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A study of Alaskan indigenous communities. It explores the relationship between land and education. It reveals how Euro-American institutions attempt to redefine indigenous understandings of land and spirituality to make them conform to those in the dominant society. It proposes educational agendas that are components of native sovereignty.

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Presents a collection of scholarship, poetry, prose, and art - from photography and graffiti to rap and songs - that documents American Indian experiences of urban life.

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Contemporary Native American Political Issues assembles a cross-disciplinary team of contributors to describe the successes and failures, the complexity and diversity of Native American political life in the 1990s. Each topical section is introduced by the editor's commentaries, which provide background and integrated analyses of the issues.

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"Drinking and Sobriety Among the Lakota Sioux".

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Highlights the importance of eliminating health disparities and increasing the access of Native Americans to critical substance abuse and mental health services. This work includes chapters that are concerned with promoting healing through changes in the way we treat our sick-spiritually, traditionally, ceremonially, and scientifically.

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Helps readers understand indigenous empowerment through education, and creates a foundation for implementing specialized indigenous/minority education worldwide, engaging the simultaneous projects of cultural preservation and social integration. This work is suitable for scholars in Native American studies, ethnic studies, and education.

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Shows how the rise of Native studies in American and Canadian universities exists as an extraordinary achievement in higher education. In twelve case studies, the authors provide contextual histories of Native programs, discussing successes and failures and battles over curriculum content, funding, student retention, and community collaborations.

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Examines persistent dropout rates among Native American youth, which remain high despite overall increases in Native adult education attainment over the years. Focusing on the experiences of the Northern Cheyenne nation, this work analyses historical, ethnographic, and quantitative data.

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Part novel and part memoire, Not Far Away recounts the life of a female Ojibwe schoolteacher in northern Michigan as she endures the most caustic forms of racism.

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Of Sacred Lands and Strip Malls examines the acrimonious and costly conflict over control of Puvungnaland owned by California but sacred to several Native American tribesand explores ongoing reverberations from the academic, political, and legal battles.

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Tells the story of a contemporary Ojibwa household and the woman and her children who are at its core. As their lives unfold, we understand how traditional beliefs help Rachel's family cope as they encounter racism in rural Michigan.

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Defining the parameters of social change for Native Nations in the 21st century.

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This book makes the case that two moments of social and political action in pursuit of self-determination for Indian tribesthe call for self-determination by the colonists in 1776 and the related call by the indigenous peoples of the continent almost two centuries laterserve as sister moments in the political development of the United States.