Biography of an artist whose exhibition was mounted at the National Museum of the American Indian's George Gustav Heye Center from November 8, 2003-February 1, 2004.
Michael Fredericks discusses her company's philosophy and first project using a participate design concept at the Alaska Native Science and Engineering Facility at the University of Alaska Anchorage.
Duration: 47:37.
Public Health Reports, vol. 125, Supplement 4, 2010, p. 43–50
Description
Study identified sociocultural factors that contribute to rapid advancement of the disease; discusses the need for traditional healing practices to be included in treatment regimens.
"This paper focuses on Native American agency and their desire to attain the political and legal rights that would give them power to enforce treaty provisions, placing Native Americans at the center of the decision-making".
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 27, no. 1/2, Special Issue: Native Experiences in the Ivory Tower, Winter-Spring, 2003, pp. 252-263
Description
Article uses a personal narrative essay to explore the systemic racism experienced by the author as a graduate student and an instructor at an Ivy League University in the United States.
Book review of three books: The Salish People and the Lewis and Clark Expedition edited by Salish-Pend d'Oreille Culture Committee and Elders Cultural Advisory Council, Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes.
Silko: Writing Storyteller and Medicine Woman by Brewster E. Fitz.
Moccasin Thunder: American Indian Stories for Today by Lori Marie Carlson.
American Antiquity, vol. 75, no. 2, April 2010, pp. 221-227
Description
Response to Robert McGhee's article, "Aboriginalism and the Probems of Indigenous Archaeology", that questions Indigenous Archeology and the contributions of Indigenous Peoples in the field of archaeology.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 33, no. 4, 2009, pp. 139-149
Description
Comments on the imminence of the Lakota language being lost and the many decisions needed to be made in order to keep the language vibrant, including choosing which set of diacritics to use.
Circle of Goods: Women, Work, and Welfare in a Reservation Community
SUNY Series in Anthropological Studies of Contemporary Issues
SUNY Series in Anthropology of Work
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Tressa Berman
Description
Looks at women's role to maintain economy and culture of reservation life.
Chapter one from, Circle of Goods: Women, Work, and Welfare in a Reservation Community by Tressa Berman.
American indian Language Development Institute: Thirty Year Tradition of Speaking From Our Heart
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Teresa L. McCarty
Lucille J. Watahomigie
Akira Y. Yamamoto
Ofelia Zepeda
Description
Offers some suggestions for community-based language restoration work.
Chapter from American Indian Language Development Institute: Thirty Year Tradition of Speaking From Our Heart edited by Candace K. Galla, Stacey Oberly, G.L. Romero, Maxine Sam, Ofelia Zepeda.
Diabetes Care, vol. 33, no. 11, November 2010, pp. 2383-2389
Description
Discusses how changes in the treatment of diabetes in the Gila River Native American community over the past 30 years coincides with improvements in glycemia, blood pressure, and cholesterol.
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 24, no. 2, Native Feminism, Fall, 2009, pp. 131-148
Description
"... examines the conflation of American and Navajo nationalisms by scrutinizing the intersections of war, gender, and Diné tradition and the ways in which the Diné have drawn upon tradition to support U.S. militarism ...
Report (Conference Board of Canada) ; November 2010
[Conference Board of Canada Publication ; 11-120]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Bjorn Rutten
Description
Examines security challenges of Arctic including consequences of climate change, natural and man-made disasters, sovereignty-related issues, and sustainability and resiliency of communities.