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  • Upon Her Shoulders

    Southeastern Native Women Share Their Stories of Justice, Spirit, and Community

    Edited by Mary Ann Jacobs, Cherry Maynor Beasley, Ulrike Wiethaus ...
    A documentary-style collection of stories, poems, essays, and interviews by Southeastern Native American women.Upon Her Shoulders is a collection of stories, poems, and prose by Southeastern Native American women whose narratives attest to the hard work and activism required to keep their communities well and safe. This collection highlights Native female voices in the Southeast, a region and its ... Read more

    $8.69 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • American Indian Women of Proud Nations

    Essays on History, Language, and Education

    Edited by Cherry Maynor Beasley, Mary Ann Jacobs, Ulrike Wiethaus ...
    Series Book 2 - Critical Indigenous and American Indian Studies
    This multidisciplinary collection of nine previously unpublished essays presents new research in three interlocking domains: tribal history with a special emphasis on Native women in the Southeast, language revitalization efforts and the narrative knowledge inherent in indigenous oral culture, and traditional educational systems in the context of the ongoing colonization of American Indian ... Read more

    $90.29 USD

  • American Indian Women of Proud Nations

    Essays on History, Language, Healing, and Education – Second Edition

    Edited by Ulrike Wiethaus, Cherry Maynor Beasley, Mary Ann Jacobs ...
    Series Book 5 - Critical Indigenous and American Indian Studies
    At its onset, the American Indian Women of Proud Nations Organization set out to create a space that would uplift Native American women, children, and families because of their central roles in the continuation of Native communities. The contributors to the second edition continue to document and reflect on the organization’s initiative and the efforts of Southeastern Native women and their allies ... Read more

    $51.29 USD

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  • Indigenous Cultures and Mental Health Counselling

    Four Directions for Integration with Counselling Psychology

    Edited by Roy Moodley, Ashley Hyatt, Suzanne Stewart ...
    Series series Explorations in Mental Health
    North America’s Indigenous population is a vulnerable group, with specific psychological and healing needs that are not widely met in the mental health care system. Indigenous peoples face certain historical, cultural-linguistic and socioeconomic barriers to mental health care access that government, health care organizations and social agencies must work to overcome. This volume examines ways ... Read more

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  • Friendship

    Development, Ecology, and Evolution of a Relationship

    by Daniel J. Hruschka ...
    Series Book 5 - Origins of Human Behavior and Culture
    Friends-they are generous and cooperative with each other in ways that appear to defy standard evolutionary expectations, frequently sacrificing for one another without concern for past behaviors or future consequences. In this fascinating multidisciplinary study, Daniel J. Hruschka synthesizes an array of cross-cultural, experimental, and ethnographic data to understand the broad meaning of ... Read more

    $31.49 USD

  • The Lonely American

    Drifting Apart in the Twenty-first Century

    by Jacqueline Olds MD, Richard S. Schwartz MD ...
    In today's world, it is more acceptable to be depressed than to be lonely-yet loneliness appears to be the inevitable byproduct of our frenetic contemporary lifestyle. According to the 2004 General Social Survey, one out of four Americans talked to no one about something of importance to them during the last six months. Another remarkable fact emerged from the 2000 U.S. Census: more people are ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

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  • Other Kinds of Families

    Embracing Diversity in Schools

    Edited by Tammy Turner-Vorbeck, Monica Miller Marsh ...
    This important book reconsiders the ways in which families are currently represented and addressed in school curriculum and culture. It addresses such issues as the educational needs of gay and lesbian families, the representation of adoption in children’s literature, and the experiences of homeless students and their families. Includes questions for reflection and discussion at the end of each ... Read more

    $30.59 USD

  • Many Children Left Behind

    How the No Child Left Behind Act Is Damaging Our Children and Our Schools

    by Deborah Meier ...
    Signed into law in 2002, the federal No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) promised to revolutionize American public education. Originally supported by a bipartisan coalition, it purports to improve public schools by enforcing a system of standards and accountability through high-stakes testing. Many people supported it originally, despite doubts, because of its promise especially to improve the way ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Two Spirit People

    American Indian Lesbian Women and Gay Men

    by Lester B Brown ...
    Two Spirit People is the first-ever look at social science research exploration into the lives of American Indian lesbian women and gay men. Editor Lester B. Brown posits six gender styles in traditional American Indian culture: men and women, not-men and not-women (persons of one biological sex assuming the identity of the opposite sex in some form), and gays and lesbians. He brings together ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

  • Integration Interrupted

    Tracking, Black Students, and Acting White after Brown

    Edited by Karolyn Tyson ...
    An all-too-popular explanation for why black students aren't doing better in school is their own use of the "acting white" slur to ridicule fellow blacks for taking advanced classes, doing schoolwork, and striving to earn high grades. Carefully reconsidering how and why black students have come to equate school success with whiteness, Integration Interrupted argues that when students understand ... Read more

    $34.19 USD

  • "To Remain an Indian"

    Lessons in Democracy from a Century of Native American Education

    by K. Tsianina Lomawaima, Teresa L. McCarty ...
    Series series Multicultural Education Series
    What might we learn from Native American experiences with schools to help us forge a new vision of the democratic ideal—one that respects, protects, and promotes diversity and human rights? In this fascinating portrait of American Indian education over the past century, the authors critically evaluate U.S. education policies and practices, from early 20th-century federal incarnations of colonial ... Read more

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