American Indian Quarterly, vol. 23, no. 2, Spring, 1999, pp. 23-37
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The authors examine the campaign, local media coverage, and the exit poll of the 1994 Navajo presidential campaign and election offer analysis of the even and its significance.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 19, no. 1, 1999, pp. 1-36
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Argues that for problems of identity the strategy for change requires committed leadership, populations that demand change, and changes to institutions and bureacracies.
Osgoode Hall Law Journal, vol. 37, no. 4, 1999, pp. 712-774
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Looks at the legal and regulatory basis of forest management, and assess how new tenure systems might be developed that would uphold traditional values while providing economic and employment opportunities.
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 28, no. 1, October 1988, pp. [1-8]
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College graduates responses to questionnaire indicated family motivation and encouragement were the most important factors contributing to academic success.
Looks at self-governance in Alaska, Canada, and the lower forty-eight states including eleven case studies.
Final report - AFN (Alaska Federation of Natives) version.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 23, no. 3, Special Issue on Disease, Health, and Survival Among Native Americans, 1999, pp. 205-215
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Examines a study in California offering practical and culturally sensitive steps for health care providers to help implement a focussed breast cancer educational program.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 23, no. 3, Special Issue on Disease, Health, and Survival Among Native Americans, 1999, pp. 185-203
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Argues that diabetes is not just a disease of the body but is a problem which needs to be understood within the context of Aboriginal history, culture, and experience.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 23, no. 1, 1999, pp. 177-189
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Argues that Wampum was a historical record, containing matters that were held sacred, but when first encountered by Europeans, because it was held with such respect, Wampum was assumed by the Europeans to be money.
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 27, no. 2, January 1988, pp. [10-20]
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Study examined two issues: whether a minority-controlled educational institution could be academically effective and whether a bicultural program could be successful in a desegregated school.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 11, no. 2, Series 2, Summer, 1999, pp. [66]-78
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Argues that King's works, Medicine River and Green Grass, Running Water represent a process of challenging views held by the dominant culture and constructing a new identity which is not based on the premise of superiority/inferiority as in previous cross-cultural relationships.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
American Journal of Public Health, vol. 78, no. 5, May 1988, pp. 499-503
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Study uses data from the National Infant Mortality Surveillance (NIMS) project to compare birthweights and mortality risks among Native American and White infants.