Compares the assimilation policies regarding child removal in the United States and Australia and looks at the effects it had on the children and their families.
Chapter seventeen in Children and War: A Historical Anthology edited by James Marten, foreword by Robert Coles.
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 41, no. 2, Special Issue, 2002, p. [?]
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Describes the Eagle Project, a partnership involving a tribal college, a mainstream institution, and businesses both public and private, to deliver programming.
Paper prepared for the Eighth Annual Conference of the Indigenous Women’s Conference “Celebrating Our Diversity” Trent University, Peterborough, ON, March 15-17, 2007.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 31, no. 1, 2007, pp. 109-119
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Explores the controversy surrounding overemphasis on Native American fictional literature in American Indian Studies and the dire need for understanding and solutions for social issues and challenges currently faced by Native Americans.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 14, no. 1, Series 2, Spring, 2002, pp. [1]-25
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Contends that the writer uses Western sources from Shakespeare through to Edward Lear, Robert Frost and T.S. Eliot and blends them with Native American literary traditions to create a truly mixedblood novel.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
Journal of College Student Development, vol. 48, no. 4, July/August 2007, pp. 405-416
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Based on a study using a sample of 643 students who had taken the College Students Experiences Questionnaire (CSEQ), two variables affecting student success were identified.
Arctic Anthropology, vol. 39, no. 1-2, 2002, pp. 10-27
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Discusses two ideas that influenced Subarctic prehistory; that the Subarctic was not a center for social change and that the environment was excessively austere.
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 19, no. 1, Tribal College Students Today, Fall, 2007, pp. 30-35
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Findings of a three-year study of science students who had transfered to larger institutions to complete their degrees found three predictors of success: academic readiness, financial security and support systems.
Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology, vol. 25, no. 4, December 2010, pp. 385-396
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Examines the concept of successful aging from an Alaska Native perspective that is designated when an individual has demonstrated wisdom because of the experiences he or she has gained throughout life.
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 27, no. 2, 2007, pp. 479-501
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Studies found that suicide is multi-determined and that there are no simple answers to the youth epidemic experienced worldwide. However, colonialism, and the residual effects of it, are cited as a common factor in all worldwide studies of suicide rates among Indigenous Peoples.
Provides a summary of suicide by Greenland and Alaska Indigenous youth and how social determinants can effect those numbers.
Chapter in Children and Youth in Greenland - An Anthology edited by W Kahlig & N Banerjee
Study examined learning experiences of students in mathematics and science programs, barriers to continuing education in those fields, and existing supports for transition process. Contains stories of four individuals.
Analysis of situation in Russia, Norway, Finland, Alaska, and Sweden for Sami herders in terms of management systems, economic efficiency, external conditions, and legislation.
Summary Report.
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 31, no. 2, Rescuing Critically Endangered Native American Languages, Summer, 2007
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Presentation of an excerpt from a booklet titled "Encouragement, Guidance, Insights, and Lessons Learned For Native Language Activists Developing Their Own Tribal Language Programs". The booklet is a transcript of a conversation between Darrell Kipp and 12 native language activists at the Piegan Institute, a Blackfeet immersion school co-founded by Kipp.