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Individuals And Relatives, Robert Cooter, Robert K. Thomas

Robert K. Thomas

In this paper, a narrative of a Cherokee childhood precedes and a theory of child development as indivdiuation follows.

Childhood, Robert K. Thomas

Robert K. Thomas

The author gave an account of his life as a youngster in a Cherokee community in the hills of eastern Oklahoma and the changes he had experienced in the community, in order to give the reader a "feel" for the kind of life an Indian youngster leads. In a broad sense, the quality of life of Indian youngsters today in rural Indian communities is very much like the author's experience as a youngster.

Getting To The Heart Of The Matter: Collected Letters And Papers, Robert K. Thomas

Robert K. Thomas

This collection of some of the writings of Robert (Bob) Thomas, Cherokee elder, practitioner of the Cherokee traditional religion, mentor to a wide variety of younger Indian leaders, and anthropologist at the University of Arizona, were written over the last twenty-five years. They were written for different groups of people - some for Indians and others directed more to non-Indians, some for academics and others for a general audience. They cover a wide range of subjects and use a variety of writing styles. But all display Bob's great concern and passion, that which drives him - the survival of Indians …

Next Step, Social Oblivion?, Robert K. Thomas

Robert K. Thomas

This short position paper will consider three questions. First, what are the social and cultural consequences of language loss among North American Indian groups? Second, what is being done to counter this massive language loss? And thirdly, what are some of the tactics we might employ to counter such language loss, if indeed we think it is a problem? Hopefully, this paper will convince the reader that language loss for North American Indians is a very serious problem.

Position Paper For The 1986 Tavertet Spain Colloquium On Cultural Resistance, Robert K. Thomas

Robert K. Thomas

For most minority peoples in the world today, cultural resistance and cultural survival is dependent on their continuing social survival. Many minority peoples are modernly citizens of large nation-states, surrounded by numerous and very different majority groups. Their continued existence is tenuous, to say the least. This is particularly true of small tribal nationalities in some parts of the world.

The Prophecy Manuscript - Part 2, Robert K. Thomas

Robert K. Thomas

The Prophecy Manuscript by Robert K. Thomas is not an academic volume. Instead it is a critical appraisal of American Indian life for American Indian readers. Thomas, in this volume, makes no attempt at ‘pulling punches’. He is critical of Indian militants, nationalists, bureaucrats, educators and pseudo-religious leaders.

Part 2 contains step 3. The Need for Unity Among all Tribes and step 4. The Need to Avoid Entanglements. .

The Prophecy Manuscript - Part 1, Robert K. Thomas

Robert K. Thomas

The Prophecy Manuscript by Robert K. Thomas is not an academic volume. Instead it is a critical appraisal of American Indian life for American Indian readers. Thomas, in this volume, makes no attempt at ‘pulling punches’. He is critical of Indian militants, nationalists, bureaucrats, educators and pseudo-religious leaders.

Part 1 contains: The Introduction, Four Steps into the Dark Hole, and Four Steps to Making our Settlements Strong – step 1. Establish God’s Law step 2. The Need for Harmony and Peace.

The Prophecy Manuscript - Part 3, Robert K. Thomas

Robert K. Thomas

The Prophecy Manuscript by Robert K. Thomas is not an academic volume. Instead it is a critical appraisal of American Indian life for American Indian readers. Thomas, in this volume, makes no attempt at ‘pulling punches’. He is critical of Indian militants, nationalists, bureaucrats, educators and pseudo-religious leaders.

Part 3 contains: Our Next Move Ahead. The Problem of Prestige Concerns (The Militants, Freedom and Courage, Our Lost Young People, The Nationalists, Politicians and Big Shots) and The Prophecy (Churches, Education, Our Women, Our Medicine, Indian Professionals, Self-Help and Back to the Land). .

The Prophecy Manuscript - Part 4, Robert K. Thomas

Robert K. Thomas

The Prophecy Manuscript by Robert K. Thomas is not an academic volume. Instead it is a critical appraisal of American Indian life for American Indian readers. Thomas, in this volume, makes no attempt at ‘pulling punches’. He is critical of Indian militants, nationalists, bureaucrats, educators and pseudo-religious leaders.

Part 4 contains: More of the Prophecy (Helping Others, The Pruning of the Tree, Peoples to take a Lesson From, An Apology to our White Brothers and Educated Indians, A Need for White Allies). What We Can Do In the City. Prophecies About Indians in the City. Prophecy of Carrying Our Fire …

To The Committee For The Second Chicago Indian Conference, Robert K. Thomas

Robert K. Thomas

A Position Paper written by Robert K. Thomas to the Committee for the Second Chicago Indian Conference of November, 1985

Impediments To Analysis, Robert K. Thomas

Robert K. Thomas

No abstract provided.

Community And Institution Among American Indian Groups, Robert K. Thomas

Robert K. Thomas

Description of modern North American Indian community life. This article may have also been published earlier in 'Traditional and Non-traditional Service in American Indian Mental Health' Ed. Red Horse, Gonzalez-Santini, Tolson-Gonzalez, Bean. Tempe, AZ, Arizona State university, 1980

The Social And Cultural History Of The Five Civilized Tribes, 1840-1980, Robert K. Thomas, Kenneth Fink

Robert K. Thomas

The Social and Cultural History of the Five Civilized Tribes was commissioned by the Smithsonian Institution for inclusion in their series, Handbook of North American Indian, Volume 14, Southeast. The manuscript was dictated to tape in 1979 in Eastern Oklahoma by Mr. Thomas. The transcript was developed by the Native American Studies Program at Claremore college (now Rogers State college) and edited/revised by Mr. Fink. The manuscript was never published.

