Looks at three Native American students attenting Ivy League universities in the 1990's, and discusses the perceived place of Native Americans in higher education and U.S. society.
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series A, Mathematical and Physical Sciences, vol. 330, no. 1615, April 24, 1990, pp. 665-670
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Explores the difference in hunting practices due to changes in climate during this time period.
History of Education, vol. 33, no. 2, March 2004, pp. 199-230
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Discusses informal photographs which relate to the structure of the schools, their physical environment and the daily lives of teachers and students. Argues that because they provide social and cultural context, visual representations should be treated as important primary sources in research.
Risk Analysis: An International Journal, vol. 24, no. 4, August 2004, pp. 1007-1018
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Results show little downside economically or nutritionally when replacing some "country food" with food from other sources, but few have actually altered their lifestyle perhaps because of the high value placed on the traditional economy.
Canadian Journal of Political Science, vol. 37, no. 3, September 2004, pp. 671-694
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Discusses the Yukon First Nations' rejection of financial terms presented by the federal and territorial governments and the implications for self-government of other First Nations.
Human Ecology, vol. 32, no. 4, August 2004, pp. 421-441
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Assesses the impacts of the 1984 change in Alaska fire policy from one of exclusion to one of management on Native land use in the Yukon Flats National Wildlife
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Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, vol. 67, no. 8-10, May 2004, pp. 791-808
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Survey of the Sencoten (Saanich) people and exposure to persistent organic pollutants (POPs) via traditional foods including fish and aquatic resources.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 14, no. 2, Spring, 1990, pp. 113-132
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Author examines the failure of the United States government to recognize the tribal status of the Samish, Snohomish, Snoqualmie, Duwamish, Steilacoob, Cowlitz, and Chinook Nations of western Washington, and consequently their rights to their ancestral lands.
Medical Anthropology Quarterly, vol. 18, no. 4, December 2004, pp. 490-508
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Argues that health care reform has altered staff work to such an extent that it has impacted on care, particularly with respect to marginalized patients.
Historical overview of the destructive policies of Hayter Reed, who spent much of his career in Indian Affairs was deputy superintendent of Indian Affairs in 1893-1897.