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Book Review: Aryan Cowboys: White Supremacists And The Search For A New Frontier, 1970-2000 By Evelyn A. Schlatter, Mark S. Hamm
Book Review: Aryan Cowboys: White Supremacists And The Search For A New Frontier, 1970-2000 By Evelyn A. Schlatter, Mark S. Hamm
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)
Drawing from diverse sources-historical, journalistic, the Internet, and interviews with several imprisoned members of the Order-Schlatter offers a panoramic view of the American white supremacy movement. In many ways, this movement is emblematic of late modernity's defining trait: a world always in flux, awash in marginality and exclusion. Schlatter argues that the eccentric beliefs of white supremacy groups are sewn together from the threads of previous movements. The Klan of the 1920s and William Dudley Pelly's Silver Shirts of the German Nazi era are threaded to the millennialism of Aryan Nations, the Posse Comitatus, and Timothy McVeigh through Protestant agrarianism …
Book Review: Water From Stone: The Story Of Selah, Bamberger Ranch Preserve By Jeffrey Greene., Louis L. Jacobs
Book Review: Water From Stone: The Story Of Selah, Bamberger Ranch Preserve By Jeffrey Greene., Louis L. Jacobs
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)
That place is David Bamberger's hope and vision, his challenge, his Malabar Farm writ large. This book is about him and the restoration of Selah as his commitment to the world and to the people with him on his quest. Selah, like Walden Pond, is a place to pause and reflect, which is the meaning of the word. But however much David may be a pause-and-reflect kind of guy, he is driven toward his grand purpose. His approach is pragmatic and practical. People, finding the right ones, and building chemistry among them, is a strength that made him a successful …
Book Review: Frontiers In Colorado Paleoindian Archaeology: From The Dent Site To The Rocky Mountains Edited By Robert H. Brunswig And Bonnie L. Pitblado, Jason M. Labelle
Book Review: Frontiers In Colorado Paleoindian Archaeology: From The Dent Site To The Rocky Mountains Edited By Robert H. Brunswig And Bonnie L. Pitblado, Jason M. Labelle
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)
For a little over 75 years, Colorado has played host to important discoveries regarding the peopling of the New World during the latest Pleistocene, with the earliest human occupations dating to at least l3,000 years before the present. Frontiers in Colorado Paleoindian Archaeology is a welcome addition to the already large body of research concerning this popular subject. The edited volume contains an introduction, ten chapters broken into three sections, an afterword, and a thorough index. Part 1 provides the context for the volume, including an environmental reconstruction of the Front Range (J.P. Doerner) and an overview of the history …
Book Review: Policing The Wild North-West: A Sociological Study Of The Provincial Police In Alberta And Saskatchewan, 1905-32. By Zhiqiu Lin, Andrew R. Graybill
Book Review: Policing The Wild North-West: A Sociological Study Of The Provincial Police In Alberta And Saskatchewan, 1905-32. By Zhiqiu Lin, Andrew R. Graybill
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)
In the end, however, many scholars will find Policing the Wild North-West to be of limited use. While Lin chronicles some important sociological trends on the prairies during the early period of full provincial status (and the extensive graphs, tables, and appendices are testament to his prodigious research), his book is so narrowly drawn that it does not serve adequately as a window onto larger questions concerning the Canadian nation or even the broader western region during the interwar period.
Book Review: Zhorna: Material Culture Of The Ukrainian Pioneers By Roman Paul Fodchuk, Svitlana P. Kukharenko
Book Review: Zhorna: Material Culture Of The Ukrainian Pioneers By Roman Paul Fodchuk, Svitlana P. Kukharenko
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)
For Roman Paul Fodchuk the zhorna, or stone quem mills, symbolically represent the hardships early Ukrainian pioneers in Alberta experienced and successfully overcame while adapting to their new life. The book covers a broad range of the material culture topics-from pioneers' clothing and house utensils to house building and agricultural technology. Throughout its six chapters, the author presents the pioneers' chronological "becoming" through the lenses of material culture objects, both those brought with them at the end ofthe 19th century and also objects made in Canada.