A History Of The True People - The Cherokee Indians - Chapter 4-5, Robert K. Thomas

Robert K. Thomas

Written under the pseudonym of G.P. Horsefly, Robert Thomas wrote this volume for Indian kids in Michigan and whites who are 'acquainted with' Indians. The book pulls together Cherokee oral histories that Thomas heard. Chapter 4 and 5 are 'The Captivity' and 'The Staunch Handful'.

A History Of The True People - The Cherokee Indians - Chapter 1, Robert K. Thomas

Robert K. Thomas

Written under the pseudonym of G.P. Horsefly, Robert Thomas wrote this volume for Indian kids in Michigan and whites who are 'acquainted with' Indians. The book pulls together Cherokee oral histories that Thomas heard. Chapter 1 is 'In the Olden Days'

A History Of The True People - The Cherokee Indians - Chapter 3, Robert K. Thomas

Robert K. Thomas

Written under the pseudonym of G.P. Horsefly, Robert Thomas wrote this volume for Indian kids in Michigan and whites who are 'acquainted with' Indians. The book pulls together Cherokee oral histories that Thomas heard. Chapter 3 is 'At the Edge of the Prairie'

A History Of The True People - The Cherokee Indians - Chapter 2, Robert K. Thomas

Robert K. Thomas

Written under the pseudonym of G.P. Horsefly, Robert Thomas wrote this volume for Indian kids in Michigan and whites who are 'acquainted with' Indians. The book pulls together Cherokee oral histories that Thomas heard. Chapter 2 is 'Living With Strangers'

Curriculum Vitae, Robert K. Thomas

Robert K. Thomas

No abstract provided.

Cherokee Communities Of The South, Robert K. Thomas

Robert K. Thomas

Cherokee Communities of the South was written by Mr. Thomas in the mid-70's. It includes a hand drawn map at the end and appears to be a result of some of Mr. Thomas' survey work in the southeastern United States during the summer of 1978 (?). It was submitted to the Consortium of American Indian Title IV Programs of Southeastern Michigan in 1979

The Tribe As An Ideal Type, Robert K. Thomas

Robert K. Thomas

Following in the tradition of Max Weber (ideal type) and Robert Redfield (forms of social organization), one of Mr. Thomas' mentors, this paper is a seminal part of the development of Relational Theory. Throughout the 60's and 70's it was used as an core paper in the curriculum at Monteith college, Wayne State University.

The Prophecy, Robert K. Thomas

Robert K. Thomas

Written under the pseudonym of Anderson Dirthrower, tells of a prophecy that Bob Thomas heard as a teenager.

Nationalism, Robert K. Thomas

Robert K. Thomas

Written under the pseudonym of Anderson Dirthrower, R.K. Thomas writes of 'how it feels to have lived these last forty-five years as an Indian.'

Colonialism: Classic And Internal, Robert K. Thomas

Robert K. Thomas

This is one of the core papers used in the curriculum at Monteith College, Wayne State University, throughout the 60's and 70's. It's focus on the isolation from experiencing one's own environment has become a core concept in Relational Theory.

Powerless Politics, Robert K. Thomas

Robert K. Thomas

This is one of the core papers used in the curriculum at Monteith College, Wayne State University throughout the 60's and 70's. It's focus on the isolation from experiencing one's own environment has become a core concept in Relational Theory

The Role Of The Church In Indian Adjustment, Robert K. Thomas

Robert K. Thomas

Prepared for the National Council of Churches to help the church evaluate the modern mission effort among American Indians

Development Of The Concept Of Colonialism, Robert K. Thomas

Robert K. Thomas

This paper was used as a teaching tool within the Monteith College (Wayne State University) curriculum. It discusses the development of Bob's thoughts that led to the 'Colonialism: Classic and Internal' paper. -- note date of publication is an estimate

The Redbird Smith Movement, Robert K. Thomas

Robert K. Thomas

This is a brief synopsis of R.K. Thomas' Master's Thesis. The complete thesis can be found in 'unpublished papers'

American Indians And White People, Robert K. Thomas

Robert K. Thomas

Written by Rosalie Wax and R.K. Thomas, this paper is an attempt to describe what happens when American Indians and white people meet in the course of their day-to-day activities. Subsequently published in Native Americans today: Sociological Perspectives. Ed. Bahr, Chadwick and Day. San Francisco, Harper & Rowe, 1972.

Cherokee Values And World View, Robert K. Thomas

Robert K. Thomas

Cherokee Values and World View is one of Thomas’ earliest papers. Though unpublished, It has often been cited (Gearing, Gulick, Wax, et. al.). It introduces the value of ‘harmony’ which Gulick (Cherokees at the Crossroads, 1960), a few years later termed the ‘Harmony Ethic’ (see Wax, 1971, Indian Americans: Unity and Diversity, p118) citing Gulick via Thomas. Gulick’s notes are included at the end of this paper. The Harmony Ethic has since been referred to throughout American Indian Studies. Thomas. In later works, and to a lesser degree in this paper, refers to ‘harmony’ as something that …

The Origin And Development Of The Redbird Smith Movement - Part Ii, Robert K. Thomas

Robert K. Thomas

Robert K. Thomas' Master Thesis for the Department of Anthropology at the University of Arizona. Part II contains the second chapter , Full-blood Life in the 1890's