Properties of Culture - Culture as Property. Pathways to Reform in Post-Soviet Siberia
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Andrew Wiget
Olga Balalaeva
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Chapter in book: Properties of Culture - Culture as Property. Pathways to Reform in Post-Soviet Siberia edited by Erich Kasten. Looks at the drafting of a unique law connected to intangible cultural heritage.
Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, vol. 10, no. 3, Special Issue: Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Racial and Ethnic Minority Individuals, August 2004, pp. 387-301
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Comparison of sociodemographic characteristics, Native cultural participation, trauma, physical and mental health and substance use.
Journal of Aboriginal Economic Development, vol. 7, no. 2, Fall , 2011, pp. 90-101
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Survey includes questions about attitudes towards community engagement and culture and engaging in community development activities as part of a group or organization.
Social Indicators Research, vol. 103, no. 3, September 2011, pp. 299-314
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Analyzes Early Development Instrument to measure kindergarten children in the following categories: physical health and well-being, social competence, emotional maturity, language and cognitive development, communication skills, and general knowledge.
Journal of the Canadian Association for Curriculum Studies, vol. 2, no. 1, Spring, 2004, pp. 21-[53]
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Tells the story of the Papaschase Cree Indian Reserve Number 136. Includes photos of Frank Oliver, editor of the Bulletin, his home, Betsy Brass, and a historical map of the reserve.
Journal of Social Work Values and Ethics, vol. 8, no. 1, Spring, 2011, pp. [1-6]
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Theory states structural risks affecting Aboriginal children's safety and well-being are diminished when relational world view principles are in balance with the community.
Indigenous Affairs, no. 1-2, Indigenous Women, 2004, pp. 22-27
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Examines female circumcision in ethnic groups in Kenya and gives an overview of attempts to eradicate the practice.
To access this article, scroll down to page 22.
Journal of Ecological Anthropology, vol. 8, 2004, pp. 24-46
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Looks at the structure and function of grassland ecosystems in British Columbia from pre-European contact through the present; and discusses grassland restoration ecology from a First Nations perspective.
Report - 1885 on the north-western tribes of the Dominion of Canada
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Committee on North-Western Tribes of the Dominion of Canada of the British Association for the Advancement of Science
Horatio Hale
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"Reports on the physical characters, languages, industrial and social condition of the North-western tribes of the Dominion of Canada," focuses on Blackfoot, Cree and Ojibwe/Ojibway, 1885 era.
Examines effects of both mainstream and Indigenous cinema on Indigenous peoples, stereotyping, and concepts of geography, land, history and language.
Anthropology and Humanities Honors Paper (B.A.)--University of Colorado, 2011.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 28, no. 1, Special Issue on Teaching Leslie Marmon Silkos Ceremony, 2004, pp. 53-65
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Explains the use of symbolism, shamanism, medicine plants, and animals and how these relate to ceremonies in the novel, which move the main character, Tayo, toward healing.
Health Promotion Journal of Australia, vol. 22, no. 1, 2011, pp. 33-37
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Explores various components of health literary including: fundamental, scientific, community and cultural literacy. Argues that when working with a population whose first language is not English and who do not share a biomedical view of health, different methodologies are necessary.
Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, vol. 43, no. 4, Growing Roots: Native American Evidence-Based Practices, October-December 2011, pp. 302-308
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Looks at the effectiveness of treatment, prevention and recovery programs at the Family & Child Guidance Clinic of the Native American Health Center located in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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.
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.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 23, no. 1, Spring, 2011, pp. 70-95
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Argues that author uses metaphor of sewing patches together for creating networks of relationships and reintegrating various aspects of an individual's life.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to page 70.
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 2, no. 4, Tradition Knowledge, Spirituality and Lands, 2011, pp. 1-4
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Looks at methods to engage tribes and First Nations in the development of resource management of public lands using their traditional ecological knowledge.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 35, no. 1, Winter, 2011, pp. 56-74
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Discusses how "Blood Run" exposes the limitations of repatriation legislation, most significantly, how NAGPRA's current definition of American Indian identity falls short of sovereign tribal conceptions of identity and tribal responsibility for the repatriation of ancestral remains.