Journal of Career and Technical Education, vol. 25, no. 2, Winter, 2010, pp. 8-16
Description
Study surveyed seven teachers from the Great Plains Technical College in an effort to see if their attitudes might influence the high retention rate at the institution.
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 40, no. 2, 2001, p. [?]
Description
Results of two year study which examined use of culturally specific mathematics in Shoshoni traditional living practices and its possible applications with other local cultures.
Native Studies Review, vol. 19, no. 1, 2010, pp. 144-147
Description
Book review of: Memories, Myths, and Dreams of an Ojibwe Leader by William Berens ; as told to A. Irving Hallowell ; edited by Jennifer S.H. Brown & Susan Elaine Gray.
Culture & Mental Health Research Unit Report ; no.10
Proceedings of the Advanced Study Institute The Mental Health of Indigenous Peoples
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Laurence J. Kirmayer
Gregory M. Brass
Caroline L. Tait
Ernest Hunter
Duncan Pedersen ... James Waldram ... [et al.]
Culture & Mental Health Research Unit Report
Description
Reviews research on mental health; presents social issues underlying problems and some individual and community responses to these challenges. Argues cultural psychiatry can contribute to rethinking services and heath promotion.
American Quarterly, vol. 62, no. 3, September 2010, pp. 639-661
Description
Looks at how Todd Downing appropriates and refigures Mexico's Indigenous history and culture to reveal evidence of the modern Indigenous people obscured by Indigenismo discourse. The article also anticipates the anticolonial discourses of the American Indian civil rights movement.
Black Diaspora Review , vol. 1, no. 2, Spring, 2010, pp. 4-30
Description
Analysis of the three groups looks at internal problems encountered, the role and contributions of women, and methods used by the groups to get noticed.
Describes the information and services the Aboriginal entrepreneur commonly needs to start up a business; Infrastructure the community can provide; what bands or tribal councils can do about financing; ways of building support for businesses in the community; and developing support groups and business education programs.
Journal of Indigenous Voices in Social Work, vol. 1, no. 1, February 2010, pp. 1-18
Description
Study examines issues of diversity disaster relief, recovery and the need to develop culturally appropriate methods for future training and preparation.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 13, no. 2 & 3, Series 2, Summer/Fall, 2001, pp. [79]-83
Description
Book review of: Red Woman with Backward Eyes, a collection of short stories written by MariJo Moore.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 34, no. 3, Summer, 2010, pp. 285-311
Description
Looks at the development of Indigenous businesses to achieve ethical, culturally appropriate, and successful Indigenous participation in tourism and the global economy.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 13, no. 2 & 3, Series 2, Summer/Fall, 2001, pp. [5]-22
Description
Article contends that these practically forgotten memoirs deserve much more critical attention than they have received because they offer insight into the unique set of circumstances surrounding Owen's life.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
American Literature, vol. 82, no. 1, March 2010, pp. 183-186
Description
Book reviews of:
Moving Encounters: Sympathy and the Indian Question in Antebellum Literature by Laura L. Mielke
The Transatlantic Indian, 1776-1930 by Kate Flint All That Remains: Varieties of Indigenous Expression by Arnold Krupat.
Scroll down to page 183 to see reviews.
Looks at the negotiation for sacred lands in South Dakota and Arizona as an example of the relationship between Native populations and the American government.
Canadian Journal of Law and Society, vol. 25, no. 1, 2010, pp. 21-49
Description
Looks at various socially and culturally constructed categories of discrimination and demonstrates the need for courts to employ multidimensionality theory in cases of complex oppression.
Journal of the Early Republic, vol. 30, no. 4, Winter, 2010, pp. 505-532
Description
Looks at the linguistic precursor to biological essentialism, evidence of white philologists’ reliance on Native tutors and discusses why the federal government began moving toward assimilation.
American Indian Language Development Institute: Thirty Year Tradition of Speaking From Our Heart
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Marian L. Escalanti
Description
Presents a poem highlighting the author's AILDI involvement.
Chapter from American Indian Language Development Institute: Thirty Year Tradition of Speaking From Our Heart edited by Candace K. Galla, Stacey Oberly, G.L. Romero, Maxine Sam, Ofelia Zepeda.
American Indian Language Development Institute: Thirty Year Tradition of Speaking From Our Heart
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Danny Lopez
Description
Author shares cultural knowledge that he learned from O'odham elders.
Chapter from American Indian Language Development Institute: Thirty Year Tradition of Speaking From Our Heart edited by Candace K. Galla, Stacey Oberly, G.L. Romero, Maxine Sam, Ofelia Zepeda.