FORUM on Corrections Research , vol. 12, no. 1, Aboriginal People in Corrections, January 2000, pp. 57-60
Description
Discussion of the Community Intervention Scale (CIS) and Community Risk/Needs Management Scale (CRNMS) which were primarily designed for use with male and Caucasian prison population.
Discusses how the radiation exposure experienced by Native American Communities near the Nevada Test Site during the 1950s and 1960s were not properly represented in dose reconstructions due to diet variables.
Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, vol. 108, no. 3, 2000, pp. 279-303
Description
Looks at the history of the Hampton institute and examines opinions towards interracial marriages and the practice of using boarding schools to assimilate Native Americans.
Originally published as the Forty-Sixth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology. This edition published with a new introduction by David Reed Miller.
Native Social Work Journal, vol. 3, no. 1, HIV/AIDS: Issues within Aboriginal Populations, September 2000, pp. 183-192
Description
Examines the collected data from educational workshop participants used to examine characteristics associated with positive & negative attitudes and beliefs about those who are living with HIV, based on categories such as age, gender and location.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 24, no. 4, Fall, September 1, 2000, pp. 601-614
Description
Reviews the debate found in Natives and Academics: Researching and Writing about American Indians between authors Karen Swisher and Duane Champagne concerning who should write about native education.
Provides a list of bands in each region according to geographic and economic situation for the funding of Indian government support, education and social assistance. Includes remoteness and environmental indices.
Breaking Down the Barriers - Address the Emerging Epidemic
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In Touch, vol. 15, Summer, 2000, pp. 1-22
Description
Based around the national HIV/AIDS Leadership Conference: Breaking the Barriers - Addressing the Emerging Epidemic, Regina, March 14-16. Recommended outcomes will be used by the Assembly of First Nations to develop an action plan on HIV/AIDS.
Contemporary Literature, vol. 41, no. 3, Autumn, 2000, pp. 495-524
Description
Examines the concept of multiculturalism and sacred metaphysics in Louise Erdrich's The Antelope Wife by using a metaphor of Ojibwa beading to create a narrative about overlapping spaces between cultures.
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 24, no. 2, 2000, pp. 134-143
Description
Research examines individuals enrolled in a Native Teacher Education Program (NTEP). Findings indicated most graduates considered withdrawing, but support of family and friends was a positive factor.