Indian Chief Research Articles

Problems of attribution of plate armor from the collection of the Alava Museum of Arms, Spain (on the question of scaly shells in the west of the medieval Ecumene, X–XIII centuries)

In the article the scale armour from Museode Armeríade Álava collection is explored. Among the specialists it is considered to be the earliest Medieval European scale armour of 10-13 centuries. After the comparison of the scale armor fragments in Europe, on the Balkans (the fragments there belong to Byzantine armory circle) and Middle East the author puts into question its background and dating. To wide the search circle the explorer pays attention on two ceremonial armour sets. One from Museode lEjército of Toledo and the second from The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The breast plates of both sets have the same construction and decoration to the breast plate from Museo de Armeríade Álava. At the same time the set from Museo del Ejército of Toledo attribution that is given at the official museum site as the armour of Mexican Indian chief of the Conquest period is considered to be absolutely incorrect by the author of the article. Because iron as the material for local metallurgical industry of the period was simple unknown and unavailable for metalwork. The attribution of the second set from The Metropolitan Museum of Art that is given at the official museum site seams much more probable. The American specialists attribute it as Chinese and date 18tht c. Based on it the author comes to the conclusion that the breast plate from Museo de Armería de Álava has nothing to European Medieval period and can be attributed as Chinese ceremonial armour set of 18th c.

Imagery, Irony, and Transcendence in Carl Jonas Love Almqvist's The Queen's Tiara

Imagery, Irony, and Transcendence in Carl Jonas Love Almqvist's <i>The Queen's Tiara</i>

Troops and Tribes: Masculinity, Playing Indian, and the Social Politics of Ernest Thompson Seton's Expulsion from the Boy Scouts of America

Troops and Tribes: Masculinity, Playing Indian, and the Social Politics of Ernest Thompson Seton's Expulsion from the Boy Scouts of America

A Question of Identity in the Life and Works of Sat-Okh (Long Feather)

Sat-Okh (Stanisław Supłatowicz) was an Indian-Polish writer who popularised the culture of North American Indigenous People in Poland during the Cold War and afterwards. His incredible biography evokes questions about the nature of his identity. Born of an Indian chief and a Polish mother around 1922 in the territory of Alberta, Sat-Okh grew up as a Shawnee. When his mother decided to return to Poland, he followed, but until his death in Gdańsk in 2003, Sat-Okh consistently identified with his Indigenous heritage. During WWII he escaped from a train to Auschwitz and joined the AK (The Home Army). He became famous for numerous books and short stories about his life with the Indians, which were translated into many languages. He was also strongly involved in the Polish-Indian Movement and promoted the culture of his native ancestors. This paper aims to present the life and work of Sat-Okh with regard to his mysterious identity. Recently, there has been some doubt whether Sat-Okh's biography is genuine. However, I would like to argue that Long Feather's phenomenon proves the fact that regardless of whether he was a true Shawnee or not, Sat-Okh chose to identify himself as Indian and consistently presented himself as one. He taught Poles about Indian traditions and gained a tremendous respect which has lasted until today.

Phenotypic Variations and Heritability in Hybrid Populations of Bearded Iris

Bearded iris (Iris ×hybrida Hort.) is a large horticultural hybrid complex in the Iris genus, and the lack of understanding about its inheritance laws has seriously hindered the breeding process. From parental bearded iris ‘Indian Chief’ and ‘Sugar Blues’, four hybrid populations—including F1, F2, BC1P1, and BC1P2—were generated through hybridization. Fifteen key phenotypic traits, including plant height (PH), scape height (SH), length of fall (LF), width of fall (WF), length of standard (LS), width of standard (WS), and so on, were measured, and several genetic parameters (e.g., trait variation, heritability, trait correlation, distribution of flower color) were analyzed. The variation of phenotypic traits indicated that the F1 generation could produce larger flowers and a greater number of blooming stems than other generations, whereas backcrossing was beneficial at producing more flowers on one scape in the offspring of ‘Indian Chief’ and ‘Sugar Blues’. WF had the greatest broad-sense heritability (73.91%) among the 15 phenotypic traits, whereas the broad-sense heritability of SH was the lowest (2.06%). The correlation between a vegetative trait (PH) and a reproductive trait (WS) provided a path to early selection of germplasm. Furthermore, four important floral traits (LF, WF, LS, and WS) also correlated significantly to each other, thus simplifying the selection of larger flowers. Genes regulating fuchsia flower color were dominant over those for bluish purple flowers. Genetic effects of flower color in recurrent parents could be reinforced by backcrossing, thereby providing a potential way to modify flower color through hybridization.

