SPRING 1997 VOL. 7/NO. 1

  • ARTICLES

    The Prairie Indian Vote in Canadian Politics 1965-1993: A Critical Case Study from Alberta Russel Lawrence Barsh, Michelle Fraser, Faye Morning Bull, Toby Provost and Kirby Smith 3 [1997 Leslie Hewes Award]

        Key Words: Prairie Indian Vote, Canadian politics

    Restoring the Pre-Settlement Landscape in Stanley County, South Dakota Susan E. Boettcher and W. Carter Johnson 27

        Key Words: pre-settlement, landscape

    Gubernatorial Electoral Coalitions in the Great Plains Thomas M. Carsey 41

        Key Words: gubernatorial electoral coalitions

    Farmsteads as Mirrors of Cultural Adjustment and Change: The Ukranian Canadian Experience James W. Darlington 71

        Key Words: farmsteads

    Borderland and Interaction in the International Region of the Great Plains: An Historic- Geographical Perspective Randy William Widdis 103

        Key Words: Ukranian Canadian, borderland

    BOOK REVIEWS

    Reinventing Nature? Responses to Postmodern Deconstruction edited by Michael E. Soulé and Gary Lease, reviewed by Thomas J. Lyon 139

    The Sjovold Site: A River Crossing Campsite in the Northern Plains by Ian Dyck and Richard E. Morlan, with contributions by E. A. Christiansen, Hugh E. Hendry, D. W. Anderson, and J. G. Ellis, reviewed by Henry T. Epp 140

    The Jumanos: Hunters and Traders of the South Plains by Nancy Parrott Hickerson, reviewed by Yasuhide Kawashima 143

    Comanche Political History: An Ethnohistorical Perspective 1706-1875 by Thomas W. Kavanagh, reviewed by Daniel J. Gelo 145

    Retracing Major Stephen H. Long's Expedition: The Itinerary and Botany by George J. Goodman and Cheryl A. Lawson, reviewed by Robert B. Kaul 146

    Sovereign Nations or Reservations? An Economic History of American Indians by Terry L. Anderson, reviewed by Nicholas J. Aieta 148

    Native Americans and Wage Labor: Ethnohistorical Perspectives edited by Alice Littlefield and Martha C. Knack, reviewed by Ronald L. Trosper 149

    American Indian Life Skills Development Curriculum by Teresa D. LaFromboise, reviewed by Lee Little Soldier 150

    The Institutionalized Cabinet: Governing the Western Provinces by Christopher Dunn, reviewed by Paul Barker 152

    State Trust Lands: History, Management and Sustainable Use by John A. Souder and Sally K. Fairfax, reviewed by Clive S. Thomas 153

    Main Street Revisited: Time, Space, and Image Building in Small-Town America by Richard V. Francaviglia, reviewed by Elizabeth Skidmore Sasser 155

    Wyoming: A Source Book by Roy A. Jordan and S. Brett DeBoer, reviewed by Jay H. Buckley 157

    Prairie Night: Black-footed Ferrets and the Recovery of Endangered Species by Brian Miller, Richard P. Reading, Steve Forrest, with foreword by Mark R. Stanley Price, reviewed by Jerry L. Godbey 158

    The Nebraska Sand Hills: The Human Landscape by Charles Barron McIntosh, reviewed by Philip J. Gersmehl 159

    The Community in Canada: Rural and Urban edited by Satadal Dasgupta Lanham, reviewed by Paul Gingrich 161

    Amphibians and Reptiles of New Mexico by William G. Degenhardt, Charles W. Painter, and Andrew H. Price, reviewed by Jeffrey R. Parmelee 162

    Aboriginal Law: Cases, Materials and Commentary by Thomas Isaac, with forewords by Graydon Nicholas and Strater J. Crowfoot, reviewed by John R. Wunder 164

    The Minds of the West: Ethnocultural Evolution in the Rural Middle West, 1830-1917 by Jon Gjerde, reviewed by John D. Buenker 165

