Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 34, no. 3, Spring, 1995, pp. [28-50]
Description
Data suggests that personal investments like sense of self, purpose and competence, together with a task, like striving for excellence, are the most important factors when determining academic achievement and school retention.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 19, no. 1, Winter, 1995, pp. 75-89
Description
Article examines different telling of the Hopi origins narrative, discusses the different elements and what they might say about Hopi culture. Considers different characters in the story and explores the cultural understanding of them as heroes/villains.
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 18, no. 2, Traditional Wisdom Our Strength, Winter, 2006
Description
Profiles Rafael Garcia, a language teacher, who confirms that the O'odham in Mexico and in the United States are the same people who share the same history and language.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 16, no. 3, 1992, pp. 77-86
Description
Findings indicate that Native Americans were more likely to have gallstones than non-Native Americans. This finding is significant in that large stones also carry a greater risk for gallbladder cancer.
International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, vol. 19, no. 5, September-October 2006, pp. 549-552
Description
Introductory article to a special issue of the International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education. The story, told in narrative style, describes the author's journey to visit Tohono O'odam Tribal College in Arizona.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 16, no. 2, Spring, 1992, pp. 157-167
Description
Authors, who are also FBI agents, describe some of the potential complications and pitfalls for non-Indigenous investigators working in Indigenous communities; highlight cultural misunderstandings, negotiation of systems of authority and governance, Indigenous systems of justice.