Along the Robeson Trail
by Dr. Stanley Knick,
^ Director, VSC-PSative American Resource Center - ^
Now is the information age. The
assumption is that the more
information a person can access, the
better he or she will know his or her
world. (Whether or not this is a
reliable assumption will perhaps be
discussed in a future segment.) In the
past we have relied first on orallytransmitted
information and later on
books and other publications. Now
the computer offers another, almost
limitless, source of information. And
yes, Indians are on the internet. Here's
a cookbook way to find them.
Anyone with a computer and a
modem (a contraption that links a
computer through telephone lines to
die rest of the computer world) can
find more information about Native
Americans than some might dream
possible. Here at The University of
North Carolina at Pembroke, we get to
the internet through one of two
programs: Lynx or Netscape. One
tiling to remember about the internet
(or the "worldwide web") is that in a
sense it is like a spider web: more than
one track can be followed to arrive at
the same destination.
When you getonto "the web" find
and select Virtual Library By Subject.
This will take you to a very long list (a
"menu") of subjects. Scan down to
(and select) Indigenous Studies; this
will offer you another menu, from
which you should select Bill's
Aboriginal Links. Next find (and
select) US Links.
Here begins a truly vast index of
sources of information about Native
Americans. Within each item are
various menus, each of which contains
various other menus. A person could
seemingly spend forever reading all
the information. There are sets of
information about Native American
health; education; specific Indian
nations and organizations (for example,
the llopi Nation, Salish Kootenai
College in Montana, and US Native
Student Organizations); newsletters
and journals; Library of Congress
holdings relating to Native America;
religious freedom; gaming and casino
information; numerous treaties (from
the Fort Stanwix Treaty of 1784 to the
Chippewa Treaty of 1854); the Bureau
of Indian Affairs; and many other topic
areas. One of the items on the US
Links menu is called Planet Peace,
which leads to information on defense
of homelands, sacred site protection
and grassroots activism in Indian
communities. One
of the larger sets of
information under US Links is called
Native American Resources, which is
further divided into Culture,
Archaeology, Art, Legal Resources,
Music, Bibliographies, Government
Resources Especially for Native
Americans, Job Listings and other
topics. If you select Culture from the
Native American Resources menu, you
can find A Line in the Sand, a source of
information devoted to issues of
cultural property and cultural
sensitivity. You can also find
National Indian Policy Center, which
contains another set of sources (for
example, I followed a track called
Introduction to the Oneida, where I
found recent news updates from the
Oneida community, an overview of
Oneida^ political history, and
information on the Oneida language).
Also under Culture (on the Native
American Resources menu) you can
find Native American Tribes of North
Carolina (which includes information
about urban Indianagencies as well as
Native communities).
If you look under History (on the
Native American Resources menu) you
can find an entire database of
documents on US Native American
policies, tribal laws and tribal
contacts, as well as a set of First
Nations Histories. Included in this
History menu is an item called North
Carolina's First Colonists: 12,000
Years Before Roanoke (by Steven
Claggett, Stale Archaeologist), which
gives a good overview of North
Carolina prehistory. Among the many
other topics there is also a Tuscarora
Timeline and a Short History of'
Native American Codetalkers in World
War I and World War II.
If you want to leant about Native
America, computer access to the
worldwide web can keep you learning
for a long time. For more information,
visit the Native American Resburce
Center in historic Old Main Building,
on the campus of The University of
North Carolina at Pembroke.
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PEDIATRIC PoiNT RS
by Dr. Josvph T. Boll
P?diotrkion with BobMOW H?olth Cctr*
The weather seems to be ft tittle
cooler, maybe fall is coming early
J3ut withthe fall comes kids in
school, changjngweatherand ragMeed
pollon; all of these are predisposing
factors that may lead to
Sinus infections.
; The majority of sinus infections
(sinusitis) start off as simple cold
Viruses (upper respiratory infections).
About 5-10% of common
colds turn into simus infections.
When you consider that the average
child catches about 6-8 colds
per year, that adds up to a lot of
infected sinusest
Remember that most
uncomplicated colds wil last about
5-7 days and then start going
away The most common tip off
That a cold has become sinusitis is
.if the cold symptoms last more
than 10 days without getting better
The nasal discharge in these
cases can be either thick or thin,
clear or colored, and is usually
accompanied by a cough which is
worse at night. The patient will
often have a bad smelling breath.
These patients seldom have fever
or hcaaachc
The other less common presentation
of a sinus infection is that of
a rapid-onset, severe cold-like
symptoms. These patients usually
have high fever (over 102 degrees)
and a yellow to green nasal discharge.
They frequently have head
ache behind or above the eyes.
Some children'will be more
prone to develop recurrent sinusitis
Kids who are exposed repeatedly
to cold viruses (such as daycare or
school) are more susceptible to
colds and therefore more likely to
havea sinus infection. Of course
children with allergies or who
arc sensitive to weather changes
will be more prone, also.
It is estimated that up to 40% of
sinus infections will go away spontaneously.
But since you can't eas
ily predict which.cascs.will do that,
and because of the risk of complications,
your doctor will^ probably
prescribe an antibiotic if a diagnosis
of sinusitis is made. THe majority
of acute sinus infections will
resond to an appropriate antibiotic.
Decongestants and >
antihistamine may be hd{ speed
up the process. Sometimes a short
course of. steroids are prescribed
for more severe cases.
So if that nagging cold in hyour child
wUl just not go away, or if
they have a high fever with a vellow-green
nasal flischarge. it mqy
be a sinus infection, and it may be *
time to see the doctor. ;V>
Well, that's all on sinusitis. Hope
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