    Saving the Best of Texas: A Partnership Approach to Conservation by Richard C. Bartlett, reviewed by Pete A. Y. Gunter 167

    Grain Elevators by Lisa Mahar-Keplinger with foreword by Aldo Rossi, reviewed by Robert Duncan 169

    Economic Thresholds for Integrated Pest Management edited by Leon G. Higley and Larry P. Pedigo, reviewed by Richard E. Plant 170

    NEWS AND NOTES 173

 

FALL 1997 VOL.7/NO. 2

  • ARTICLES

    A Great Plains Presidential Primary James L. McDowell 179

        Key Words: presidential primary

    Where One Size Does Not Fit All: Small Community Diversity Kathleen Prochaska-Cue, Ann Ziebarth, and Bonnie Shrewsbury 209

        Key Words: community diversity

    Depopulation of the Rural Great Plains Counties of Texas Charlene R. Nickels and Frederick A. Day 225

        Key Words: depopulation

    The Politics of Elementary Schools in a German-American Roman Catholic Settlement in Canada's Province of Saskatchewan, 1903-1925 Clinton O. White 251

        Key Words: politics, elementary schools

    Microclimate of an Aboriginal Winter Campsite at Wanuskewin Heritage Park, Saskatoon E. A. Ripley, O. W. Archibold, C. Jackson, and E. G. Walker 273

        Key Words: microclimate,aboriginal winter campsite

    Regional Socioeconomic and Sociocultural Differences among U.S. Latinos: The Effects of Historical and Contemporary Latino Immigration/Migration Systems Ed A. Muñoz and Suzanne Ortega 289

        Key Words: socioeconomic, migration

    Growth of a Natural History Museum on the Plains: The University of Nebraska State Museum Thomas P. Myers 315

        Key Words: University of Nebraska State Museum

    BOOK REVIEWS

    Dividing New Mexico's Waters, 1700-1912 by John O. Baxter, reviewed by Kenneth Orona 347

    The Texas Challenge: Population Change and the Future of Texas edited by Steve H. Murdock, Nazrul Hoque, Martha Michael, Steve White, and Beverly Pecotte, reviewed by Robert K. Holz 348

    Prairie Voices: Process Anthropology in Family Medicine by Howard F. Stein, reviewed by Charles B. Hennon 350

    Beyond Subsistence: Plains Archaeology and the Postprocessual Critique edited by Philip Duke and Michael C. Wilson, reviewed by Alan J. Osborn 352

    Peyote: The Divine Cactus by Edward F. Anderson, reviewed by Daniel J. Gelo 353

    From Fort Laramie to Wounded Knee: In the West that Was edited by Richard E. Jensen, reviewed by Charles W. Allen John Husmann 355

    Grazing on Public Lands by Council for Agricultural Science and Technology, reviewed by Kathleen H. Keeler 356

    NEBRASKAland Magazine: Wildlife Viewing Guide by Joseph Knue, reviewed by Paul M. McKenzie 357

    Of Bison and Man by Harold P. Danz, reviewed by James R. Shortridge 359

    Ordinary Life, Festival Days: Aesthetics in the Midwestern County Fair by Leslie Prosterman, reviewed by Georgia L. Stevens 360

    A Language of Our Own: The Genesis of Michif; the Mixed Cree-French Language of the Canadian Métis by Peter Bakker, reviewed by Paul Dube 362

    Ecology & Economics of the Great Plains by Daniel S. Licht, reviewed by David M. Armstrong 363

    Changing Rural Institutions: A Canadian Perspective edited by Richard C. Rounds, reviewed by Paul H. Gessaman 365

    Social Policy and Social Justice: The NDP Government in Saskatchewan during the Blakeney Years edited by Jim Harding, reviewed by Allen Seager 367

    "Toil and Peaceful Life": Doukhobor Village Settlement in Saskatchewan, 1899-1918 by Carl J. Tracie, reviewed by Hans P. Werner 369

    NEWS AND NOTES 371
    ANNUAL INDEX 377