Developing an American Indian Studies Program: A View from Ground Zero

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Samuel R. Cook
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 27, no. 4, 2003, pp. 133-145
Description
Focuses on the American Indian Studies (AIS) program at Virginia Tech that has endured by maintaining open lines of communication, honouring tribal advisers and acknowledging those advisers as colleagues.
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Developing an Indigenous Measure of Overall Health and Well-being: The Wicozani Instrument

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Heather J. Peters
Teresa R. Peterson
Dakota Wicohan Community
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 26, no. 2, The Collaborative Research Center for American Indian Health’s Partnership River of Life, 2019, pp. 96-122
Description
Describes the Wicozani Instrument as a 9-item self-report measure that which assesses health and well-being using a holistic, Indigenous world view. Describes two studies in which the validity and reliability of the instrument is verified.
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Developing an Obesity-Cancer Intervention for Workplaces: Indigenous, Native American, Māori and Other Minority Occupational Settings

Alternate Title
Developing an Obesity-Cancer Intervention for Workplaces: Indigenous, Native American, Maori and Other Minority Occupational Settings
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rodney C. Haring
Maui Hudson
Deborah Erwin
Elisa M. Rodriguez
Whitney Ann E. Henry
Marissa Haring
Journal of Indigenous Wellbeing - Te Mauri: Pimatisiwin, vol. 1, no. 1, Healing Our Spirit Worldwide, The Seventh Gathering, August 2016, pp. 68-82
Description
Discusses the process of developing an employee assistance program module which includes cultural features.
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Developing Culturally Sensitive HIV/AIDS and Substance Abuse Prevention Curricula for Native American Youth

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Julie A. Baldwin
Jon E. Rolf
Jeannette Johnson
Jeremy Bowers
Christine Benally
Robert T.Trotter
Journal of School Health, vol. 66, no. 9, November 1996, pp. 322-327
Description
Discusses culturally sensitive approach to curricula development based on three critical processes: selection of integrative theory, use of ethnographic methodology and use of process and outcome evaluations.
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Developing Indigenous Visual Arts Transnationally and Across Genres

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Birgit Daewes
Transmotion, vol. 6, no. 1, Ralph Salisbury, June 21, 2020, pp. 263-271
Description
This review essay uses Visualities 2: More Perspectives on Contemporary American Indian Film and Art edited by Denise K. Cummings to discuss the recent developments in Indigenous films and visual texts.
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Developing Leaders for the 21st Century

Articles » General
Author/Creator
John L. Phillips
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 17, no. 2, Sustainability, Winter, 2005, pp. 28-29
Description
Examines the Leadership Development for the 21st Century: Linking Research, Academics and Extension (LEAD21) program designed to enhance skills and knowledge in leadership competencies.
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Developing Reservation Economies: Native American Teamsters, 1857-1921

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
J. Diane Pearson
Journal of Small Business and Entrepreneurship, vol. 18, no. 2, Spring, 2005, pp. 153-170
Description
Looks at the freight moved by Native American entrepreneurs for government contractors, federal agencies, traders, the military and for private individuals.
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Developing the Tribal Resource Guide and the Poverty and Culture Training: The We RISE (Raising Income, Supporting Education) Study

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rae O’Leary
Lacey A. McCormack
Corrine Huber

Christine W. Hockett
Alli Moran
Jamie Pesicka
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 26, no. 2, The Collaborative Research Center for American Indian Health’s Partnership River of Life, 2019, pp. 134-150
Description
Describes the transdisciplinary approach used to improve social determinants of health for young Indigenous mothers; includes information about the development of the Tribal Resource Guide and the Poverty and Culture Training that was offered to programming staff to increase the capacity to empathize with and serve clients from lower socioeconomic backgrounds or Indigenous communities.
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The Development and Implementation of Gathering Grounds, a Virtual Community of Practice Rooted in Indigenous Praxis

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Danielle Lucero
Rachel Scott
Christina E. Oré
Myra Parker
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 44, no. 3, COVID-19 and Indigenous Peoples: Tools to Promote Equity and Best Practices, 2020, pp. 45-63
Description
The community is a place where people from diverse backgrounds can share knowledge and commitment to improving Indigenous health. Original meeting was cancelled and moved to online due to COVID.
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Development and Piloting of a Brief Intervention for Suicidal American Indian Adolescents

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mary F. Cwik
Lauren Tingey
Angelita Lee
Rosemarie Suttle
Kristin Lake ... [et al.]
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 23, no. 1, 2016, pp. 105-124
Description
Community driven approach on a small (13) sample group indicate interventions do result in a reduction in negative thinking, depression and suicidal thoughts.
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The Development of "New" Languages in Native American Communities

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Anne Goodfellow
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 27, no. 2, 2003, pp. 41-59
Description
Describes the need for a new approach to learning Indigenous languages in the classroom, arguing that programs should emphasize both written and the contemporary local usage of the language.
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The Developmental Cycle of Cheyenne Polygyny