Book Review: Plains Village Archaeology: Bison-Hunting Farmers In The Central And Northern Plains Edited By Stanley A. Ahler And Marvin Kay, John Ludwickson
Book Review: Plains Village Archaeology: Bison-Hunting Farmers In The Central And Northern Plains Edited By Stanley A. Ahler And Marvin Kay, John Ludwickson
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)
This volume, edited by Stanley A. Ahler and Marvin Kay, consists of19 contributions by 21 authors. It is not a synthetic overview of the Plains Villages, but an eclectic sampling of the breadth and depth of recent archaeological research and interpretations-case studies focus on topics including origins, warfare, trade and interaction, symbolism, settlement and social organization, subsistence and risk, and others. Such studies are daunting undertakings as the ruins of a single house, indeed the contents of a single refuse pit, may produce thousands of specimens to interpret. Plains village archaeological sites, fragile and vulnerable, have been destroyed by dam …
Book Review: Ladybugs Of Alberta: Finding The Spots And Connecting The Dots By John Acorn. Edmonton, R. W. Longair
Book Review: Ladybugs Of Alberta: Finding The Spots And Connecting The Dots By John Acorn. Edmonton, R. W. Longair
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)
Only a few groups of insects, among all their immense diversity, have escaped the aversive response of most adults toward things with six legs and allowed nonbiologists to look on them with a more appreciative eye. With this publication, John Acorn has now given us a scientifically sound and entertaining view of three of the groups with this elevated status: butterflies, damselflies, and lady beetles. This new volume, like most of the animals it describes, is attractive as well as highly readable and informative.
Book Review: Empowerment Of North American Indian Girls: Ritual Expressions At Puberty By Carol A. Markstrom, Le Anne E. Silvey
Book Review: Empowerment Of North American Indian Girls: Ritual Expressions At Puberty By Carol A. Markstrom, Le Anne E. Silvey
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)
Carol Markstrom's study, written from the perspective of a developmental psychologist specializing in adolescence, recognizes the cultural strengths essential to the coming-of-age ceremonies of Indigenous female adolescents at menarche. Motivated by a desire to bring proper recognition to the life-affirming rituals of North American Indian cultures, Markstrom takes you along on her journey of examining the history and impact of colonization on sociocultural expressions of puberty among Great Plains and Southwest tribes, exploring themes of renewal and regeneration in contemporary ritual expressions. While special attention is given to female puberty rituals in the Apache, Navajo, Lakota, and Ojibwa communities, what …
Book Review: The Persons Case: The Origins And Legacy Of The Fight For Legal Personhood By Robert I. Sharpe And Patricia I. Mcmahon, Jennifer Koshan
Book Review: The Persons Case: The Origins And Legacy Of The Fight For Legal Personhood By Robert I. Sharpe And Patricia I. Mcmahon, Jennifer Koshan
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)
Edwards v. Attorney General of Canada ("the Persons case") is a landmark Canadian legal decision. By petition of the Famous Five, this case determined in 1929 that women were "persons" qualified to be appointed to the Senate, and it coined the "living tree" metaphor to command a progressive approach to constitutional interpretation in Canada. Justice Robert Sharpe of the Ontario Court of Appeal and Toronto-based lawyer Patricia McMahon illuminate the rich connections of the Famous Five and other figures in the case to Alberta and Canadian law and politics and go on to evaluate the case's modern legacy.
Book Review: Lewis And Clark: Weather And Climate Data From The Expedition Journals Edited By Vernon Preston, Susan Solomon
Book Review: Lewis And Clark: Weather And Climate Data From The Expedition Journals Edited By Vernon Preston, Susan Solomon
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)
The observations of Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, and the men of their company continue to fascinate readers two centuries after the first historic quest to explore the American West. This book edited by Vernon Preston expertly compiles all of the weather-, water-, and climate-related records into a single volume that will prove to be indispensable for those scholars seeking to understand the meteorologic and hydrologic records of that epic voyage. Preston is a highly experienced field meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Idaho, and his expertise is evident in the book's exceedingly thorough and systematic approach.
