Delaware Identity in the Cherokee Nations

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Claudia Haake
Indigenous Nations Studies Journal, vol. 3, no. 2, Spring, 2002, pp. 19-45
Description
Looks at the history of the Delaware tribe and the survival of their identity within the Cherokee Nation.
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Delaware Tribe in a Cherokee Nation

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Renee Cramer
American Anthropologist, vol. 113, no. 1, March 2011, pp. 162-191
Description
Book review of: Delaware Tribe in a Cherokee Nation by Brice Obermeyer. All book reviews on one pdf. To access review, scroll down to appropriate page [181].
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The Delicate Dance of Reasoning and Togetherness

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kristina Fagan
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 20, no. 2, 2008, pp. 77-101
Description
Discussion of the book, Reasoning Together: The Native Critics Collection, which the author considers a very important theoretical work, contains essays by Indigenous literary critics. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 77.
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Demographic Profile of Indian Country

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
NCAI Policy Research Center
Description
Looks at population, tribal economies, tribal lands, public safety and security, energy on tribal lands, housing and infrastructure, forestry, health disparities, and education.
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Demonstrating the Process of Community Innovation: The Indian Country Methamphetamine Initiative

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
R. Dale Walker
Douglas A. Bigelow
Jessica Hope LePak
Michelle J. Singer
Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, vol. 43, no. 4, Growing Roots: Native American Evidence-Based Practices, October-December 2011, pp. 325-330
Description
Looks at initiative involving activities, individual and family treatment programs, public education and community mobilization, and law enforcement strategies using logic models.
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Dennis of Wounded Knee

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Gerald Vizenor
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 7, no. 2, Spring, 1983, pp. 51-65
Description
Sums up Anishinaabe mix blood Dennis Banks' trial in regards to his participation at the occupation at Wounded Knee in 1973.
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Depictions of White Children in Captivity Narratives

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Elise Marienstras
American Studies International, vol. 40, no. 3, October 2002, pp. 33-45
Description
Looks into captivity stories where infants and children are highlighted and the focal point of the story.
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Depressed Affect and Historical Loss Among North American Indigenous Adolescents

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Les B. Whitbeck
Melissa L. Walls
Kurt D. Johnson
Allan D. Morrisseau
Cindy M. McDougall
American Indian & Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 16, no. 3, 2009, pp. 16-41
Description
Study shows the long term effects that government policy has had on Indigenous people, particularly the youth.
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Depressive and Suicidal Symptoms in Indian School Children: Findings From the Flower of Two Soils

Alternate Title
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, [Monograph No. 4, pp. 81-96]
Calling From the Rim: Suicidal Behavior Among American Indian and Alaska Native Adolescents ; Part 2, Clinical and Developmental Considerations
[Centers for American Indian and Alaska Native Health] ; Monograph 4, 1994
Articles » General
Author/Creator
William H. Sack
Morton Beiser
Gloria Baker-Brown
Roy Redshirt
Description
Delves into an epidemiologic study of depression and suicide in Native American adolescents. Article located by scrolling to page 81.
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Desecration of the Dead: An Inter-Religious Controversy

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ronald L. Grimes
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 10, no. 4, Autumn, 1986, pp. 305-318
Description
Looks at the conflicting attitudes between archeologists and Indigenous people regarding the excavation of Indigenous burial sites.
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Design and Statistical Analysis for the Pathways Study1-3

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
C.E. Davis
Sally Hunsberger
David M. Murray
Richard R. Fabsitz
John H. Himes ... [et al.]
The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, vol. 69, no. 4, April 1999, pp. 760S-763S
Description
Overview of school based intervention program for prevention of obesity in American Indian children using food service, physical activity, classroom curriculum, and family participation.
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Designing Among the Navajo: Ethnoaesthetics in Weaving

Alternate Title
[Textile Society of America Symposium Proceedings]
[Textiles as Primary Sources]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ann Lane Hedlund
Description
Contends that weaving has an important place in the Navajo religion and that it continues to evolve and change with the times.
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Designing and Teaching an Introduction to Federal Indian Law

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Wynema Morris
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 27, no. 2, American Indian Law, Winter, November 8, 2015, pp. [28-29, 7]
Description
Briefly discusses various aspects of a course on Federal Indian Law taught through the Native American Studies Department at Nebraska Indian Community College.
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Desire, Settler Colonialism, and the Racialized Cowboy

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Beenash Jafri
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 37, no. 2, The Settler Complex, 2013, pp. 73-86
Description
Examines the film Indian Cowboy to demonstrate how the desire to access settler subjectivity is expressed by racialized subjects.
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Despotic Dominion: Property Rights in British Settler Societies

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Kim Klein
American Review of Canadian Studies, vol. 36, no. 3, Autumn, 2006, p. 498
Description
Book review of: Despotic Dominion: Property Rights in British Settler Societies edited by John McLaren, A. R. Buck, Nancy E. Wright. Scroll to page 507 to access book review.
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Determinants of Racial Misclassification in COVID-19 Mortality Data: The Role of Funeral Directors and Social Context

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Andrew Kalweit
Marc Clark
Jamie Ishcomer-Aazami
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 44, no. 3, COVID-19 and Indigenous Peoples: Tools to Promote Equity and Best Practices, 2020, pp. 15-36
Description
Describes the determinants of misidentification on death certificates, discusses them in relation to changes in the funeral industry, death registration process, and social context during the pandemic, and expected impacts of changes and opportunities for prevention.
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Detours Homeward: Indigenizing the Road Movie

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Wendy Gay Pearson
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 31, no. 1, 2011, pp. 139-159
Description
Comments on three Indigenous films, based on the road metaphor which speaks against a dominant Western viewpoint.
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Deux musées pour un héritage: Les collections unangax̂ de l’île d’Unga

Alternate Title
Deux musees pour un heritage: Les collections unangax de l’ile d’Unga
Two Museums for a Heritage: Unangax Collections from Unga Island
Two Museums for a Heritage: Unangax̂ Collections from Unga Island
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Marie-Amélie Salabelle
Claire Alix
Allison Y. McLain
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 42, no. 1, Arctic Collections and Museology: Presentations, Disseminations, and Interpretations, 2018, pp. 179-207
Description
Article discusses the artifacts and objects collected by Alphonse Pinart and William Dell from Unga Island burial caves; authors look at the provenance of the objects, which are now divided between Château-Musée de Boulogne-sur-Mer (France) and the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History, and the potential for additional study.
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Developing a Tribal Health Sovereignty Model for Obesity Prevention

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Derek Jennings
Meg M. Little
Michelle Johnson-Jennings
Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action, vol. 12, no. 3, Fall, 2018, pp. 353-362
Description
Examines how Indigenous communities can identify barriers and facilitators to lower American Indigenous childhood obesity.
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