Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 35, no. 4, The Interconnectedness of Languages, Rivers, and Forests, December 2011
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Discusses how the Guatemalan community radio station plays an important role in providing information and preserving values pertaining to the various Indigenous cultures.
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.
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 31, no. 2, 2011, pp. 11-16, 188
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The author shares her experiences and insights from her own culture and people, as well as other Indigenous and non-Indigenous philosophers and scholars.
Discusses an initiative to provide all students with an understanding and respect for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and traditional and contemporary cultures.
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.
Aboriginal Policy Studies, vol. 1, no. 1, 2011, pp. 78-105
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Focuses on academic work on urban Aboriginal identities in Canada since the report of the Royal commission on Aboriginal Peoples was published in 1993.
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 35, no. 1-2, Propriété Intellectuelle et Éthique / Intellectual Property and Ethics, 2011, pp. 245-263
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Study found that Inuit youths' sense of identity combined traditional values with elements of global culture. Based on interviews with 27 individuals between the ages of 15 and 25, and 15 adults.
Comments on the importance of the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) of 1978 which is meant to address the problem of children being placed outside of their families and communities.
Duration: 12:00.
Presents case studies of participants in the carbon market involving Haida Gwaii, Lummi Nation, Nez Perce, Poplar River First Nations Munsee Delaware Nation, Scolel Te Landowners, West Arnhem Landowners/North Indigenous Savannah Landowners and Maori Landowners.
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.
Journal of Indigenous Research, vol. 1, no. 2, Special Issue, 2011, pp. 1-7
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Focuses on the Navajos' ability to selectively and successfully incorporate elements from the outside world into their lives without losing their culture.
Comments on how Latin American Indigenous Peoples (LAIP) reproduce cultural practices in a transnational setting.
Comparative Ethnic Studies (B.A.)--California Polytechnic State University, 2011.
Investigates literature-based assumptions about gifted Native American youth with input from educators on the Navajo, Standing Rock and Red Lake reservations.
Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 22, no. 2, Proceedings of the 2011 Western Social Science Association American Indian Studies Section, Fall, 2011, pp. 1-17
Description
Looks at maintaining cultural identity while living in an urban environment.
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.
(Re)Connecting Through Diversity: Canadian Perspectives
[International Conference of Canadian Studies ; 4th, 2009]
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Tanja Cvetković
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.Discusses issues such as who has the right to define, interpret or represent Indigenous literature and identity.
Chapter from (Re)Connecting Through Diversity: Canadian Perspectives edited by Jelena Novaković, Slobodan Pajović, Vladimir Gvozden
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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.
Looks at examples from Apache, Ojibwe, Diné (Navajo), Hawaiian, and Blackfeet language programs.
Condensed version of this article in Heritage Language Journal, vol. 7 no. 2, Fall 2010, pp.138-152.