Review Of Watchable Birds Of The Black Hills, Badlands And Northern Great Plains By Jan L. Wassink, Paul A. Johnsgard
Review Of Watchable Birds Of The Black Hills, Badlands And Northern Great Plains By Jan L. Wassink, Paul A. Johnsgard
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)
In the sometimes odd vernacular of bird watchers, "watchable" refers to those species that for the most part are fairly easily observed and, by virtue of their behavior or other features, are deemed especially interesting. Of the roughly 400 bird species that occupy the region selected by Wassink (including all of both Dakotas and Nebraska, plus the High Plains of eastern Montana, Wyoming, and northeastern Colorado), he has chosen 84 to discuss individually. One or more generally high-quality color photos of each of these species are included. He has also included color photos of 71 "similar" species, usually of forms …
Review Of Ogallala Blue: Water And Life On The High Plains By William Ashworth, Sandra Zellmer
Review Of Ogallala Blue: Water And Life On The High Plains By William Ashworth, Sandra Zellmer
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)
William Ashworth, an environmental historian and prolific writer, grips our attention in lyrical yet urgent terms in Ogallala Blue: Water and Life on the High Plains. Ogallala Blue stands beside John Opie's Ogallala: Water for a Dry Land (1993) and Marc Reisner's Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water (1986) as a "must read" book for anyone who cares about the future of water resources.
Review Of The Science, Impacts And Monitoring Of Drought In Western Canada: Proceedings Of The 2004 Prairie Drought Workshop Edited By Dave Sauchyn, Madhav Khandekar, And E. Ray Garnett, Virginia Wittrock
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)
Drought is not an unusual phenomenon on the Canadian prairies or the U.S. Great Plains. There were many short-term droughts in the prairies during the 20th century that generally lasted one to two years (e.g., 1961, 1988). The Canadian prairies multi-year drought event (1999-2003+) has been considered similar in severity to the 1930s drought years.
The 2004 Prairie Drought Workshop resulted in 76 scientists and resource managers gathering in Calgary, Alberta, to share information on drought science, impacts, and monitoring. Presenters examined the impacts on agriculture, stream flow, forests, and ground water, including potential impacts under a changed climate. Though …
Review Of The Search For A Common Language: Environmental Writing And Education Edited By Melody Graulich And Paul Crumbley, Denise Tillery
Review Of The Search For A Common Language: Environmental Writing And Education Edited By Melody Graulich And Paul Crumbley, Denise Tillery
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)
This edited collection grew out of a symposium held at Utah State University in Logan in 2002. According to the editors, the symposium's purpose was to "publicly explore the particular ways environmental writing educates the public through a fusion of science and literary expression." The Search for a Common Language achieves that purpose by including short prose pieces-ranging from memoirs, essays on specific locations, and scientific papers - as well as poetry on natural themes. The range of topics and genres and the inclusion of poetry provide a variety of ways to talk about the environment and reach out to …
Review Of Prairie Time: A Blackland Portrait By Matt White, David Taylor
Review Of Prairie Time: A Blackland Portrait By Matt White, David Taylor
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)
Nowadays, the Blackland Prairies of north Texas are the kind of landscape most people think of as great for subdivisions and strip malls: generally flat, easily bulldozed, and not too far from Dallas-Fort Worth. Prairie Time: A Blackland Portrait traces a similar utilitarian vision of the prairie in 19th-century pioneer descriptions as well: good for plowing, grazing, and-once the buffalo and Native Americans are exterminated-not too far from outposts of commerce. The book serves as an environmental jeremiad for a place too easily seen as useful and thus too often ignored for preservation. Matt White gives readers a context in …
Evapotranspiration Estimation And Scaling Effects Over The Nebraska Sandhills, Venkataramana Sridhar
Evapotranspiration Estimation And Scaling Effects Over The Nebraska Sandhills, Venkataramana Sridhar
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)
Quantifying evapotranspiration (ET) over vast ecosystems such as the Sandhills of Nebraska is crucial in linking the surface, subsurface, and atmospheric processes affecting a region. There are numerous methods of obtaining large-scale ET estimates, but most are constrained by the availability of data. This study investigates implementation of an approach that uses a simple land-cover-based standardized tall (ETrs) and short (ETas) surface reference crop evapotranspiration and crop coefficient to compute actual ET over various spatial and seasonal scales. Subsequently, computed ETrs was used to get the preliminary estimate of regional ET over the entire Sandhills at the 30 m scale …
Population Characteristics And Health Service Use By Latino Immigrants To Southwest Missouri, Suzanne E. Walker, Susan Dollar, Ravilldra G. Amonker
Population Characteristics And Health Service Use By Latino Immigrants To Southwest Missouri, Suzanne E. Walker, Susan Dollar, Ravilldra G. Amonker
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)
