Examines the structural factors behind disproportionality in the system and reviews approaches that go beyond traditional limits of social welfare systems.
American Journal of Physical Anthropology, vol. 137, no. 4, December 2008, pp. 412-424
Description
Study results suggest the Y chromosome population structure of Native North America was significantly altered by European admixture which has resulted in a decreasing gradient of haplogroup R from the northeast to the southwest of North America.
Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology, vol. 25, no. 4, December 2010, pp. 303-316
Description
Examines the belief systems about diabetes in American Indian elders with two practice models, one an Indigenous model, valuing traditional American Indian culture, the other a mainstream model, aligned with western biomedicine.
GLQ: A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies, vol. 16, no. 1-2, 2010, pp. 69-92
Description
Looks at how Two-Spirit critiques, critiques that centralize Native peoples, nations, identities, land bases, and survival tactics, challenge and strengthen work in queer studies.
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 31, no. 1, 2008, pp. 311-317
Description
Author shares a mnemoic pictograph, symbolic of a dream, with the audience at an American Educational Research Association (AERA) annual meeting held in Chicago in May 2007.
Author speaks about the six determinants of form, Native societies and traditional dwellings. Uses examples from book produced in collaboration with architect Robert Easton.
Duration: 52:14.
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 67, no. 4, 2008, pp. 374-383
Description
Argues for culturally appropriate prevention and detection programs and understanding of the power relationships in which policies and recommendations are made.
Landscape designer for the National Museum of the American Indian, speaks about her philosophy during the concept, design and construction stages of building the museum.
Duration: 54:19.
Statistics on characteristics of students, teachers and schools, and integration of language and culture in their homes and schools.
See Part I - Performance of American Indian and Alaska Native Students at Grades 4 and 8 on NAEP 2007 Reading and Mathematics Assessments.
Effect of Special Diabetes Program for Indians Funding on System Changes in Diabetes Care and Outcomes among American Indian / Alaska Native people 1994-2004
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Meera Ramesh
Cynthia Schraer
Ann Marie Mayer
Elvin Asay
Kathryn Koller
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 67, no. 2-3, June 2008, pp. 203-212
Description
Found that the number of people with diabetes increased as the percentage of patients receiving foot, eye and dental exams decreased.
Report that follows the Honoring Native Women by Stopping the Violence Against Them Conference discusses the prevalence of the violence, the issues that make law enforcement difficult, seeks solutions, and makes recommendations.
Provides information on substance abuse trends, risk and protective factors, prevention system challenges, reports findings from key informant interview and focus groups and a small sample of substance abuse prevention practices, programs and policies.