The Journal of Infectious Diseases, vol. 198, no. 8, October 15, 2008, pp. 1175-1179
Description
Study determined whether a pattern of functional single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) was present that could predispose a Dené cohort to a suboptimal response to Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice, vol. 82, no. 1, October 2008, pp. 1-17
Description
Study probes the diabetes epidemic and the disproportionate burden of disease complications among Indigenous peoples regardless of geographic location.
International Feminist Journal of Politics, vol. 10, no. 2, 2008, pp. 216-233
Description
Discusses violence against Indigenous women resulting from global economic restructuring based on two cases: missing and murdered Aboriginal women in Canada, and the death of Private Piestewa, a Hopi woman.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 31, no. 1, Winter, 2008, pp. 1-15
Description
Explores different ways that Indigenous relationships to land and place have been disrupted by settler-colonialism; offers suggestions for disrupting and unsettling neocolonial and neoliberal frameworks surrounding land and place.
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 20, no. 1, Native Voices, Modern Media, Fall, 2008, pp. 18-19
Description
Discusses the associate degree in Media Communications, including a description of the curriculum, available from Haskell Indian Nations University in Lawrence, Kansas.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 20, no. 1, Spring, 2008, pp. 27-54
Description
Suggests that the novel was groundbreaking by introducing two-spirited characters to Native American literature.
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Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 8, no. 1, March 1984, pp. 31-32
Description
Discusses the differences between working at a medical aid post (MAP), a hospital, or the Aboriginal Health Program in the Torres Strait Islands, Australia.
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 31, no. 2, 2008, pp. 4-14, 174
Description
Looks at popular interpretations of the Huron childhood experience and finds that the historical representations regarding disrespect and freedom, associated with children, are simply not true.
Studies the homeless in Montreal, Quebec where according to recent figures, it is estimated that more than 90 of 800 Inuit that live there are homeless.
California Law Review, vol. 96, no. 1, February 2008, pp. 185-233
Description
Argues that despite the U.S. government's responsibility and statutory obligations, it has failed to adequately address the issue of domestic violence, and that in order curtail the problem, tribes must have the power to exercise more control.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 8, no. 2, Spring, 1984, pp. 117-125
Description
Using the work of writer-artist Paul Goble to compare the depiction of Plains natives in his books versus the more stereotypical images found in most children literature. These inaccurate depictions become part of children's worldviews depicting Indigenous peoples as a lost culture rather than a group that continues to adapt throughout history.