Journal of Diversity in Higher Education, vol. 3, no. 1, March 2010, pp. 27-42
Description
Discusses the challenges of first-year course completion and reveals why American Indian students are more likely to report difficulties. Recommends strategies for enhancing academic success.
Human Biology, vol. 82, no. 2, April 2010, pp. 227-238
Description
Discusses the classical stringent standards to retrieve and authenticate DNA from ancient remains and puts forth recommendations for future discoveries and progression of the ancient DNA field.
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act and Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act: Capabilities Failure?
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Wayne Edwards
Tara Natarajan
Native Studies Review, vol. 17, no. 2, 2008, pp. 69-97
Description
Argues that laws that had the potential to improve the well-being of people in Alaska were never fully realized due to the legislation's design and implementation.
Modern Fiction Studies, vol. 45, no. 1, 1999, pp. 212-234
Description
Author argues that this novel aligns contemporary literature with ancient traditions, taking on the additional burden of working these concerns into the context of two intersecting cultural fields.
Native Studies Review, vol. 17, no. 1, 2008, pp. 45-69
Description
The authors employ Ian McKay's theories on Canadian state formation to evaluate the policy making strategies used by Canadian governments in regards to Aboriginal peoples.
Native Studies Review, vol. 17, no. 2, 2008, pp. 155-163
Description
Explores 'knowing differently' and how bi-epistemic research challenges the researchers preconceived world views and places them in unfamiliar experience.
Discusses project using Alfred Kroeber descriptions and photographs from the American Museum of Natural history to construct an Arapaho bustle of sage grouse feathers. Includes photographs and instructions.
Anglican Journal, vol. 134, no. 7, September 2008, p. 9
Description
Introduces topics discussed at the synod of the diocese of the Arctic meeting in Iqaluit, Nunavut from May 27 to June 3, 2008. Topics included same-sex unions, welfare of youth, and housing issues.
Criminal Law Quarterly, vol. 42, no. 1, 1999, pp. 129-160
Description
Looks at the impact and response to the Getting it Together conference. While there has been changes in regards to restorative justice initiatives, conditional sentences, and reduced imprisonment for fine defaults, the continued over-incarceration of Indigenous people remains a concern.
Ottawa Law Review, vol. 31, 1999-2000, pp. 267-281
Description
One of the few cases that directly addresses Metis rights analyzed in the context of the Constitutional terms and when the right to hunt may be exercised.
Biography, vol. 31, no. 3, Summer, 2008, pp. 397-428
Description
Looks at the journal by Mary Ellicott Arnold and Mabel Reed recounting colonial contact between whites and Indigenous people in the Klamath River Indian Country in 1908–09.