American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 26, no. 3, 2019, pp. 21-37
Description
Describes a mixed-methods evaluation of a culturally grounded program for urban Indigenous (American Indian) youth. Results demonstrate that the project was feasible, and the team makes recommendations for future project based on what was learned.
Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare, vol. 29, no. 1, Symposium of Native American Wellness, March 2002, pp. 97-116
Description
Looks at The Hoop of Learning Program which was developed as a bridge from middle school through to post-secondary education by addressing cultural discontinuities impacting Native students.
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education , vol. 30, no. 2, The Spiritual Foundation of Tribal Colleges, Winter, October 29, 2018, p. [?]
Description
Article uses a combination of personal narrative and nonfiction formats to express the ways in which spirituality and identity have been integrated into modern tribal colleges.
Discusses computer and electronic networking projects addressing education, development and self-determination that Australian Aboriginal and Native American people are doing.
Discusses how communities are reformulating planning practices and incorporating traditional knowledge, cultural identity, and stewardship over land and resources. Includes a case study of the Oneida Tribal Nation of Wisconsin’s Turtle School.
Studies in American Indian Literature, vol. 29, no. 4, Wisom of the Elders, Summer, April 24, 2018, p. [?]
Description
Article discusses the value of having Knowledge Keepers and Elders teaching at a post-secondary level, and the important role that cultural and language revitalization play in self-determination.
CS 322: Peoples and Cultures of the Circumpolar World II
Module Two: Changes in Expressions of Cultural Identity in Northern North American: Media, Art, Education, and Recreation
University of the Arctic – CS 322
[Bachelor of Circumpolar Studies (BCS) 322]
[Cultural Identity In North America]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Heather Exner
Greg Poelzer
Tamara Andreyeva
Kristina Fagan
Heather Harris
Terry Wotherspoon ... [et al.]]
Description
Discusses how each area contributes to an individual's sense of belonging to a unique community.
Developed for class delivered by the University of the Arctic.
[Bachelor of Circumpolar Studies (BCS) 322: Peoples and Cultures of the Circumpolar World II]
[Section Two: Expressions of Self-Determination in North America]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Terry Wotherspoon
Description
Overview of the importance of kinship relations, attitudes about child-rearing, education systems, and leisure activities in northern Canada and the United States.
Developed for class delivered by the University of the Arctic.
Stealing/Steeling the Spirit: American Indian Identities ; and Smoke Screens/Smoke Signals: Looking Through Worlds: Proceedings of the Third and Fourth Native American Symposiums
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Jutta Vogelbacher
Description
Discusses how a curriculum framed from the Aboriginal perspective benefits Native American students.
Film about the Hawaiian approach to gender diversity and a true story about a girl who wants to be in an all-boy hula troupe at her school. For grades 6-12.
Duration: 24:41
Discussion Guide.
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 16, no. 3, Indigenizing Education, Spring, 2005
Description
Looks at the Sisseton Wahpeton Community College and the integration of the Dakota language and tribal cultural values into the programs offered at the institution.
Paper prepared for the Eighth Annual Conference of the Indigenous Women’s Conference “Celebrating Our Diversity” Trent University, Peterborough, ON, March 15-17, 2007.
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 40, no. 2, 2001, p. [?]
Description
Research findings indicate that children who are raised in and aware of their peoples' traditional culture have a greater probability of school success.