Original documentary was about a two-day exercise in discrimination. Third grade students were divided into two groups, the blue-eyed and the brown-eyed. The first day one group was told they were better than the others and received special privileges; the next day the roles were reversed.
Includes additional links to follow-up documentary, interviews with producer and teacher, teacher's guide and frequently asked questions.
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. 1441-1459
Description
Lists key recommendations relating to issues pertaining to Type 2 diabetes.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 19, no. 1, 1995, pp. 97-118
Description
Looks at films as social barometers of attitudes and ideologies; films discussed: Dances With Wolves, Black Robe, Thunderheart, Clearcut, Loyalties, Company of Strangers, Where the Spirit Lives, Spirit Rider, and Powwow Highway.
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
Virginie Vaté
Céline Petit
Marie-Amélie Salabelle
Description
Compares three case studies which show how games play a central role in different areas of the North.
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.
Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, vol. 77, no. 4, 2009, p. 751–762
Description
Examines the meaning of healing among the staff and clients of a Native American community-based counseling program regarding the therapeutic approach used to address the harmful psychosocial legacy of the Aboriginal residential schools.
Assessed disability type and incidence, limitations, employment and concerns and barriers.
Paper presented at the Northeastern Educational Research Association Conference, Symposium on Special Education and Rehabilitation, 2009.
Community Readiness Model for HIV/AIDS Prevention (Revised Edition)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Barbara A. Plested
Pamela Jumper-Thurman
Ruth W. Edwards
Description
Discusses an assessment model that creates effective, culturally appropriate, and community specific strategies to address HIV/AIDS prevention and intervention.
Pacific Historical Review, vol. 64, no. 4, November 1995, pp. 537-566
Description
Argues that resistance occurred for several reasons including that the draft infringed on American Indians' status as non-Citizens, who could not be required to register for service and endangered federal protections of tribal sovereignty resulting in the acceleration toward assimilation, which had been attempted through the allotment process and the liquidation of tribal lands.
Looks at the history, artistic and cultural value of Alutiiq masks, and discusses some of the challenges for future masters to carry Alutiiq traditions forward.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 19, no. 3, Summer, 1995, pp. 407-421
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Author critically examines printed text versions of Chief Seattle’s speech, considers how factors of historical context, translation from oral performance to written text, and intended audience might influence the retelling and meaning of the speech.
Pimatisiwin, vol. 7, no. 1, Summer, 2009, pp. 1-25
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Questions how the Community Based Participatory Research principles stand up when applied to American Aboriginal communities and whether additional contextual information is necessary to understand and work with these principles.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 21, no. 3, Fall, 2009, pp. 66-89
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Comments on the underrepresentation and exclusion of Indigenous voices in scholarly works.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 66.