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Using Goal Setting and Attainment to Impact Indicators of Health Behavior Change among Young American Indian Women: The We RISE (Raising Income, Supporting Education) Study

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lacey A. McCormack
Rae O’Leary
Alli Moran
Christine W. Hockett
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. 123-133
Description
Study of 60 young Indigenous mothers examines the association between setting and attaining goals and indicators of health behavior change. After six month of intervention it was found that goal attainment was not significantly associated with behavior change despite participants exhibiting confidence in completing goals and increased sense of agency.
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Using Motivational Interviewing to Promote HIV Testing at an American Indian Substance Abuse Treatment Facility

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kevin Foley
Bonnie Duran
Priscilla Morris
Julie Lucero
Yizhou Jiang ... [et al.]
Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, vol. 37, no. 3, Faces of HIV/AIDS and Substance Abuse in Native American Communities, September 2005, pp. 321-329
Description
Study aimed to increase number of individuals able to understand their HIV status through preventative educational presentation and one-on-one counseling.
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Using Physical Education in English Language Practice

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Virginia Tefft

Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 11, no. 1, October 1971, pp. [1-6]
Description
Teaching physical education to Navajo children was a means to bypass the shyness of children and to get them to repeat language patterns loudly and do spontaneous English sentences. Grades 1, 2, and 3.
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Using Reasons for Living to Connect to American Indian Healing Traditions

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Thomas L. Crofoot Graham
Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare, vol. 29, no. 1, Symposium of Native American Wellness, March 2002, pp. [55-75]
Description
Discusses the effectiveness of the RFL questionnaire in assessing youth suicide risk and as a tool for addressing the gap between European therapies and traditional healing.
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Using the Lōkahi Wheel: A Culturally Sensitive Approach to Engage Native Hawaiians in Research Contexts

Alternate Title
Using the Lokahi Wheel: A Culturally Sensitive Approach to Engage Native Hawaiians in Research Contexts
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Tammy Kaho‘olemana Martin
Meripa Godinet
Journal of Indigenous Social Development, vol. 7, no. 2, 2018, pp. 22-40
Description
Authors examine the Lōkahi Wheel’s potential as a culturally sensitive tool for use with families engaged in non-voluntary involvement with Hawai’i’s child welfare system.
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Utilizing Oral Traditions: Some Concerns Raised by Recent Ojibwe Studies; a Review Essay

Alternate Title
Utilizing Oral Traditions: Some Concerns Raised by Recent Ojibwa Studies; a Review Essay
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rebecca Kugel
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 07, no. 3, 1983, pp. 65-75
Description
Discusses challenges involved in collection, interpretation, storage format and access of Ojibwe oral traditions.
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Vaccine Preventable Diseases and Vaccination Policy for Indigenous Populations

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robert I. Menzies
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. 1263-1283
Description
Reviews literature, government reports and immunization guidelines from Australia, Canada, New Zealand, an the United States.
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Validity of the CAGE Questionnaire in an American Indian Population

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Aramesh Saremi
Robert L. Hanson
Desmond E. Williams
Janine Roumain
Robert W. Robin
Jeffrey C. Long
David Goldman
William C. Knowler
Journal of Studies on Alcohol, vol. 62, no. 3, May 2001, pp. 294-[?]
Description
Study evaluated the validity of a questionnaire relating to alcoholism.
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The Value and Diversity of Indigenous Archaeology: a Response to McGhee

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Stephen W. Silliman
American Antiquity, vol. 75, no. 2, April 2010, pp. 217-220
Description
Response to Robert McGhee's simplification and mischaracterization of Indigenous archaeology in a 2008 article, focusing on three main points of contention: insufficient sampling, caricature, and questionable treatment of colonialism and notions of "Aboriginalism".
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The Value of Perseverance: Using Dakota Culture to Teach Mathematics

Articles » General
Author/Creator
AnnMaria De Mars
Erich Longie
Transmotion, vol. 4, no. 2, Genocide Special Issue, December 30, 2018, pp. 113-131
Description
Article discusses the integration of Dakota values into the video game Spirit Lake: The Game for the purpose of teaching mathematics, and examines the efficacy of the game for improving learning outcomes for on-reserve youth.
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The Values and Vision of a Collective Past: An Interview with Anna Lee Walters

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rhoda Carroll
Anna Lee Walters
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 16, no. 1, Winter, 1992, pp. 63-73
Description
Article documents the author’s interview with the novelist Anna Lee Walters about her novel Ghost Singer and includes corrections and clarifications sent by Walters after reading the transcript of the interview. Includes commentary on the text, literature, cultural interactions.
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Valuing Spirituality Among Native American Populations