Twitter analysis of founders of top 25 Indian startups

With the recent growth in social media dominance over the internet, many people have turned to these media to share their personal views, express their opinions and interact socially. This paper examines the social media content of Indian Chief Executive Officers who are the founders or co-founders of the top 25 Indian startups. The active involvement of Chief Executive Officers in social media influences the business effectiveness, performance and market legitimacy of the business. Social media has now become a crucial strategic tool from creating a buzz among businesses to engaging public in a new direction of thoughts. The paper has taken into consideration about 165,987 tweets from the top startups and their cofounders. The tools used for tweets extraction and analysis are Anaconda Navigator and TIBCO Spotfire. The tweets seem to cover various aspects of emotions ranging from business sector to personal feelings, political views and societal concerns.

“I think it was in poor taste that you were doing Murtaugh in whiteface” – Blackface goes West (and White) in It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (FX, 2005-)

As many academics have shown, blackface minstrelsy is a distorted view of the South developed mainly in the North of the United States. To contradict the notion that the blackface tradition can exclusively travel following a South/North axis, this article considers how this tradition has recently applied to the West of cowboys and Indians, and to their contemporary siblings, the cops and villains of action movies. Two episodes of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (s06e09 and s09e09) offer cases in point. In these two installments, a white character “blacks up” to play Murtaugh in “sweded” sequels to Lethal Weapon 1 to 4 (Richard Donner, 1987, 1989, 1992, 1998). In these films within the series, the blackface tradition evolves to debunk other stereotypes than those it traditionally targets. One of them is embodied by the villainous “Chief Lazarus,” a Native Indian chief played by Frank Reynolds (Danny De Vito). Analysis of key sequences in the episodes shows that the Southern/Northern blackface may go west to expose persistent Western movie cliches, and to expose derivatives such as “whiteface,” “redface,” “bimboface,” or even “gayface.” Finally, the series ascribes these evolutions of the blackface trope to major aspects of contemporary visual culture, and to the current rise of white supremacist ideology.

Ativismo Musical e Imaginação Indigenista em Yanománi, op. 47 (1980) de Marlos Nobre

In response to the news of a murdered Indian chief around 1980, Marlos Nobre composed Yanománi, op. 47 as a symbol to the suffering of an indigenous nation facing annihilation. With this work, Nobre pioneered an advocacy on behalf of the Yanomami through art, at a time when only international attention could potentially change their situation. Yet, as a cultural artifact, this work builds upon a history of stereotypical images of the índio brasileiro (Native Brazilian) in the arts, literature, and music, which ranges from representations of the exotic and noble savage to a figure that poses a threat to national security.As I demonstrate, Nobre represents an imagined rendering of the Yanomami’s ritual of death within a musical language that, while emulating “native” sounds, is built upon avant-garde techniques of Western music. As such, it emphasizes the sense of otherness of the Brazilian Indians. Indeed, while the indigenous words in the lyrics are hardly understood, the Portuguese words are clear: “Mata cacique” (kill the Indian chief). Ultimately, Yanománi joins the work of anthropologists and other artists in bringing international attention to the negligence and criminal acts against the indigenous communities in Brazil.

Paradise Lost: A Life of F. Scott Fitzgerald and I'd Die for You and Other Lost Stories

Paradise Lost: A Life of F. Scott Fitzgerald and I'd Die for You and Other Lost Stories