The rapid influx and new demographic patterns of Latino immigrants to the United States have precipitated numerous pressing issues, among them health and healthcare disparities. The relatively recent phenomenon of high Latino immigration rates to rural areas is increasingly common in the Midwest and Great Plains states, where they are drawn by the labor market. A rural setting, low socioeconomic status, and high concentrations of minorities have been shown to be closely intertwined, and such regions are often medically underserved. Such describes rural southwest Missouri, where we collected data in four counties on demographics, socioeconomic factors, healthcare perceptions, and use …
Great Plains Research, Volume 17, Number 1: News And Notes
Great Plains Research, Volume 17, Number 1: News And Notes
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)
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Review Of Native Americans In The School System: Family, Community, And Academic Achievement By Carol J. Ward, Jon Reyhner
Review Of Native Americans In The School System: Family, Community, And Academic Achievement By Carol J. Ward, Jon Reyhner
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)
The title of this volume promises more than the content delivers. The heart of the book is information from Ward's 1992 University of Chicago doctoral dissertation, which focused on the social and cultural reasons leading to students dropping out of school. Her first two chapters provide a good review of research on dropouts and Indian education; the following six focus on the results of her 1987-1989 study of 698 Northern Cheyenne, Crow, and white high school students attending the Colstrip Public, St. Labre Catholic, and Busby Tribal Schools in Montana. Fifty-two percent of the students in this study were Indian, …
Review Of Soils In Archaeological Research By Vance T. Holliday, Rolfe D. Mandel
Review Of Soils In Archaeological Research By Vance T. Holliday, Rolfe D. Mandel
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)
When I teach geoarchaeology, I tell students on the first day of class that "soils are the canvas for much of the archaeological record." Just as an artist's canvas holds and affects the paint, soils hold archaeological materials, and soil-forming processes strongly influence the preservation and spatial pattern of cultural deposits. Given this close relationship between soils and the material remains of humans, we have long needed a treatise that addresses all aspects of soils from an archaeological perspective. Vance Holliday's latest book, Soils in Archaeological Research, does this and more.
Assessing The Free Land Programs For Reversing Rural Depopulation, Max Lu, Darci A. Paull
Assessing The Free Land Programs For Reversing Rural Depopulation, Max Lu, Darci A. Paull
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)
A number of small towns in the Great Plains have recently started to offer free land and other incentives to entice new residents in the hope of reversing persistent depopulation. Based on in-depth interviews, this study assesses the initial performance of the free land programs in six small towns in central Kansas and analyzes the factors that have affected the migration decisions of the new residents. The initial results of these programs have been impressive. Not only have they attracted multiple new residents and increased enrollments in local schools, but they have also elevated long-time residents' pride in their community …
Sulfate Mineral Paragenesis In Pennsylvanian Rocks And The Occurrence Of Slavikite In Nebraska, R. Matthew Joeckel, K. D. Wally, S.A. Fischbein, P.R. Hanson
Sulfate Mineral Paragenesis In Pennsylvanian Rocks And The Occurrence Of Slavikite In Nebraska, R. Matthew Joeckel, K. D. Wally, S.A. Fischbein, P.R. Hanson
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)
The acid weathering of pyrite-bearing Pennsylvanian clastic sedimentary rocks in southeastern Nebraska locally produces the secondary sulfate minerals alunogen, copiapite, epsomite, felsobanyaite/basaluminite, gypsum, halotrichite, jarosite, rozenite, and slavikite. Of these mineral occurrences, four are first-time discoveries in the state or the surrounding region. Slavikite (NaMg2Fe5 (S04)7 (OH) 6• 33H20), which has been reported only once before in North America and from a handful of sites in Europe and South America, was found in abundance at an outcrop at Brownville, NE. The pH values in 1:1 solutions of deionized water of the …
Water Rights And Land Values In The West-Central Plains, Allan Jenkins, Bruce Elder, Ram Valluru, Paul Burger
Water Rights And Land Values In The West-Central Plains, Allan Jenkins, Bruce Elder, Ram Valluru, Paul Burger
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)
Irrigation is vital to the economic activity of the west-central Great Plains. The crops grown, the distribution of center-pivot irrigation systems, and the basic transportation infrastructure is the same in northwest Kansas, northeast Colorado, and southwest Nebraska. But buyers of agricultural land face a different price for irrigated cropland in each of the states, even when the production characteristics of the land are similar. After accounting for factors like productivity and local property tax differences, we argue that it is the difference in water marketing rights between the three states that explains the price difference. The link between land values …
Review Of The Real Roadrunner By Martha Anne Maxon, Janice M. Hughes
Review Of The Real Roadrunner By Martha Anne Maxon, Janice M. Hughes
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)
This lively little book is the ninth installment in the Animal Natural History Series published by University of Oklahoma Press. Its author, Martha Maxon, has aptly chosen to reveal the true nature of the greater roadrunner, a veritable icon of southwestern bird life. Perhaps no one is better able to accomplish this: Maxon arguably possesses greater intimate knowledge of roadrunners' private lives than any other ornithologist.
