Report has information about demographics, reservations and land maps, community issues, educational issues, schools types, Indian Education Legislation and Native organizations.
Pimatisiwin, vol. 8, no. 1, Summer, 2010, pp. 1-18
Description
Looks at the Caregiver Ratio Index (CRI), the number of potential caregivers divided by the number of potential frail elders, and its usefulness as a demographic tool.
Focuses on detective narratives. Discusses Street Wolf by Mark Wayne Harris and Dennis Francis, Skinwalker by Nunzio DeFilippis and Christina Weir, and Scalped by Jason Aaron and R. M. Guéra.
Looks at The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie, A Short History of Indians in Canada by Thomas King and Halfbreed by Maria Campbell.
Literature Thesis (Ph.D.)--Universität Wien, 2012.
Quileute Elder relates traditional stories and discusses the way Quileute culture has been presented in the Twilight books and movies.
Duration: 1:10:03.
Navajo Sand Paintings: The Importance of Sex Roles in Craft Production
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nancy J. Parezo
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 6, no. 1/2, Spring-Summer, 1982, pp. 125-148
Description
A look at the commercialization of art form and how the Navajo's flexible division of labor allowed for both men and women to participate in its productions for economic gain.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 6, no. 1/2, Spring-Summer, 1982, pp. 71-89
Description
An examination on the effects of Navajo women moving to urban settings in the mid-twentieth century by looking at the rationale for the relocations, comparing field-work research and formulating new research strategies for the future.
Examines the conceptual challenges of a national cinema; describes the political and creative utility in the Native Southwest; looks at the work of Larry Blackhorse Lowe, Nanobah Becker, and Bennie Klain; and discusses the challenges that might undermine the prospects for a Navajo national cinema.
Undergraduate Honors Theses (Utah State University) ; paper 70
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Brooke D. McNaughton
Description
Evaluates two novels which address identity issues: Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko and Wolfsong by Louis Owens.
American Studies Honors Thesis--Utah State University, 2010.
State Center for Health Statistics And Office Minority Health and Health Disparities
Description
Facts about mortality, chronic diseases, HIV and sexually transmitted diseases, access to health and health of children from infant to adolescent in the American Indian population.
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 2, no. 1, 1982, pp. 181-185
Description
Statistical data gathered in 1978-1979 on Native American participation in post-secondary education and a prediction on the educational levels for the year 2000 for Aboriginal Canadians.
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 71, 2012, p. article no. 18698
Description
Purpose of study was to examine extent of research, representation of populations and geographic areas, methodologies used and associated health outcomes.
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 71, 2012, p. article no. 17521
Description
Concludes that there are elevated rates of pancreaticobiliary cancers in Alaska Natives. Possible risk factors that are modifiable are tobacco use and obesity.