Human Ecology, vol. 36, no. 4, 2008, pp. [553]-568
Description
Study examined the characteristics of several berry patches where the Gitksan and Wet’suwet’en of Northwestern British Columbia had used landscape burning as a tool for plant management.
Canadian Theatre Review, vol. 133, Winter, 2008, pp. 11-16
Description
Discusses a touring Native theatre company in Ontario and its dedication to helping young actors develop their craft through a unique outreach program.
Beyond Tribal Self Determination A Community Health Initiative
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David Harrowe
Merle A. Lustig
Teresa Wall
Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, vol. 8, no. 1, January 2002, pp. 53-61
Description
Gila River Indian Community process of transforming their Department of Public Health (DPH) into one that incorporates the values and health concerns of the Native American community.
Maclean's, vol. 111, no. 52, December/January 1998, pp. 114-[?]
Description
Discussion of mini-series based on the historical novel The Temptations of Big Bear about the Plains Cree leader and his fight to gain a fair Treaty settlement for his people. Filmed in Saskatchewan by Gil Cardinal of Alberta.
Journal of Transcultural Nursing, vol. 13, no. 1, 2002, pp. 47-53
Description
Explores the opportunities and challenges facing Native American health care delivery and examines nursing policy issues pertinent to the current state of the Indian Health Service (IHS).
The Science of the Total Environment, vol. 289, no. 1-3, April 22, 2002, pp. 255-260
Description
Contends that improved iron nutrition in aboriginal babies is necessary considering the potential for higher blood lead levels in infants with iron-deficiency anemia.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 22, no. 1/2, Winter-Spring, 1998, pp. 230-258
Description
Author considers different perceptions of and from people of mixed Black and Cherokee ancestry in an attempt to better understand the discourses surrounding the Cherokee Freedmen, tribal affiliations, and the constructs of individual and community identities.
American Literature, vol. 80, no. 3, September 2008, pp. 611-613
Description
Book reviews of: Custerology: The Enduring Legacy of the Indian Wars and George Armstrong Custer by Michael A. Elliot; Speak Like Singing: Classics of Native American Literature by Kenneth Lincoln.
American Literature, vol. 80, no. 2, June 2008, pp. 416-419
Description
Book reviews of 4 books:
Public Native America: Tribal Self-Representation in Museums, Powwows, and Casinos by Mary Lawlor.
Disturbing Indians: The Archaeology of Southern Fiction by Annette Trefzer.
Matter, Magic, and Spirit: Representing Indian and African American Belief by David Murray.
Crossing Waters, Crossing Worlds: The African Diaspora in Indian Country edited by Tiya Miles and Sharon P. Holland.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 32, no. 4, 2008, pp. 145-200
Description
Book reviews of 20 books:
Being and Place Among the Tlingit by Thomas F. Thornton.
The Cultivation of Resentment: Treaty Rights and the New Right by Jeffery R. Dudas.
Diabetes Among the Pima: Stories of Survival by Carolyn Smith-Morris.
Essential Song: Three Decades of Northern Cree Music by Lynn Whidden.
First Families: A Photographic History of California Indians by L. Frank and Kim Hogeland.
Households and Hegemony: Early Creek Prestige Goods, Symbolic Capital and Social Power by Cameron B.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 32, no. 3, 2008, pp. 177-231
Description
Book reviews of 18 books:
Before the Country: Native Renaissance, Canadian Mythology by Stephanie McKenzie.
Beyond Red Power: American Indian Politics and Activism Since 1900 edited by Daniel M. Cobb and Loretta Fowler.
The Head in Edward Nugent's Hand: Roanoke's Forgotten Indians by Michale Leroy Oberg.
How Choctaws Invented Civilization and Why Choctaws Will Conquer the World by D. L. Birchfield.
I Swallow Turquoise For Courage: Poems by Hershman R. John.
Long Journey Home: Oral Histories of Contemporary Delaware Indians edited by James W.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 20, no. 1, Spring, 2008, pp. 85-89
Description
Book review of: Border Crossings by Arnold E. Davidson, Priscilla L. Walton and Jennifer Andrews.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 85.
Human Mutation, vol. 19, no. 4, April 2002, pp. 460-[463]
Description
Study, which reports on two families with the same BRCA1 mutation, finds the first evidence of a BRCA1 mutation that is specific to North American aboriginal people.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 26, no. 1, January/February 2002, p. 13
Description
Notes that this conference was, "the first HIV/AIDS conference anywhere in the world to feature a conference track specifically dedicated to Indigenous and ethnic minority communities."
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 22, no. 1, January/February 1998, pp. 2-4
Description
Paper reflects on some of the issues raised in the study of expanding the service to remote areas of Queensland, Australia. Key recommendations were to implement a mobile, culturally relevant program in order to improve participation rates.