Review Of Global Warming In The 21st Century. Volume 1: Our Evolving Climate Crisis; Volume 2: Melting Ice And Warming Seas; Volume 3: Plants And Animals In Peril By Bruce E. Johansen, Robert Harriss
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)
There is compelling evidence that Planet Earth is on the path to an era of global warming that has serious implications for the well-being of both people and nature. This three-volume synthesis of literature will be a marvelous place for both the public and new scholars interested in global warming to begin their pursuit of the subject. The author captures the best of the scientific literature and press materials appearing in recent years. The utility of these volumes as a resource for gaining a broad background or pursuing a particular aspect of global warming is enhanced by Johansen's talent for …
Evaluation Of The College Experience Among American Indian Upperclassmen, Terry Huffman, Ron Ferguson
Evaluation Of The College Experience Among American Indian Upperclassmen, Terry Huffman, Ron Ferguson
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)
This article reports partial findings from a five-year study that examined the attitudes, perceptions, and expectations regarding higher education among a sample of American Indian students attending a predominantly non-Indian university. Most notably, this article examines some of the factors associated with two specific personal assessments of the college experience: (1) the impact of college upon their appreciation of Native American heritage and (2) the level of satisfaction with the college experience.
Great Plains Research, Volume 17, Number 1: Frontmatter
Great Plains Research, Volume 17, Number 1: Frontmatter
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)
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Review Of Harvest For Hope: A Guide To Mindful Eating By Jane Goodall With Gary Mcavoy And Gail Hudson, Charles A. Francis
Review Of Harvest For Hope: A Guide To Mindful Eating By Jane Goodall With Gary Mcavoy And Gail Hudson, Charles A. Francis
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)
One of the world's preeminent experts on primate behavior, author Jane Goodall now invests her boundless energy traveling and speaking about conservation. After years of studying chimpanzees in the Gombe National Park in Tanzania, Goodall found their very existence threatened by poachers, by encroachment of farming into their habitat, and by global forces far from their wild environment. She is now on a mission to inform the public about what is wrong with our society and its impact on the planet. Harvest for Hope catalogs the problems and provides practical solutions.
Review Of The Biology Of Freshwater Wetlands: Biology Of Habitats By Arnold G. Van Der Valko, Ned H. Euliss, Jr.
Review Of The Biology Of Freshwater Wetlands: Biology Of Habitats By Arnold G. Van Der Valko, Ned H. Euliss, Jr.
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)
Wetland ecology is a relatively new field that developed from an initial interest in a few direct benefits that wetlands provide to society. Consequently, much early scientific work was stimulated by economic returns from specific wetland services, such as production of peat and provision of habitat for economically valuable wildlife (e.g., waterfowl and furbearers). Over time, societal interest in wetlands broadened, and these unique habitats are now valued for many additional services, including some that bear non market value. Common examples include carbon sequestration, flood reduction, water purification, and aesthetics. The increased recognition of the importance of wetlands has generated …
Review Of Applying Nature's Design: Corridors As A Strategy For Biodiversity Conservation By Anthony B. Anderson And Clinton N. Jenkins, Curtis Freese
Review Of Applying Nature's Design: Corridors As A Strategy For Biodiversity Conservation By Anthony B. Anderson And Clinton N. Jenkins, Curtis Freese
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)
Habitat loss and fragmentation, which in turn result in the fragmentation of species populations and ecosystem processes, are the primary causes globally of species endangerment and extinction. Corridors are an attempt to defragment the landscape and enable the movement of individuals, nutrients, and energy between habitat patches.