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Showing 1 to 20 of 595 for “"Native American"”.
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Interpretation in Native American Tribal Museums
The interpretive methods used in Native American tribal museums have received minimal focus from researchers. Research on this topic generally focus on the National Museum of the American Indian, and as such the understanding of the Native American lens is limited. The objective of this research is …
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Queer Panic in Native American Literature
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 …
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Queer Panic in Native American Literature
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 …
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“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
<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 …
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Improving Cal NAGPRA: Honoring Native American Rights
<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 …
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California Native American Baskets Pop-Up Exhibit
… 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 …
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Diabetic Complications in a Native American Population
… 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. …
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A Venture in Native American Shield Making
… 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 …
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Communal Empathy in Native American Older Adults
… 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 …
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A Venture in Native American Shield Making
… 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 …
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Communal Empathy in Native American Older Adults
… 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 …
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Three essays on Native American economic development
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 …
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Intergenerational Trauma in African and Native American Literatures
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 …
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Decolonizing Gender: Indigenous Feminism and Native American Literature
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, …
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Epigenetic Traits, Computerized Tomography And Native American Identity
… 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 …
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Conceptualizations of Wisdom in the Native American Community
… 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 …
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A qualitative exploration of Christian, Native American families
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 …
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The European Perception of the Native American, 1750 - 1850
… 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 …
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Change and Recovery from Substance Misuse: Native American Perspectives
… sobriety and recovery.</p> <p>Eight adult Native Americans in sobriety or recovery for a minimum of 3 years participated. Participants completed a demographic questionnaire and 3 quantitative measurement checks (Native American Acculturation Scale, Garret & Pichette, 2000 revised by Trahan, …
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