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  1. Queer Panic in Native American Literature

    DeCelles, Theodore Cecil

    Indigenous American sexual minorities and alternatively gendered voices went underground due to Eurowestern sexual colonization from the time of the conquistador invasions of the early 16th century to the political campaigns of cultural homogenization of the mid-20th century. A cultural distortion …

    montana-tech Repository record

  2. Queer Panic in Native American Literature

    DeCelles, Theodore Cecil

    Indigenous American sexual minorities and alternatively gendered voices went underground due to Eurowestern sexual colonization from the time of the conquistador invasions of the early 16th century to the political campaigns of cultural homogenization of the mid-20th century. A cultural distortion …

    montana Repository record

  3. “NATIVE AMERICAN FOLK SONG SUITE”: A STUDY OF TRADITIONAL NATIVE AMERICAN MELODIES, THE ROLE OF MUSIC IN NATIVE AMERICAN SOCIETY, AND ITS TRANSLATION TO THE MODERN WIND ENSEMBLE

    Parker, Preston2019

    <p>Music holds a sacred place for the many Native American tribes of the United States. Over the past 150 years, ethnomusicologists Dr. Theodore Baker (1851-1934), Dr. Frances Densmore (1867-1957), and John Donald Robb (1892-1989) have preserved these songs by sitting down with indigenous Native …

    sfasu Repository record

  4. Improving Cal NAGPRA: Honoring Native American Rights

    Turner, Kim2016

    <p>The California Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (Cal NAGPRA) became state law in 2001. Its purpose was to create a process whereby California tribes could seek to repatriate human remains and objects from their cultural heritage from museums and custodial institutions. Cal …

    usfca Repository record

  5. California Native American Baskets Pop-Up Exhibit

    Buickel, Kaitlin2016

    … Academy of Sciences that focuses on California Native American baskets from the Academy's Anthropology research collection. The California Academy of Sciences, located in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, California, is a world-class institution that houses a large collection made up of …

    usfca Repository record

  6. Diabetic Complications in a Native American Population

    Besmer, Sue

    … Diabetes Mellitus has become epidemic among the Native American population (Gohdes &Acton, 1989). Diabetes Mellitus has multiple complex complications over the long term (Harris, 1996). Complications arise and are more severe without tight glucose control (American Diabetes Association, 1995, p. …

    sdstate Repository record

  7. A Venture in Native American Shield Making

    Hinojosa, Mary Margaret

    … class changed the focus of the project. The Native American shield project tied into the “Parent Corner” and made a more hospitable and culturally welcoming environment for parents and students. The “Parent Corner” is now a reality. Walking into the Poplar Middle School lobby you immediately …

    montana-tech Repository record

  8. Communal Empathy in Native American Older Adults

    Dorlando, Heather Lynn

    … is possible to investigate resilience within a Native American community, which includes addressing the concept of cultural resilience and empathy. A secondary qualitative data analysis of 28 interviews with Native American older adults was conducted. Research questions addressed the context in …

    montana-tech Repository record

  9. A Venture in Native American Shield Making

    Hinojosa, Mary Margaret

    … class changed the focus of the project. The Native American shield project tied into the “Parent Corner” and made a more hospitable and culturally welcoming environment for parents and students. The “Parent Corner” is now a reality. Walking into the Poplar Middle School lobby you immediately …

    montana Repository record

  10. Communal Empathy in Native American Older Adults

    Dorlando, Heather Lynn

    … is possible to investigate resilience within a Native American community, which includes addressing the concept of cultural resilience and empathy. A secondary qualitative data analysis of 28 interviews with Native American older adults was conducted. Research questions addressed the context in …

    montana Repository record

  11. Three essays on Native American economic development

    Colt, Stephen G. (Stephen Goodwin), 1959-Massachusetts Institute of Technology1999

    I explore the recent attempts of Alaska Natives and American Indians to achieve self-determined economic progress by exploiting one-time, group-based wealth transfers. The results suggest caution when using such transfers as development tools. In Essays one and two, I analyze the Alaska Native …

    mit Repository record

  12. Decolonizing Gender: Indigenous Feminism and Native American Literature

    Sneider, Leah

    An Indigenous feminist approach to Native literature reveals the ways in which Native authors attempt to build balanced relationships and conversations across cultures, nations, and histories. I explore ways that Native authors depict gender violence and male characters who, like Native women, …

    unm Repository record

  13. Epigenetic Traits, Computerized Tomography And Native American Identity

    Rivera Prince, Jordi2016

    … and potentially define population affinity. Native American skeletal collections have been diminishing after the 1990 Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). Epigenetic traits have the potential to indicate population affinity in the event cultural affiliation cannot …

    penn Repository record

  14. Conceptualizations of Wisdom in the Native American Community

    Smith, LamarAntioch University2012

    … a sample of adult individuals who identified as Native American. The research question focused on definitions of wisdom as they exist in the Native American Community. A total of eight participants were asked to answer the question “What is wisdom and how does one become wise?”. Interviews …

    ohiolink Repository record

  15. A qualitative exploration of Christian, Native American families

    Swanson, Mandy LynnHuman Ecology2022

    Research on Native American families is limited and emphasizes the deficits of families and overlooks those Native American families that are thriving. This study seeks to illuminate the strengths of highly religious, Christian, Native American, married couples. The study employs a strengths-based …

    lsu-thes Repository record

  16. Intergenerational Trauma in African and Native American Literatures

    Craddock, TinaEast Carolina University2014

    The enslavement and persecution of African and Native peoples has been occurring in the U.S. since the 1600s. There have been justifications, explanations and excuses offered as to why one race feels superior over another. Slavery, according to the Abolition Project, refers to "a condition in which …

    ecu Repository record

  17. Double-voice and double-consciousness in Native American literature

    Stigter, Shelley, University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science2005

    lethbridge

  18. Native American students: blood quantum, identity, and educational success

    Wall, Goldlin H., author, Kaminski, Karen, advisor, Quick, Don, committee member, Gloeckner, Gene, committee member, Voss, Jacque, committee memberColorado State University. Libraries2015

    Native American ancestors were fighting a war to maintain their relevance; today Natives are fighting another war, a war of self-existence. Studies of Native American identity and education are plentiful but studies of blood quantum and educational success are very scarce. This study explored …

    colostate Repository record

  19. The European Perception of the Native American, 1750 - 1850

    Pratt, Stephanie Rose1989

    … that while the European perception of the Native American from 1750 to 1850 came to be mediated via all the visual arts, it was specifically via the graphic media that the proliferation of imagery concerning the Native American developed certain iconic and representational conventions and …

    plymouth Repository record

  20. Native American Secondary Female Students' Perspectives On School Success

    Rodenburg, Frances Ann

    … factors contributing to school success for Native American students. Students interviewed were eight female, Native American students in Grades 8 through 10, living in poverty, and scoring at proficient or advanced levels on their 2009-2010 state assessment in both reading and math.</p> …

    nodak Repository record

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