American Indian Quarterly, vol. 15, no. 3, American Indian Family History, Summer, 1991, pp. 339-358
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Author challenges the assumption that population growth among Indigenous people during the early reservation period was an indicator of the success of the reservation health care system. Argues that maternal/infant health is a better indicator and considers the Northern Cheyenne people as an ethnohistorical example.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 15, no. 1, Winter, 1991, pp. 65-89
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Article attempts to examine some of the reasons the Chumash people elected to be baptized, the consequences for that choice, and the resistance (both overt and subversive) that they offered to Christian missionaries.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 15, no. 4, Autumn, 1991, pp. 431-456
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Article presents data collected on the evaluation of biomedical research ethics in Indigenous communities. Author draws on interviews with researchers, tribal officials, and research subjects to understand the ethical issues surrounding the research process.
American Journal of Public Health, vol. 81, no. 11, November 1991, pp. 1466-1468
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Assesses the injury-related mortality rate for Native American children between the ages of 1 and 4 and finds that it is nearly three times that of the same age group in the general population.
American Journal of Public Health, vol. 81, no. 3, March 1991, pp. 372-377
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Study showed lower levels of drug use by most non-White youth, especially Asian Americans and Black Americans, and finds that subgroup differences are felt to be not primarily attributable to family compostion, parents' education, region, or urban-rural distinctions.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 15, no. 3, American Indian Family History, Summer, 1991, pp. 359-367
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Article presents data demonstrating a pattern of increasing fertility rates among married Indigenous women in the United States throughout most of the 20th century.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 15, no. 4, Autumn, 1991, pp. 469-492
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Study examines the interview responses of 30 Indigenous Americans who have been convicted of murder to understand different factors that have contributed to their crime. Results find social disorganization, economic deprivation, a subculture of violence, cultural conflict, perceived powerlessness, substance abuse, and internalized colonialism to all be contributing factors.