SPRING 2000 VOL. 10/NO. 1
GREAT PLAINS RESEARCH AWARDS 3
FEATURE ARTICLE
Thinking Like a Dune Field: Geologic History in the Nebraska Sand Hills David B. Loope and James B. Swinehart 5 [2000 Charles E. Bessey Award]
Key Words: Sandhills dune, Ogallala
CRITICAL DIALOGUE
Introduction: The Platte--Wooded or Prairie River? Svata M. Louda 37
The Presettlement Platte: Wooded or Prairie River? W. Carter Johnson and Susan E. Boettcher 39
The Platte as a Prairie River: A Response to Johnson and Boettcher Paul J. Currier and Craig A. Davis 69
The Platte as a Wooded River: A Response to Currier and Davis W. Carter Johnson and Susan E. Boettcher 85
Key Words: Platte River, wooded river
NATURAL SCIENCES
Production Agriculture versus the Environment: The Role of Statistics Linda J. Young 89
Key Words: corn production, agriculture
Influence of Past Interactions on the Prairie Today: A Hypothesis Kathleen H. Keeler 107
Key Words: bison, beaver, praire dogs
Use of Fatty Acid Stores by Larvae and Adults of a Nebraska Salt Marsh Tiger Beetle, Cicindela togata globicollis Casey W. W. Hoback, R. L. Rana, and D. W. Stanley 127
Key Words: Salt Marsh Tiger Beetle, Cincindela togata globicollis
SOCIAL SCIENCES
Strengths and Stresses of Omaha Indian Families Living on the Reservation Douglas A. Abbott and Glenna Slater 145
Key Words: Omaha Indian, reservation
Occupational Segregation of Women on the Great Plains Ann Mari May and Robert H. Watrel 169
Key Words: occupational segregation
Presidential Voting Regions of the Northern Great Plains: No Need for an East Dakota and West Dakota Robert H. Watrel and Erin Hogan Fouberg 189
presidental voting, Northern Great Plains
BOOK REVIEWS
Transcontinental America, 1850-1915, Volume 3 of The Shaping of America: A Geographical Perspective on 500 Years of History by D. W. Meinig, reviewed by G. Malcolm Lewis 215
The Land of Prehistory: A Critical History of America Archaeology by Alice Beck Kehoe, reviewed by W. Raymond Wood 218
The Fontenelle & Cabanné Trading Posts: The History and Archeology of Two Missouri River Sites by Richard E. Jensen, reviewed by Thomas D. Thiessen 219
American Indian Population Recovery in the Twentieth Century by Nancy Shoemaker, reviewed by Dean R. Snow 220
The Dynamics of Native Politics: The Alberta Métis Experience by Joe Sawchuk, reviewed by Chris Andersen 222
Men as Women, Women as Men: Changing Gender in Native American Cultures by Sabine Lang, reviewed by Claire R. Farrer 224
The Limits of Labour: Class Formation and the Labour Movement in Calgary, 1883-1929 by David Bright, reviewed by Alvin Finkel 225
With Scarcely a Ripple: Anglo-Canadian Migration into the United States and Western Canada, 1850-1920 by Randy W. Widdis, reviewed by Robert M. Bone 227
Saving American Farmland: What Works by American Farmland Trust, reviewed by Lonnie L. Schulze 228
The Making of the 1996 Farm Act by Lyle P. Schertz,, and Otto C. Doering III., reviewed by Roy Frederick 229
Unruly River: Two Centuries of Change Along the Missouri by Robert Kelley Schneiders, reviewed byJohn E. Thorson 231
Uphill Against Water: The Great Dakota Water War by Peter Carrels, reviewed by John M. Donahue 234
Hydrology and Geochemistry of Glacial Deposits in Northeastern Kansas by Jane E. Denne, et al.,reviewed by Edwin D. Gutentag 236
Hazardous Wastes in Rural America: Impacts, Implications, and Options for Rural Communities by Steven H. Murdock, Richard S. Krannich, and F. Larry Leistritz, reviewed by Larry E. Erickson 237
