Across the continent, many Native American and Canadian First Nations people are linguistically constructing a shared ethnic identity through English dialect features. Although many tribes and regions have their own localized English features (e.g., Leap 1993, Bowie et al. 2013, Dannenberg and Wolfram 1998, Coggshall 2008), we suggest that certain features may be shared across much wider distan...

In order to gain a greater understanding of what "elder abuse" means to the American public, a random sample of adults from seven culturally diverse counties in North Carolina was interviewed. Two of the six Native American groups residing in North Carolina were represented in the sample. The two Native American groups' responses were compared with each other and with the views of a panel of el...

Wu Xiaojun (Writer) (Last Name) (First) (Initial) Challenges of Accommodating Non-native English Speaking Instructors’ Teaching and (Title) Native English Speaking Students’ Learning in College, and the Exploration of the Potential Solutions Education Asst. Prof. Jill Stanton May, 2003 82 (Graduate Major) (Research Adviser) (Month/Year) (No.of pages) American Psychological Association (APA) Pub...

OBJECTIVE Type 2 diabetes is a major public health problem among many American Indian/Alaska Native communities. Elevated levels of HbA(1c) have been observed in younger American Indian/Alaska Native adults. The objectives of this study were: 1) to determine whether HbA(1c) levels were elevated among younger American Indian/Alaska Native adults nationally and, if so, 2) to determine the relatio...

Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) are seen to be drivers for the development of emerging regions. Many small businesses in the United States, including Native American owned microenterprises, are facing unique challenges in the adoption of ICTs to improve business performance. This research follows an inductive qualitative approach to find out which of the factors could potentia...

Intergroup relations are often undermined by stereotypes. Memory for traits stereotypically associated or not associated with Native Americans was studied among 57 white elementary students in or near areas disputed in the Oneida Indian land claim. Participants were presented with two stories detailing an interaction among characters of different races. After each story, children were instructe...

Immigrants have long been perceived to take jobs away and to push down the wages of native workers. Given that the recent bout of Latin American immigration in the 1980s and 1990s coincided with the fall in earnings and employment of the less skilled, it is not surprising that, like previous immigration waves, recent Latin American immigration is sometimes blamed for the misfortunes of less ski...