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Writing the history of North America from Indian country: the view from the north-central Plains, 1800-1870

open access: yesJournal de la Société des Américanistes, 2019
This article is based on the premise that an insightful reconstruction of the specific cultural world of American Indians allows a clearer, more in-depth understanding of North American history as a whole.
Raymond J. DeMallie, Gilles Havard
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Etudes amérindiennes : le poids des plumes

open access: yesAmnis, 2002
This paper focuses on Native American cultural initiatives and current debates. Too often, North American Indians have been confined to their tragic history and shown as dependent and helpless.
Jean-Marc Serme
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Transitory mummies: hopewell tombs and the conservation of the dead

open access: yesJournal of Biological Research, 2021
Many Eastern North American Indians practiced secondary burial, and a wide variety of beliefs were attached to the stages of decomposition of the corpse.
Della Collins Cook
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The Spirit World & North American Indian Mortuary Practices

open access: yesRevista Espaço Acadêmico, 2021
From earliest times, North American Indians[i] have shared some significant commonalities. Salient among these is a deep spiritual connection to the natural world.
Grace Keyes
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Choctaw Nation Youth Sun Exposure Survey

open access: yesPreventive Medicine Reports, 2017
The incidence of skin cancer is rising among American Indians (AI) but the prevalence of harmful ultraviolet light (UVL) exposures among AI youth is unknown.
Dorothy A. Rhoades   +8 more
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Access to the COVID-19 Vaccine in Centralized and Dispersed Distribution Scenarios

open access: yesFindings, 2021
Living near vaccination sites can reduce transportation barriers to getting the COVID-19 vaccine. We examine how access in North Carolina varies among demographic groups based on residents’ geographic proximity to potential vaccination sites in ...
Abigail L. Cochran   +5 more
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North American Indian PhotographsIImages

open access: yesAmerican Indian Culture and Research Journal, 1985
North American Indian Photographs/Images Side Trips: The Photography of Simmer W. Matteson, 1898-1908. By Louis B. Casagrande and Phillips Bourns. Seattle: University of Washington Press, distributors for Milwaukee Public Museum and The Science Museum of Minnesota, 1984. 256 pp. $24.95 Paper. Coast of Many Faces.
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Taking Action: Writing To End White Supremacy

open access: yesRadical Teacher, 2019
The subject of monuments and their historical value in the present, a topic of great debate both politically and culturally in recent years, has brought to the forefront how prevalent white supremacy is in contemporary society.
Michele Fazio
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Volatile Compositions and Antifungal Activities of Native American Medicinal Plants: Focus on the Asteraceae

open access: yesPlants, 2020
In the past, Native Americans of North America had an abundant traditional herbal legacy for treating illnesses, disorders, and wounds. Unfortunately, much of the ethnopharmacological knowledge of North American Indians has been lost due to population ...
Sims K. Lawson   +5 more
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Cancer among circumpolar populations: an emerging public health concern [PDF]

open access: yesInternational Journal of Circumpolar Health, 2016
Objectives: To determine and compare the incidence of cancer among the 8 Arctic States and their northern regions, with special focus on 3 cross-national indigenous groups – Inuit, Athabaskan Indians and Sami.
T. Kue Young   +4 more
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