AlterNative, vol. 6, no. 2, Ngaahi Lea a e Kakai Pasifika: Endangered Pacific Languages and Cultures, 2010, pp. 143-154
Description
Discusses how cultural expectations influence male and female educational achievement and looks at ways to address better educational participation and accomplishment.
Health and Support Service Utilization Patterns of American Indians and Alaska Natives Diagnosed with HIV / AIDS
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jill J. Ashman
David Pérez-Jiménez
Katherine Marconi
AIDS Education and Prevention, vol. 16, no. 3, June 2004, pp. 238-249
Description
Examines the types of health and support services provided by Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency (CARE) Act and compares this with the characteristics and service utilization patterns other ethnic groups receive.
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 34, no. 1, January/February 2010, pp. 30-35
Description
Presents a speech given at the Garma Festival of Traditional Culture in 2009 by singer, writer, director, Robyn Archer regarding the things she learned about indigenous Australian culture.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 28, no. 2, March/April 2004, pp. 32-33
Description
Discusses the aim of the project which was to connect Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians with narrative exchanges regarding health and well-being.
Journal of Homosexuality, vol. 46, no. 1/2, March 2004, pp. 137-157
Description
Argues that this population group is at greater risk of poorer health than heterosexual adolescents and is in need of targeted health and social services.
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.
Journal of Academic Librarianship, vol. 36, no. 5, September 2010, pp. 420-426
Description
Looks at how the Tommaney Library at Haskell Indian Nations University has existed for more than 100 years as a reflection of the struggle to assimilate Indians in America.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 34, no. 2, Spring, 2010, pp. 259-261
Description
Book review of: History of the Ojibway People: Its History and Construction by William W. Warren, edited and annotated with an introduction by Theresa Schenck.
Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care , vol. 21, no. 5, September/October 2010, pp. 449-454
Description
Study based on interviews with eight participants from across forty-three communities and focused on five key prevention issues: definition, types of activities, prevention levels, target groups, and facilitation and barriers.
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 49, no. 1/2, 2010, pp. 7-27
Description
Concludes that "early childhood educators should encourage and support Indigenous parents', families', and communities' efforts to ensure that their children acquire their Indigenous languages and cultures by identifying, embracing and incorporating Indigenous perspectives on how children learn in early childhood programs and classrooms".
Scandinavian Studies, vol. 82, no. 3, Fall, 2010, pp. 313-336
Description
Documents the role of Danish painter and traveler, Emilie Demant (later Demant Hatt) who encouraged Johan Turi to write the narratives and provides explanations of Sámi culture and beliefs.