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Ghost Dancing And The Iron Horse: Surving Through Tradition And Technology, Alex K. Ruuska Jul 2011

Ghost Dancing And The Iron Horse: Surving Through Tradition And Technology, Alex K. Ruuska

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This article explores how railroad technologies, so critical in constructing the imagined nation of the nineteenth-century United States, were simultaneously shaped by multiple social groups including the native communities of North America. This analysis demonstrates how Native Americans’ resistance to and use of railroad technologies contributed to the revitalization and construction of ritual practices and pan-Indian identities associated with the 1890s Ghost Dance. Using case studies of the Northern Paiutes of western Nevada and the Sioux nations of South Dakota, Native Americans’ utilization of railroad technologies are examined during two periods of encroachment, revealing shifting attitudes and practices towards Euroamerican …


Embedded Course Reserves: Piecing The Puzzle Together. Computers In Libraries, 31(4), 10-14., Krista E. Clumpner, Michael Burgmeier, Thomas J. Gillespie May 2011

Embedded Course Reserves: Piecing The Puzzle Together. Computers In Libraries, 31(4), 10-14., Krista E. Clumpner, Michael Burgmeier, Thomas J. Gillespie

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No abstract provided.


Facts On File. (2010). World Geography And Culture Online [E-Resource Review], Kevin Mcdonough Jan 2011

Facts On File. (2010). World Geography And Culture Online [E-Resource Review], Kevin Mcdonough

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No abstract provided.


Nadelhoffer, K. J., Hogg, A. J., And Hazlett, B. A. (Eds.). (2010). Changing Environment Of Northern Michigan: A Century Of Science And Nature At The University Of Michigan Biological Station. Ann Arbor, Mi: University Of Michigan Press, Kevin Mcdonough Jan 2011

Nadelhoffer, K. J., Hogg, A. J., And Hazlett, B. A. (Eds.). (2010). Changing Environment Of Northern Michigan: A Century Of Science And Nature At The University Of Michigan Biological Station. Ann Arbor, Mi: University Of Michigan Press, Kevin Mcdonough

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No abstract provided.


Warf, B. (Ed.). (2010). Encyclopedia Of Geography. Thousand Oaks, Ca: Sage Publications [Book Review], Kevin Mcdonough Jan 2011

Warf, B. (Ed.). (2010). Encyclopedia Of Geography. Thousand Oaks, Ca: Sage Publications [Book Review], Kevin Mcdonough

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No abstract provided.


Evaluating Internet Resources, Kevin Mcdonough, Mike Burgmeier Jan 2011

Evaluating Internet Resources, Kevin Mcdonough, Mike Burgmeier

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No abstract provided.