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The Katsina cult and Pueblo IV religious and political organization

Atkins, Ashley (Wichita State University. Department of Anthropology, 2007)

Author evaluates the interpretations of origin and evolution of the Pueblo Katsina Cult and proposes her own explanation of on the role of Katsina Cult in the Pueblo society.
Lambda Alpha Journal, v.37 (complete version)

Lambda Alpha National Collegiate Honors Society for Anthropology (Wichita State University. Department of Anthropology, 2007)

This volume presents seven papers with topics in cultural, archaeological and biological anthropology as well as book and article reviews. In the first paper, Danielle Deemer discusses how local knowledge is used to ...
Letter from the Editor

Moore-Jansen, Peer H. (Wichita State University. Department of Anthropology, 2007)

Introduction to the 37th issue of Lambda Alpha Journal
Nguyen, Gennie Thi. Home is where rice is: maintaining and transforming cultural identity beyond the borders of Vietnam

Thi Nguyen, Gennie (Wichita State University. Department of Anthropology, 2007)

This paper discusses how persisting Vietnamese foodways are critical to sustaining cultural identity for Vietnamese refugees. For any immigrant group, traditional foods represent a connection to the past, function to ...
Psychiana: a 20th century revitalization movement?

Thompson, M. Lynne (Wichita State University. Department of Anthropology, 2007)

This paper examines and compares the characteristics of Psychiana, from its inception to its demise, with the typology of revitalization movements provided by Anthony F.C. Wallace. It includes information from Robinson’s ...
Rampant Lions: The Buddhist response to violence in Sri Lanka

Bailey, David Paul (Wichita State University. Department of Anthropology, 2007)

Author describes religious, social, and ethnic roots of Sri Lanka political history. He concludes that "competing national myths, conflicting views over the use of public space, and different experiences under colonialism, ...
The road to Sumer: a look into the development of Mesopotamia’s early cultures using the multilinear evolution theory

Countryman, Kristina (Wichita State University. Department of Anthropology, 2007)

Author explores the complex problem of origin of human civilization using Ancient Mesopotamia as an example.
Why did the Aztecs convert to Catholicism, following the conquest of the Spaniards in 1521

Dovas, Alexia (Wichita State University. Department of Anthropology, 2007)

Three major explanatory theories of Aztecs' conversion to Christianity are discussed.
Youth outmigration and local knowledge: Implications for rural CSAS

Deemer, Danielle Rose (Wichita State University. Department of Anthropology, 2007)

This research paper is an effort to understand not only why rural youths are moving to urban centers in such great numbers, but also the prospects for rural CSA farms.