Trauma, Violence & Abuse, vol. 7, no. 1, January 2006, pp. 19-33
Description
Findings show socioeconomic characteristics, substance abuse, barriers to mental health services and acculturation play a role in the occurrence of suicide in Native American Indian communities.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 20, no. 2, Repatriation: An Interdisciplinary Dialogue, Spring, 1996, pp. 229-237
Description
Editorial piece in which the author offers an Indigenous perspective on and criticism of the practices of archaeologists and physical anthropologists in relation to the physical remains and funerary artifacts of Indigenous peoples.
Comments on the Anti-dote Multiracial Girls' and Womens'
Network that helps girls understand the impact of racism on their identity and offers coping strategies.
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 87, no. 1, March 2006, pp. 29-52
Description
Studies history of legislation by which individuals could renounce Indian "status" and gain Canadian citizenship through the Department of Indian Affairs.
Journal of Environmental Management, vol. 78, no. 2, January 2006, pp. 114-127
Description
Paper assesses the participatory process of three different case studies and comes to three common conclusions, one being that community empowerment is vital.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 20, no. 3/4, To Hear the Eagles Cry: Contemporary Themes in Native American Spirituality (Parts 1 & 2), Summer/Fall, 1996, p. 515
Description
Discussion of the use of symbols and "Indianization" of Christianity, and the reclamationof Anishnaabe identity, which is a private matter.
Hastings Race & Poverty Law Journal, vol. 4, no. 1, 2006-2007, pp. 45-129
Description
Brief overview of government policies aimed at eradicating Native Americans, discussion of how schools fit into achieving these goals, and possibilities for achieving redress through litigation.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 20, no. 3/4, To Hear the Eagles Cry: Contemporary Themes in Native American Spirituality (Parts 1 & 2), Summer - Autumn, 1996, pp. 353-376
Description
Asks whether the current politics of recognition provides new perspectives on the study of religions.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 20, no. 2, Repatriation: An Interdisciplinary Dialogue, Spring, 1996, pp. 180-196
Description
Author examines and discusses the narrative of a civilization—the Moundbuilders of America—that inhabited the Mississippi River valley prior to contemporary Indigenous peoples.
Urban Education, vol. 41, no. 1, January 2006, pp. 20-49
Description
Shows universal principles of learning are important to American Indian students and that supportive relationships with school personnel enhance conditions that lead to success.
American Behavioral Scientist, vol. 50, no. 4, Indigenous Peoples: Canadian and U.S. Perspectives, December 2006, pp. 526-549
Description
Examines how important historical events are seen to impact contemporary lives of Aboriginal people from the Northern Plains and the Southwest cultures.
American Educational History Journal, vol. 33, no. 2, 2006, pp. 97-105
Description
Discusses the use of print media to promote educational reforms, substitution of community day schools for boarding schools, replacement of curriculum to promote Aboriginal culture, and the use of vocational programs to benefit Aboriginal communities.
Visual Studies, vol. 21, no. 1, April 2006, pp. [4]-22
Description
Discusses such issues as the neutrality of the archive given its mandate "to promote a sense of national unity", its representations of Aboriginal people, and current movement to repatriate images.