A Victim-Centered Approach to Crimes Against American Indian & Alaska Native Children: Resource Guide and Workbook for Drafting New or Amended Tribal Laws on Crimes Against Children
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Pat Sekaquaptewa
Roe Bubar
JoAnne Cook
Description
Workbook and resource guide provides examples, narratives and discussion questions to target law services for the community.
Village Public Safety Officer [VPSO] Turnover and Reported Violent Crime in Alaska Native Villages
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Darryl S. Wood
Northern Review, no. 28, Spring, 2008, pp. 246-260
Description
Study findings found villages with a VPSO generally had similar crime rates to those without. These results indicate that violent crime rates are partly a function of having a person to report a crime to.
Violence and the Effects of Trauma on American Indian and Alaska Native Populations
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sadie Willmon-Haque
Dolores Subia BigFoot
Journal of Emotional Abuse, vol. 8, no. 1-2, Special Issue: Children Exposed to Violence: Current Issues, Interventions and Research, 2008, pp. 51-66
Description
Looks at cultural and shared beliefs, poverty, historical trauma in tribes and families, suicide, and substance abuse and treatment.
Vitamin D Deficiency in a Nonrandom Sample of Southeast Alaska Natives
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Joseph T. Frost
Lani Hill
Journal of the American Dietetic Association, vol. 108, no. 9, September 2008, pp. 1508-1511
Description
Results of a two year study conducted through the Ketchikan Indian Community Tribal Health Clinic which tested levels of the vitamin and serum glucose.
We Are All Related
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Daniel Wildcat
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 20, no. 2, Native Green, Summer, 2008
Description
Describes the American Indian and Alaska Native Climate Change Working Group, formed by tribal colleges and universities, which brought together leading scientists and elders to address climate-related problems.
Weapon Systems and Assemblage Variability During the Northern Archaic Period in Northern Alaska
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jeffrey T. Rasic
Natalia S. Slobodina
Arctic Anthropology, vol. 45, no. 2, 2008, pp. 71-88
Description
Contends that a unilinear scheme of weapon evolution does not apply to the Northern Archaic tradition (NAT).
A Woman's Vapor: Yupik Bodily Powers in Southwest Alaska
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Phyllis Morrow
Ethnology, vol. 41, no. 4, Fall, 2002, pp. 335-348
Description
Menstrual traditions of Alaska Native Yupik women.
Working Bibliography: Inuit Student Persistence and Success: Prepared for "Foundations for Student Persistence and Success in Inuit Nunangat" Research Project
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Shelly Tulloch
Description
Sources include: books, chapters, articles, research reports, annotated bibliographies, opinion and discussion papers, organizational reports, legislation, and policies.