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Does Becoming Professional Mean I Have to Become White?

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Apanakhi Buckley
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 43, no. 2, 2004, pp. 19-32
Description
Looks at nine American Indian and Alaska Native medical students who found success without losing their cultural identity.
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Does Cultural Programming Improve Educational Outcomes for American Indian Youth

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kristin Powers
Sandra J. Potthoff
Linda H. Bearinger
Michael D. Resnick
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 42, no. 2, 2003, pp. 17-49
Description
Looks at three components, parental involvement, quality of instruction, and school climate, which would aid in the success of Native American students' educational experience.
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Domestic Function and Inupiaq Households

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Amy Craver
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 63, Supplement 1, 2004, pp. 49-52
Description
Looks at changes in domestic composition, functions, networks, and cultural ideologies.
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Domestic Resistance: Gardening, Mothering, and Storytelling in Leslie Marmon Silko's Gardens in the Dunes

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Stephanie Li
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 21, no. 1, Spring, 2009, pp. 18-37
Description
Explains that although the author was planning on writing a novel with no political subject matter, she found that gardening was actually very political. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 18.
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Don McLean Interview

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Don McLean
Christine Welsh
Indian History Film Project
Description
Consists of an interview with non-Indian employed at the Gabriel Dumont Institute in Regina. At the time of the interview he was writing a book on the history of the Metis nation.
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"Don't Even Talk to Me if You're Kinya'áanii [Towering House]": Adopted Clans, Kinship, and "Blood" in Navajo Country

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kristina Jacobsen
Shirley Ann Bowman
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 6, no. 1, 2019, pp. 43-76
Description
Uses historical resources (oral histories, interviews, and archival materials) and contemporary popular culture to describe and discuss the elaborate Diné clan systems and extended kinship relationships and networks.
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[Dr. Cindy Kiro: Neighbourhood-Specific Strategies Needed]

Alternate Title
Public Health Association of New Zealand Conference ; 2012
[Equity from the Start: Valuing Our Children]
[Setting the Scene: Equity From Start]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Cindy Kiro
Description
Speaker discussing importance of early childhood development and the impact of health and social inequities which exist for Maori children and families. Duration: 28:42.
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"Dr. P. W. Head and Family"

Images » Photographs
Description
A photograph of superintendent Dr. P. W. Head and his family at his retirement from the North Battleford Indian Hospital, July, 1955. Taken from Miss J. M. Morton's scrap book (A-792-2)
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"Dressed for the Dance"

Images » Photographs
Description
1 photograph. A family (?) portrait, 2 adults and a teenage girl dressed in traditional clothing. Intricate beadwork is visible on each of them.
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Drinking, Foster Care, and the Intergenerational Continuity of Parenting in an Urban Indian Community

Alternate Title
The Political Economy of American Indian Identity: Maintaining Boundaries and Regulating Access to Ethnically Tied Resources
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Paul Spicer
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 22, no. 4, Special Issue on American Indians and the Urban Experience, 1998, pp. 335-360
Description
Examines how Aboriginal parenting traditions have been undermined by boarding schools, urban relocation and foster care.
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Drugs, Spirituality and the Family

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Val Carroll
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 22, no. 5, September/October 1998, pp. 5-7
Description
Examines the evolution of Indigenous substance abuse treatment in Australia.
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"Eagle Feather, Wife & Son"

Images » Photographs
Description
A portrait of an Aboriginal family in a studio setting. All are dressed in ceremonial costume. Colours have been added to the photograph in a chromolithograph process. The postcard is addressed to Miss Myrtle Meakin, French River, Ontario.
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Early Childhood Education

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Kim Anderson
Description
Ontario's First Nations look at improving services to support early childhood development.
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Early Otitis Media among Minnesota American Indians: The Little Ears Study

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kathleen A. Daly
Phyllis L. Pirie
Kristine L. Rhodes
Lisa L. Hunter
Cynthia S. Davey
American Journal of Public Health, vol. 97, no. 2, February 2007, pp. 317-322
Description
Study found that risk factors for early otitis media in Native American infants included history of upper respiratory infection and maternal otitis media history.
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Eastman's Maternal Ancestry: Letter From Charles Alexander Eastman to H.M. Hitchcock, September 8, 1927

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
A. Lavonne Brown Ruoff
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 17, no. 2, Special Issue: Honoring A. Lavonne Brown, Summer, 2005, pp. 10-17
Description
Transcription of a letter penned by Alexander Eastman, Sioux physician, author and activist, describing his family history and his great sadness at the loss of his mother. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 10.
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Ebb and Flow Stories

Alternate Title
[Frontier School Division Native Studies Publications]
E-Books
Author/Creator
Raymond M. Beaumont
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Economic Strategies, Community, and Food Networks in Ulukhaktok, Northwest Territories, Canada

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Peter Collings
Arctic, vol. 64, no. 2, June 2011, pp. 207-219
Description
Study found that patterns of sharing of country foods varied between hunters and wage earners; hunters tended to favour associations with distant and collateral relatives, while wage earners focused on parents and siblings. Discusses how these affiliations can affect vulnerability to environmental change.
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Editorial: On Social Justice

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Graham Martin
Australian e-Journal for the Advancement of Mental Health, vol. 3, no. 3, 2004, pp. [1]-4
Description
Introduces the articles in this issue which focus on the area of prevention and mental health promotion.
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Editorial: Special Issue on Custom Adoptions

Alternate Title
Special Issue on Custom Adoptions
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sandrina de Finney
Jeannine Carrière
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 10, no. 1, Special Issue on Custom Adoptions, 2015, pp. 3-6
Description
Introduction to the articles in themed issue.
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Editors' Note Introduction: Growing Roots: Native American Evidence-Based Practices

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ethan Nebelkopf
Janet King
Serena Wright
Kurt Schweigman
Esther Lucero ... [et al.]
Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, vol. 43, no. 4, Growing Roots: Native American Evidence -Based Practices, October-December 2011, pp. 263-268
Description
Special issue looks at present-day behavioral health and substance abuse treatment practices.
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Education, Culture and Identity in Rita Joe's "Keskmsi"

Alternate Title
Representing Aboriginality: Aboriginal Literature and Film from the Post-Settler Colonies
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Kathleen Sumpton
Description
Rita Joe's poetry seeks to find a balance between the oppressor and the oppressed.
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Education for Reconciliation: Métis Professional Learning

Alternate Title
[Métis Learner Series]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Métis Nation British Columbia
Description

Meant to educate people about who the Métis are, where they come from, and where they live today in British Columbia. First part focuses on identity and its importance; second part focuses on contemporary life.

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