Study undertaken to assess participation/access to and success in programs designed to introduce students to college curriculum while still in high school.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 24, no. 2, 2004, pp. 425-445
Description
Reviews the availability, accessibility, acceptability, and adequacy of food security including law and policy, which impede food production and acquisition, and provides recommendations for achieving food security.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 28, no. 1, Special Issue on Teaching Leslie Marmon Silkos Ceremony, 2004, pp. 67-73
Description
Argues that the story of Tayo’s transformation is like a traditional Laguna narrative, with the text functioning as the novel’s formal and thematic backbone.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 21, no. 1, To Hear the Eagles Cry: Contemporary Themes in Native American Spirituality (Part 3), Winter, 1997, pp. 1-14
Description
Author investigates the relationship between the Shaker Church and the Indigenous peoples of northwestern California; argues that the relationship is one of dialogue rather than conversion.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 28, no. 5, September/October 2004, p. 30
Description
Author who is Chair of the Bidgerdii (Australia) Aboriginal Community Health Service describes her choice to go to University and the price she paid in loneliness and isolation.
Factors contributing to success include: strong governance and leadership, high expectations, stategic use of funds and resources, respect, welcoming atmosphere, and a wide range of programming.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 9, no. 4, Series 2: Sherman Alexie, Winter, 1997, pp. [27]-38
Description
Contends that all of Alexie's poems and short stories contain the elements of argument and controversy.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
American Journal of Public Health, vol. 87, no. 9, September 1997, pp. 1547-1551
Description
Compares incidence and hospitalization rates for shigetlosis between Indians and the rest of the population in Manitoba, and also examines the relationship between shigellosis and environmental conditions on reserves.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 28, no. 4, July/August 2004, p. 33
Description
Briefly discusses the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between The National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organization (NACCHO) and SIDS and Kids for ways to reduce the risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.
Arctic Anthropology, vol. 34, no. 2, 1997, pp. 28-44
Description
Translation of Jacobsen's first hand account of a sacred Northwest coast ceremony with legends, masks, feasts and potlatch described; first published in Ymer in 1891.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 28, no. 3, 2004, pp. 103-120
Description
Explores a preferred research process that involves dialogue with community members, on location, in order to learn and see the research community in a more realistic way.