Mental Health Care Issues in America: An Encyclopedia (Vol.1)
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William E. Hartmann
Joseph P. Gone
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Chapter in book: Mental Health Care Issues in America: An Encyclopedia (Vol.1) edited by Michael Shally-Jensen. Presents historical overview and key mental health issues.
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.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 45, no. 2, Spring, 2021, pp. [152]-195
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An analysis of the art installation performed and exhibited in 2018 and discussion of how the artist's works express resistance to the proposed oil pipeline and energy extraction projects going through or near Indigenous lands in the U.S. and Canada.
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.
Native American Classics: Graphic Classics ; vol. 24
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Joseph Bruchac
John Smelcer
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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.
American Antiquity, vol. 78, no. 1, January 2013, pp. 195-196
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Questions findings about the relationship between Late Prehistoric Caddo farmers and earlier Archaic and Woodland foragers because their findings did not include non-metric dental traits.
Discusses the importance of traditional governance systems, and efforts for revising constitutions to support Indian Nations' sovereignty including changing the criteria for White Earth citizenship.
Duration: 55:50. Includes transcript.
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Great Plains Quarterly, vol. 33, no. 4, Fall, 2013, pp. 237-251
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Looks at several treaties and acts which all contributed to loss of land belonging to the Sioux: Fort Laramie Treaty of 1851; Homestead Act of 1862; Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868; Act of 1877; Allotment Act of 1886; Act of 1889 and Wheeler-Howard Act; Pick-Sloan Flood Control Act of 1944; Indian Land Consolidation Act.
The National Survey of Children's Health 2007: American Indians/Alaska Natives
Documents & Presentations
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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Health Resources and Services Administration Maternal and Child Health Bureau
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Looks at data for parental perceptions of health from unique communities and environments in seven states and presents indicators in the family environment that may support or threaten families and children.
Department of Justice Journal of Federal Law and Practice, vol. 69, no. 1, Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons: Law Enforcement and Prevention, January 2021, pp. 5-20
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Outlines the benefits of using the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children and AMBER Alert systems to help protect and recover abducted Indigenous children.
Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to page 5.
Contends that government political will and First Nations political action are required to ensure Indigenous children have access to education that prepares them for living lives strong in cultural and spiritual identity.