NEWS AND NOTES, 238
FALL 2000 VOL. 10/NO. 2
SPECIAL ISSUE : The Latino Experience in the Great Plains
HISTORY AND CULTURE
INTRODUCTION
Latinos on the Great Plains: An Overview Refugio I. Rochín 243
Key Words: Latinos
Attitudes of Selected Latino Oldtimers Toward Newcomers: A Photo Elicitation Study D. A. Lopez 253
Key Words: Omaha, meatpacking
HEALTH AND NUTRITION
Health-Care Utilization and the Status of Latinos in Rural Meat-Processing Communities Joe Blankenau, Joni Boye-Beaman, and Keith Mueller 275
Key Words: health-care use, WIC
The Use of an Ethnic Food Frequency Questionnaire among Hispanic Women Linda S. Boeckner, Susan A. Jordan, and Marilynn I. Schnepf 295
Key Words: ethnic food
ECONOMICS AND EMPLOYMENT
Global Forces and Latino Population Growth in the Midwest: A Regional and Subregional Analysis Lourdes Gouveia and Rogelio Saenz 305
Key Words: census data
Death and Disability in the Heartland: Corporate (Mis)Conduct, Regulatory Responses, and the Plight of Latino Workers in the Meatpacking Industry Ana-Maria Wahl, Steven E. Gunkel, and Thomas W. Sanchez 329 [2000 Leslie Hewes Award]
Key Words: disability, death
PARADIGMS AND DIRECTIONS
The Latino Research Initiative: A Multidisciplinary and Collaborative Community-University Outreach and Scholarship Model Gloria Gonzalez-Kruger, Byron L. Zamboanga, Gustavo Carlo, Marcela Raffaelli, Miguel A. Carranza, David J. Hansen, Rodrigo Cantarero, and Joel Gajardo 359
Key Words: Latino Research Initiative
Rethinking Human Services for Latinos in the Plains: New Paradigms and Recommendations for Practice Robert P. Moreno, Lawrence P. Hernandez, Jennifer D. Schroeder, and Ani Yazedjian 387
Key Words: human services
COMMENTARY
The Role of Research and Scholarship in Enhancing the Quality of Life for Latinos on the Great Plains Miguel A. Carranza, Gustavo Carlo, and Maria Rosario T. de Guzman 409
BOOK REVIEWS
Hispanic/Latino Identity: A Philosophical Perspective by Jorge J. E.Gracia, reviewed by Alberto López Pulido 423
En Aquel Entonces: Readings in Mexican-American History edited by Manuel G. Gonzales, and Cynthia M. Gonzales, reviewed by Jorge Iber 424
The Contested Homeland: A Chicano History of New Mexico edited by Erlinda Gonzales-Berry, and David R. Maciel, reviewed by Armando C. Alonzo 425
The Sacred World of the Penitentes by Alberto López Pulid, reviewed by Gustavo L. Paz 427
Encyclopedia of the Mexican American Civil Rights Movement by Matt S. Meier, and Margo Gutiérrez, reviewed by Ralph H. Vigil 428
Working with Latino Youth: Culture, Develpoment, and Context by Joan D. Koss-Chioino, and Luis A. Vargas, reviewed by Fernando I. Rivera 429
Cutting into the Meatpacking Line: Workers and Change in the Rural Midwest by Deborah Fink, reviewed by Philip Garcia 430
Environmental Management on North America's Borders edited by Richard Kiy, and John D. Wirth, reviewed by J. Gordon Nelson 432
Terrestrial Ecoregions of North America: A Conservation Assessment by Taylor H.Ricketts, and Eric Dinerstein, et al., reviewed by O. W. Archibold 434
Fresh Water by E.C. Pielou, reviewed by John Opie 435
Groundwater Management in the West by Jeffrey S. Ashley, and Zachary A. Smith, reviewed by David E. Kromm 436
Women and Nature: Saving the "Wild" West by Glenda Riley, reviewed by Diane Glancy 437
NEWS AND NOTES, 439
INDEX, 441