On Assessing the Scope of Missing Native Americans in Nebraska: Results From a State-Wide Study and Recommendations for Future Research

2021 ◽  
pp. 215336872110479
Author(s):  
Tara N. Richards ◽  
Emily M. Wright ◽  
Alyssa Nystrom ◽  
Sheena L. Gilbert ◽  
Caralin Branscum
Keyword(s):  
Native American ◽  
Native Americans ◽  
The State ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Methodological Issues ◽  
Missing Persons ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Research And Policy

Recent legislation in multiple states has called for studies on the scope of missing Native American persons. Here we report on one such study from Nebraska by first describing the practical and methodological issues for researchers to consider when examining data on missing Native persons. Then, using data from four point-in-time-counts in 2020, rates of Native American missing persons as well as case contexts over the study period are reported. Findings show that Native Americans are disproportionately represented among Nebraska's missing persons, that reports often involve minor boys, and that cases are dynamic and most are resolved quickly. Relatedly, most Native missing persons cases are only listed on the state clearinghouse, not the national missing persons lists. The paper is concluded with a discussion of specific directions for future research and policy regarding missing Native Americans.

On Slavery and Race

2019 ◽  
pp. 314-329
Author(s):  
Mark Somos
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Native American ◽  
Native Americans ◽  
The State ◽  
State Of Nature

This chapter reviews and extends the discussion of slavery and race that runs through previous chapters, starting with Paxton’s Case. Patriots and their critics alike pointed out the tension between colonial rights claims grounded in the state of nature, and colonial slavery. Portrayals of Native American innocence and virtue in the state of nature coexisted with accounts of their savagery, successfully repelled by the early settlers whose descendants, it was claimed, consequently held rights to property and self-government independently from Britain, which failed to finance or protect them. Optimistic, self-critical, racist, and abolitionist revolutionaries, all fearful of American degeneracy and corruption, used state of nature depictions of both abhorrent and justifiable slavery, and noble and savage Native Americans, to advocate for their vision for the new United States. This chapter reviews the whole spectrum of such uses of the state of nature, including the landmark Somersett’s Case and Mohegan Case.

Introduction

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Jackson
Keyword(s):  
History Of Medicine ◽  
Medical History ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
The State ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Methodological Issues ◽  
History Of ◽  
Critical Account

This article gives a critical account of shifting approaches to prominent theoretical, conceptual, and methodological issues within the history of medicine in recent decades. It offers a synthetic account of the state of the art, an opportunity to take stock of where the history of medicine has been and where it now resides. It attempts to establish, and promote discussion about some of the major challenges facing future historians of medicine in terms of the questions, sources, and methods that should direct and animate the evolution of the discipline. This article hopes to provide both seasoned and aspiring scholars with a substantial empirical and theoretical platform for future research and with a constructive basis for more informed discussion of the intellectual place and ideological purpose of medical history.

Using the Contextual Model in a Phase I Study to Hypothesize Native American Behavior

1997 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 337-349
Author(s):  
Charity M. Baker
Keyword(s):  
Native American ◽  
Native Americans ◽  
Phase I ◽  
Archaeological Site ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Forest Community ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Contextual Model ◽  
Site Function ◽  
Site Identification

The contextual model developed by Archaeology Consulting Team (Frink, this volume) and based on the reconstruction of forest communities is applied to a Phase I archaeological site identification study in Colchester, Vermont. The project is located at the ecotone between a freshwater marsh and a pine-hemlock-oak forest community. Hypotheses regarding seasonal use and site function are based on the resources available to early Native Americans within these two environments. The predicted characteristics of the environments are compared with the Phase I level study data, and hypotheses are refined for future research studies.

Severity Indexes for Roadside Objects

1996 ◽  
Vol 1528 (1) ◽  
pp. 87-96
Author(s):  
Forrest M. Council ◽  
J. Richard Stewart
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Methodological Issues ◽  
Limited Sample ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Utility Poles ◽  
Design Guide ◽  
Specific Object ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Severity Indexes

An attempt was made to develop severity indexes (SIs) for various fixed objects that are struck when vehicles leave the roadway. The objectives of the study included both the development of new indexes with recent data from two states and the exploration of methodological issues related to statistical modeling and unreported crashes. Both severe injury and cost-based SIs were developed for a wide range of crash situations by using data from both North Carolina and Illinois with which injury could be more precisely linked to the specific object stuck. Although the final SIs developed were not categorized by exactly the same control variables for the two states, the values of the indexes were, in general, moderately consistent between states and with earlier Texas-based work. However, the three state's SIs were not consistent with the SIs found in the AASHTO Roadside Design Guide. In the limited sample of airbag-related impacts with guardrails, trees, and utility poles, it appears that the airbag significantly reduces the value of the SI. Additional future research on the effects on SIs of both airbag-related and unreported crashes is needed.

