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Qualitative study on voyaging and health: perspectives and insights from the medical officers during the Worldwide Voyage

BMJ Open, 2021
Objective To examine the potential association of ocean voyaging with human health and well-being from the perspectives and experiences of the medical officers (MOs) who served during the Worldwide Voyage (WWV).Design Using a phenomenology framework ...
Marjorie K Leimomi Mala Mau, Christina Mie Minami, Sarah A Stotz, Cheryl L Albright, Shawn Malia Kana'iaupuni, Heidi Kai Guth   +5 more
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Exploring the Distinctive American Aboriginal Culture in Louis Erdrich's The Antelope Wife

University of Chitral Journal of Linguistics and Literature, 2022
The objective of this study is to investigate and analyze the various cultural aspects of Native Americans in Louis Erdrich's novel The Antelope Wife.
Ramesh Prasad Adhikary, PhD
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Psychosocial Predictors of Weight Loss among American Indian and Alaska Native Participants in a Diabetes Prevention Translational Project

Journal of Diabetes Research, 2016
The association of psychosocial factors (psychological distress, coping skills, family support, trauma exposure, and spirituality) with initial weight and weight loss among American Indians and Alaska Natives (AI/ANs) in a diabetes prevention ...
Edward J. Dill, Spero M. Manson, Luohua Jiang, Katherine A. Pratte, Margaret J. Gutilla, Stephanie L. Knepper, Janette Beals, Yvette Roubideaux, Special Diabetes Program for Indians Diabetes Prevention Demonstration Project   +8 more
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An Interview with Jenny L. Davis and Four Poems from “Trickster Academy”

Iperstoria, 2023
An Interview with Jenny L. Davis and Four Poems from “Trickster Academy”
Valentina Romanzi
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Transforming through leadership: a qualitative study of successful American Indian Alaska Native behavioral health leaders

BMC Public Health, 2019
Background Effective leadership is vital in the struggle to decrease the behavioral health disparities between the US population and American Indian Alaska Native (AIAN) communities.
Brenda J. Freeman, Gary Bess, Candace M. Fleming, Douglas K. Novins   +3 more
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Haunted Memory, Trauma, and Recovery in Louise Erdrich’s The Stone

Jurnal Poetika, 2022
While the ghost is almost always connected with the source of terror, psychological disorder, traumatic memory, unfinished task, or dormant desire, could it also be a guide to collective memory and recovery, especially for Native American society?
Alfian Maulana, Faruk Faruk
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Challenges Faced in Engaging American Indian Mothers in an Early Childhood Caries Preventive Trial

International Journal of Dentistry, 2015
Objective. This study explores the challenges faced by the research implementation team in engaging new mothers in a community oral health prevention intervention in an American Indian (AI) reservation community. Methods.
Tamanna Tiwari, Judith Albino, Terrence S. Batliner   +2 more
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Gertrude Bonnin on Sexual Morality [PDF]

English Studies at NBU, 2021
This paper examines attitudes to sexual morality held by the Yankton Dakota author and activist Gertrude Bonnin (1876–1938), better known by her penname Zitkála-Šá (Red Bird in Lakota).
Tadeusz Lewandowski
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Excerpts from In Search of First Contact: The Vikings of Vinland, the Peoples of the Dawnland, and the Anglo-American Anxiety of Discovery

Journal of Transnational American Studies, 2012
Annette Kolodny executes a breathtaking leap into creation stories and folklore of native peoples. Kolodny examines both European (notably Viking) and Native American stories about the first contacts between the New World and the Old World, and brings ...
Annette Kolodny
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Addressing Colorectal Cancer Among Alaska Native Peoples: A Community and Subject Matter Expert Symposium

Gastro Hep Advances
Background and Aims: Alaska Tribal health organizations are working to increase colorectal cancer (CRC) prevention and control as well as awareness of its impact among Alaska Native peoples, who have the highest rates of CRC in the world.
Diana Redwood, Samantha McNelly, Kate Flynn, Claire Siekaniec, Charissa Habeger, Kyle Wark, Todd Takeno, Timothy Thomas   +7 more
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