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lou Matheson
Counseling and Values, vol. 41, no. 1, October 1996, pp. 51-58
Description
Discusses how to use a spiritual approach when counseling Native Americans and practicing intercultural respect.
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Vampires, Werewolves, and Other Humans: Learning From Participatory Responses to the Representation of Native Americans In Twilight

Alternate Title
Article 5
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Joanna Luz Siegel
Working Papers in Educational Linguistics, vol. 26, no. 2, Special Issue on Mass Media and Schooling, 2011, pp. [79]-103
Description
Discusses the representation of the northwest Washington Quileute Nation in the movie Twilight and reactions to these representations.
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The Vanished Native Americans: Unrecognized Tribes

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Cynthia Brown
The Nation, vol. 257, no. 11, October 11, 1993, pp. 384-389
Description
Looks at some of the groups trying to obtain legal status as Indian tribes and the barriers involved in the federal recognition process.
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A Vanishing People: The Systematic Destruction of American Indian Idenity [sic] for the Sake of American Manifest Destiny

Alternate Title
A Vanishing People: The Systematic Destruction of American Indian Identity for the Sake of American Manifest Destiny
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Francine M. Miranda
Description
Argues that governmental recognition of American Indian tribes as well as criteria for tribe membership needs to be altered. Capstone Experience Manuscript--Commonwealth Honors College, 2011.
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The "Vanishing Red": Photographs of Native Americans at the Hampton Institute

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
James K. Guimond
Princeton University Library Chronicle, vol. 49, 1987-1988, p. 235
Description
"Discusses the significance of photographs as a record of American ideas about the education of Native Americans during the last years of the 19th Century." Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
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Variability in the Criminal Behavior of American Indians

Alternate Title
Variability in the Criminal Behaviour of American Indians
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Norman S. Hayner
American Journal of Sociology, vol. 47, no. 4, January 1942, pp. 602-613
Description
Findings indication two important factors are the amount of contact with white culture and the affluence of the reservation.
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Variations on a Rite of Passage: Some Recent Navajo Funerals

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Joyce Griffen
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 4, no. 4, A Special Symposium Issue on Navajo Mortuary Practices and Beliefs, 1978, pp. 367-381
Description
A discussion about changes from a traditional Navajo funeral towards a more Anglo-style funeral.
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Varieties of American Indian Autobiography

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
William Bloodworth
MELUS, vol. 5, no. 3, The Pressures of History , Autumn, 1978, pp. 67-81
Description
Classifies autobiographies and highlights significant works in each category.
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The Varieties of Religious Experience: Baptized Indians at Mission San Francisco de Asís, 1776-1821

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Quincy D. Newell
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 32, no. 4, Autumn, 2008, pp. 412-442
Description
The author explores different expressions of conversion to Catholicism in the daily practices of the different Indigenous peoples in the San Francisco Bay area; considers where people chose to give birth or die and the practice of various traditional protocols.
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[Velroy and the Madischie Mafia]

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Scott Andrews
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 24, no. 1, Spring, 2012, pp. 65-68
Description
Book review of: Velroy and the Madischie Mafia by Sy Hoahwah. Entire issue on one pdf. To access review, scroll to page 65.
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The Vengeful Wife and Other Blackfoot Stories

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Annie Merrill Ingram
American Review of Canadian Studies, vol. 35, no. 3, Autumn, 2005, pp. 572-573
Description
Book review of: The Vengeful Wife and Other Blackfoot Stories by Hugh A. Dempsey.
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"Venison" Vyron

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Shane Dixon
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 20, no. 1, Native Voices, Modern Media, Fall, 2008, pp. 50-51
Description
Presents a personal narrative titled, "Venison" Vyron, written by Shane Dixon.
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Verwoben in “Indianthusiasm”: A Uniquely German Entanglement

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Nicole Perry
ab-Original, vol. 2, no. 2, 2018, pp. 227-245
Description
Article examines the German fascination with North American Indigenous peoples and contemporary Indigenous responses; considers the works of Drew Hayden Taylor and Kent Monkman as practices of survivance and resistance to the “Indianer,” a romanticized German imagining of Indigenous people.
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Very Good Medicine: Indigenous Humor and Laughter

Alternate Title
Very Good Medicine: Indigenous Humour and Laughter
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Cynthia Lindquist Mala
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 27, no. 4, Good Medicine, Summer, May 1, 2016, pp. [28-31,7]
Description
Brief article discusses how laughter contributes to good health and the role humour plays in Indigenous culture, Includes quotes from Dakota comedian Mylo Redwater Smith.
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Veterans' Benefits and Indigenous Veterans of the Second World War in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United States

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
R. Scott Sheffield
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 32, no. 1, Spring, 2017, pp. 63-79
Description
"This study addresses the gap in our understanding through a transnational examination of the administration of veterans' benefits for Indigenous military personnel in four victorious settler societies that all mobilized significant recruits from their Indigenous minority populations".
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