Publication Type: Traditional Presentation
Abstract: Survival of Indigenous EE traditions are based on Tribal elders mentoring youth, allowing the youth to adapt traditions for use as current EE survival tools. The adaptation of tradition allows growth in knowledge that has historically provided Indigenous people advancement.

Publication Type: Poster Presentation
Abstract: This questionnaire study examined Korean students’ beliefs about native and non-native English teachers. It focused on the characteristics, areas of instructional competence, teaching effectiveness at different stages of learning, and classroom performance of both native and non-native teachers. Based on the findings, pedagogical strategies are suggested to address students’ concerns.

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript
Abstract: While nearly two-thirds of Native Americans call themselves Democrats, 28% of those Democratic identifiers consider themselves conservative. I analyzed this apparent paradox behind the party identification of some Native Americans.

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript
Abstract: The paper reports the results of two experiments on the role of situation models and linkages between models on movie comprehension. In both experiments, participants watch the last 45 minutes of Alfred Hitchock’s Rear Window . Half of the participants watched the movie in English and half watched in French with English subtitles. We expected participants to form fewer linkages between situation models in the subtitle condition due to the cognitive of reading subtitles which should interfere with the elaborations necessary to form linkages between the situation models. The first experiment examined the pattern of inferences generated during movie watching. The results showed that participants in the English condition made more backward inferences than participants in the subtitled condition which suggest that participants develop more associative links between situation models. In Experiment 2, after watching the last 45 minutes of the film, participants were asked to sort the 78 events into piles based on their similarity. The associated network that resulted from the similiarity data supported the results of Experiment 1 by showing that the representation of the movie involved more elaborative linkages when watched in English than in French with subtitles. The implication of these results from models of movie comprehension are discussed.

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript
Review Method: Peer Reviewed
Abstract: In November 1989 Congress passed Public Law 101-185 establishing the Smithsonian Institute’s National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI); on September 21, 2004 the museum’s centerpiece officially opened on the national Mall after years of careful planning and consultation with more than 500 Native peoples from approximately 300 communities in the United States, Canada, and Latin America. Unlike other museums that showcase native cultures, the NMAI consciously sought indigenous input at multiple stages; Indians played key roles in shaping the building’s design, in selecting items for display, and in writing the text and video script that accompany objects and exhibits. NMAI’s national director, W. Richard West Jr. (a peace chief for the southern Cheyenne), describes the museum’s creation and function as a means of bringing about a “cultural reconciliation” between Americans and the nation’s indigenous peoples. In this paper I begin by documenting the background leading up to the museum’s creation and address the following questions. First, what does it mean to institute a “cultural reconciliation” between native peoples and those who have historically oppressed and displaced them? Second, how do the operation and practices of the National Museum of the American Indian attempt to meet this goal?