American Indian Treaties: The History of a Political Anomaly

1997 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 170
Author(s):  
Bernard W. Sheehan ◽  
Francis Paul Prucha
Keyword(s):  
American Indian ◽  
History Of

The Arrow and the Cross: A History of the American Indian and the Missionaries

1981 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 57
Author(s):  
John Francis Bannon ◽  
John Upton Terrell
Keyword(s):  
American Indian ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Cross

scholarly journals Screening for Atrial Fibrillation in American Indian Adults in a Tribal Primary Care Clinic

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stavros Stavrakis ◽  
Khaled Elkholey ◽  
Marty M. Lofgren ◽  
Zain U. A. Asad ◽  
Lancer D. Stephens ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Atrial Fibrillation ◽  
Primary Care ◽  
American Indian ◽  
Primary Care Clinic ◽  
Care Physician ◽  
Racial Groups ◽  
Unique Identifier ◽  
Care Clinic ◽  
Time Period ◽  
History Of

Background American Indian adults have a higher risk of atrial fibrillation (AF) compared with other racial groups. We implemented opportunistic screening to detect silent AF in American Indian adults attending a tribal health system using a mobile, single‐lead ECG device. Methods and Results American Indian patients aged ≥50 years followed in a tribal primary care clinic with no history of AF underwent a 30‐second ECG. A cardiologist overread all tracings to confirm the diagnosis of AF. After AF was confirmed, patients were referred to their primary care physician for initiation of anticoagulation. Patients seen over the same time period, who were not undergoing screening, served as controls. A total of 1019 patients received AF screening (mean age, 61.5±8.9 years, 62% women). Age and sex distribution of those screened was similar to the overall clinic population. New AF was diagnosed in 15 of 1019 (1.5%) patients screened versus 4 of 1267 (0.3%) patients who were not screened (mean difference, 1.2%; 95% CI, 0.3%–2.2%, P =0.002). Eight of 15 with new screen‐detected AF were aged <65 years. Those with screen‐detected AF were slightly older and had a higher CHA 2 DS 2 ‐VASc score than those without AF. Fourteen of 15 patients diagnosed with new AF had a CHA 2 DS 2 ‐VASc score ≥1 and initiated anticoagulation. Conclusions Opportunistic, mobile single‐lead ECG screening for AF is feasible in tribal clinics, and detects more AF than usual care, leading to appropriate initiation of anticoagulation. AF develops at a younger age in American Indian adults who would likely benefit from earlier AF screening. Registration URL: https://www.clinicaltrials.gov ; Unique identifier: NCT03740477.

The Spider’s Web

2019 ◽  
pp. 385-408
Author(s):  
Douglas K. Miller
Keyword(s):  
Native American ◽  
American Indian ◽  
Settler Colonialism ◽  
Boarding School ◽  
Carceral State ◽  
Red Power ◽  
American Indian Movement ◽  
History Of ◽  
Reservation System ◽  
Wounded Knee

The chapter situates Native American incarcerations within a long history of broken treaties, circumscribed sovereignty, land theft, forced removals, reservation and boarding school confinement, and economic and cultural paternalism. The framework that the chapter offers is one centered on what the author calls “settler custodialism,” where the root of Indian incarceration runs through the reservation system. The chapter locates Native American prisoner resistance within a longer trajectory of struggle against settler colonialism that has drawn on traditional ties to land, family, tribe, and community. The rising consciousness of the American Indian Movement (AIM) is linked directly to the incarceration of two of its principal founders, Dennis Banks and Clyde Bellecourt. From AIM’s police patrols to the Alcatraz Island prison takeover, the radicalization of the Red Power movement had more to do with its encounter with the carceral state than has been previously recognized. The chapter concludes that the prison also served as a blunt instrument to dismantle the Red Power movement when many of its leaders were incarcerated following the 1973 Wounded Knee operation.

