Journal of the Canadian Historical Association, vol. 22, no. 2, New Series, 2011, pp. 195-236
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Case study focuses on the consequences of the weapon tests conducted by the United States in Micronesia. Residents were forced to relocate for more than 30 years, received little assistance to re-establish themselves in the new location and no compensation until they took legal action.
American Journal of Public Health, vol. 95, no. 5, May 2005, p. 758
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Argues that the AIAN health policy hasn't kept pace with the demographic and social changes of the last 50 years, resulting in the needless suffering of people.
Social Work, vol. 50, no. 2, April 2005, pp. 131-139
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Findings revealed grandparents raising grandchildren, despite the fact that many were living in extreme poverty, suffer ill health, and have limited resources and services.
American Indian and Alaska Native Children and Mental Health: Development, Context, Prevention and Treatment
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Suzanne Cross
Angelique Day
Patricia Farrell
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Topics include informal and formal child care placements, cultural and traditional child rearing practices, impact of historical trauma, mental health needs, educational issues, challenges and benefits of grandparent caregiving, and policy implications.
Chapter from American Indian and Alaska Native Children and Mental Health: Development, Context, Prevention and Treatment edited by : Michelle C. Sarche, Paul Spicer, Patricia Farrell, Hiram E. Fitzgerald.
Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, vol. 43, no. 4, Growing Roots: Native American Evidence-Based Practices, October-December 2011, pp. 291-296
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Discusses partnership between university-based research psychologist and staff from reservation-based substance abuse treatment program to develop intervention program for residents of Blackfeet Indian reservation.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 22, no. 3, Fall, 2010, pp. 72-74
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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.
Author states that incorporation of American Indian culture into the curriculum provides students with the resources to increase retention rates.
Psychology Capstone Experience Manuscript--Commonwealth Honors College, 2011.
Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology, vol. 25, no. 4, December 2010, pp. 355-369
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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.
Contains links to over 450 documentaries produced from 1922 to 2011, with a concentration on peoples of the Southwest. Films are accessed by tribal names.
Looks at the historical, cultural and political context of American Indian philanthropic traditions and relationships with the United States government.
Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology, vol. 25, no. 4, December 2010, pp. 371-383
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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.
Journal of Indigenous Research, vol. 1, no. 2, Special Issue, 2011, pp. 1-4
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Synopsis of results of study to determine whether positive emotions such as hope and optimism mitigate thoughts of suicide. Used group of college students from Oklahoma as sample.
Journal of Anthropology, vol. 2011, 2011, p. article no. 549521
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Examines cultural, biological, political and legal implications of using this method for determining group membership, and argues that cultural-specific approach is more appropriate.
Prevention is Primary: Strategies for Community Well Being
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Author/Creator
Joseph P. Gone
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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.
Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, vol. 17, no. 4, October 2011, pp. 366-376
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Study identifies misunderstandings about addiction, prevention and treatment as well as cultural strengths that might be incorporated into future programs.
Looks at how underfunding of schools and lack of cultural framework are contributing to the achievement gap.
HIstory Capstone Experience Manuscript--Commonwealth Honors College, 2011.
Journal of Diversity in Higher Education, vol. 3, no. 1, March 2010, pp. 27-42
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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.
Looks at pollution, desertification of the southwest, resource scarcity, and climate change.
Capstone Experience Manuscript--Commonwealth Honors College, 2011.
Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 21, no. 2, Proceedings of the 2010 Western Social Science Association American Indian Studies Section, Summer, 2010, pp. 1-9
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Illustrates the use of a system that can aide in the critical examination of historical discourse.
American Indian Culture & Research Journal, vol. 31, no. 1, 2007, pp. 21-37
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Explores printed media coverage of Native Americans to determine whether racial and or ethnicity profiling differs from others and whether it contributes to stereotyping.
Indigenous Policy Journal of the Indigenous Studies Network, vol. 16, no. 2, Fall, 2005, p. [?]
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Discusses how an inclusive and participatory leadership can play an essential role in improving tribal governance with federal, state and local governments in the United States.
Access article through table of contents.
Wyoming Law Review, vol. 11, no. 2, 2011, pp. [329]-349
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Lists ten distinct elements of the Doctrine of Discovery which all became part of Manifest Destiny and were used to justify the acquisition of foreign lands.
History of Native American settlements in the Lower Mississippi Valley and the impact of the Indian Removal Act of 1883 when discussed in relation to Native American assistance after Hurricane Katrina in 2005.