13, 1979, stamp No. 106 in a series.

Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Stamp Ceremony Program And Stamp, United States Postal Service

Rodney Lawrence Hurst, Sr. Stamp Collection

Program for Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Stamp Ceremony held at Ebenezer Baptist Church, Atlanta, Georgia on January 13, 1979. Includes First Day of Issue stamp and postmark.

The Work Of Al-Hasan B. Muhammad, Die Engraver At Isbahan And Al-Muhammadiyya, Carol Bier

Textile Research Works

Four Buyid coins in the collection of t he American Numismatic Society, struck between 358-68 H. /A.D. 968-79 at two mints in Jibal province, illustrate a phenomenon unique in the history of Islamic coinage. They concern the status of a die engraver named al-Hasan b. Muhammad. A silver dirham bearing his signature was first noted by George C. Miles and published in 1938. It was at that time the only Islamic coin known to bear the signature of a die engraver. More recently, four additional coins have been located which shed more light upon the career of this artisan. His …

The Book Of The Pawnee: Pawnee Stories For Study And Enjoyment, Marge Critcher, Carolyn Boyum, Patti Huff, Paul A. Olson, Rosemary Bergstrom

Department of English: Faculty Publications

I. Meeting the Pawnee ............................... 1

II. Pawnee Beliefs .................................. . 3

The Pawnee Creation Story ...................... 3

The Boy Who Was Sacrificed ..................... 8

III. Pawnee Hero Stories ............................. 14

Lone Chief ................................. 14

Little Warrior's Counsel. ................ . . . .... 27

IV. Pawnee Folk Tales ............................... 30

The Snake Brother ........................... 30

Mosquitoes ................................. 37

V. Boy Stories .................................... 39

The Boy Who Talked with Lightning .............. 39

The Boy and the Wonderful Robe ............... .42

The Boys, the Thunderbird, and the Water Monster .. 50

VI. Coyote Stories .................................. 54

Coyote and the Blind Buffalo ................... …

Ua1f Wku Archives Vertical File - Regents 1970-1979, Wku Archives

WKU Administration Documents

Digitized vertical file materials regarding WKU Board of Regents.

Ua1f Wku Archives Vertical File - Football, 1979, Wku Archives

WKU Administration Documents

Digitized vertical file materials regarding WKU football.

Ua19/17/1/4 1979 Hilltopper Football, Wku Athletic Media Relations

WKU Administration Documents

Overview of 1978 results and 1979 season.

A Few Great Stories Of The Santee People, Edna Peniska, Paul Robertson, Robert Frerichs, Paul A. Olson

Department of English: Faculty Publications

Told by Many Nineteenth Century Santee and by Edna Peniska and Paul Robertson of the Modern Santee.

Gathered and Edited by Robert Frerichs and Paul A. Olson.

The fact that every known culture and civilization has acquired some sort of set of sacred stories is important. The eleven sacred stories in this work have multiple purposes. They possess a value as sheer entertainment; they also tell truths and lessons which explain the meaning of existence. Thus the Santee listener could fmd his place in the world and achieve an inner harmony through hearing stories. The characters in these stories are …

Ua12/2/7 Scrapbook, Wku Panhellenic Council

Student Organizations

WKU Panhellenic Council scrapbook from 1975 to 1979 showing activities of several fraternities and sororities: Alpha Delta Pi, Alpha Omicron Pi, Alpha Xi Delta, Chi Omega, Kappa Delta, Phi Mu, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Sigma Chi, Sigma Kappa, Sigma Nu and Zeta Phi Beta.

Ua19/17/1/4 Wku Football Media Guide, Wku Athletic Media Relations

WKU Administration Documents

Media guide for the 1979 football season.