American Indian Quarterly, vol. 35, no. 3, Summer, 2011, pp. 372-393
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Examines the romanticism and primitivism that plague Native American studies by looking at Hopi Indian religion and how they deal with the problem of evil.
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 49, no. 1/2, 2010, pp. 7-27
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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
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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.
Canadian Journal of Development Studies, vol. 31, no. 1-2, 2010, pp. 189-207
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Uses Statistics Canada Aboriginal Peoples Survey to look at certain parts of economic and social well-being of people over 134 First Nations communities.
Native Studies Review, vol. 19, no. 1, 2010, pp. 29-51
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Looks at the relationship between nature and culture on the Northwest Coast, and also examines the contrasts between the natural and the supernatural of western and Coast Salish peoples.
Alif, no. 31, The Other Americas, 2011, pp. 133-151
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Discusses Jim Northrup's Rez Road Follies, Thomas King's The Truth About Stories, and Paul Chaat Smith's Everything You Know About Indians is Wrong in terms of the techniques used to critique government actions in their respective countries.
Awarding-Winning Novelist on the Link Between Residential Schools and the Devastation of Native Suicide
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Author/Creator
Joseph Boyden
Maclean's, vol. 123, no. 25/26, July 5, 2010, pp. 20-23
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Award-winning novelist believes that there is a direct correlation between the high Aboriginal youth suicide-rate and the legacy of residential schools.
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 22, no. 1, Spring, 2007, pp. 77-82
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Recounts the forced relocation of Navajo tribes in the 1860s and the atrocities and injustices that were committed against them by the U.S. government.
The Canadian Geographer, vol. 51, no. 2, Summer, 2007, pp. 186-201
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Author analyzes of two different legal cases involving Métis women: Foss v. Pelly and The Queen v. Corbett, examines the role that gender and race played in the culture of the Red River Colony, and in the fur trade.
Early American Literature, vol. 42, no. 3, 2007, pp. 611-620
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Book reviews of:
The Making of Racial Sentiment: Slavery and the Birth of the Frontier Romance by Ezra Tawil
Romantic Indians: Native Americans, British Literature, and Transatlantic Culture, 1756-18 by Tim Fulford.
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 33, no. 1, Connecting to Spirit in Indigenous Research, 2010, pp. 137-155
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Explores the writer's use of narrative inquiry, autoethnography, and Indigenous research paradigms to address her research on Indigenous spirituality and her journey with learning the Cree language.
Canadian Woman Studies, vol. 28, no. 2/3, Spring, 2010, pp. 63-70
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Using the photovoice approach with twelve Aboriginal breast cancer survivors in Saskatchewan to argue the need for more research on the effects of race, gender, and class on cancer care and experiences.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 19, no. 1, Spring, 2007, pp. 66-90
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Discussses teaching Indigenous literature in mainstream institutions can be improved by using an interactive process, through reading for multiple meanings, can foster a collaborative learning environment.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 66.
Examines how the traditional activities of the Yukaghirs are determined by the landscape they inhabit and how their identity has managed to survive because of these traditional activities.
Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, vol. 39, no. 1, March 2007, pp. 13-20
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Findings indicate a lack of knowledge combined with conservative cultural or social customs created significant barriers to widespread adoption of the practice.
International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, vol. 8, no. 2, [Indigenous Health Special Issue], April 2010, pp. 362-373
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Contends that a Community Based/Tribally Based Participatory approach (CBPR/TPR) was the best practice approach and was congruent with the community's Tribal culture.