American Indian Quarterly, vol. 8, no. 4, Autumn, 1984, pp. 315-329
Description
Examines the protagonists and use of the trickster archetype in Indigenous author's fictional stories. Scott Momaday's House Made of Dawn and James Welch's Winter in the Blood and The Death of Jim Loney are the novels examined.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 5, no. 2, June 1981, p. 4
Description
Brief article provide origins and definitions of the words disability and rehabilitation in order to assist health workers in assessing their patients.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 5, no. 4, December 1981, pp. 12-14
Description
Chronicles risk factors of alcohol and tobacco consumption and high rates of addiction of Australian Aboriginal people. Current smoking rates for Aboriginal Australians are 2.6 times that of non-Aboriginal Australians.
Book review of: Halfbreed by Maria Campbell as a life history, in the style of an autobiography. (Reproduced in Literature Resource Center, Gale Group)
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 8, no. 4, December 1984, pp. 37-39
Description
Describes the local reaction to the introduction of a ultrasound machine being used on expectant mothers at Galiwin'ku, Elcho Island, Northern Territory, Australia.
Ethnohistory, vol. 28, no. 4, Fall, 1981, pp. 295-312
Description
Population's response to drought suggests that some growth and decline took place due to environmental fluctuations, and were not solely a product of European contact.
Science, Technology, & Human Values, vol. 6, no. 35, Spring, 1981, pp. 2-13
Description
Discussion of uranium mining, questions of sovereignty, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, cultural integrity, radiation hazards and the anti-nuclear movement.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 8, no. 2, Spring, 1984, pp. 83-101
Description
Examines health care practices for pregnant Navajo women and the need for more culturally sensitive approaches to help reduce mortality rates. Part 1 of 2.