Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 37, no. 2, The Seventh Generation: Spotlight on Indigenous Youth, June 2013, p. [?]
Description
Discusses the misappropriation of Native American-inspired designs, the blog and online boutique created to educate the public and connect Native designers with customers.
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 37, no. 1, Reconstructions du passé inuit / Reconstructions of the Inuit Past, 2013, pp. 35-56
Description
Reports on the resilience of Indigenous populations reacting to culturally challenging events such as disease and declining resources in the 19th and 20th centuries.
Ethnicity and Disease, vol. 20, no. 4, 2010, pp. 444-450
Description
Study found that simple interventions that target availability of sweetened beverages in American Indian communities proved feasible and may reduce tooth decay.
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 69, no. 3, 2010, pp. 236-252
Description
Examines trends in diabetes, mostly by using population-based data, but also including discussions on risk factors, awareness, funding and case findings.
Great Plains Quarterly, vol. 33, no. 4, Fall, 2013, pp. 237-251
Description
Looks at several treaties and acts which all contributed to loss of land belonging to the Sioux: Fort Laramie Treaty of 1851; Homestead Act of 1862; Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868; Act of 1877; Allotment Act of 1886; Act of 1889 and Wheeler-Howard Act; Pick-Sloan Flood Control Act of 1944; Indian Land Consolidation Act.
Book review of Discovering Indigenous Lands by Robert J. Miller, Jacinta Ruru, Larissa Behrendt, and Tracey Lindberg.
Entire book review section on one pdf. To access this review scroll to p. 167.
Examines the structural factors behind disproportionality in the system and reviews approaches that go beyond traditional limits of social welfare systems.
Proceedings of the 15th International Congress on Circumpolar Health
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Inna Rivkin
Joseph Trimble
Ellen D.S. Lopez
Samuel Johnson
Eliza Orr
James Allen
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 72, Supplement 1, 2013, p. article no. 20958
Description
Study aimed to improve cultural sensitivity in order to decrease the psychological stress resulting from rapid changes in culture and lifestyle patterns.
Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology, vol. 25, no. 4, December 2010, pp. 303-316
Description
Examines the belief systems about diabetes in American Indian elders with two practice models, one an Indigenous model, valuing traditional American Indian culture, the other a mainstream model, aligned with western biomedicine.
Comments on works by following authors: Oliver La Farge, Mabel Dodge Luhan, Willa Cather, Leslie Marmon Silko, Simon Ortiz.
Thesis (Ph.D.)--University College Cork, Ireland, 2013.
Journal of Indigenous Research, vol. 3, no. 1, 2013, pp. 1-4
Description
Reports on panel discussions which took place between members of the Association of Black Psychologists, Society of Indian Psychologists, and the National Latino/a Psychological Association about the relevancy of the Code in terms of ethnic minorities.
Australasian Journal of American Studies, vol. 32, no. 1, July 2013, pp. 1-26
Description
Comments on the role of the Outing Matron who was responsible for the placement, supervision and regulation of young Native American women in domestic employment.
GLQ: A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies, vol. 16, no. 1-2, 2010, pp. 69-92
Description
Looks at how Two-Spirit critiques, critiques that centralize Native peoples, nations, identities, land bases, and survival tactics, challenge and strengthen work in queer studies.
Resources and Sustainable Development n the Arctic (ReSDA) Gap Analysis Report ; no.4
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Lee Huskey
Chris Southcott
Description
Looks at the intuitive belief that resource development results in wealth and well-being for region when in fact it often leads to a decrease and other problems (resource curse).