Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 17, no. 4, Winter, 2005, pp. 1-26
Description
Describes how Native American authors Paula Gunn Allen, Sherman Alexie, Elizabeth Woody, Teresa lyall-Santos, James Luna, Marie Annharte Baker, and Hulleah Tsinhnahjinnie create oppositional models, which challenge current paradigms and understandings of Native American identity.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 1.
Anthropology & Education Quarterly, vol. 36, no. 1, Indigenous Epistemologies and Education: Self-Determination, Anthropology and Human Rights, March 2005, pp. 96-103
Description
Uses the example of a program at Michigan State University to explore issues in incorporating heritage languages into the curriculum of post-secondary institutions.
Documentary advocates for a return to traditional, unprocessed foods. Focus is on activities of the Indigenous Environmental Network, which is located in Minnesota.
Duration: 58:17.
Canadian Journal of Environmental Education, vol. 18, [Removing Margins in Environmental Education], 2013, pp. 126-141
Description
Discusses a humanities course, Native American Architecture and Place which looks at Indigenous place for a better understanding of Native American/First Nations people.
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 12, no. 2, 2017, pp. 64-83
Description
Comments on the discrimination and poorer health status of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and two-spirit Native American and Alaska Natives compared to mainstream Americans.
Talking Together to Improve Health = Gi-noondidaa ji mina-maajiishkag noojimoowin
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Annie Berthiaume
Renée Chevrier-Lamoureux
Sheila Cote-Meek
Ryan Ferguson
Ghislaine Goudreau ... [et al.]
Description
Looked at both grey and peer-reviewed literature about research conducted in North America and Australia. Summarizes search results under four themes: respect, trust, self-determination, and commitment.
Pediatrics, vol. 115, no. 2, February 2, 2005, pp. 127-134
Description
Analysis of multi chemical exposure among adolescent girls suggests that the attainment of the first menstrual period may be sensitive to relatively low levels of lead and Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) congeners.
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 24, no. 3, 2017, pp. 39-62
Description
American Indians and Alaska Natives were compared to general population on demographic variables, alcohol problems, and religious affiliations and practices. Found that those who engaged in Native-specific spiritual practices had lower alcohol use.
Proceedings of the 15th International Congress on Circumpolar Health
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
R. Steven Konkel
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 72, Supplement 1, 2013, p. article no. 21520
Description
Findings suggest that renewables, in the form of wind generation, play an important role in providing energy needs, particularly for remote communities.
NEA/NIEA Moving from Research to Practice: A Summit on Indian Students
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Octaviana V. Trujillo
Denise A. Alston
Description
Focuses on one of eight undeserved identified groups, using information from proceedings of national summits, to discuss problems experienced in public schools and strategies for change in policy and practices to close the gaps in academic achievement.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 17, no. 1, Spring, 2005, pp. 16-41
Description
Focuses on the work of contemporary Cherokee authors Robert Conley, Glenn Twist, Wilma Mankiller, and Diane Glancy, who attempt to represent the horrors of their ancestors' forced removal from the state of Georgia to present day Oklahoma.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 16.
American Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Graze, 2017.
Focuses on The Bingo Palace by Louise Erdrich, The Rez Sisters by Thomson Highway, and Reservation Blues by Sherman Alexie.
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 24, no. 1, 2017, pp. 61-106
Description
Study found that agencies provided a substantially broader range of services, including culturally specific programs, "mainstream" treatments, and ancillary services such as care for clients children.
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 24, no. 1, 2017, pp. 107-126
Description
Found that one agency was within national norms and the other's expenditures were less than expected. Proves that services can be provided within budgets found at mainstream facilities.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 41, no. 3, Indigenous Food Sovereignty, 2017, pp. 127-132
Description
Author of Eating the Landscape discusses how resilience theory can explain the relationship between traditional knowledge and adaptive change to ecological circumstances.
Resource Development and Well-Being in Northern Canada: Myth or Opportunity
Resources and Sustainable Development in the Arctic Workshop Report ; no.7
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Brenda Parlee
Description
Discusses if resource development will improve the well-being of people in the northern communities or add to the growing gap between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people.
Journal of Indigenous Research, vol. 3, no. 1, 2013, pp. 1-9
Description
Brief description of study and results of the Survey on Counseling Native American Clients and literature review. Lists 70 recommended books and videos.
American Indian and Alaska Native Health Research, vol. 24, no. 3, 2017, pp. 63-87
Description
Describes how a sample of adolescents interpreted and acted upon disclosures of depressive symptoms and suicidal ideation on Facebook or Twitter and what resources they felt were needed.
Reports results from an adult and a youth survey regarding personal experiences, and nine focus groups. Themes and findings included victimization, the role of alcohol and drugs, reporting of incidents, perceptions of law enforcement and court responses, appropriate court sanctions, youth and teen dating violence, services and community awareness.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 17, no. 3, Fall, 2005, pp. 85-114
Description
Describes the Pawnee/Otoe-Missouria writer's 1988 novel challenging academic agendas and ethics concerning display and ownership of human remains.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 85.
American Journal of Public Health, vol. 95, no. 11, November 2005, pp. 1982-1988
Description
Examines culturally appropriate interventions to increase use of restraints such as infant, child and booster seats, as car crashes are the leading cause of death of children in the United States.
Early American Literature , vol. 40, no. 2, 2005, pp. 375-385
Description
Book reviews of seven books:
American Lazarus: Religion and the Rise of
African-American and Native American Literatures by Joanne Brooks.
Dry Bones and Indian Sermons: Praying Indians in Colonial America by Kristina Bross.
The Eliot Tracts: With Letters from John Eliot to Thomas Thorowgood and Richard Baxter Edited by Michael Clark.
Les Sauvages Americains: Representations of Native Americans in French and English Colonial Literature by Gordon Sayre.
The Poor Indians: British Missionaries, Native Americans, and Colonial Sensibility by Laura M.
Western Social Science Association Meeting, San Francisco, April 12-15, 2017
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Stephen M. Sachs
Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 28, no. 2, Fall 2017, p. [?]
Description
Provides suggestions for repairing fractured communities: reinstating traditional inclusiveness, help to heal tribal member from historical trauma and destructive behaviors, renew traditional knowledge, support tribal development and inclusive communication.