Looks at the current situation of women and girls in the United States, with a particular focus on historical context and the link between trafficking and homelessness.
The Colour of Coronavirus: COVID-19 Deaths by Race and Ethnicity in the United States
Documents & Presentations
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APM Research Lab Staff
Description
Disaggregated data for Blacks, Latinos, Indigenous peoples, Pacific Islanders and Asians including actual and age-adjusted mortality rates per 100,000 and total deaths experienced by each group. Current as of Sept. 15, 2020.
July 2022 update.
Book review of: The Color of the Land: Race, Nation and the Politics of Land Ownership in Oklahoma: 1832-1929 by David A. Chang.
Scroll down page to read review.
History Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Nebraska, 2010.
Based on viewpoints of Napoleon Bonaparte Johnson, Helen Peterson, Oliver La Farge, and Hugh Butler.
International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, vol. 8, no. 2, April 2010, pp. 135-144
Description
Discusses research in Indigenous studies using three themes: worldview and ethics, culturally based research methods and researching both the sources and symptoms of disadvantage.
Transmotion, vol. 6, no. 1, Ralph Salisbury, June 21, 2020, pp. 39-68
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Author examines the inter-generational quality of Salisbury’s last collection of stories, The Indian Who Bombed Berlin, discusses the ongoing grief surrounding stories of the Trail of Tears, and its relationship to Salisbury's own experiences as a soldier in World War II.
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 27, no. 1, 2020, pp. [21]-41
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Uses surveys to evaluate the potential of three interventions: motivational interviewing and psychoeducation for youths, restricting alcohol sales to minors, and community mobilization and awareness activities.
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 27, no. 1, 2020, pp. 1-20
Description
Uses results of parent/caregivers satisfaction interviews and surveys to evaluate the Pathways Youth Program, which integrates culturally appropriate approaches to teaching about health and wellness.
Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology, vol. 25, no. 4, December 2010, pp. 343-354
Description
Looks at a study identifing the most prevalent chronic conditions, indicating that older American Indians experience higher rates of hypertension, diabetes, back pain, and vision loss compared to national statistics of older adults.
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 91, no. 2, June 2010, pp. 355-359
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Book reviews of: Compact, Contract, Covenant: Aboriginal Treaty-Making in Canada by J.R. Miller and The Power of Promises: Rethinking Indian Treaties in the Pacific Northwest edited by Alexandra Harmon.
Review of the significant growth in Indigenous post-secondary education enrolment as a result of establishing interest-free loans and the lifting of enrolment caps.
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.
Violence Against Women, vol. 26, no. 15-16, 2020, pp. 2083-2101
Description
An examination of the shift from Indigenous women being highly valued in traditional Indigenous communities to being devalued in modern times through colonial interventions.
Looks at projects by architects John Paul Jones, Douglas Cardinal, Dennis Sun Rhodes, David Sloan, Robert Altman and others. Explains how values and identity are expressed within the designs and defined by existence to the landscape.
Duration: 55:18.
Communique, Special Section: Indigenous Peoples: Promoting Psychological Healing and Well-Being, August 2010, pp. xxxii-xxxiv
Description
Overview and historical look at Native American And First Nation communities and their attitude towards "Two-Spirit" personhood.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page xxxii.
American Quarterly , vol. 62, no. 2, June 2010, pp. 387-394
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Book reviews of: The National Museum of the American Indian: Critical Conversations edited by Amy Lonetree and Amanda J. Cobb.
Fritz Scholder: Indian/Not Indianedited by Lowery Stokes Sims, Truman T. Lowe and Paul Chaat Smith.
George De Forest Brush: The Indian Paintings edited by Nancy K. Anderson.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 44, no. 4, Fall, 2020, pp. [383]-414
Description
Using official records from the first and largest off-reservation Indian boarding school in his case study, the author challenges the objectivity of morality rates. Factors such as definition of a student or alumni and including ill students that were discharged before their deaths can change the numbers drastically.
American Antiquity, vol. 75, no. 2, April 2010, pp. 211-216
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Discusses the importance of archaeological scientists working thoughtfully with Native Americans and First Nations Tribal members, with the ultimate goal being expanded scientific description and cultural explanation.
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, vol. 69, no. 34, August 28, 2020, pp. 1166-1169
Description
Reports that statistics from states with adequate race/ethnicity data show cumulative incidence of laboratory-confirmed cases among American Indian and Alaska Natives was 3.5 times higher than in the non-Hispanic white population.
Spreadsheet contains information on number of cases, locations, date confirmed and by whom, whether the person was a tribal citizen or non-native, age, sex and cause of transmission, in known.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 44, no. 3, COVID-19 and Indigenous Peoples: Tools to Promote Equity and Best Practices, 2020, pp. 37-44
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Authors describe the Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board's Extensions for Community Healthcare Outcomes (teleECHO) program for virtual health sessions and how it was used during the pandemic.
Argues that connectivity on tribal lands is limited by financial and logistical factors and that this should be taken into account when educational institutions are designing and delivering course content.