Challenging Racism in Higher Education: Promoting Justice

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Michael W. Simpson
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 17, no. 4, Reforming Our Schools, Native Style, Summer, 2006
Description
Book review of: Challenging Racism in Higher Education: Promoting Justice by Mark Chesler, Amanda Lewis, and James Crowfoot.
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Chance and Ritual: The Gambler in the Texts of Gerald Vizenor

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nora Barry
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 5, no. 3, Series 2, Fall, 1993, pp. 13-22
Description
Looks at how the mythic process is a part of everyday reality in Vizenor's works. Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
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Chanco

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Charles Brashears
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 2, no. 2, Series 2: New Native American Writing, Summer, 1990, pp. 34-42
Description
Short story. Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
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Change in Ojibwa (Chippewa) Dress, 1820-1980

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Cynthia R. Jasper
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 12, no. 4, 1988, pp. 17-37
Description
Chronicles the changes of unique forms of dress using seven periods within the study time frame, including paintings up to 1857 and after that, photographs.
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Changemakers Lesson Plans: Remote Learning

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Illuminative
Description

Lesson plans focus on Native Americans who are fighting invisibility and creating change through their work, contributions from the past, and current actions which will impact the future.

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Changes in American Indian Education: A Historical Retrospective for Educators in the United States

Alternate Title
ERIC Digest ; 314228
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jon Reyhner
Description
By understanding the historical circumstances of education, paper aims to find solutions to unique cultural problems for American Indians such as equality of educational opportunity, local autonomy, community involvement, curriculum development and general schooling practices.
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Changes in Childbirth Knowledge

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
R. Cruz Begay
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 28, no. 3/4, The Recovery of Indigenous Knowledge, Summer/Autumn, 2004, pp. 550-565
Description
Presents Navajo traditions associated with giving birth.
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Changes in Navajo Mortuary Practices and Beliefs

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mary Shepardson
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 4, no. 4, A Special Symposium Issue on Navajo Mortuary Practices and Beliefs, 1978, pp. 383-395
Description
A reflection on the impact of institutional changes in Navajo mortuary practices from traditional to more Christian.
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Changes in Physical Activity Barriers among American Indian Elders: A Pilot Study​

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Craig N. Sawchuk
Joan E. Russo
Peter Roy-Byrne
Jack Goldberg
Ralph Forquera
Dedra Buchwald
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 24, no. 1, 2017, pp. 127-140
Description
Sample of 36 elders participated in six-week study which compared results from monitoring with pedometer only to pedometer plus instruction in setting weekly step-count goals.
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Changing and Diverse Roles of Women in American Indian Cultures

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Teresa D. LaFromboise
Anneliese M. Heyle
Emily J. Ozer
Sex Roles, vol. 22, no. 7/8, April 1990, pp. 455-476
Description
Comments on traditional and contemporary sex roles of Native American women and the strength that arises when both are brought together.
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Changing Burial Practices of the Western Navajo: A Consideration of the Relationship between Attitudes and Behavior

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jerrold E. Levy
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 4, no. 4, A Special Symposium Issue on Navajo Mortuary Practices and Beliefs, 1978, pp. 397-405
Description
A discussion about educational, financial and spiritual changes in the Navajo lifestyle that has led to changes in Navajo beliefs and culture. However, these markers alone are not sufficient enough to prove the presence or absence of specifics beliefs and further research is required.
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Changing Debates in Museum Studies since NAGPRA

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Max Carocci
Transmotion, vol. 4, no. 1, Red Readings, April 25, 2018, pp. 127-132
Description
Review Essay which examines the ways that three different titles, Naamiwan’s Drum: the Story of a Contested Repatriation of Anishinabe Artefacts (Maureen Matthews), The Changing Presentation of the American Indian: Museums and Native Cultures (National Museum of the American Indian), and Plundered Skulls and Stolen Spirits: Inside the Fight to Reclaim Native America’s Culture (Chip Colwell) describe, interpret and relate to the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA).
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The Changing Face of HIV/AIDS Among Native Populations

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Irene Vernon
Pamela Jumper-Thurman
Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, vol. 37, no. 3, Faces of HIV/AIDS and Sustance Abuse in Native American Communities, September 2005, pp. 247-255
Description
Examines some of the biological, social, and economic variables related to HIV/AIDS; and discusses the need for Native-specific programs and interventions.
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Changing Hands 3: CONNECTIONS: Contemporary Native Art in Context

