Journal of College Student Retention, vol. 2, no. 2, 2000/20001, pp. 141-159
Description
Students identified persistence, commitment to community, family, financial, and institutional supports as contributing to their success. Barriers were lack of funding, negative experiences in high school, lack of affordable housing and childcare.
American Literature, vol. 82, no. 4, December 2010, pp. 673-699
Description
Looks at Apess's historical address given in 1836 in which he uses the power of the role as a Christian minister and the rhetoric of the abolitionist movement to argue for Native rights.
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 22, no. 1, Native Activism, Fall, 2010, pp. 46-47
Description
Presents the short story, Where Are We Going by Brian Sloan, that discusses the viewpoint that each generation seems to be moving further away from nature.
Virtual exhibition deals with contemporary artists' response to past colonization.
Contains links to: Tolerating Tourists, Changing Reservation Realities, School Bells and Haircuts, and Beyond Smoke and Mirrors.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 24, no. 4, 2000, pp. 107-125
Description
Describes the destruction of the wolf and argues that with the reintroduction of the wolf to their native habitat, there may be a restored harmony and balance for the Navajo people.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 1, no. 1, Spring, 1974, pp. 27-33
Description
An investigation of how the author's fictional works use Native American characters to accentuate the relationships between races in the American South.
Guide to help communities gain economic strength and autonomy through private sector philanthropy by creating American Native controlled community foundations and endowments. Provides an overview of giving traditions.
Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 21, no. 2, Proceedings of the 2010 Western Social Science Association American Indian Studies Section, Summer, 2010, pp. 1-6
Description
Comments on the objections to use artificial snow made from reclaimed treated sewage water, due to the sacred nature of the peaks.
English Thesis (Ph.D.)--Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, 2000.
Examines works by Rudolfo Anaya, Louise Erdrich, Linda Hogan, Ana Castillo, Leslie Marmon Silko, Paula Gunn Allen and Sandra Cisneros.
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 30, no. 1, 2010, pp. 117-141
Description
Investigates youth recreational activities in the northern Ontario community of Wapakeka and notes the activities enjoyed are a mix of Euro-American and Native American games of skill.