The Diabetic Plague in Indian Country: Legacy of Displacement

Alternate Title
The Diabetic Plague in Indian Country
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lorelei De Cora
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 16, no. 1, Spring, 2001, pp. 9-15
Description
Examines the possible causes and contributors to the high rate of diabetes in Native American communities.
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Diane Glancy: A Hunger for Many Voices

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Laura Tisdel
Diane Glancy
Red Cedar Review, vol. 38, 2003, pp. 75-82
Description
Interview with an author, of Cherokee and German descent, who is a prolific poet, playwright, and novelist.
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Dibaajimowin: The Art of Storytelling

Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Dibaajimowin
Description
Website created as an educational tool for teaching about the history, culture and language of the Métis and Ojibwe people through stories and other information.
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Dickinson College Builds Carlisle Indian Industrial School Resource Center

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Malinda Triller Doran
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 1, no. 2, Fall, 2014, pp. 149-150
Description
Looks at building a searchable database that will provide information about a specific student, tribal affiliations or outing assignments.
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Dietary Intakes of Native American Children: Findings From the Pathways Feasibility Study

Alternate Title
Dietary Intakes of Native American Children Findings from the Pathways Feasibility Study
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Leslie A. Lytle
Lori Beth Dixon
Leslie Cunningham-Sabo
Marguerite Evans
Joel Gittelsohn
Joanne Hurley
Pat Snyder
June Stevens
Judy Weber
Jean Anliker
Karen Hellee
Mary Story
Journal of the American Dietetic Association, vol. 102, no. 4, April 2002, pp. 555-559
Description
Findings revealed the nutritional intake of Native American children was similar to other groups of children in the United Sates.
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Differences in Asthma Prevalence between Samples of American Indian and Alaska Native Children

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
James W. Stout
Lisa C. White
Gregory J. Redding
Barbara H. Morray
Patricia E. Martinez ... [et al.]
Public Health Reports, vol. 116, no. 1, January-February 2001, pp. 51-57
Description
Compares AI/AN school students, ages 11-16, from three tribal schools in a metropolitan area to students in non-metropolitan area in Alaska.
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Differential Temporal and Spatial Preservation of Archaeological Sites in a Great Lakes Coastal Zone

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
William A. Lovis
G. William Monaghan
Alan F. Arbogast
Steven L. Forman
American Antiquity, vol. 77, no. 3, July 2012, pp. 591-608
Description
Article cautions on drawing conclusions on coastal dune zones specifically or generally due to the inferential problems caused by lack of preservation of these sites.
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Digging for Identity: Reflections on the Cultural Background of Collecting

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Curtis M. Hinsley
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 20, no. 2, Repatriation: An Interdisciplinary Dialogue, Spring, 1996, pp. 180-196
Description
Author examines and discusses the narrative of a civilization—the Moundbuilders of America—that inhabited the Mississippi River valley prior to contemporary Indigenous peoples.
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Digital Ethics and Reconciliation: Digital Ethics Report

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Karine St-Onge
Description
Report offers 26 recommendations for library staff and researchers seeking to decolonize their services in regards to collaborative research with Indigenous communities, the products of that research, and previously acquired archival materials. Multiple case studies included; majority are Canadian, but also includes cases from Australia, New Zealand, Latin America, and the United States.
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Digitizing Cherokee Culture: Libraries, Students, and the Reservation

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Timothy B. Powell
MELUS, vol. 30, no. 2, Pedagogy, Praxis, Politics, and Multiethnic Literatures, Summer, 2005, pp. [79]-98
Description
Uses the example of the University of Georgia's project to preserve, archive and interpret culture to illustrate opportunities and problems associated with using technology to provide access to historical materials.
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Dildos, Hummingbirds, and Driving Her Crazy: Searching for American Indian Women's Love Poetry

Alternate Title
Dildos, Hummingbirds, and Driving Her Crazy
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Deborah A. Miranda
Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies, vol. 23, no. 2, 2002, pp. 135-149
Description
Argues that there are American Indian authors, writers, and poets, often unrecognized, and that there are very few courses to take that cover their works.
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Dimensions of Indian Education

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Duane Mackey
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 15, no. 1, October 1975, pp. [8-12]
Description
Describes four aspects of Native American education processes.
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Dimensions of Native American Stereotyping

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jeffery R. Hanson
Linda P. Rouse
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 11, no. 4, 1987, pp. 33-58
Description
Seeks to add to the understanding of current stereotypes through the use of survey sampling and quantitative measuring instruments.
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The Diminishment of the Great Sioux Reservation: Treaties, Tricks, and Time

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Alan L. Neville
Alyssa Kaye Anderson
Great Plains Quarterly, vol. 33, no. 4, Fall, 2013, pp. 237-251
Description
Looks at several treaties and acts which all contributed to loss of land belonging to the Sioux: Fort Laramie Treaty of 1851; Homestead Act of 1862; Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868; Act of 1877; Allotment Act of 1886; Act of 1889 and Wheeler-Howard Act; Pick-Sloan Flood Control Act of 1944; Indian Land Consolidation Act.
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Diné Clans and Climate Change: A Historical Lesson for Land Use Today

Alternate Title
Dine Clans and Climate Change: A Historical Lesson for Land Use Today
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Klara Kelley
Harris Francis
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 43, no. 1, 2019, pp. 55-82
Description
Authors describes the Diné system of clans and kinship, and suggest that rooted as it is in an ethic of universal relatedness, it might hold solutions for dealing with environmental and political instability.
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Diné (Navajo) Healer Perspectives on Commercial Tobacco Use in Ceremonial Settings: An Oral Story Project to Promote Smoke-Free Life

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jamie Wilson
Samantha Sabo
Carmenlita Chief
Hershel Clark
Alfred Yazzie ... [et al.]
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 26, no. 1, 2019, pp. 63-78
Description
Uses qualitative interviews with healers to discuss the issues associated with maintaining the traditional uses of tobacco in Diné (Navajo) culture while discouraging use of commercial tobacco, and to suggest culturally informed solutions.
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Diné to English Dictionary

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Sterling Martin'
[Delphine McThomas]
[Doris McThomas]
[Frank Morgan]
[Susana Wadgymar] ... [et al.]
Description

Dictionary of biological terms includes literal translation and definition.

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Direct European Immigrant Transmission of Old World Pathogens to Numic Indians during the Nineteenth Century

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Richard W. Stoffle
Kristine L. Jones
Henry F. Dobyns
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 19, no. 2, Spring, 1995, pp. 181-203
Description
Examines the writings of Brigham Young to reconstruct some of the epidemiological events that affected Indigenous people in what is now Utah while was being colonized.
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