Arizona

Concludes that a Tyr1306Cys substitution in the LARG gene increases insulin sensitivity in nondiabetic Pima Indians.

Findings indicate that Native Americans were more likely to have gallstones than non-Native Americans. This finding is significant in that large stones also carry a greater risk for gallbladder cancer.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Arizona State University, 2002.

Molecular and Cellular Biology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Arizona, 2002.

Study provides evidence of severe deficiencies in geographic education throughout Arizona public schools and suggests a need to develop teacher training courses of study that focus on geographic concepts, skills and knowledge.

Geology Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Arizona, 1969.

Discusses the similarities between geometric patterns and symbols in Native American Indian artwork.

Mining and Geological Engineering Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Arizona, 1972.

Brief description of the author's life and discussion of the content and quality of the work, followed by an edited version of the opening sections.

Investigates literature-based assumptions about gifted Native American youth with input from educators on the Navajo, Standing Rock and Red Lake reservations.

Study revealed that there appeared to be no link of the Gly482Ser polymorphism with type 2 diabetes among the subjects examined in the Gila River Indian Community.

Presents updated interviews originally conducted in 2012, offering a glimpse of how communities are using traditional foods as a way to promote a healthy lifestyle, share cultural knowledge and reclaim a local food system.

Hydrology and Water Resources Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Arizona, 1973.

Story of the Hantavirus illness, outbreak, deaths, and media attention in the summer of 1993 among the Navajo of the Four Corners (Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona and Utah).

Focuses on the First Nation's relationship with the Grand Canyon in Arizona.

Forms part of Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History, v. 29 (p.81-392).

Art History Thesis (M.A.)--University of New Mexico, 2020.

Discusses program linking a farm with a Navajo community-based charter elementary school and looks at general issues which should be considered when forming such a partnership.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--Southern Methodist University, 2011.

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Arizona, 1977.

Geography and Regional Development Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Arizona, 1999.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Arizona, 2015.

Brief history of the relationship between Native American Indians and white people in Arizona.

A brief history on how the double sided Staples rug was probably produced and the outside influences of the Navajo weaving tradition.

[Archaeology] Thesis (Ph.D.)--Arizona State University, 2010.

Elementary Education Thesis (Ed.D.)--The University of Arizona, 1988.

Contains disaggregated data for female, male, age groups, geographic location, educational attainment, marital and veteran status, methods of death, victim to suspect relationship, and circumstances related to the homicide event.

Discusses recent tribal, state, and congressional legislative efforts to identify and recognize the service of Native Americans who served in the Armed Forces during a foreign conflict and who transmitted secret coded messages for tactical military operations during World War I and World War II, using native tribal language.

American Indian Studies Thesis (M.A.)--The University of Arizona, 1997.

Comments on museums selling Native American art out of an exhibit.

Looks at representation of the Hopi culture through writings of Walter Fewkes, John G. Bourke, and Earl Forrest.

Looks at Hopi students who used skills learned at an off-reservation boarding school to enhance and preserve their heritage.

Examines the Hopi Traditionalist Movement which offers an alternative interpretation of life and stesses the dignity of ceremonialism.

Uses jokes and stories to illustrate common stereotypes the Southwest Indian artisans have about the non-Indian tourist.

American Indian Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Arizona, 2011.

"Plenary paper at the conference The Real California Gold: Indigenous & Immigrant Heritage Languages of California, University of California Davis, May 7-8, 2010."

Hydrology and Water Resources Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Arizona, 1994.

Geology Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Arizona, 1970.

Book review of: I Am the Grand Canyon by Stephen Hirst. Entire issue on one pdf. To access review, scroll to page 81.

Examination of the social experiences and challenges faced by Native American children who had attended large public schools in the United States between 1945-75.

Discusses the fieldwork experience of first hand accounts about Seri life and tradition.

Looks at Peterson Yazzie and an exhibition of his work at the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA).

Educational Leadership Thesis (Ed.D.)--Northern Arizona University, 1998.

Special education staff at Rough Rock Demonstration School in Arizona inform the community of their services available for handicapped students.

Discusses informal photographs which relate to the structure of the schools, their physical environment and the daily lives of teachers and students. Argues that because they provide social and cultural context, visual representations should be treated as important primary sources in research.

Metalinguistic commentaries about the complicated speech environment for Navajo children assimilated into the public school system.

Education Thesis (Ed.D.)--Arizona State University, 2001.

Teacher at the government boarding school operated on the Pima Indian Reservation, Arizona describes the personalities of individual students and relays anecdotes from the classroom. Reflects the attitudes and policies of the time.

Focuses on the Supreme Court of the Navajo Nation's decision to remove a candidate from the ballot because of lack of language fluency. Argues that while Diné sovereignty regarding identity is necessary to secure a vision of the future, this same sovereignty can be used to exclude people and contribute to settler colonial goals of erasure of Indigenous people and culture.