Presents overview of research on developmental screening tools and the transportability from one culture to another. Looks at programs in British Columbia and Quebec using ASQ (Ages and Stages Questionnaire).
Shows how community and culture based education contributes to academic success for American Indian and Alaska Native children. Recommendations are provided.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 21, no. 3, 1997, pp. 75-82
Description
Looks at the forced removal of the Cupeño, in Southern California, by telling the story of one family affected by the relocation. The article also discusses the urbanization challenges faced by the Dawn family and other band members.
Museum Anthropology Review, vol. 2, no. 2, Fall, 2008, pp. 54-87
Description
Examines the interests of both Indigenous peoples and museums in working collaboratively and understanding the dynamics of payments, reciprocity, traditional knowledge and values.
The Reading Teacher, vol. 50, no. 7, April 1997, pp. 576-584
Description
Discusses the Menominee Indian School District's development of a new curriculum and their efforts to involve parents and build trust in the community.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 32, no. 3, Summer, 2008, pp. 324-351
Description
Author believes televison shows dehumanize Native Americans and takes a critical look at how audiences' percieve representations, what frame of reference the audience uses to evaluate what they view, and argues that there is a need to view representations without accepting the status quo provided in encoded form.
Author explores different aspects of Passamaquoddy society and culture using several different traditional dances as a mode of discussion.
Prepared for GINTC 7102 Cultural Specialization Class, Lesley College.
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American Indian Quarterly, vol. 16, no. 3, Summer, 1992, pp. 361-372
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Author explores the tropes of exoticism contained in Fergusson’s novel Dancing Gods, situates Fergusson’s writing within the genre, and relates it to similar works by other writers within the genre.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 16, no. 3, 1992, pp. 51-64
Description
Discusses the accessibility and the limitations of some data. The authors argue that researchers need to be persistent in order to locate pertinent information.
Outlines the history of Minnesota's jurisdictional arrangements with the Anishinabe Ojibwe of White Earth and five other reservations of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe and how the state began asserting its sovereignty over those reservations.
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Espace Sculpture, no. 19, Sculpture et Anthropologie, Spring, 1992, pp. 34-36
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Discusses works from the exhibitions Strengthening the Spirit, Bishop's Moose and the Pinkerton Men and Indians from A to Z. Artists include Jimmie Durham, Ron Noganosh, Domingo Cisneros, and Robert Houle.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 20, no. 2, 2008, pp. 77-101
Description
Discussion of the book, Reasoning Together: The Native Critics Collection, which the author considers a very important theoretical work, contains essays by Indigenous literary critics.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 77.
Developing a Culturally Responsive School Division: An Aboriginal Education Research Network Grant
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Author/Creator
Saskatoon Public Schools
Description
Outlines background and purpose of the study, and reports on establishing an advisory committee and the principles developed in consultation with it, knowledge gathered through international, national and local site visits, and practices in place at Princess Alexandra Community School and Mount Royal Collegiate, Saskatoon.
Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology, vol. 23, no. 4, December 2008, pp. 361-376
Description
Study focused on four groups with elevated risk of complications: Native Americans, Mexican Americans, African Americans, and rural Whites; includes recommendations for further research directions.
BMC Medical Genetics, vol. 9, October 2008, pp. 1471-2350
Description
Results of the Strong Heart Family Study suggest distinct genetic effects on body mass in individuals with diabetes compared to non-diabetics and a possible role for one or more genes on chromosome I in the pathogenesis of obesity.
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 37, no. 1, Special Issue - Part I, Fall, 1997, pp. [7-15]
Description
Authors of Collected Wisdom: American Indian Education describe their rationale for using story-based reporting of findings rather than the more traditional methods.
American Journal of Physical Anthropology, vol. 137, no. 4, December 2008, pp. 412-424
Description
Study results suggest the Y chromosome population structure of Native North America was significantly altered by European admixture which has resulted in a decreasing gradient of haplogroup R from the northeast to the southwest of North America.
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 31, no. 1, 2008, pp. 311-317
Description
Author shares a mnemoic pictograph, symbolic of a dream, with the audience at an American Educational Research Association (AERA) annual meeting held in Chicago in May 2007.