Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 28, no. 1, October 1988, pp. [1-8]
Description
College graduates responses to questionnaire indicated family motivation and encouragement were the most important factors contributing to academic success.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 15, no. 3, American Indian Family History, Summer, 1991, pp. 329-338
Description
Author examines the interplay between physical housing structures and the make-up of the households that occupy them, considers different types of kinship that might be found in a single household. Examines census data to reveal changes, but also notes possible site for imbedded cultural biases.
American Journal of Public Health, vol. 81, no. 11, November 1991, pp. 1466-1468
Description
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 Indian Quarterly, vol. 15, no. 4, Autumn, 1991, pp. 503-521
Description
Article describes the philosophy behind, and the structure of the Male Seminary school operated by the Cherokee National Council; details the curriculum and the daily lives of boys who attended the institution.
American Journal of Public Health, vol. 81, no. 3, March 1991, pp. 372-377
Description
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.
Windsor Yearbook of Access to Justice , vol. 11, 1991, pp. 74-106
Description
Discusses model used in the United States which depends on American Indian tribunals and protection agencies to made decisions and looks at supporting legislation as well.