The City as a "Space of Opportunity": Urban Indigenous Experiences and Community Safety Partnerships

Alternate Title
National Research Conference on Urban Aboriginal Peoples, 2011
Well-being in the Urban Aboriginal Community: [Fostering Biimaadiziwin]
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Vivien Carli
Description
Discusses challenges faced by Indigenous populations and identifies some of the local, national and international initiatives underway to address these issues. Excerpt from Well-being in the Urban Aboriginal Community: Fostering Biimaadiziwin edited by David Newhouse, Kevin FitzMaurice, Tricia McGuire-Adams, and Daniel Jetté. Originally presented at the 2011 National Research Conference on Urban Aboriginal Peoples.
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Civil Claims for Uncivilized Acts: Filing Suit Against the Government for American Indian Boarding School Abuses

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Andrea A. Curcio
Hastings Race & Poverty Law Journal, vol. 4, no. 1, 2006-2007, pp. 45-129
Description
Brief overview of government policies aimed at eradicating Native Americans, discussion of how schools fit into achieving these goals, and possibilities for achieving redress through litigation.
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The Civil War and Reconstruction in Indian Territory

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Melanie Kendall Toth
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 3, no. 2, 2016, pp. 134-135
Description
Book review of: The Civil War and Reconstruction in Indian Territory edited by Bradley R. Clampitt.
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The Civil War on the Northern Plains: John Pope's Military Policies against the Sioux in the Department of the Northwest, 1862-65

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Michael Burns
Great Plains Quarterly, vol. 38, no. 1, Winter, 2018, pp. 77-103
Description
Argues that as Pope gained a greater understanding of the situation in the Northern Plains, he moved from an attitude of extermination to a desire to provide fair treatment of the "defeated" population.
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The Civilian as Indian Agent: Villain or Victim?

Articles » General
Author/Creator
William E. Unrau
The Western Historical Quarterly, vol. 3, no. 4, October 1972, pp. 405-420
Description
Traces the attitudes toward the Bureau of Indian Affairs in the late 19th century.
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Civilizing an Indian: A Story by Melvin Begaye

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Melvin Begaye
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 10, no. 3, May 1971, pp. [10-13]
Description
Fiction by a creative writing student from a mission school.
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Claiming Europe: Native American Literary Responses to the Old World

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lee Schweninger
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 27, no. 2, 2003, pp. 61-76
Description
Discusses writers that have chosen to challenge mainstream conceptions of what constitutes Indian literature by offering Native American critiques of Europe.
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Claiming Kin

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
David Chang
American Quarterly, vol. 58, no. 4, December 2006, pp. 1191-1198
Description
Book review of: Ties That Bind: The Story of an Afro-Cherokee Family in Slavery and Freedom by Tiya Miles.
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Claims to Native Identity in Children’s Literature

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Debbie Reese
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 43, no. 4, Fraud in Native American Communities: Essays in Honor of Suzan Shown Harjo, 2019, pp. 123-132
Description
Discusses successful children's writers that falsely claim Indigenous ancestry and the effect their success had on maintaining stereotypes that fit the popular conception of what constitutes an Indigenous person. The four of the writers profiled are: Jamake Highwater Anpao, Paul Goble, Sharon Creech, and Asa Carter.
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Clan and Moiety in Native America

Alternate Title
University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology ; v.33, no.4
E-Books
Author/Creator
Ronald L. Olson
Description
Part of: University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, vol. 33, (pp351-422).
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"Clash of Cultures" as Euphemism: Avoiding History at the Little Bighorn

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Timothy Braatz
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 28, no. 4, 2004, pp. 107-130
Description
A deconstruction of the phrase 'clash of cultures' to show how it hides more than it reveals, oversimplifies issues, disregards the historical realities and why the phrase is used and implications of its use.
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The Clash of Two Cultures in Ceremony

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Tereza Střižová
Description
Examines novel Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko. English Language and Literature Thesis (B.A.)--Masaryk University, 2013.
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A Class Divided

