Five papers describe the Akira Language Project implemented at White Shield School in North Dakota, Nakoda Language Program at Fort Belknap College in Montana and the development of tools for computer language documentation at the American Indian Studies Research Institute.
Excerpt from Revitalizing Indigenous Languages edited by John Reyhner, Gina Cantoni, Robert N. St. Clair, and Evangeline Parsons.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 21, no. 1, Spring, 2009, pp. 18-37
Description
Explains that although the author was planning on writing a novel with no political subject matter, she found that gardening was actually very political.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 18.
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 20, no. 4, Tribal College Leadership and Vision, Summer, 2009
Description
Reports on interviews that were given to eight Native American college presidents from the United States in which they were asked about their goals, challenges of their jobs, and other inquiries.
Pediatric Clinics of North America, vol. 56, no. 6, Health Issues in Indigenous children: An Evidence Based Approach for the General Pediatrician, December 2009, pp. 1501-1517
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 2, no. 3, Spring, 1989, pp. 5-6
Description
Introduces a special issue of the American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research which includes a manuscript by Dr. Foulks followed by contributions by leading scholars in the mental health field.
American Indian & Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 16, no. 3, 2009, pp. 1-15
Description
Compares the impact of three different weighting strategies on counts and rates of targeted health selectors using a random sample of American Indians and Alaska Natives.
Effectiveness of a Quitline for Alaska Native People
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Myde Boles
Kristen Rohde
Haiou He
Julie E. Maher
Michael J. Stark
Andrea Fenaughty
Tari O’Connor
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 68, no. 2, April 2009, pp. 170-181
Description
Looks at a comparative study of the acceptability and effectiveness of a tobacco cessation quitline (QL) among Alaska Native people and non-Alaska Native people.
Presents a method to identify and categorize seasonal patterns of weather conducive to specific tourism activities, using a tourism climate index based on hourly weather data.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 13, no. 3/4, 1989, pp. 149-170
Description
Reports on a number of findings regarding the typical Indian elder who tends to be poor, live in a rural area with urban numbers increasing, live with extended family, and they tend to be located west of the Mississippi River.
INALCO 2009, Proceedings of the 15th Inuit Studies Conference, Orality (Paris, 2006)
Orality in the 21st Century: Inuit Discourse and Practices. Proceedings of the 15th Inuit Studies Conference
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Esther Ilutsik
Ina Bouker
Description
Comments on an education system that combines Western and Yup'ik pedagogical approaches.
Paper from Orality in the 21st Century: Inuit Discourse and Practices. Proceedings of the 15th Inuit Studies Conference edited by B. Collingnon and M. Therrien.
Healing Traditions: The Mental Health of Aboriginal Peoples in Canada
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Joseph P. Gone
Description
Summarizes three contradictions that the author has observed among First Nations psychology professionals.
Chapter 19 from Healing Traditions: The Mental Health of Aboriginal Peoples in Canada edited by Laurence J. Kirmayer and Gail Guthrie Valaskakis.
English Studies in Canada, vol. 35, no. 2-3, June/September 2009, pp. 145-164
Description
Looks at the identity conflicts affecting the main character, that of being torn between pursuing life within the context of white or Native tradition.
Comments on the benefits that are a result of academics and endangered language communities working together.
Anthropology and Linguistics paper (B.A.)--Bryn Mawr College, 2009.
Students received instruction for English as a second language, Navajo, and cultural teachings resulting in increased involvement, improved reading, math and science skills.