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Impact of Economic Changes on the Diet of Chukotka Natives
Andrew Kozlov International Journal of Circumpolar Health, Vol. 63, No. 3, 2004, pp. 235-242. Describes changes in food composition and nutritional preferences among the Chukchi and Yupik. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 1, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
The Impact of Indian Gaming on Indian Education in New Mexico
Thaddieus W. Conner, William A. Taggart Indigenous Policy Journal of the Indigenous Studies Network, Vol. XX, No. 3, 2009. Discusses the benefits of Indian gaming revenues in shaping various aspects of Indian education in American Indian communities. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 1, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Improving & Delivering Effective Library Services for Aboriginal Peoples in Saskatchewan: A Canadian Province's Approach to Answering the Needs of the Aboriginal Community
Wendy Sinclair- Sparvier World Libraries, Vol. 12, No. 1, Spring, 2002, p. [?]. Discusses two provincial initiatives to improve library service ( Library Services For Saskatchewan's Aboriginal Peoples Committee and Minister's Advisory Committee on Library Service for Aboriginal People) to Aboriginal communities, as well as steps taken by an inner city branch of the Regina Public Library to better serve its largely Aboriginal constituency. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 1, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
In Consideration of the Needs of Our Most Loving of Caregivers: Grandparenting Experiences in Manitoba First Nation Communities
Rachel Eni, Carol D.H. Harvey, Wanda Phillips-Beck First Peoples Child & Family Review, Vol. 4, No. 2, 2009, pp. 85-98. Discusses a community-initiated, community-lead and community-perspective research study about traditional knowledge and experiences from Manitoba Aboriginal grandmothers. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 1, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Incidence and Prevalence of Type 2 Diabetes in the First Nation Community of Kahnawá:ke, Quebec, Canada, 1986-2003
Ojistoh Kahnawahere Horn, Heather Jacobs-Whyte, Amy Ing, Amanda Bruegl, Gilles Paradis, et al. Canadian Journal of Public Health, Vol. 98, No. 6, November/December 2007, pp. 438-443. Presents a study of diabetes in Kahnawá:ke and compares the incidence and prevalence of type 2 diabetes between Aboriginal and general Canadian populations. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 1, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Incidence and Risk Factors For Newly Acquired Hepatitis C Virus Infection Among Aboriginal Versus Non-Aboriginal Canadians in Six Regions, 1999-2004
H.-X. Wu, J. Wu, T. Wong, A. Andonov, Q. Li ... [et al.]. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, Vol. 26, No. 3, March 2006, pp. 167-174. Compares hepatitis C Virus (HCV) incidence and recent patterns of transmission. Concludes there is a high rate of newly acquired HIV infection among Aboriginal Canadians especially Aboriginal females. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 0, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Increasing Incidence and Prevalence of Diabetes among the Status Aboriginal Population in Urban and Rural Alberta, 1995-2006
Jeffrey A. Johnson, Stephanie U. Vermeulen, Ellen L. Toth, Brenda R. Hemmelgarn, Kelli Ralph-Campbell, et al. Canadian Journal of Public Health, Vol. 100, No. 3, May/June 2009, pp. 231-236. Presents a study that compares trends in diabetes prevalence and incidence among Aboriginal men and women living in urban and rural areas of Alberta. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 1, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
The Indian Rights Association, Native Protest Activity and the 'Land Question' in British Columbia, 1903–1916
R.M. Galois Native Studies Review, Vol. 8, No. 2, 1992, p. 1–34. Discussion on organized Native response formed to force a judicial decision on land claims and protect Aboriginal rights. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 1, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Indigenous Birth Outcomes in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States - an Overview
Janet Smylie, Sue Crengle, Jane Freemantle, Maile Taualii The Open Women's Health Journal, Vol. 4, 2010, pp. 7-17. Reviews Indigenous infant mortality, stillbirth, birth weight, and preterm birth outcomes in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 1, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Indigenous Health in the Arctic: An Overview of the Circumpolar Inuit Population
Peter Bjerregaard, T. Kue Young, Eric Dewailly, Sven O. E. Ebbesson Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, Vol. 32, No. 5, 2004, pp. 390-395. Looks at high rates of infectious and chronic diseases in Inuit populations compared to Western societies. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 1, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Infant Mortality Among Status Indians on Vancouver Island, British Columbia: Evidence of Variability Within the Status Indian Population
Maura C. Hanrahan Canadian Journal of Public Health, Vol. 92, No. 6, November/December 2001, pp. 453-457. Comparison and reasons for higher infant mortality rates, and regional differences. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 1, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
The Intergenerational Transfer of Ethnic Identity in Canada at the Turn of the Twenty-first Century
Madeline A. Kalbach Canadian Ethnic Studies, Vol. 35, No. 1, Spring, 2003, pp. 135-[?]. Analyzes special tabulations gathered in the 2001 Census of Canada to explore how Canadians identify themselves ethnically as opposed to their ethnic ancestry. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 1, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Interracial Warfare and Population Decline among the New England Indians