Native Americans in the Pennsylvania School Curriculum

2009 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 16-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Minderhout ◽  
Andrea Frantz
Keyword(s):  
Native American ◽  
Native Americans ◽  
The United States ◽  
School Curriculum ◽  
The State ◽  
State Agency ◽  
Red Power ◽  
American Society ◽  
Native American Group ◽  
The 1960S

In the 2000 U. S. Census, 18,348 people in Pennsylvania indicated that they were Native Americans, an increase of nearly 50% since 1990; another 34,302 identified themselves as "part-Indian." These numbers likely reflect a trend towards a greater acceptance of Native American status in the United States generally and in Pennsylvania in particular. This trend has been going on since the 1960s with the rise of the Red Power movement, and a changing American society that increasingly saw Native Americans as environmentally friendly and historically wronged. Today, in Pennsylvania, hardly a weekend goes by without a powwow or a tribal gathering somewhere in the state. In our on-going research with Pennsylvania's Native Americans since 2004, we have found them to be both proud of their identity and heritage and increasingly frustrated with the lack of recognition they receive from the state and the larger, non-Indian population. Pennsylvania is one of very few states that neither contains a reservation nor officially recognizes any Native American group. No university-level Native American cultural center or studies program exists within the state, and no state agency is dedicated to the issues and concerns of Native Americans. This is ironic because the first two hundred years of European history in Pennsylvania is one of extensive interaction, cooperation and eventually conflict with Native Americans. But, as will be seen in this paper, Native Americans have largely disappeared from the state history books.

A Multivariate Analysis of Incarceration and Sentence Length Decisions for Older Defendants

2018 ◽  
Vol 30 (7) ◽  
pp. 1064-1085 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tina L. Freiburger ◽  
Kareem L. Jordan ◽  
Carly M. Hilinski-Rosick
Keyword(s):  
Multivariate Analysis ◽  
Sentence Length ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Sentencing Decisions ◽  
Offense Severity ◽  
Prior Record ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Research And Policy

This study examines sentencing decisions for older defendants, and how legal and extralegal variables differently affect older defendants. Using data from the Pennsylvania Commission on Sentencing, the results indicate that defendants above the age of 50 are less likely to be sentenced to prison and jail and are more likely to be sentenced to a community sanction. For sentence length, however, those aged 50 and above receive significant longer jail sentences than those aged 18 to 29 and longer prison sentences than both those aged 30 to 49 and 18 to 29. The results also indicate that offense severity and prior record have a more negative effect on older defendants during the incarceration decision. During the sentence length decision, however, the opposite is found for the effect of offense severity. These findings are discussed and are used to make suggestions for future research and policy implications.

Workplace Ostracism and Its Negative Outcomes

2016 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 143-151 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaoming Zheng ◽  
Jun Yang ◽  
Hang-Yue Ngo ◽  
Xiao-Yu Liu ◽  
Wengjuan Jiao
Keyword(s):  
Affective Commitment ◽  
Psychological Capital ◽  
Intention To Leave ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Conservation Of Resources ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Negative Outcomes ◽  
Workplace Ostracism ◽  
Using Data ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract. Workplace ostracism, conceived as to being ignored or excluded by others, has attracted the attention of researchers in recent years. One essential topic in this area is how to reduce or even eliminate the negative consequences of workplace ostracism. Based on conservation of resources (COR) theory, the current study assesses the relationship between workplace ostracism and its negative outcomes, as well as the moderating role played by psychological capital, using data collected from 256 employees in three companies in the northern part of China. The study yields two important findings: (1) workplace ostracism is positively related to intention to leave and (2) psychological capital moderates the effect of workplace ostracism on affective commitment and intention to leave. This paper concludes by discussing the implications of these findings for organizations and employees, along with recommendations for future research.

Native American sports mascots activate negative stereotypes about contemporary Native Americans

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Focella ◽  
Jessica Whitehead ◽  
Jeff Stone ◽  
Stephanie Fryberg ◽  
Rebecca Covarrubias
Keyword(s):  
Native American ◽  
Native Americans ◽  
Negative Stereotypes

Rewriting the Narrative

2019 ◽  
Vol 96 (4) ◽  
pp. 54-77
Author(s):  
Nicolas G. Rosenthal
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Native American ◽  
American Indian ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Mixed Media ◽  
The State ◽  
Historical Narratives ◽  
Recent Scholarship ◽  
Art Scene ◽  
The 1960S

A vibrant American Indian art scene developed in California from the 1960s to the 1980s, with links to a broader indigenous arts movement. Native American artists working in the state produced and exhibited paintings, prints, sculptures, mixed media, and other art forms that validated and documented their cultures, interpreted their history, asserted their survival, and explored their experiences in modern society. Building on recent scholarship that examines American Indian migration, urbanization, and activism in the twentieth century, this article charts these developments and argues that American Indian artists in California challenged and rewrote dominant historical narratives by foregrounding Native American perspectives in their work.

Native Americans and the Third World Strike at UC Berkeley

2019 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 32-39
Author(s):  
LaNada War Jack
Keyword(s):  
Native American ◽  
Native Americans ◽  
Personal Experience ◽  
Third World ◽  
Leadership Roles ◽  
The Third ◽  
The Creation ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
The Third World ◽  
The University

The author reflects on her personal experience as a Native American at UC Berkeley in the 1960s as well as on her activism and important leadership roles in the 1969 Third World Liberation Front student strike, which had as its goal the creation of an interdisciplinary Third World College at the university.

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