American Journal of Public Health, vol. 95, no. 5, May 2005, pp. 860-866
Description
Examines the prevalence and clinical correlates of pathological gambling among 1228 American Indian and Hispanic American veterans in the southwest and north central regions of the United States.
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 29, no. 5, September/October 2005, p. 3
Description
Brief article reports on the LIME (Leaders in Indigenous Medical Education) Connection that is concerned with teaching Aboriginal health properly to medical students and recruiting and retaining Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students into medicine.
Child: Care, Health and Development, vol. 31, no. 5, September 2005, pp. 545-554
Description
Purpose of the study was to develop a knowledge base that describes the parent-child interactions observed in Canadian low-income samples and explore the relationship between parent-infant interactions and ethnicity.
Anthropology & Education Quarterly, vol. 36, no. 1, March 2005, pp. 43-56
Description
Discusses the importance of teaching through Indigenous language immersion rather than adding on a culture and language class to the existing curriculum.
Anthropology & Education Quarterly, vol. 36, no. 1, Indigenous Epistemologies and Education: Self-Determination, Anthropology, and Human Rights, March 2005, pp. 43-56
Description
Contends that language immersion programs support language and cultural revitalization by allowing students a deeper understanding and fluency.
American Indian Quarterly , vol. 29, no. 3/4, Special Issue: The National Museum of the American Indian, Summer - Autumn, 2005, pp. 466-477
Description
Author describes the short film created to introduce the audience to the National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) and their role in the production of it.
Northern Review, no. 25/26, Governance in the Provincial Norths, Summer, 2005, pp. 213-216
Description
Book review of, Many Faces of Gender: Roles and Relationships Through Time in Indigenous Northern Communities edited by Lisa Frank, Rita S. Shepard and Gregory A. Reinhardt.
Anthropology and Education Quarterly, vol. 36, no. 4, December 2005, pp. 367-385
Description
Examines the experiences of two novice teachers, one a cultural "insider" and one an "outsider", with a program based on Yup'ik cultural norms and knowledge.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 5, no. 1, A Special Symposium Issue on Leslie Marmon Silko's , 1979, pp. 19-26
Description
An examination of the use of memory in the novel Ceremony. The main character Tayo has painful memories he is trying to forget but as the novel progresses he learns to embrace memories of his Indigenous traditions as a way to control his own life.
Journal of Cultural Diversity, vol. 12, no. 2, Summer, 2005, pp. 56-58
Description
Examines mentoring from a multi-dimensional perspective, with those dimensions encompassing the generational history, family belief system, cultural archetypes, individual learning style, and physical challenges.
Cardiovascular Diabetology, vol. 4, no. 17, November 2005
Description
Contends that the Oji-Cree genetic influence of the MTHFR 677C>T genotype on diabetic peripheral arterial disease is a major risk factor compared to traditional risk factors.
Lancet, vol. 365, no. 9470, April 30, 2005, pp. 1531-1532
Description
Examines the promise of doubling the amount of Federal funding for health care and looks at some of the grim and stark realities for Aboriginal people in Canada.