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The Sleeping Giant Awakens: Genocide, Indian Residential Schools, and the Challenge of Conciliation by David B. MacDonald (review) 《沉睡的巨人觉醒：种族灭绝、印度寄宿学校和和解的挑战》，大卫·B·麦克唐纳著（评论）

Great Plains Research Pub Date : 2022-09-01 DOI: 10.1353/gpr.2022.0016

Jarvis Brownlie

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Finding Refuge in Canada: Narratives of Dislocation ed. by George Melnyk and Christina Parker 《在加拿大寻找避难所：错位叙事》，乔治·梅尔尼克和克里斯蒂娜·帕克主编

Great Plains Research Pub Date : 2022-09-01 DOI: 10.1353/gpr.2022.0019

G. Abeshu

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Cattle Feedyard Workers in Rural Nebraska: Safety, Health, and Precarity 内布拉斯加州农村的养牛场工人:安全、健康和不稳定

Great Plains Research Pub Date : 2022-09-01 DOI: 10.1353/gpr.2022.0013

Ryan T. Klataske, Casper G Bendixsen

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Landscape Variability Underpinning the Social-Ecological System in the Nebraska Sandhills 支撑内布拉斯加沙丘社会生态系统的景观变异性

Great Plains Research Pub Date : 2022-03-14 DOI: 10.1353/gpr.2022.0005

M. Vinton, A. Larsen

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Gender and Residential Decision-Making in the Rural Great Plains 大平原农村的性别与居住决策

Great Plains Research Pub Date : 2022-03-14 DOI: 10.1353/gpr.2022.0001

A. Husa

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Impact of Irrigation Canal Operations on the Fish Communities and Biomass of a Connected Stream 灌溉渠运行对相连河流鱼类群落和生物量的影响

Great Plains Research Pub Date : 2022-03-14 DOI: 10.1353/gpr.2022.0002

Jessica L. Davis, K. Koupal, M. Wuellner, Brett A. Roberg

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Explaining Resident Attitudes toward Wind Energy Development in the Sandhills 解释沙丘地区居民对风能开发的态度

Great Plains Research Pub Date : 2022-03-14 DOI: 10.1353/gpr.2022.0004

Sean S. Downey, Pierce Greenberg, M. Vinton

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Creating Indigenous Property: Power, Rights, and Relationships ed. by Angela Cameron, Sari Graben, and Val Napoleon (review) 《创造土著财产:权力、权利和关系》，安吉拉·卡梅伦、萨里·格拉本、瓦尔·拿破仑主编(书评)

Great Plains Research Pub Date : 2022-03-14 DOI: 10.1353/gpr.2022.0006

Leah Jurss

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Great Plains Yucca, Yucca Moths, and a Colorful Beetle in the Nebraska Sandhills 大平原尤卡、尤卡蛾和内布拉斯加州沙丘上的彩色甲虫

Great Plains Research Pub Date : 2022-03-14 DOI: 10.1353/gpr.2022.0003

A. G. Wheeler

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Lone Star Suburbs: Life on the Texas Metropolitan Frontier ed. by Paul J. P. Sandul and M. Scott Sosebee (review) 《孤星郊区：德克萨斯大都会边疆的生活》，Paul J.P.Sandul和M.Scott Sosebee主编（评论）

Great Plains Research Pub Date : 2022-03-14 DOI: 10.1353/gpr.2022.0007

R. Cavazos

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