States healing is the solution, starting in Aboriginal communities which can then prevent people from being captured by the revolving door of the justice system.
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Brief statement advocates that an integrated, holistic approach is crucial justice reform including the "healing process;" Ministers agreed, the existing system has failed, and the general system must be equitable.
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Three-year participatory research project involving program taking place in a Mohawk community near Montreal. Program focused on elementary school children, with supporting programs for teachers, families and the community.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 25, no. 4, 2001, pp. 21-34
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Exposes the dangers Native American authors face, such as Leslie Marmon Silko did, from a literary establishment that seeks to shape their works into more familiar representations.
Ethnohistory, vol. 48, no. 3, Summer, 2001, pp. 495-514
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Examines how the distinctive and regionally overwhelming native priesthoods provide a direct link between the Keresan Pueblos of today and their ancestors.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 21, no. 3, Summer, 1997, pp. 535-544
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Author reports findings of a study from the University of Alaska Fairbanks which articulates issues of professor-student relationship as a significant factor in the success of students.
Native Social Work Journal, vol. 1, no. 1, Inaugural Edition, May 1997, pp. 43-53
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Looks at a kinship care model that preserve the integrity and autonomy for First Nations, recognizing the importance of prior relationships between the child, caregiver and community, and is rooted in traditional connectedness.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 21, no. 1, To Hear the Eagles Cry: Contemporary Themes in Native American Spirituality (Part 3), Winter, 1997, pp. 15-33
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Author works to describe the Kiowa belief system in terms of four different eras, to examine the emotionality of the people who practice it, and to articulate contemporary practices.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 19, no. 2, Spring, 1995, pp. 155-170
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Literary criticism article that deals with Leslie Marmon Silko’s novel Ceremony. Author explores the relationship between the belly and the mind in Pueblo cultural and spiritual contexts and through this lens explores Tayo’s, Ceremony’s main character, expression of his PTSD.
Journal of Mennonite Studies, vol. 19, 2001, pp. 9-12
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Short story Kookoom Mariah and the Mennonite Mrs., by Maria Campbell, about two wonderful old women who were an important part of the author's earlier years.
Indigenous Affairs, no. 2, Militarization, 2001, pp. 38-43
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Reports on the history of nuclear and missile testing in the Marshall Islands and their impact on the residents.
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