Eagle Feather News, vol. 13, no. 9, September 2010, p. 19
Description
Profiles the accomplishments of Deborah Chatsis, a member of Ahtahkakoop First Nation, and her appointment as Canada's ambassador to Vietnam.
Article found by scrolling to page 19.
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 47, no. 1, 2008, pp. 1-9
Description
Introduction to the articles in this special issue which add to the research on the No Child Left Behind Act and its impacts on communities and schools.
Maternal and Child Health Journal, vol. 12, no. 1, Supplement, July 2008, pp. S46-S54
Description
Study conducted 1998-2001 interviewed women prenatally and 6-months port-partum concluded that health care workers should encourage social support, recognition of perceived health, emphasis on benefits and traditional health practices.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 22, no. 3, Fall, 2010, pp. 72-74
Description
Book review American Indian Education: Counternarratives in Racism, Struggle, and the Law by Matthew L. M. Fletcher.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 72.
Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology, vol. 25, no. 4, December 2010, pp. 355-369
Description
Examines the negative and positive aspects of providing elder care, describing low levels of burden and high levels of reward, attributable to cultural attitudes toward elders.
Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology, vol. 25, no. 4, December 2010, pp. 371-383
Description
Examines the role of American Indian grandparents who assume custodial responsibility of providing sole care for their grandchildren and the stressors and rewards of providing that care.
Prevention is Primary: Strategies for Community Well Being
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Joseph P. Gone
Description
Sidebar for Chapter 15: Mental Health in the Realm of Primary Prevention in book Prevention is Primary: Strategies for Community Well Being (2nd Edition) edited by Larry Cohen, Vivian Chazeg and Sana Chehimi.
Conversation with Traveling Thunder at Fort Belknap reservation.
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 24, no. 2, May 1985, pp. [7-15]
Description
Reviews the needs of handicapped children and describes the American Indian Special Education Teacher Training Program, funded by the Department of Education, at Pennsylvania State University.
Radio report discusses Sherman Indian High School in Riverside California and the controversy over whether the Federally-funded schools should closed. Accompanied by article.
Duration: 7:46.
Journal of Diversity in Higher Education, vol. 3, no. 1, March 2010, pp. 27-42
Description
Discusses the challenges of first-year course completion and reveals why American Indian students are more likely to report difficulties. Recommends strategies for enhancing academic success.
American Indians and Crime: A Bureau of Justice Statistics Statistical Profile, 1992-2002
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Steven W. Perry
Description
Findings reveal that the rate of violent crime from self reported victimizations for Native Americans and Alaska Natives is more than twice the national average.
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 15, no. 1, 2008, pp. 18-32
Description
Results from a study that recruited 12 United States Aboriginals and 12 non-Aboriginal participants to play simulated slot machines in order to measure how sensation seeking and payback percentages affect gambling behaviours.
Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 21, no. 2, Proceedings of the 2010 Western Social Science Association American Indian Studies Section, Summer, 2010, pp. 1-9
Description
Illustrates the use of a system that can aide in the critical examination of historical discourse.