Children and Youth Services Review, vol. 31, no. 9, 2009, pp. 1019-1024
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Results based on interviews with 61 foster parents in Manitoba to examine value-based and practical benefits of having a shared cultural background with foster children.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 33, no. 2, Spring, 2009, pp. 230-252
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Cultural conflicts between Southeast Alaska's Tlingit Indians and Europeans from the viewpoint of three cultural systems: cosmology, jurisprudence and religion.
Rural Social Work & Community Practice, vol. 14, no. 2, December 2009, pp. 6-11
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Author equates the loss of language through assimilation with loss of a "moral compass" because it disrupts the ability to transmit teachings to children.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 28, no. 3/4, The Recovery of Indigenous Knowledge, Summer/Autumn, 2004, pp. 604-617
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Explores the difficulties in incorporating oral traditions into classrooms where learning is primarily textual and presents a model which brings first hand learning to course work.
American Indian Quarterly , vol. 28, no. 1/2, Special Issue: Empowerment Through Literature, Winter-Spring, 2004, pp. 103-106
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Author examines and compares that practice of making poetry and the and the practice of re-discovering or returning to traditional knowledge and ways of knowing.
Journal of Ecotourism, vol. 8, no. 2, Aboriginal Ecotourism, June 2009, pp. 115-127
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Discusses reasons for Sami not getting more involved with the tourism industry. Looks at study with members of local cooperatives for reindeer husbandry.
Discusses how the Dakota, Lakota, and Nakota philosophies & spiritual belief strategies can be applied to promote a healthy path for Native families & communities.