Journal of Communication, vol. 27, no. 4, December 1977, pp. 120-129
Description
Study assessed the impact of technology (specifically telephone service), both positive and negative, on the daily life and traditional ways of the Inuit.
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 1, no. 2, June 1, pp. 45-49
Description
Describes the process of digging a well to aid in the growing and consumption of locally produced fruits and vegetables in the arid region of central Australia.
American Journal of Public Health, vol. 104, no. S3, Supplement 3, June 2014, pp. S404-S414
Description
Uses linkage methodology to compare American and Alaska Native incidence data with the white population. Shows there should be improved access to CRC screening programs.
Journal of Northern Studies, vol. 8, no. 2, 2014, pp. 29-42
Description
Discusses Historia by Olaus Magnus and Lapponia by Johannes Schefferus which both contain themes of the Sami people, their way of life, skills, and magical powers.
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 29, no. 2, Fall, 2014, pp. 39-62
Description
Discusses the implications of using Geronimo's name as code for Osama Bin Laden when he was killed by the United States military and how Indigenous masculinity has been represented and misrepresented.
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 1, no. 1, March 1977, p. 56
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Comments on how the environment that people live in has an impact on people's overall health. Article states that the World Health Organization's (WHO) definition of health is not just the absence of disease, but complete physical, mental and social well being.
American Journal of Public Health, vol. 104, no. S3, Supplement 3, 2014, pp. S481-S489
Description
Looks at risk behaviors such as tobacco use, diet and physical inactivity by surveying communities and using the Behavior Risk Factor Surveillance System conducted by state health departments and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Social Science & Medicine, vol. 106, April 2014, p. 128–136
Description
Discusses the theory of historical trauma and the connection to contemporary health disparities. Also examines a narrative model to address problems of existing historical theories.
Great Plains Quarterly, vol. 34, no. 3, Summer, 2014, pp. 288-289
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Book review of: The History of the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation, 1600-2012 by David Miller, Dennis Smith, Joseph McGeshik, James Shanley and Caleb Shields.
Social Science & Medicine, vol. 105, March 2014, p. 59–66
Description
Examines the experiences of drug user patients in hospital settings and the social, structural, and environmental factors that contribute to self discharge.
Body Image, vol. 11, no. 3, June 2014, pp. 318-327
Description
Women identified the following themes: accepting everything about your body; who you are and how you show it; connection to culture; being healthy; and being thankful to be Indigenous.
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 1, no. 2, Fall, 2014, pp. 89-104
Description
Comments on the "chain of symbolic associations between the Indigenous, in particular the Choctaw, and Lennon and The Beatles that extends across much of the novel".