Public Heritage Communication on American Indian Wars Sites: Policy Improvement and Remaining Challenges

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 152-168
Author(s):  
Hyojung Cho ◽  
Ernest Gendron
Keyword(s):  
American Indian ◽  
American Indians ◽  
Military History ◽  
Policy Improvement ◽  
Indian Wars ◽  
Heritage Sites ◽  
The Us ◽  
Us Government ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Government

Federal historic preservation is an important way to provide public recognition and to promote heritage that was selected by the government for the nation. The history of (American) Indian policies shows an arduous relationship between the US government and American Indians. In spite of the evolution of federal preservation efforts and the federal government’s public heritage communication, Indian heritage sites still reflect the authoritarian and utilitarian understanding towards the Indian heritage. This research studies the US federal government’s understanding of Indian Wars sites through the analysis of interpretation at the Washita Battlefield National Historic Site, which reveals the historically dual approaches towards Indian heritage conservation and the persistent tendency of limited under-standing for American history in the larger social and political arenas despite policy improvement. American Indian battlefields have been neglected in orthodox preservation considering their insufficient value to qualify for patriotic military history preservation or Indian relics preservation. The analysis of preservation efforts and interpretation of Indian Wars sites indicates the evolution of controlling (American) Indian heritage through policy changes and the assessment of policy implementation.

Genocide and American Indian History

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey Ostler
Keyword(s):  
American Indian ◽  
Large Population ◽  
Western Hemisphere ◽  
Native People ◽  
Indian History ◽  
Clear Cut ◽  
American Indian History ◽  
Intentional Actions ◽  
History Of ◽  
Direct Killing

The issue of genocide and American Indian history has been contentious. Many writers see the massive depopulation of the indigenous population of the Americas after 1492 as a clear-cut case of the genocide. Other writers, however, contend that European and U.S. actions toward Indians were deplorable but were rarely if ever genocidal. To a significant extent, disagreements about the pervasiveness of genocide in the history of the post-Columbian Western Hemisphere, in general, and U.S. history, in particular, pivot on definitions of genocide. Conservative definitions emphasize intentional actions and policies of governments that result in very large population losses, usually from direct killing. More liberal definitions call for less stringent criteria for intent, focusing more on outcomes. They do not necessarily require direct sanction by state authorities; rather, they identify societal forces and actors. They also allow for several intersecting forces of destruction, including dispossession and disease. Because debates about genocide easily devolve into quarrels about definitions, an open-ended approach to the question of genocide that explores several phases and events provides the possibility of moving beyond the present stalemate. However one resolves the question of genocide in American Indian history, it is important to recognize that European and U.S. settler colonial projects unleashed massively destructive forces on Native peoples and communities. These include violence resulting directly from settler expansion, intertribal violence (frequently aggravated by colonial intrusions), enslavement, disease, alcohol, loss of land and resources, forced removals, and assaults on tribal religion, culture, and language. The configuration and impact of these forces varied considerably in different times and places according to the goals of particular colonial projects and the capacities of colonial societies and institutions to pursue them. The capacity of Native people and communities to directly resist, blunt, or evade colonial invasions proved equally important.

The Exiles: Native Survivance and Urban Space in Downtown Los Angeles

2018 ◽  
Vol 42 (3) ◽  
pp. 155-182
Author(s):  
Liza Black
Keyword(s):  
Native American ◽  
Los Angeles ◽  
American Indian ◽  
Urban Space ◽  
Urban Studies ◽  
Native People ◽  
Independent Film ◽  
Urban Experience ◽  
History Of ◽  
Cultural Agency

The 1961 independent film The Exiles is remarkable for many reasons. Nonprofessional Native actors played themselves, created their own dialogue, and developed the storyline, for example, and the film positions itself as documentary and ethnography in ways that validate these Native interventions. Although The Exiles is fundamentally a portrait of American Indian life in Los Angeles, readings from film and urban studies primarily focus on filmmaking technique. As a result of this critical focus, the film's significance in regard to the cultural agency and urban history of Native peoples becomes secondary, and urban Natives are erroneously depicted as anomalous as well. Looking closely at Yvonne Williams, the female Native protagonist, I find that the film embodies Native American survivance through capturing an urban experience that was controlled by Native people more than any other filmic representation up to that point. This article argues for the tremendous import of The Exiles by highlighting the ways in which it challenges expectations of modern Indian people.

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