Analyzes the use of Ghost Dance and Wounded Knee references in Alexie's works.
Chapter 1 from Sherman Alexie: A Collection of Critical Essays edited by Jeff Berglund and Jan Roush.
Nigerian novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie discusses the way that story shapes our understanding of people and places, and how only having one narrative about a place or a people leads to a stereotypical and incomplete understanding.
Duration: 18:33.
Environmental Research Letters, vol. 4, no. 2, April-June 2009, pp. 1-9
Description
Argues that an immediate, concerted effort to develop policies is necessary to enhance the resilience and reduce vulnerability of the Inuit population .
American Antiquity, vol. 75, no. 2, April 2010, pp. 287-325
Description
Argues that the bow and arrow were present in the early Holocene and that atlatls, bows and arrows were used, in varying frequencies, at the same time.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 34, no. 2, 2010, pp. 81-101
Description
Promotes the cohesion of Haudenosaunee people on both sides of the United States/Canada border by sharing history, clan research and linking clan relatives.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 21, no. 2, Summer, 2009, pp. 81-84
Description
Book review of: The Death of Raymond Yellow Thunder, and Other True Stories From the Nebraska-Pine Ridge by Stew Magnuson.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access review, scroll to page 81.
American Quarterly, vol. 62, no. 3, September 2010, pp. 569-590
Description
Discussion on Native evangelical leaders and organizations that circulate through the North American Institute of Indigenous Theological Studies. The article also looks at the relationship between Native evangelicalism and decolonization.
Mentoring For Diversity in HIV/AIDS To Strengthen Research Capacity
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Karina L. Walters
Jane M. Simoni
American Journal of Public Health, vol. 99, Supplement 1, April 2009, pp. S71-S76
Description
Researchers are working to reduce barriers in academia by incorporating Indigenous worldviews, and building relationships and capacity with research partners.
Ethnicity and Disease, vol. 20, no. 4, 2010, pp. 444-450
Description
Study found that simple interventions that target availability of sweetened beverages in American Indian communities proved feasible and may reduce tooth decay.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 15, no. 3, American Indian Family History, Summer, 1991, pp. 311-328
Description
Article examines the structures and functions of polygynist families (arrangements in which one man marries multiple women) and the practice and prevalence of polygyny among Cheyenne people.
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 69, no. 3, 2010, pp. 236-252
Description
Examines trends in diabetes, mostly by using population-based data, but also including discussions on risk factors, awareness, funding and case findings.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 33, no. 3, 2009, pp. 85-99
Description
Looks at the diseases that are prevalent among elderly Native Americans living on or near a reservation and discusses how to close the disparities gap.
Examines the structural factors behind disproportionality in the system and reviews approaches that go beyond traditional limits of social welfare systems.
Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology, vol. 25, no. 4, December 2010, pp. 303-316
Description
Examines the belief systems about diabetes in American Indian elders with two practice models, one an Indigenous model, valuing traditional American Indian culture, the other a mainstream model, aligned with western biomedicine.