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American Indian quarterly Pub Date : 2004-04-20 DOI: 10.1353/aiq.2004.0011

Delphine Red Shirt

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引用次数: 3

Persona non grata 不受欢迎的人

American Indian quarterly Pub Date : 2004-04-20 DOI: 10.1353/aiq.2004.0010

Delphine Red Shirt

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The price of a gift: a Lakota healer's story. [Review of: Mohatt, G. and Eagle Elk, J. The price of a gift: a Lakota healer's story. Lincoln: U. of Nebraska Pr., 2000]. 礼物的价格:一个拉科塔治疗师的故事。[书评:Mohatt, G.和Eagle Elk, J.礼物的价格:一个拉科塔治疗师的故事。]林肯:内布拉斯加州大学出版社，2000]。

American Indian quarterly Pub Date : 2002-01-01 DOI: 10.1353/aiq.2003.0012

Anne Waters

引用次数: 0

The Havana Connection: Buffalo Tiger, Fidel Castro, and the Origin of Miccosukee Tribal Sovereignty, 1959-1962 哈瓦那的联系:野牛虎，菲德尔·卡斯特罗和米科苏基部落主权的起源，1959-1962

American Indian quarterly Pub Date : 2001-08-01 DOI: 10.1353/aiq.2001.0036

Harry A. Kersey Jr.

引用次数: 3

They say he was witched. 他们说他被施了巫术。

American Indian quarterly Pub Date : 2000-01-01 DOI: 10.1353/aiq.2000.0013

M R Blaine