Three case studies illustrate the use of the Food Sovereignty Assessment Tool: Cochiti Pueblo, Diné Policy Institute, and the Mvskoke Food Sovereignty Initiative.
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 53, no. 3, Examining and Applying Safety Zone Theory: Current Policies, Practices, and Experiences, 2014, pp. 11-24
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Compares original intent of legislation requiring instruction about Native American government, sovereignty, culture and history to actual instructional practices in five urban school districts.
Discusses the activities of the Rocky Mountain Quality Improvement Center (RMQIC) project which was designed to prevent removal and out-of-home placement of children who have become involved with the child welfare system due to parental substance abuse and child neglect.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 16, no. 3, 1992, pp. 77-86
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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.
Presents updated interviews originally conducted in 2012, offering a glimpse of how communities are using traditional foods as a way to promote a healthy lifestyle, share cultural knowledge and reclaim a local food system.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 31, no. 1, 2007, pp. 39-62
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Examination of the social experiences and challenges faced by Native American children who had attended large public schools in the United States between 1945-75.
Decolonization, vol. 3, no. 1, Indigenous Art, Aesthetics and Decolonial Struggle, 2014, pp. 225-231
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Mixed media artist Tom GreyEyes talks about his art being political messages coming from the Indigenous perspective on colonialism, decolonization and protest.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 16, no. 2, Spring, 1992, pp. 157-167
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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.
Social Work Research, vol. 31, no. 2, June 2007, pp. 95-107
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Examines the Navajo Nation, San Carlos, and Salt River reservations in Arizona and how these areas, unlike the rest of the nation, have not had a decline in welfare caseloads.
Kidney International, vol. 71, no. 9, May 2007, pp. 931-937
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Study found the prevalence and incidence of disease in the sample population to be higher than those in both the general US population and other Native Americans.
Looks at the performance project Radio Healer that combines traditional Indigenous music and performances with modern digital technologies.
From PDC '14: Proceedings of the 13th Participatory Design Conference: Short Papers, Industry Cases, Workshop Descriptions, Doctoral Consortium papers, and Keynote abstracts -- Volume 2
Study compares the differences between casino and non-casino tribes to see which are fairing better in the areas of economic development, levels of wealth, and funding for social programs.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 31, no. 4, 2007, pp. 25-50
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Background history about the creation of the Navajo Community College (NCC). The colleges creation represented to people the establishment of a cross-cultural brokerage intended to overcome assimilationist tendencies.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 31, no. 1, Winter, 2007, pp. 87-109
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Research report draws on field notes and case studies to assess the capacity of Tribal governance bodies to manage watersheds using a combination of Western and Indigenous scientific practices, and to analyze tribal management in context of collaborative watershed management groups.
Journal of Religion & Film, vol. 18, no. 1, 2014, p. Article 40
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Film reviews of:
40 Years Celebrating Wounded Knee directed by Christopher Marshall.
The Medicine Game directed by Lukas Korver.
Shouting Secrets directed by Korinna Sehringer.
Spirit in Glass: Plateau Native Beadwork.
Winter in the Blood directed by Alex Smith and Andrew J. Smith.
Yellow Fever: The Navajo Uranium Legacy directed by Sophie Rousmaniere.