Great Plains Research, Spring 2011, Vol. 21, No. 1 (complete issue)

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\u27s 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\u27s 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\u27s 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 NEWS AND NOTES