Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 26, no. 1, Spring, 2014, pp. 127-131
Description
Book review of: Comparative Indigeneities of the Américas edited by M. Bianet Castellanos, Lourdes Gutiérrez Nájera, and Arturo J. Aldama.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 127.
Indian Subjects: Hemispheric Perspectives on the History of Indigenous Education
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Brenda J. Child
Brian Klopotek
Description
Presents introduction to the essays in Indian Subjects: Hemispheric Perspectives on the History of Indigenous Education edited by Brenda J. Child and Brian Klopotek.
Determines six factors in need of improvement for quality of life (QoL): education and training, justice system, understanding of culture and rights, employment opportunities, community funding, spiritual spaces.
Looks at school related outcomes and self-concept from a sampling of grade 4 - 8 students in northwestern Ontario. Results indicate Aboriginal students have the same or higher self-worth and competence compared to non-Aboriginal students.
Behavioral Health Risks for American Indian/Alaska Native Youth
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kelly Serafini
Dennis M. Donovan
Dennis C. Wendt
Brandon Matsumiya
Carolyn A. McCarty
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 24, no. 2, 2017, pp. 1-17
Description
Study found that Indigenous youth suffered from more depressive symptoms, discrimination, and generalized anxiety, and were more likely to have initiated substance abuse than the rest of the cohort.
Compares on-reserve "registered population" to other Canadians with respect to education, family, health, labour force participation, income and housing; based on Census data.
University of Saskatchewan Undergraduate Research Journal, vol. 3, no. 2, April 2017, pp. 1-8
Description
An analysis of four primary sources published by William Johnson, Superintendent of Northern Indian Affairs, British General Charles Lee, University of Pennsylvania Provost William Smith, and plantation owner and British soldier Peter Williamson.
Comments on the persistent and ongoing resistance that has been employed by Native Americans in the southwest including Tohono O'odham, Colorado Ute, Jicarilla Apache, Hopi and Navajo.
Sociology Bachelors Thesis (BA)--University of Arizona, 2014.
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 8, no. 1, January 2017, pp. 1-22
Description
Studies barriers to implementing the Zimbabwean language education policy in primary school grades and the perception of socio-economic benefits that come with the English language.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 24, no. 1, Winter, 2000, pp. 44-63
Description
Author uses the writings of early Euro-American explorers and anthropologists to describe the gender roles of male and female Lenni Lenape people; covers household/familial duties, lineage tracing, ceremony, social/political agency. Discussion queer individuals is not present.
Canadian Journal of Aboriginal Community-Based HIV/AIDS Research, vol. 6, 2014, pp. 70-94
Description
Study examined both the perspectives of the health service provider and the Aboriginal person with HIV/AIDS. Almost 50% of patients reported that alcohol played a role in becoming HIV positive.
Looks at using a Mauri decision-making framework model from New Zealand to assess equitable distribution of infrastructure development within the Asmat context.