Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 22, no. 4, Honoring Student Success, Summer, 2011
Description
Comments on a program, the Men's Talking Circle, where participants can talk with each other about problems and challenges that affect enrollment and attendance at college.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 18, no. 1, Winter, 1994, pp. 61-70
Description
Discusses the role of reoccurring themes and metaphors in the traditional stories of the Yup’ik people by comparing two different narratives “The Boy Who Went to Live with the Seals” and “The Girl Who Returned from the Dead.”
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 70, no. 3, 2011, pp. 266-273
Description
Assessment involved four steps: scoping to describe local conditions, surveying to collect data, analysis, and planning. Goal was to improve response capacity of vulnerable communities.
Journal of Multicultural Counseling & Development, vol. 22, no. 3, July 1994, pp. 153-164
Description
Looks at the clown characters of Kachinas, the Heyokas, and the Society of the False Faces and implications for use with nonverbal communication and learning styles.
Komunikacija i Kultura Online, vol. 2, no. 2, 2011, pp. 259-266
Description
Uses myth and reality, connected through the trickster, to incorporate oral tradition into the contemporary novels in what is referred to as a kabuki novel.
Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part C: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Endocrinology, vol. 124, no. 2, October 1999, pp. 181-186
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Reports the mercury levels in five subsistence fish, northern pike, burbot, whitefish, grayling and sheefish, from the Yukon-Kuskokwim delta region of Alaska.
Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research, vol. 42, no. 6, December 1999, pp. 1311-1322
Description
Investigated age, gender, ethnic background and history of middle ear disease as factors affecting the degree of hearing impairment. The article also discusses how language acquisition can be affected due to hearing loss.
Regional Educational Laboratory for the Central Region
Description
Focuses on four areas: language needs, family and community involvement, alternative instruction techniques, culturally responsive schooling, and standards-based instruction.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 23, no. 2, 1999, pp. 137-143
Description
Explains that hikwsi, which has often been translated as soul or a person's death breath, is much more complex and is actually used to explain human structure and behaviour.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 18, no. 3, Summer, 1994, pp. 297-319
Description
Study uses information from surveys of villagers and service providers—including VPSO coordinators, Alaska State Troopers, business owners, social services workers, BIA employees—conducted in two different villages to contrast the different perceptions of Village Public Safety Officers (VPSOs).
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 23, no. 4, Winter, 2011, pp. [48]-74
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Discusses the history of codifying societal and governance practices using examples from various First Nations, and argues that Gerald Vizenor's Constitution is part of this continuum.
Scroll to page 48 for article.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 23, no. 1, Winter, 1999, pp. 45-53
Description
Author explores the different characteristics and purposes of storytelling, comparing Indigenous and Western traditions, oral vs written storytelling, and the different cultural values that are embedded in the stories.
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 9, no. 2, Summer, 1994, pp. 36-38
Description
Exhibition review from the Joseph and Margaret Muscarelle Museum of Art, Virginia, 1993-1994.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access review, scroll to page 36.
Three artists who participated in the exhibition Tipi: Heritage of the Great Plains discuss the relationship between their culture, personal lives, and their work.
Duration: 1:59:05.
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 26, no. 1, Spring, 2011, pp. 5-41
Description
Discusses the conflict between anthropologists & archaeologists and Indigenous peoples on the rule for the disposition of culturally unidentifiable Native American human remains in the possession or control of museums or Federal agencies.
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 14, no. 1, Spring, 1999, pp. 147-163
Description
Looks at the historical relationship, from a small town perspective, between people on the Nez Perce reservation and the United States, be it government or local level interactions.