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
John H. Moore
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 15, no. 3, American Indian Family History, Summer, 1991, pp. 311-328
Description
Article examines the structures and functions of polygynist families (arrangements in which one man marries multiple women) and the practice and prevalence of polygyny among Cheyenne people.
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Devils in Disguise: The Carnegie Project, the Cherokee Nation, and the 1960s

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Daniel M. Cobb
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 31, no. 3, Summer, 2007, pp. 465-490
Description
Article discusses the Carnegie English literacy program, the figures involved, its assimilative goals, and the way that the project interacted with the socio-political climate of the time.
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Diabetes and Behavior: American Indian Issues

Alternate Title
American Indian and Alaskan Native Mental Health Research, Monograph No. 1 pp. 94-115
Behavioral Health Issues Among American Indians and Alaska Natives: Explorations on the Frontiers of the Biobehavioral Sciences
[Centers for American Indian and Alaska Native Health] ; Monograph 1, 1988
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Charles J. Pine
Description
Looks at several factors, including heredity and obesity, that are contributing to the diabetes epidemic.
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Diabetes Education in Tribal Schools

Articles » General
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 18, no. 4, Health and Healing, Summer, 2007
Description
Discusses a program which involves eight tribal colleges that are developing a diabetes-based science curriculum for K-12 students.
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Diabetes in Aboriginal Populations

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Riccardo Baschetti
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 162, no. 7, April 4, 2000, p. 969
Description
Argues that prevalence of diabetes is due to diet rather than socioeconomic or genetic factors. Response to letter by John Anderson published in vol. 162, no.1.
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Diabetes in Indian Territory: Revisiting Kelly M. West's Theory of 1940

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Devon A. Mihesuah
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 40, no. 4, 2016, pp. 1-21
Description
Argues that there is a lack of evidence to support researcher's claim that the disease rarely occurred before that date, and the repercussions from dietary changes had begun to appear in certain groups before the Civil War.
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Diabetes in Navajo Youth: Prevalence, Incidence, and Clinical Characteristics: the SEARCH for Diabetes in Youth Study

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Dana Dabelea
Joquetta DeGroat
Carmelita Sorrelman
Marita Glass
Christopher A. Percy
et al.
Diabetes Care, vol. 32, Supplement 2, March 2009, pp. S141-S147
Description
Looks at the prevalence and incidence of diabetes in Navajo youth using data accumulated by the SEARCH for Diabetes in Youth Study.
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Diabetes in Relation to Serum Levels of Polychlorinated Biphenyls and Chlorinated Pesticides in Adult Native Americans

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Neculai Codru
Maria J. Schymura
Serban Negoita
Robert Rej
David O. Carpenter
The Akwesasne Task Force on the Environment
Environmental Health Perspectives, vol. 115, no. 10, October 2007, pp. 1442-1447
Description
Investigates association between diabetes and serum levels of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene (DDE), hexachlorobenzene (HCB) in the adult Mohawk population.
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Diabetes Outcomes in the Indian Health System During the Era of the Special Diabetes Program for Indians and Government Performance and Results Act

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Charlton Wilson
Susan Gilliland
Theresa Cullen
Kelly Moore
Yvette Roubideaux
Lorraine Valdez
William Vanderwagen
Kelly Acton
American Journal of Public Health, vol. 95, no. 9, September 2005, pp. 1518-1522
Description
Estimates the quality of care in the (United States) Indian Health Service (IHS) health care delivery system.
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A Diabetes Prevention Assessment Tool for American Indians

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Christopher A. Taylor
Kathryn S. Keim
Dale R. Fuqua
Christine A. Johnson
Preventing Chronic Disease, vol. 2, no. 4, October 2005
Description
Study of surveys from 185 adult American Indians not living on reservations to identify perceptions related to health and diabetes.
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Diabetes-Related Mortality among American Indians and Alaska Natives, 1990-2009

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Pyone Cho
Linda S. Geiss
Nilka Ríos Burrows
Diana L. Roberts
Ann K. Bullock ... [et al.]
American Journal of Public Health, vol. 104, no. S3, Supplement 3, June 2014, pp. S496-S503
Description
Uses death certificate data linked to Indian Health Services patient registration records to find AI/AN deaths due to diabetes the age group of 20 years and older.
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A Diabetes Self-Management Program Designed for Urban American Indians

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sarah Castro
Mary O'Toole
Carol Brownson
Kimberly Plessel
Laura Schauben
Preventing Chronic Disease, vol. 6, no. 4, October 2009, p. article A131
Description
Presents research conducted on 255 adults with type 2 diabetes participating in the Full Circle Diabetes Program.
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Diabetes-Specific Genetic Effects on Obesity Traits in American Indian Populations: The Strong Heart Family Study

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nora Franceschini
Laura Almasy
Jean W. MacCluer
Harald H. H. Göring
Shelley A. Cole
et al.
BMC Medical Genetics, vol. 9, October 2008, pp. 1471-2350
Description
Results of the Strong Heart Family Study suggest distinct genetic effects on body mass in individuals with diabetes compared to non-diabetics and a possible role for one or more genes on chromosome I in the pathogenesis of obesity.
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