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 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.
Includes Culture Areas :
Volume 1: Tribes and Traditions: Abenaki-Missouri
Volume 2: Tribes and Traditions: Miwook - Zapotec
(Be patient download is very slow)
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 8, no. 4, Series 2; European Writings on Native American Literatures, Winter, 1996, pp. [61]-72
Description
In the interview, the acclaimed author of House Made of Dawn, discusses, among other things, oral traditions as compared to the written word.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
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 Quarterly, vol. 20, no. 2, Repatriation: An Interdisciplinary Dialogue, Spring, 1996, pp. 229-237
Description
Editorial piece in which the author offers an Indigenous perspective on and criticism of the practices of archaeologists and physical anthropologists in relation to the physical remains and funerary artifacts of Indigenous peoples.
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.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 24, no. 1, Winter, 2000, pp. 142-161
Description
Author attempts to imagine the ways that the Navajo people would have viewed others by considering Diné stories, historical events in which the Navajo expressed ideas about or initiated actions towards other peoples, and the words of Navajo spokespersons.
McGill Journal of Education, vol. 45, no. 1, 2010, pp. 9-26
Description
Examination of two documents: First Nation, Métis, and Inuit Education Policy Framework and Building Bridges to Success for First Nations, Métis and Inuit Students.
Study examines disparities in quality of life between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal peoples and how this relates to the housing sector. Report forms part of the Bridges and Foundations Project on Urban Aboriginal Housing.
Looks at the reliability and technical issues derived from the retrieval of the data relating to population, education, labour force, employment, and employment earnings.
Putting the Woman and the Aboriginal into the Scientist: A Female Urban Indian Scientist's Perspective
Women and Other Faces in Science Conference
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lillian E. Dyck
Native Studies Review, vol. 11, no. 2, 1996, pp. 89-102
Description
Explores how being female and/or holding Aboriginal beliefs can influence/change Western scientific medodologies and thought. Paper presented at the Women and Other Faces in Science Conference in Saskatoon, 1996