Alternate Title
Frontline ; March 26, 1985
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Jane Elliott
Charlie Cobb
William Peters
Description
Original documentary was about a two-day exercise in discrimination. Third grade students were divided into two groups, the blue-eyed and the brown-eyed. The first day one group was told they were better than the others and received special privileges; the next day the roles were reversed. Includes additional links to follow-up documentary, interviews with producer and teacher, teacher's guide and frequently asked questions.
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A Class Divided Study Guide

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Duane Dickey]
Description
For use with film about an exercise in discrimination conducted with a Grade 3 class. High school-level lesson plan.
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Clear Waters: A Conversation with Louis Owens

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
John Purdy
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 10, no. 2, Series 2; [Special Issue on] Louis Owens, Summer, 1998, pp. 6-22
Description
Interview with the author of Wolfsong and Other Destin[i]es: Understanding the American Indian Novel. Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
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Client and Provider Views on Access to Care For Substance-Using American Indians: Perspectives From a Northern Plains Urban Clinic

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Frankie Kropp
Maurine Lilleskov
Jennifer Richards
Eugene Somoza
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 21, no. 2, 2014, pp. 43-64
Description
Looks at barriers to treatment services reported by focus group and provides recommendations from clients and providers.
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Climate Change and Indigenous Peoples: A Synthesis of Current Impacts and Experiences

Alternate Title
General Technical Report ; PNW-GTR-944
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Kathryn Norton-Smith
Kathy Lynn
Karletta Chief
Karen Cozzetto

Jamie Donatuto ... [et al.]
Description
Looks at research pertaining to impacts of climate change and strategies for adaptation and mitigation in the areas of sovereignty and self-determination, culture and cultural identity, Indigenous community health indicators, and economies and livelihoods.
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Cline

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sherman Alexie
Callaloo, vol. 17, no. 1, Native America Literatures , Winter, 1994, p. 17
Description
Short comment by Sherman Alexie regarding Patsy Cline and the local Tribal school.
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The Clinical Course of Alcoholism in 243 Mission Indians

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Cindy L. Ehlers
Tamara L. Wall
Michelle Betancourt
David A. Gilder
American Journal of Psychiatry, vol. 161, no. 7, July 2004, pp. 1204-1210
Description

Explores alcoholism by determining symptoms and direction of alcoholism based on gender and heritage; pattern of drinking; and documenting the "aging-out' phenomenon.

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Clinical Management of Type 2 Diabetes in Indigenous Youth

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Elizabeth AC. Sellers
Kelly Moore
Heather J. Dean
Pediatric Clinics of North America, vol. 56, no. 6, Health Issues in Indigenous Children: An Evidence Based Approach for the General Pediatrician, December 2009, pp. 1441-1459
Description
Lists key recommendations relating to issues pertaining to Type 2 diabetes.
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Close Encounters: Lessons From an Indigenous MBA Program

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Daniel Stewart
Molly B. Pepper
Journal of Management Education, vol. 35, no. 1, February 2011, pp. 66-83
Description
Describes the unique elements of program including cohort system, on-line and on-campus courses, and culturally appropriate curriculum changes.
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Close Your Eyes and Then Listen to Their Words

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Carol J. Ellick
Current Anthropology, vol. 52, no. 5, October 2011, pp. 759-761
Description
Book review of: The Magic Children: Racial Identity at the End of the Age of Race by Roger Echo-Hawk.
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A Closer Look at TESL on the Reservations

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Yvonne J. Weaver
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 6, no. 2, January 1967, pp. [26-31]
Description
Identifies nine challenges specific to Navajo students learning English.
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[Closing Remarks and Songs]

Alternate Title
[Patterns of Health and Wellbeing: an Intercultural Symposium ; 10]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
[Katsi Cook
Gwyneira Isaac
Beverly Cook]
Description
Webcast presentation of the closing of the Patterns of Health and Wellbeing Symposium. Duration: 14:11.
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