Juvenile Myasthenia Gravis- A rare case report

Background : It is an acquired autoimmune mediated postsynaptic disorder that is rare in childhood with prevalence of 5 in 1,00,000. First case was reported in the year 1644 in USA of an Indian chief Opechankanough. The disease is due to circulating antibodies which bind to acetylcholine receptors at neuromuscular junction and prevent a normal action of acetylcholine in opening the calcium channel in muscle fibers. There are two types of the disease: ocular (corresponding to 10% of cases) [1] or generalized (90% of cases), although both may occur under different temporal evolution in the same patient. Myasthenia gravis geoepidemiology shows that it is a rare disorder with similar incidence and prevalence in the world, except for infantile MG, which is more common in Asia. Methods : With progressive ptosis towards the end of the day, Juvenile Myasthenia gravis was suspected. Anti cholinesterase (AChE) test was done under ECG monitoring using intravenous injection of neostigmine (Prostigmine test) which showed a dramatic response i.e. immediate elevation of both upper eyelids with resolution of ptosis[Fig. 1 and 2]. Bed side icepack test was also performed which was positive. Computerized tomography (CT scan) of thorax was done to rule out thymic hyperplasia or thymoma. We diagnosed this child as a case of juvenile myasthenia gravis and treated with intravenous neostigmine(0.04mg/ kg/dose) 4 hourly followed by atropine(0.05mg/kg/dose) to counteract ill muscarinic side effects of neostigmine. Intravenous methylprednisolone was also given as pulse therapy (30mg/ kg/day for 3 consecutive days) with multipara monitoring (for hypertension and hyperglycemia). Plasma anti-AChR antibodies though advised was not affordable. Results : The cardinal symptom in MG is muscle weakness that is typically fluctuating and fatigable. The most common initial presentation involves a specific muscle weakness, and not a generalized weakness. Symptoms are exacerbated with exercise (it may be caused by sustained muscle action) and heat, and decreased with relaxation and cooling. The disease involves striated or voluntary muscles, with a typical anatomical distribution. The weakness is usually ocular, bulbar, proximal muscle groups (most commonly the upper limbs) and neck, but may also in some patients involve the respiratory muscles. The disease can progress from mild to moderate to severe in weeks and months with episodes of exacerbations and remissions. The Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America# proposed a clinical classification of the disease into five main classes and several subclasses, according to the location of muscle weakness and its intensity. Ptosis or extra ocular muscle weakness is the initial presentation in 75% of patients [1] and occurs during the course of the disease in 90% of cases (remaining exclusively ocular only 16% of cases [2-4]). When anti AChR antibodies are negative, MuSK receptor antibodies should be advised. Table 1 : Classification of MG according to Ossermann Scale Type 1 Ocular myasthenia characterized by ptosis and diplopia Type 2a Slow onset, frequently ocular, with gradual evolution to skeletal musculature Type 2b Slow onset with dysarthria, dysphagia, and change in mastication Type 3 Fast onset with severe bulbar and skeletal muscle fatigue with respiratory muscle compromise Type 4 Severe MG that manfests in two years Conclusion : Repetitive ulnar nerve stimulation (RNS) studies show significant decremental response in abductor digiti minimi suggestive of post synaptic neuromuscular junction (NMJ) receptor disorder[5]. Other differentials which should be considered include neuroparalytic snake bite, Miller-Fischer type of GBS and botulism. Our patient was classified as type III i.e. fast onset with severe bulbar and skeletal muscle fatigue with respiratory muscle compromise, so he had to be ventilated for 3 days. He was weaned from IPPV to T-piece over 12 hours and then to CPAP for 6 hours maintaining normal saturations and vitals. Thereafter he was referred to higher center for plasmapharesis but since then he is lost to follow up.

C.G. Jung and the indigenous psyche: two encounters

ABSTRACTIn The Lament of the Dead, James Hillman quotes Foucault as saying there are two ways to escape ‘the box of contemporary thinking’. One path lies through erudition, the other through the indigenous experience. While the history of Jung's ideas has been thoroughly explored, we understand little about his encounters with indigenous people in the American Southwest. For example, the literature on his visit to Taos Pueblo is riddled with misleading information. Part of the problem begins with Jung's own confusion regarding his contact at Taos with Antonio Mirabal. Not only did Jung wrongly believe that Mirabal was an ‘Indian chief’; he misspelled and mistranslated his Tiwa name, Ochwiay Biano. Although the encounter could be described (at one level) as superficial, Jung refers to it as one of the most important experiences of his life. This paper will explore what Jung seems to have encountered in Taos, and the ways his experience were orchestrated by the unseen presence of others (including Mabel Dodge Lujan, D.H. Lawrence, and Jaime de Angulo). Archival records and news accounts from the 1920s show that although Jung imagined he was meeting face to face with a ‘primitive' who still lived in the world of ‘participation mystique’, Mirabal was a gifted Native American impresario who later visited one American president and turned down an invitation to visit a second. I argue that the complex of colonialism surrounding Jung's relationship with Mirabal has infected subsequent encounters between the Jungian tradition and indigenous people.

Pro-Business or Common Citizen?

