Contains links to individual poems by Della Frank, Joy Harjo, A. A. Hedge Coke, Roberta D. Joe, Nora Naranjo-Morse, Simon Ortiz, Carter Revard, Wendy Rose, Luci Tapahonso, Mark Turcotte, Carlson Vicenti, Gertrude Walters, and Elizabeth Woody.
Journal of interprofessional care, vol. 21, no. S2, October 2007, pp. 11-19
Description
Looks at the US federal Indian policy over the last two centuries and opportunities for tribal self-determination to improve funding for health and education programs.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 31, no. 2, Spring, 2007, pp. 283-309
Description
Argues that contrary to accepted wisdom, there was a movement to resist the process of assimilation advocated by Harry J. W. Belvin and that this resistance began with the Choctaw youth movement.
Histories of Anthropology Annual, vol. 6, 2010, pp. 129-170
Description
Looks at how Sol Tax incorporated action anthropology, through conventional tactics, into his goals of challenging the United States government policies and also challenged assimilationist ideals found in both science and politics.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 22, no. 1, Spring, 2010, pp. 49-75
Description
Looks at the connection between images and stories in the documentary and exposes the politics associated with American Indian filmmaking.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 49.
American Antiquity, vol. 75, no. 2, April 2010, pp. 387-407
Description
Studies population trends, using archaeological settlement remains and methods developed in recent research on Iroquois cultures, to create a model of two precontact Native American populations and show the effects of European contact.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 31, no. 1, 2007, pp. 63-108
Description
Looks at the Kwakwaka'wakw potlatch participants' perpspectives and Nez Perce dancers' roles and experience and finds commonalities amid the differences.
Recommends several considerations for development of a program: spirituality, traditional values, TEK (traditional ecological knowledge), maintain high standards, recognize differences in beliefs with western science.
Organization & Environment, vol. 23, no. 1, March 2010, p. 76–98
Description
Argues that Impact and Benefit Agreements may provide more direct engagement with industry and a sharing of benefits from resource development than has been provided in Northern Canada.
Early American Literature, vol. 45, no. 2, 2010, pp. 251-260
Description
Discussion on Native literary studies from the historical past to the contemporary present, examining the relationship between the academic fields of early and contemporary Native American literature.
Kidney International, vol. 71, no. 9, May 2007, pp. 931-937
Description
Study found the prevalence and incidence of disease in the sample population to be higher than those in both the general US population and other Native Americans.
Describes a Fetal Alcohol Syndrome prevention program in lab mice that had a significant effect on increasing Alaska Native students comprehension of the negative impacts of drinking during pregnancy.
Research & policy papers (Centre for Addictions Research of BC) ; 4/2007
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Miranda Kelly
Description
Divided into six sections: reproductive, maternal, and fetal health, 0-4 years, 5-10 years, 11-17 years, and universal interventions. Each section has information on background, possible mechanisms of action and interventions.
Diabetes Care, vol. 30, no. 7, July 2007, pp. 1851-1856
Description
Looks at which metabolic syndrome definition (NCEP ATP III or WHO), in both diabetic and nondiabetic individuals, is more predictive of cardiovascular events.
International Dental Journal, vol. 60, no. 3, suppl.2, June 2010, pp. 216-222
Description
"This report will review caries trends among American Indian children and describes promising approaches that take into account culturally defined responses of AI/AN tribes and communities".
Highlights contemporary challenges facing Indigenous peoples including American Indians and Alaskan Natives.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page vii.
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 22, no. 1, Native Activism, Fall, 2010, pp. 1-11
Description
Reports findings from the Native Peoples Homelands Workshop which was held in Prior Lake, MN, including the issuing of the Mystic Lake Declaration document that addresses climate change.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 31, no. 1, Winter, 2007, pp. 1-22
Description
Case study examines the alliance between Indigenous nations and organizations, the National Parks Service, and various religious organizations during the litigation surrounding the use of the Devil’s Tower formation during the Sun Dance season.
Topics include: building relationships, balance in content and perspectives; accessibility and use; culturally sensitive materials; providing context; intellectual property issues; copying and repatriation of records; research protocols; and reciprocal education and training.
Providing Psychiatric-Mental Health Care for Native Americans: Lessons Learned by a Non-Native American PMHNP (Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner)
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Amy G. Barnard
Journal of Psychosocial Nursing And Mental Health Services, vol. 45, no. 5, May 2007, pp. 30-35
Description
Author describes lessons learned while practicing on the reservation and suggests ways other non-Native American practitioners can best serve the population.
Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, vol. 5, no. 22, 2010, p. [?]
Description
Attempts to fill knowledge gap regarding occurrence, characteristics and relationship to drinking problems. Recommends community support and education as part of a prevention strategy.