Proceedings of the 15th International Congress on Circumpolar Health
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Roxie Rodgers Dinstel
Julie Cascio
Sonja Koukel
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 72, Supplement 1, 2013, p. article no. 21188
Description
Findings revealed that Alaskan wild berries had significantly higher levels of oxygen radical absorption capacity (ORAC) than cultivated berries from the lower 48 states.
American Antiquity, vol. 78, no. 1, January 2013, pp. 105-122
Description
Uses the concepts of identity, practice and context to explain archaeology of persistence and challenge the thinking about the effects of colonialism in coastal California.
Endangered Languages Beyond Boundaries: Proceedings of the 17th FEL Conference
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Lenore A. Grenoble
Description
Comments on the AILI project which is Indigenous-initiated and driven.
Excerpt from Endangered Languages Beyond Boundaries: Proceedings of the 17th FEL Conference edited by Mary Jane Norris, Erik Anonby, Maire-Okile Junker, Nicholas Ostler and Donna Patrick.
.
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 28, no. 1, Spring, 2013, pp. 23-25
Description
Discusses the implications of the state legislation HB 2281, which banned the books and curriculum used by Tucson Unified School District's Mexican American Studies (MAS) department and forced its closure.
Purpose of study was to design and test research design which would provide a comparison of different types of communities using education, labour force, income, and housing as indicators.
Chapter from Aboriginal Well-Being: Canada's Continuing Challenge edited by Jerry P. White, Dan Beavon and Nicholas Spence.
Proceedings of the 15th International Congress on Circumpolar Health
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David L. Driscoll
Bruce Dotterrer
Richard A. Brown II
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 72, Supplement 1, 2013, p. article no. 21400
Description
Criteria for articles included in literature review: rigorous association between a social determinant and selected disease outcome; either published in English or translated; and published in 2011. Search yielded 30 results.
Focuses on challenges involved in collecting, accessing and reporting information about the population, and the work that centers do to provide communities with surveillance and interpretation of data.
Third Text, vol. 27, no. 1, Contemporary Art and the Politics of Ecology, January 2013, pp. 17-28
Description
Discusses how several Aboriginal artists have incorporated the traditional worldview, in which everything is animate, into their modern works. Highlights Jimmie Durham, Rebecca Belmore, Jolene Rickard, and Will Wilson.
Teaching American Literature, vol. 6, no. 2, Summer, 2013, pp. 39-66
Description
Discusses some of the issues involved in using Alexie's works in university-level literature classes, focusing on the short stories Do Not Go Gentle, Can I Get a Witness? and What You Pawn I Will Redeem from the collection Ten Little Indians.
Reviewed 18 articles. Looked at the components of models, which were most effective and what were the barriers and facilitators of successful implementation and sustainability.
Native American Classics: Graphic Classics ; vol. 24
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Joseph Bruchac
John Smelcer
Description
Excerpt from Native American Classics: Graphic Classics, volume 24 edited by Joseph Bruchac, John Smelcer and Tom Pomplun.
American Indian writers often reference boarding school experiences in their poems, short stories, essays, novels and plays. Provides a list of suggested readings on American Indian boarding schools in Canada and the United States.