Cardiovascular Disease in Navajo Indians with Type 2 Diabetes

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Wendy Hoy
Amy Light
Donald Megill
Public Health Reports, vol. 110, no. 1, January-February 1995, pp. 87-94
Description
Genetic predisposition, changes in diet and activity found to contribute to Navajo peoples susceptibility to diabetes, which is complicated by renal and cardiovascular disease.
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Cardiovascular Disease Research in Native Americans

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Valerie S. Eschiti
Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, vol. 20, no. 3, May-June 2005, pp. 155-161
Description
Study shows a high level of risk, a high prevalence and high mortality from cardiovascular disease (CVD). In 1992 CVD in Aboriginal Americans exceeded the rates for all other races, regardless of age; also examines cultural factors that play a role in the health disparities.
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Career Dilemmas Among Diné (Navajo) College Graduates: An Exploration of the Dinétah (Navajo Nation) Brain Drain

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
James McKenzie
Aaron P. Jackson
Robert Yazzie
Steven A. Smith
Amber K. Crotty ... [et al.]
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 4, no. 4, Educational Pathways of Indigenous Learners, 2013, pp. 1-17
Description
Explores the experiences of 28 Navajos who completed a post-secondary education, but choose not to return to the reserve.
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Caregiving Among Racial and Ethnic Minority Elders

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
S. A. Lockery
Generations, vol. 15, no. 4, Fall/Winter, September 1, 1991, pp. 58-62
Description
Examines diversity in intergenerational families and social support patterns that affect the care of older generations.
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Caregiving in Indian Country: Tribes Supporting Family Traditions

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jeanne Alongi
Maggie Moore
William F. Benson
Description
Topics include long-term care both generally and in "Indian country", eligibility for services, caregiver issues, needs, identity, and support unique to Native Americans, and program funding
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Caribou, Petroleum, and the Limits of Locality in the Canada-US Borderlands

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jenny Kerber
American Review of Canadian Studies, vol. 45, no. 3, The Nature of Canadian Studies in the United States, 2015, pp. 332-345
Description
Discusses Karsten Heuer's book Being Caribou and how the herd migration undertakes several forms of boundary crossing between countries and species.
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Carlisle Indian Industrial School (1879 - 1918)

Web Sites » Personal
Author/Creator
Barbara Landis
Genevieve Bell
Description
Website contains the history, general information & resources on the Carlisle Indian Industrial School with links to other useful websites.
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Carlos Montezuma’s Fight against “Bureauism”: An Unexpected Pima Hero

Alternate Title
American Indian Quarterly ; vol. 37, no. 3, Summer 2013
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David Martínez
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 25, no. 2, The Society of American Indians and Its Legacies, Summer, 2013, pp. 311-330
Description
Describes his efforts on behalf of the Arizona communities of Fort McDowell and Salt River, and his opposition to Bureau of Indian Affairs and the reservation system. Special combined issue of Studies in American Indian Literatures and American Indian Quarterly. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 311.
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Carter in Space

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Eric Gary Anderson
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 15, no. 1, Series 2; [Special Issue in Honor of Carter Revard], Spring, 2003, pp. [26]-31
Description
Explores the author's use of space, in an intellectual, astronomical, atmospheric and geographical sense, and illustrates this by focusing on the poem An Eagle Nation and the essay How Columbus Fell from the Sky and Lighted Up Two Continents. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
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Carter Revard: A Selected Bibliography

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 15, no. 1, Series 2; [Special Issue in Honor of Carter Revard], Spring, 2003, pp. [139]-149
Description
Lists books, essays, interviews, short stories, publications in which poems have appeared, works about the author, etc. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
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Carter Revard as Auto-Ethnographer

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Suzanne Evertsen Lundquist
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 15, no. 1, Series 2; [Special Issue in Honor of Carter Revard], Spring, 2003, pp. [67]-73
Description
Discusses the key elements in author's work which demonstrate the formulation of his sense of self and personal identity. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
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Carter Revard in Cyberspace: An E-mail Sampler

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Bob Nelson
Patrice Hollrah
Pat Onion
Lauren Stuart Muller
Maggie Dwyer
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 15, no. 1, Series 2; [Special Issue in Honor of Carter Revard], Spring, 2003, pp. [109]-138
Description
Selection of correspondence, with Carter Revard, chosen by five recipients. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
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Cartographic Review of Indian Land Tenure and Territoriality: A Schematic Approach

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Imre Sutton
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 26, no. 2, 2002, pp. 63-114
Description
Comments on the large number of individual government reports that contain useful maps depicting Native American lands. The article also points out that because no one has sorted, classified, or indexed the many maps that come before the Indian Claims Commission and the Federal Claims Court (formerly the Court of Claims), treaty translation and wording are made more difficult.
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The Case of Boarding Schools in the United States of America

Alternate Title
Indigenous Peoples' Access to Justice, Including Truth and Reconciliation Processes
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Denise K. Lajimodiere
Andrea Carmen
Description
Looks at the purposes of the National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition. Chapter 17 from Indigenous Peoples' Access to Justice, Including Truth and Reconciliation Processes edited by Wilton Littlechild and Elsa Stamatopoulou.
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Case Study of the Development of the 1998 Tribal State Agreement in Minnesota

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Evelyn Campbell
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 5, no. 2, 2010, pp. 45-52
Description
Discusses the history of the American Indian women who initiated legislative changes to the Indian Child Welfare Act, and looks at recommendations to address the problems associated with the lack of compliance to current legislation across Canada and the United States.
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A Case Study: Self-Determination and Indian Education

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David Adams
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 13, no. 2, January 1974, pp. [21-27]
Description
Defines and offers a history of self-determination, and cites Rough Rock Demonstration School as the first Native American controlled school.
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