Great Plains Studies, Center for
Date of this Version
Spring 2011
Abstract
Workplace Religious Accommodation for Muslims and the Promise of State Constitutionalism • Peter J. Longo and Joan M. Blauwkamp . 3
Using Euro-American Hunting Data to Assess Western Great Plains Biogeography, 1806-35 • Cody Newton . 17
The Political Consequences of Population Consolidation in Nebraska • Diane L. Duffin . 27
Cottonwood Riparian Site Selection on the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation • Julie A. Thorstenson, Diane H. Rickerl, and Janet H. Gritzner . 39
Do Invasive Riparian Woody Plants Affect Hydrology and Ecosystem Processes? • Julie A. Huddle, Tala Awada, Derrel L. Martin, Xinhua Zhou, Sue Ellen Pegg, and Scott J. Josiah . 49
Estimation of Land Surface Evapotranspiration with a Satellite Remote Sensing Procedure • Ayse Irmak, Ian Ratcliffe, Pariskhit Ranade, Kenneth G. Hubbard, Ramesh K. Singh, Babuarao Kamble, and Jeppe Kjaersgaard . 73
Health and Fertility Implications Related to Seasonal Changes in Kidney Fat Index of White-tailed Jackrabbits in South Dakota • Dustin Schaible and Charles Dieter . 89
Historic and Contemporary Trends of the Conservation Reserve Program and Ring-necked Pheasants in South Dakota • Christopher R. Laingen . 95
BOOK REVIEWS . 105
Phillips, Caroline, and Harry Allen, eds. Bridging the Divide: Indigenous Communities and Archaeology into the 21st Century • Reviewed by Larry J. Zimmerman . 105
Larson, Mary Lou, Marcel Kornfeld, and George C. Frison, eds. Hell Gap: A Stratified Paleoindian Campsite at the Edge of the Rockies • Reviewed by Jack W. Brink . 105
Dingus, Lowell, and Mark A. Norell Barnum Brown: The Man Who Discovered Tyrannosaurus rex. • Reviewed by Donald M. Henderson . 106
Nicholls, Steve Paradise Found: Nature in America at the Time of Discovery • Reviewed by John Herron . 107
Barrow, Mark V, Jr. Nature's Ghosts: Confronting Extinction from the Age of Jefferson to the Age of Ecology • Reviewed by Peter A. Bednekoff . 107
Lovelock, James; Foreword by Martin Rees The Vanishing Face of Gaia: A Final Warning • Reviewed by R.F. Diffendal, Jr . 108
Marchildon, Gregory P., ed. A Dry Oasis: Institutional Adaptation to Climate on the Canadian Plains • Reviewed by Sian Mooney . 109
Armstrong, Christopher, Matthew Evenden, and H.v. Nelles The River Returns: An Environmental History of the Bow •Reviewed by Ted Binnema and David Vogt. . 109
Helzer, Chris The Ecology and Management of Prairies in the Central United States •Reviewed by David J. Gibson . 110
Smith, Daryl, Dave Williams, Greg Houseal, and Kirk Henderson The Tallgrass Prairie Center Guide to Prairie Restoration in the Upper Midwest •Reviewed by Gerry Steinauer . 110
Williams, Dave The Tallgrass Prairie Center Guide to Seed and Seedling Identification in the Upper Midwest •Reviewed by H.L. Hillhouse . 111
Gupta, Ram B., and Ayhan Demirbas Gasoline, Diesel, and Ethanol Biofuels from Grasses and Plants •Reviewed by Adam J. Liska . 112
Reaume, Tom 620 Wild Plants of North America: Fully Illustrated Reviewed by MarkJ. Leoschke . 112
Janovy, John, Jr. Pieces of the Plains: Memories and Predictions from the Heart of America Reviewed by Mark Hammer . 113
Cartron, Jean-Luc E., ed. Raptors of New Mexico Reviewed by Brian A. Millsap . 114
Nigge, Klaus Whooping Crane: Images from the Wild •Reviewed by Paul A. Johnsgard . 114
Hornocker, Maurice, and Sharon Negri, eds. Cougar: Ecology and Conservation •Reviewed by Ora nit Gilad . 115
Popadiuk, Roman The Leadership of George Bush: An Insider's View of the Forty-First President •Reviewed by Caroline Heldman . 115
Flentje, H. Edward, and Joseph A. Aistrup Kansas Politics and Government: The Clash of Political Cultures •Reviewed by Burdett A. Loomis . 116
Miller, J.R. Compact, Contract, Covenant: Aboriginal TreatyMaking in Canada •Reviewed by Sidney L. Harring . 117
Borrows, John Canada's Indigenous Constitution •Reviewed by Signa A. Daum Shanks . 117
Knafla, Louis A., and Haijo Westra, eds. Aboriginal Title and Indigenous Peoples: Canada, Australia, and New Zealand •Reviewed by Dwight Newman . 118
Schick, Carol, and James McNinch, eds. "I Thought Pocahontas Was a Movie": Perspectives on Race/Culture Binaries in Education and Service Professions •Reviewed by Tracy L. Friedel . 119
Work, L. Susan; Foreword by Lindsay G. Robertson The Seminole Nation of Oklahoma: A Legal History •Reviewed by Andrew K. Frank . 119
Meadows, William C. Kiowa Military Societies: Ethnohistory and Ritual •Reviewed by Gregory R. Campbell . 120
Marchildon, Gregory P., ed. Immigration and Settlement, 1870-1939 •Reviewed by Hans Werner . 121
Loewen, Royden, and Gerald Friesen Immigrants in Prairie Cities: Ethnic Diversity in Twentieth-Century Canada •Reviewed by Lori Wilkinson . 121
Swearingen, William Scott, Jr. Environmental City: People, Place, Politics, and the Meaning of Modern Austin •Reviewed by Jonathan R. Wynn . 122
Long, Joshua Weird City: Sense of Place and Creative Resistance in Austin, Texas •Reviewed by Sally Caldwell . 123
Carr, Patrick J., and Maria J. Kefalas Hollowing Out the Middle: The Rural Brain Drain and What It Means for America •Reviewed by Peter F. Korsching . 123
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