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An American Indian Museum
A Museum dedicated to the Indian American, through its cultural magnitude and scope of work, has been the perfect opportunity to explore a methodological approach derived from research, beginning in biology, progressing to sociology, and then to political economy. The most important aspect of an …
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Memoirs of an American Indian house
Thesis. 1975. M.C.P.--Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning.
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Psychological distress among two American Indian tribes
American Indians suffer disproportionately from mental disorders such as depression and substance abuse. American Indians have lower socioeconomic status than white Americans making them more vulnerable to mental health stressors and disorders, such as depression. Unfortunately, the causal …
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American Indian verse : a study of characteristics
Thesis (M.A.)--University of Kansas, English, 1920. ; Includes index. Bibliography: leaves 51-54.
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Education: Public Policy and the American Indian
A classic contradiction confronts the American Indian in United States society, and it surrounds the subject of public education for American Indian students. To some undefined extent, Indian individuals, families, and tribes value the idea of assimilation into the broader society. Simultaneously, …
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American Indian tribal identity in the 21st century: exploratory narratives of American Indian college students at predominantly white institutions
This study explores the identity of American Indian college students who have attended a predominantly white institution within the 21st century. This study responds to the needed inquiry of research and literature about and for American Indian college students by American Indians. ‘Stories within …
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American Indian Professionals: Educational Decision-Making and Persistence
<p>American Indian graduate students are experiencing a higher matriculation rate in higher education today; however, those rates are still lower than other underrepresented minority groups’ rates. The purpose of this study is to conduct exploratory research to investigate the decision-making …
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Parent voices revisited: American Indian relationships with schools
… in their 1996 article "Parent Voices: American Indian Relationships with Schools" published in <em>The Journal of American Indian Education</em>. Two hypotheses were investigated in this study. The first hypothesis was that due to the increase in multicultural education training that …
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American Indian Migration to and Within Chicago, Illinois
Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-14T04:57:28Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 7709069.pdf: 6734840 bytes, checksum: 493f9a62313d547c73682ab93e772e65 (MD5) Previous issue date: 1976
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Wocante Tinza : a history of the American Indian Movement
… was to develop an ethnohistorical record of the American Indian Movement with an emphasis placed on portraying of the Indian view of the organization. In the course of the study, the movement was examined to determine its validity as a social organization within Indian society. To accomplish the …
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American Indian Women’s Health Perceptions and Health Promotion Behaviors
… Most problems affecting the health of American Indian women are related to lifestyles and health-related behaviors (Carter, Morse, Giruad, & Driskell, 2008; Linsley, Kane, & Owen, 2011). Understanding health promotion behaviors could decrease or prevent a number of chronic diseases that …
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Mental Health And Social Engagement Among American Indian Elders
<p>Elderly American Indians and Alaska Natives (AI/ANs) in the United States are increasing in number, and with their increase come a greater need for quality, culturally sensitive long term care. Mental health is one facet of overall health that is little explored for this particular population. …
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Development of the American Indian Biculturalism Inventory - Northern Plains
<p>American Indians' “place” in the context of the Majority Culture has never been clear to either them or their non-Indian counterparts. Many authors of cross-cultural literature suggest the experience of “living with one foot in two canoes” is stressful, confusing, and can even lead to reduced …
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Prevailing Winds: Radical Activism and the American Indian Movement.
<p>In 1968 a number of Chippewa Indians met in Minneapolis, Minnesota to discuss some of the problems they faced in their communities. This meeting gave birth to the American Indian Movement. From 1968 to 1974, the American Indian Movement embarked on a series of radical protests designed to draw …
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Minority rights, liberal autonomy and North American Indian schools
… In particular, it focusses on the case of Indian demands for separate, publicly funded, tribally controlled schools. Thus, it is argued that the goals of education which are suited to liberal political morality actually support, under certain conditions, the provision of public funding to …
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Design for the Museum for the Native American Indian
… Holocaust museum opened. A tribute to the Native American Indian surfaces will soon become a reality in the Nation's capitol. The architecture of and for the Native American Indian expresses significant relationship with the landscape. The building types are about moving outwards towards the …
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Delay Discounting Among American Indian And Non-Indian College Students
… discounting among a total 200 participants (150 American Indian college students and 50 non-Indian college students) recruited from the University of North Dakota (UND), Turtle Mountain Community College (TMCC), and Cankdeska Cikana (Little Hoop Community College. All participants completed the …
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Predicting Body Mass Index in Northern Plains American Indian Children
<p>Obesity has become a major health concern for American Indians. Obesity prevalence is higher for minority groups, however American Indians consistently have higher rates than any other U.S. population. Of more concern is the trend towards higher rates of overweight and obesity in American Indian …
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Depression And Health Among American Indian and Alaska Native Elders
… Research examining these relationships among American Indian elders is limited. This paper used data from the Identifying Our Needs: A Survey of Elders II to examine the relationships between target health variables and depression in a national sample of 10,743 American Indian elders. The data …
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