- WORDS AS BIG AS THE SCREEN: NATIVE AMERICAN LANGUAGES
AND THE INTERNET.
ABSTRACT As linguists working with the revival, maintenance, and survival of Native American languages have noted, the forces causing languages to become obsolete are not merely linguistic: Political, economic, and social factors all influence the viability of indigenous languages. Thus, researchers addressing Native American issues must pay attention to these ......
- Kill the Indian, Save the Man: The Genocidal Impact of
American Indian Residential Schools.
By Ward Churchill. City Lights Publishers, 2004. Charlie Wenjack died in 1966. He was twelve years old and running away from an Indian residential school near Kenora, Ontario, trying to get back to father and his people. There were many Charlies, too many. Generations of children were taken from their ......
- Labor law for supervisors: developing issues in native
American employment law.
Increasing numbers of employment-related cases are involving Native Americans. Several reasons contribute to this trend. First, Native American tribes are expanding economic development on and off reservations, and these activities are generating complex legal questions with respect to employment practices and liability. Also, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has announced ......
- History and status of Native Americans in librarianship
HEADNOTE ABSTRACT HEADNOTE THIS ARTICLE WILL PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW of the development of tribal libraries, the events which have affected them, and their status today. Issues of recruiting and retaining Native American/Alaska Natives within the profession are discussed with suggestions for successful strategies. INTRODUCTION The relationship between Native Americans and ......
- Native American obesity: an economic model of the "thrifty gene" theory.
Native American obesity is hypothesized to result from three potential causes: (1) a genetic predisposition, or the "thrifty gene," (2) a rational addiction to nutrients, and (3) dietary adjustment costs. These hypotheses are tested using a two-stage household production approach and scanner data from a panel of Native and non-Native ......
- Cuba brings genocide charges against
U.S.
In mid-September, the Cuban National Assembly charged the US and unnamed US officials with genocide stemming from the US embargo on food and medicine imposed in 1960. President of the Supreme People's Court Remigio Ferro said charges could be brought before an international tribunal though not the International Criminal Court ......
- PROMOTING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR NATIVE AMERICANS
The Administration for Native Americans (ANA) promotes the goal of economic and social self-sufficiency for American Indians, native Hawaiians, Alaskan natives, and other Pacific islanders including American Samoa natives. The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services requests applications for the Social and Economic Development Strategies Program. Areas of interest ......