Description |
xv, 147 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 123-137) and index. |
Contents |
Native American Men and HIV/AIDS -- Native American Women and HIV/AIDS -- Native American Youth and HIV/AIDS -- Native American Prevention. |
Summary |
Over the past five centuries, waves of diseases have ravaged and sometimes annihilated Native American communities. The latest of these silent killers is HIV/AIDS. The first book to detail the devastating impact of the disease on Native Americans, Killing Us Quietly fully and minutely examines the epidemic and its social and cultural consequences among three groups in three geographical areas. Through a series of personal narratives, the book also vividly conveys the terrible individual and emotional toll the disease is taking on Native lives. Exploring Native urban, reservation, and rural perspectives, as well as the viewpoints of Native youth, women, gay or bisexual men, this study combines statistics, Native demography and histories, and profiles of Native organizations to provide a broad understanding of HIV/AIDS among Native Americans. The book confronts the unique economic and political circumstances and cultural practices that can encourage the spread of the disease in Native settings. And perhaps most important, it discusses prevention strategies and educational resources. A much-needed overview of a national calamity, Killing Us Quietly is an essential resource for Natives and non-Natives alike. Irene S. Vernon, of Mescalero Apache, Yaqui, and Mexicana descent, is an associate professor in the English department and Center for Applied Studies in American Ethnicity, Colorado State University. |
Subject |
HIV-positive persons -- Medical care -- United States.
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AIDS (Disease) -- Patients.
(OCoLC)fst00793864
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Indians of North America -- Health and hygiene.
(OCoLC)fst00969766
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Local Subject |
Indigenous peoples -- North America -- Medical care.
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Subject |
AIDS.
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Indians of North America -- Medical care.
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Gesundheitspolitik (DE-588)4113743-7
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United States.
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Indians, North American. (DNLM)D007198
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United States -- epidemiology.
(DNLM)D014481Q000453
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Indians of North America -- Medical care.
(OCoLC)fst00969835
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Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome -- prevention & control.
(DNLM)D000163Q000517
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Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome -- ethnology.
(DNLM)D000163Q000208
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Local Subject |
Indigenous peoples -- North America -- Health risk assessment.
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AIDS (Disease) -- Patients -- United States.
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HIV-positive persons -- Medical care.
(OCoLC)fst00949924
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Indians of North America -- Health risk assessment.
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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Indianer.
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Local Subject |
Indigenous peoples -- North America -- Health and hygiene.
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Indigenous peoples, North American. (DNLM)D007198
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Subject |
Indians of North America -- Health and hygiene.
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Indians of North America -- Health risk assessment.
(OCoLC)fst00969770
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Other Form: |
Online version: Vernon, Irene S., 1955- Killing us quietly. Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2001 (OCoLC)606566064 |
ISBN |
0803246684 (cloth ; alk. paper) |
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9780803246683 (cloth ; alk. paper) |
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080329624X (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
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9780803296244 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
Sudoc No. |
U5001 T873 -2001 nbdocs |
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