Papers From the American Indian Studies Section at the 2006 Western Social Science Association
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Paula Conlon
Indigenous Policy Journal of the Indigenous Studies Network, vol. 17, no. 2, Summer, 2006, p. [?]
Description
Discusses how the resurgence of the Stomp dance, a Native American religious and social dance, is keeping the Eastern Woodlands tribes alive and well.
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A census based study on role and extent assimilationist policies played in mortality rates of Native American children. Originally presented at Conference on Vulnerable Populations in Paris, July, 2005.
Journal of Management Inquiry, vol. 7, no. 1, March 1998, pp. 4-28
Description
Look at links between gender and racio-ethnicity, historical and cultural patterns and switching techniques strategies. Concludes with recommendations for further research.
Trauma, Violence & Abuse, vol. 7, no. 1, January 2006, pp. 19-33
Description
Findings show socioeconomic characteristics, substance abuse, barriers to mental health services and acculturation play a role in the occurrence of suicide in Native American Indian communities.
American Journal of Human Genetics, vol. 62, no. 6, June 1998, pp. 1312-1319
Description
Findings provide the first characterization of the human pyruvate carboxylase gene structure, identify common pathogenic mutations, as well as demonstrate founder effect in the study's Ojibwa and Cree patients.
Human Immunology, vol. 59, no. 1, January 1998, pp. 48-55
Description
Genetic testing results suggest that Amerindian and Na-Dene populations have separate origins and are compatible with previous studies indicating the two populations are derived from different migrations from Asia.