The Science of the Total Environment, vol. 289, no. 1-3, April 22, 2002, pp. 255-260
Description
Contends that improved iron nutrition in aboriginal babies is necessary considering the potential for higher blood lead levels in infants with iron-deficiency anemia.
Council of the Atikamekw Nation: Project Number: 1311-QC
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Wanda Gabriel
Louise Tassé
Description
Description and evaluation of project conducted in the communities of Opitciwan, Manawan, and Wemotaci, Quebec. Involved training of workers and counsellors, establishment of support network, awareness and education of the legacy of residential schools, and healing. Sources of information include project files, interviews conducted with members of project team and service providers, and other documents and data.
Journal of Anthropological Archaeology, vol. 21, no. 3, September 2002, pp. 301-328
Description
Argues there is storage evidence in archaeological cache pits and that there was practical food storage among the Beothuk of Newfoundland and the early historic Innu and Inuit of the Labrador–Quebec peninsula.
American Journal of Human Genetics, vol. 71, no. 6, December 2002, pp. 1443-1449
Description
Study concludes that a single gene mutation causes North American Indian Childhood Cirrhosis, a distinct and severe form of familial cholestasis, which occurs in aboriginal children in the Abitibi region of northwestern Quebec.
Clinical Infectious Diseases, vol. 34, no. 11, June 1, 2002, pp. 1508-1514
Description
Describes events before, during and after an outbreak of the disease and records how an innovative prevention program contributed to a successful resolution.
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 61, no. 4, 2002, pp. 341-351
Description
Concludes that there is no evidence of altered folate metabolism and it is essential that culturally appropriate public health efforts continue to increase the intake of folic acid to reduce spina bifida.
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 26, no. 2, Populations et Migrations / Populations and Migrations, 2002, pp. 107-131
Description
Discusses how despite the influence of Christianity and although no longer associated with the Inuit shaman, the concept of the Tuurngait still permeates the worldview of contemporary Inuit.