Alternate Title
[Changing Hands CONNECTIONS: We are Here]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Robert Houle
George Longfish
Sarah Sense
Jeffrey Gibson
Kent Monkman
Skawennati Fragnito
Description
Panelists discusses their work and the current artistic environment. Followed by question and answer period. Duration: 1:57:31.
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Changing Patterns of Health and Effective Fertility among the Northern Cheyenne of Montana, 1886-1903

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Gregory R. Campbell
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 15, no. 3, American Indian Family History, Summer, 1991, pp. 339-358
Description
Author challenges the assumption that population growth among Indigenous people during the early reservation period was an indicator of the success of the reservation health care system. Argues that maternal/infant health is a better indicator and considers the Northern Cheyenne people as an ethnohistorical example.
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Changing Planet, Common Ground

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Mary Annette Pember
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 23, no. 2, Climate Commitment, Winter, 2011
Description
Report titled "Climate Change and Pacific Rim Indigenous Nations" presents findings indicating that Native Communities feel the impacts of climate change first.
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The Changing Role of the Chief on a California Indian Reservation

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Virginia P. Miller
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 13, no. 4, The California Indians, Autumn, 1989, pp. 447-455
Description
Historical overview of the evolution of Yuki tribal chiefs from precontact to the acculturation era of the late nineteenth century.
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Chapter 4: Mental Health Care for American Indians and Alaska Natives

Alternate Title
Mental Health: Culture, Race and Ethnicity
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Department of Health and Human Services
U.S. Public Health Service
Description
Looks at historical and current social context, provides overview of mental health issues and discusses whether needs are being met by the system. Excerpt from: Mental Health: Culture, Race, and Ethnicity: A Supplement to Mental Health: A Report of the Surgeon General by the Department of Health and Human Services, U.S. Public Health Service.
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A Chapter Closed?

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
America Meredith
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 43, no. 4, Fraud in Native American Communities, 2019, pp. 37-40
Description
The author examines the creation of the Jimmie Durham: At the Center of the World exhibit at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles, California, his supporters questioning of tribal denial of his claim to Cherokee ancestry and its importance regarding Indigenous identity and sovereignty.
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A Chapter in the Literature of the Fur Trade

Alternate Title
Papers of the Bibliographic Society of America ; v. 5
E-Books
Author/Creator
Lawrence J. Burpee
Description

Reprinted from v. 5 of the Papers of the Bibliographic Society of America, Chicago 1911.

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Characteristics of American Indian and Alaska Native Education: Results From the 1990-91 and 1993-94 Schools and Staffing Surveys

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
D. Michael Pavel
Thomas R. Curtin
Summer D. Whitener
Equity & Excellence in Education, vol. 31, no. 1, Special Issue, 1998, pp. 48-54
Description
Highlights chapters from the National Center for Education Statistics of the U.S. Department of Education report on school districts, schools, principals, teachers and students.
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Characteristics of Indigenous Primary Health Care Service Delivery Models: A Systematic Scoping Review

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Stephen G. Harfield
Carol Davy
Alexa McArthur
Zachary Munn
Alex Brown
Ngiare Brown
Globalization and Health, vol. 14, no. 1, December 2018, p. article 12
Description
Database search of literature published between September 1978 and May 2015 produced 62 appropriate studies. Interdependence was evident between all of the eight characteristics: accessible health services, community participation, continuous quality improvement, culturally appropriate and skilled workforce, flexible approach to care, holistic health care, and self-determination and empowerment.
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Charles Alexander Eastman's From the Deep Woods to Civilization and the Shaping of Native Manhood

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Peter L. Bayers
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 20, no. 3, Fall, 2008, pp. 52-73
Description
Comments on Eastman's work, From the Deep Woods to Civilization, and his notion that Aboriginals had little choice but to assimilate into white society if they were to survive. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 52.
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Charles Alexander Eastman: Sioux Storyteller and Historian

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Anna Lee Stensland
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 3, no. 3, Autumn, 1977, pp. 199-208
Description
Examines the cultural and historical relevance of Santee Sioux author Eastman's autobiography and short stories and the criticisms that have been made about their accuracy.
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Charles Eastman's Life and Work

Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
World Wisdom
Description
Includes links to biography of the Dakota physician and writer, comments on his life and work, bibliography and excerpts from his writings, photos and slideshows.
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