Sherburne F. Cook Ethnohistory, Vol. 20, No. 1, Winter, 1973, pp. 1-24. Discusses the Indian Wars of the seventeenth century in New England, including casualty estimates. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 1, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
“It’s Not Something You Have to Be Scared About”: Attitudes Towards Pregnancy and Fertility Among Canadian Aboriginal Young People
Karen M. Devries, Caroline J. Free Journal of Aboriginal Health, Vol. 7, No. 1, March 2011, pp. 8-15. Looks at a thematic analysis study of Aboriginal adolescents views on pregnancy and how these relate to contracting a sexually transmitted infection (STI), and the need for sexual health interventions. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 1, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
'Making a Difference': A New Care Paradigm for Pregnant and Parenting Aboriginal People
Dawn A. Smith, Nancy C. Edwards, Patricia J. Martens, Colleen Varcoe Canadian Journal of Public Health, Vol. 98, No. 4, July/August 2007, pp. 321-325. Discusses views on how safe and responsive care can make a difference to the health and well-being of pregnant and parenting Aboriginal people. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 1, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Making the Case for Culture in Economic Development: A Cross-Section Analysis of Western Tribes
Kathleen Pickering, David Mushinski American Indian Culture and Research Journal, Vol. 25, No. 1, 2001, pp. 45-64. Combines data, compiled by Joseph Jorgensen, looking at a variety of pre-reservation cultural characteristics for eighty groups in the western United States with data from the 1990 United States Census to evaluate the economic development of those tribes involved. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 1, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Meaning of Health: The Perspectives of Aboriginal Adults and Youth in a Northern Manitoba First Nations Community
Corinne A. Isaak, Gail Marchessault Canadian Journal of Diabetes, Vol. 32, No. 2, June 2008, pp. 114-122. Study suggests that the use of the Medicine Wheel to conceptualize health holistically may be an effective way to frame health promotion strategies for youth. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 1, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Mental Health, Substance Use and Suicidal Behaviour Among Young Indigenous People in the Arctic: A Systematic Review
Venla Lehti, Solja Niemelä, Christina Hoven, Donald Mandell, et al. Social Science & Medicine, Vol. 69, No. 8, October 2009, pp. 1194-1203. Looks at the possibility of regional and ethnic differences in mental health and the link between substance use, suicide rate and mental health of youth in the Arctic. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 1, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Métis Populations in Canada: Some Implications of Settlement Patterns and Characteristics
Evelyn J. Peters Native Studies Review, Vol. 17, No. 2, 2008, pp. 19-44. Uses data collected from the Canadian census to explore the distribution of Métis between and within provincial boundaries, as well as the implications of any changes in those distributions. [Find offline items for Peters, Evelyn J.] More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 1, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Mission Registers as Anthropological Questionnaires: Understanding Limitations of the Data
John R. Johnson American Indian Culture and Research Journal, Vol. 12, No. 2, 1988, pp. 9-30. Author cautions researchers on the use of some data information that may contain clerical errors, illegible handwriting, faded ink and missing pages. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 1, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Mitochondrial DNA and Y Chromosome Diversity and the Peopling of the Americas: Evolutionary and Demographic Evidence
Theodore G. Schurr, Stephen T. Sherry American Journal of Human Biology, Vol. 16, No. 4, 2004, pp. 420-439. Discussion of the mitrochondrial DNA (mtDNA) specific locations on the chromosome of A-D, NRY and P-M45a and Q-242/Q-M3, with the observation that these were dispersed throughout the entire Americas. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 1, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Mobilizing the Unrepresented: Indian Voting Patterns and the Implications for Tribal Sovereignty
Eileen M. Luna Wicazo Sa Review, Vol. 15, No. 1, Spring, 2000, pp. 91-115. Suggests ways that can be used to maximize voter turnout and to heighten voter interests in issues in the political arena. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 2, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Modeling Educational Success of First Nations Students in Canada: Community Level Perspectives
Nicholas Spence, Jerry White, Paul Maxim Canadian Ethnic Studies, Vol. 39, No. 1-2, 2007, pp. 145-167. Study uses combined data from the 1996 Census and Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development Education Survey for 1995/1996 to assess five categories of variables which impact educational success: isolation, school type, demographic, economic and human capital. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 1, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Modelling Paleoindian Dispersals
James Steele, Jonathan Adams, Tim Sluckin World Archaeology, Vol. 30, No. 2, October 1998, pp. 286-305. Discusses a simulation model of human migration based on climate conditions during the late glacial period, 13,000-11,000 BP. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 1, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
A Modest Proposal?: Diversity and the Challenge of Governance in Northern Alberta
Ian Urquhart Northern Review, No. 25/26, Summer, 2005, pp. 92-105. Advocates for the creation of regional planning commissions in order to deal with governance issues in Northern Alberta. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 1, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites |
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