Program is part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Division of Diabetes Translation. Contains links to Diabetes Projects, National Diabetes Education Program, Publications, Diabetes Education in Tribal Schools, K-12 Curriculum, references, and more.
Report has information about demographics, reservations and land maps, community issues, educational issues, schools types, Indian Education Legislation and Native organizations.
Pimatisiwin, vol. 8, no. 1, Summer, 2010, pp. 1-18
Description
Looks at the Caregiver Ratio Index (CRI), the number of potential caregivers divided by the number of potential frail elders, and its usefulness as a demographic tool.
Focuses on detective narratives. Discusses Street Wolf by Mark Wayne Harris and Dennis Francis, Skinwalker by Nunzio DeFilippis and Christina Weir, and Scalped by Jason Aaron and R. M. Guéra.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 21, no. 1, Spring, 2009, pp. 69-77
Description
Presents a brief essay that will become the introduction to Ralph Salisbury's latest book of poetry.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 69.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 20, no. 3, Special Issue on The Shadow Catcher: The Uses of Native American Photography, 1996, pp. 83-91
Description
Looks at Navajo photography from a Navajo’s point of view, both as subject and as photographer.
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 21, no. 2, K-12 Education, Winter, 2009
Description
Describes improvements in student education programs at tribal colleges in the United States, education programs geared towards youngsters, programs for at-risk high school students and more.
Combines results of survey completed by respondents from over 120 tribes and case studies of six successful projects carried out by: Assiniboine (Nakota) and Gros Ventre or Ah Ah Nee Nin, Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Ojibwe, Coeur D’Alene, Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, Southern California Tribal Digital Village, and Leech Lake. Includes suggestions for keys to success.
Examines the conceptual challenges of a national cinema; describes the political and creative utility in the Native Southwest; looks at the work of Larry Blackhorse Lowe, Nanobah Becker, and Bennie Klain; and discusses the challenges that might undermine the prospects for a Navajo national cinema.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 8, no. 2, Series 2; Teaching American Indian Literatures, Summer, 1996, pp. [7]-20
Description
Discusses the problems and challenges associated with integrating Native American literature into general American Literature survey classes.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
Undergraduate Honors Theses (Utah State University) ; paper 70
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Brooke D. McNaughton
Description
Evaluates two novels which address identity issues: Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko and Wolfsong by Louis Owens.
American Studies Honors Thesis--Utah State University, 2010.
State Center for Health Statistics And Office Minority Health and Health Disparities
Description
Facts about mortality, chronic diseases, HIV and sexually transmitted diseases, access to health and health of children from infant to adolescent in the American Indian population.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 8, no. 2, Series 2; Teaching American Indian Literatures, Summer, 1996, pp. [29]-46
Description
Describes a masters level course which included a fieldwork component consisting of interviewing an elder.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.