Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies, vol. 29, no. 2 & 3, 2008, pp. 81-105
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Discussion on how the United States government used the intermarriage between Indians and non-Indians to undermine Indian control of their own lands and legal identity.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 20, no. 3, Fall, 2008, pp. 105-108
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Book review of: Bernie Whitebear: An Urban Indian's Quest for Justice by Lawney L. Reyes.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access review, scroll to page 105.
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 34, no. 2, Technologies Créatives / Creative Technologies, 2010, pp. 39-59
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Examines the connection between body and technology and wellness. Also seeks understanding of why local residents consider traditional activities a solution to social problems such as substance abuse.
American Literature, vol. 80, no. 2, June 2008, pp. 416-419
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Book reviews of 4 books:
Public Native America: Tribal Self-Representation in Museums, Powwows, and Casinos by Mary Lawlor.
Disturbing Indians: The Archaeology of Southern Fiction by Annette Trefzer.
Matter, Magic, and Spirit: Representing Indian and African American Belief by David Murray.
Crossing Waters, Crossing Worlds: The African Diaspora in Indian Country edited by Tiya Miles and Sharon P. Holland.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 32, no. 4, 2008, pp. 145-200
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Book reviews of 20 books:
Being and Place Among the Tlingit by Thomas F. Thornton.
The Cultivation of Resentment: Treaty Rights and the New Right by Jeffery R. Dudas.
Diabetes Among the Pima: Stories of Survival by Carolyn Smith-Morris.
Essential Song: Three Decades of Northern Cree Music by Lynn Whidden.
First Families: A Photographic History of California Indians by L. Frank and Kim Hogeland.
Households and Hegemony: Early Creek Prestige Goods, Symbolic Capital and Social Power by Cameron B.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 32, no. 3, 2008, pp. 177-231
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Book reviews of 18 books:
Before the Country: Native Renaissance, Canadian Mythology by Stephanie McKenzie.
Beyond Red Power: American Indian Politics and Activism Since 1900 edited by Daniel M. Cobb and Loretta Fowler.
The Head in Edward Nugent's Hand: Roanoke's Forgotten Indians by Michale Leroy Oberg.
How Choctaws Invented Civilization and Why Choctaws Will Conquer the World by D. L. Birchfield.
I Swallow Turquoise For Courage: Poems by Hershman R. John.
Long Journey Home: Oral Histories of Contemporary Delaware Indians edited by James W.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 20, no. 1, Spring, 2008, pp. 85-89
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Book review of: Border Crossings by Arnold E. Davidson, Priscilla L. Walton and Jennifer Andrews.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 85.
Discusses payday loans, refund anticipation loans and checks, car title lonas, and pawnshop loans. Includes analysis of data from several surveys, five case studies of promising practices, and suggestions for Tribal governments wanting to curb the impact of predatory lending.
2003 Report.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 32, no. 2, 2008, pp. 93-108
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Illustrates converging narratives, oral traditions and dialogues that root Louisiana Creoles to an Indigenous history. The Louisiana Creoles are a métis/mestizo people separate but linked to their land and kinship ties.
Discusses a unique governance system and challenges facing tribal governments and communities.
Duration: 41:32. Includes textual transcript.
Requires creation of a free account to access materials.
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 22, no. 2, Crossing Borders, Winter, 2010
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Comments and observations from a writer and photographer, who toured five tribal colleges in Montana, including noting a strong female presence in leadership roles and feeling very welcomed by all campuses.
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 5, no. 2, 2010, pp. 45-52
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Discusses the history of the American Indian women who initiated legislative changes to the Indian Child Welfare Act, and looks at recommendations to address the problems associated with the lack of compliance to current legislation across Canada and the United States.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 20, no. 3, Fall, 2008, pp. 52-73
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Comments on Eastman's work, From the Deep Woods to Civilization, and his notion that Aboriginals had little choice but to assimilate into white society if they were to survive.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 52.
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, Supplement 3, 2008, pp. 1-128
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Statistical data from Health Transitions in Arctic Populations used to compile statistical tables on all circumpolar countries and their northern regions outlining health status, determinants and healthcare.
The Western Historical Quarterly, vol. 39, no. 3, Autumn, 2008, pp. 283-302
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Discusses how Indigenous soldiers, who performed the same labor tasks as white soldiers, were institutionally marginalized and distanced as a second-class.
International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, vol. 8, no. 2, April 2010, pp. 135-144
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Discusses research in Indigenous studies using three themes: worldview and ethics, culturally based research methods and researching both the sources and symptoms of disadvantage.
Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse, vol. 7, no. 3, September 2008, pp. 258-267
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Contends that Native American pre-adolescents have a rate of drug use similar to older youth but, with proper community awareness, it may be possible to reverse use patterns and reduce risks.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 32, no. 2, Special Issue: Indigenous Locations Post-Katrina: Beyond Invisibility and Disaster, 2008, pp. 85-91
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Looks at Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath, in light of a class system that marginalizes people and then leaves them at the mercy of federal bureaucrats who pretend they don't exist.
Abstracts of works in the Research Series.
Aboriginal Sexual Offending in Canada by John H. Hylton.
Mental Health Profiles for a Sample of British Columbia's Aboriginal Survivors of the Canadian Residential School System by Raymond R. Corrado, Irwin M.
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 31, no. 2, 2008, pp. 130-153, 174
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Examines efforts to develop and teach a course on the history and culture of Indigenous peoples, which is missing from Canadian and United States public education systems.