This paper examines the social media content of a woman Indian chief executive officer (CEO) in her communication in the public space. The active involvement of CEO in communication activities influences the business effectiveness, performance, and standing of the business headed by her. The emerging social media has become an essential strategic tool from “buzz word” with more popularity among businesses and creates great opportunities for communication efforts both for corporate and personal use of CEO. For this study, Tweets posted on Twitter, a micro-blogging social media platform, by an Indian woman CEO are used for analysis. Rstudio and Nvivo were used for tweets extraction and analysis. The findings show the various themes in CEO's communication which are categorized in different sectors. The tweets are limited to business sector; it also includes the personal (feelings and status updates), political views and social concerns (ranging from water scarcity, education, illiteracy, women empowerment, need for improved governance, policy support). The paper extends the theoretical and empirical arguments for the importance of CEOs' social media communications. Finally, this research suggests that with a well-planned and strategic social media use, CEOs can create value for themselves and their businesses.

Indian Chief Dark Horse — Packaging Done Right!

Indian Chief Dark Horse — Packaging Done Right!

SOCIEDADES PRIMITIVAS E DIREITO CONTEMPORÂNEO: DE QUE FORMA A JUSTIÇA TRIBAL PODE NOS AJUDAR A REPENSAR A NOSSA JUSTIÇA

This article seeks to analyze the reasons and assumptions of implementation of restorative justice as an alternative method of conflict resolution, and to establish a parallel with the indigenous leadership, presenting it as a form of application of this method. Initially, there is an analysis of restorative justice and how it is beyond criminal attorney binary model and retributive model, its principles and its operation. The following are the attributes of the indigenous leadership, as an example of legal practices. Finally, we discuss the possibilities of application of restorative justice in the Brazilian legal system and relations as tribal justice in organizational planning of the indigenous leadership. We conclude that, given the failures of the retributive model, it becomes necessary to search for new forms of conflict resolution, as the eye is the restoration of the damage and the reestablishment of severed ties. So that they are recomposed relations, not ruling parties, but giving them a chance to reorganize, affirming the autonomy of the community involved. It is also possible to conclude that this form of peacekeeping is present from primitive societies through the figure of the Indian chief, with his peacemaker agent function.

Of Empresses and Indians

Of Empresses and Indians

Of Empresses and Indians

Of Empresses and Indians

At the Heart of Learning (Series: Paper 2 of 4): Witulya Mulapa nganana Mantjintjaku: From Cultural Devastation to Cultural Re-Invention

For remote Central Australian Aboriginal communities, the world has changed completely and irrevocably in the space of a lifetime. Drawing on Jonathan Lear's (2006) Radical Hope, the authors highlight the comparative struggles outlined in Lear's reflection on the life of Crow Indian chief Plenty Coups. For Anangu (Pitjantjatjara/Yankunytjatjara people), the same question that confronted Plenty Coups arises: “How can Anangu pursue a ‘virtuous’ Anangu existence in a world where ‘being Anangu’ no longer ‘makes any sense’?” The authors explore the possibilities of choosing cultural re-invention over resigning to a sense of “the end” and consider how the recognition and retention of long-held values might benefit the broader experience of education, rather than be considered as a barrier or constraint to “success”.

Un ejemplo de relaciones simbióticas en la Guajira del siglo XVIII. Historia de una sublevación bajo el liderazgo del cacique Cecilio

This article is about the leadership of Indian Chief Cecilio and his close relationship with the merchants of the Guajira region, some of which were peninsulares dedicated to contraband. These also joined forces against Lieutenant Governor Jose Javier Pestaña, the highest authority in the region, who, like other governors, wanted to gain control of those practices. This struggle stirred in a revolt against the lieutenant, which resulted in his fatality, and in which local merchants and even local authorities were found to be acting in connivance with Chief Cecilio. In the words of the Norwegian historian Steinar Saether, this outbreak of 1753 is an example of “complexity, flexibility and pragmatism”. In brief, these were symbiotic relationships.

Could a Subaltern Manage? Identity Work and Habitus in a Colonial Workplace

How did historically marginalized groups learn to become professional managers? This paper studies the identity work of a manager in a colonial work setting, focusing specifically on the aspirational quality of professional identity, and on the forms of subordination enmeshed in organizational work, through a close reading of an autobiography. Beyond Punjab describes the career of Prakash Tandon in the multinational Lever Brothers India. He eventually became its first Indian Chief Executive and a respected public figure. Studies of such colonial work settings can seem indebted to existing research within postcolonial studies in management. But I argue that the dominant attention of postcolonial studies in management has not been on identity work and practices, but the historical enduring force of representations. Therefore this paper offers a complementary engagement, developing Bourdieu’s concept of the habitus for a fuller understanding of how managerial identity was constituted in colonial work settings. Implications for contemporary organizations and professional identity in postcolonial societies such as India are discussed.

The Good Doctor

The Good Doctor