Native Studies Review, vol. 5, no. 1, Native Health Research in Canada, 1989, pp. 53-70
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Looks at an ecological approach, that incorporates environmental, cultural & historical data with biological data, to help understand the causes of acute ear infections [Text in French].
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 9, no. 2, 1989, pp. 341-348
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Book reviews of 4 books:
Northwest Coast Native Indian Art Curriculum by Karin Clark and Jim Gilbert.
Out of the North: The Subarctic Collection of the Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology by B. A. Hail and K. C. Duncan.
Totem Poles: An Illustrated Guide by Marjorie M. Halpin.
The Chilkat Dancing Blanket by Cheryl Samuel.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 27, no. 3, Special Issue: Native Experiences in the Ivory Tower, Winter-Spring, 2003, pp. 196-199
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Author details their experience of systemic and personal racism as graduate student and lecturer in the Anthropology department of a University in the United States.
American Journal of Physical Anthropology, vol. 79, no. 4, August 1989, pp. 503-520
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Study examines the relationship between obesity and adult-onset diabetes and proposes that this occurs due to the interaction of susceptible genotypes and a low fiber diet.
Journal of Biogeography, vol. 30, no. 5, May 2003, pp. [633]-647
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After an extensive examination of literature, author concludes that the hypothesis cannot be tested in this way and further evidence from other sources (e.g. archaeoboticial data) is needed.
Evaluates whether the photographer's work has any validity in terms of the field of ethnology, given that he took artistic license with portrayals of his subjects.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 13, no. 2, 1989, pp. 97-105
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Book reviews of:
The Abenaki by Colin G. Calloway.
The Catawbas by James H. Merrell.
The Narragansett by William S. Simmons.
The Pima-Maricopa by Henry F. Dobyns.
The Yuma by Robert L. Bee.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 13, no. 2, 1989, pp. 1-28
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Examines gender differences in five Native American societies in order to see the extent to which social conditions have molded gender roles in Native American cultures.
Looks at the religious considerations underlying construction of the Great North Road and other Chaco roads uniting the Chaco world and its works with its spiritual landscape.