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Turtle Island Tourism Company
Description
Looks at both strategies and concerns regarding Aboriginal tourism as a tool of cross-cultural awareness by examining a detailed survey of Aboriginal cultural tourism operators from across Canada.
AIHEC Sends Delegates to World Conference
Articles » General
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 17, no. 3, Heroes of Today, Spring, 2006
Description
Reports the attendance of several delegates, sponsored by the American Indian Higher Education Consortium, at the 7th World Indigenous Peoples' Conference on Education, including Tom Shortbull, Ron His Horse is Thunder, and James Shanley.
Appendix One: Questions and Discussions
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sharon H. Venne
Patricia Seed
Harold Cardinal
Frank Tough
Canadian Review of Comparative Literature, vol. 34, no. 1, 2007, pp. 79-97
Description
Panel discussion between Sharon Venne, Patricia Seed, Harold Cardinal and Frank Tough.
Australian Indigenous Health - Within an International Context
E-Books
Author/Creator
Jane Freemantle
Kirsty Officer
Daniel McAullay
Ian Anderson
BC First Nations Fisheries Action Plan: Preparing for Transformative Change in the BC Fisheries
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
First Nations Leadership Council
Description
Discusses action plan resulting from hearings in First Nations communities regarding management and allocation in BC fisheries.
Book Review of "Will the Circle Be Unbroken?": Aboriginal Communities, Restorative Justice, and the Challenges of Conflict and Change by Jane Dickson-Gilmore and Carol La Prairie
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Tim Quigley
Great Plains Research, vol. 16, no. 2, Fall, 2006, p. 210
Description
A book review discussing the author's analysis of the effectiveness of restorative justice.
Charting a Course: Shellfish Aquaculture and Indigenous Rights in New Zealand and British Columbia
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Chris Tollefson
BC Studies, no. 150, Aquaculture, Summer, 2006, pp. 3-41
Description
Compares the New Zealand experience to the Canadian and explores the viability of the industry in British Columbia.
Communities in the Global Economy: Where Social and Indigenous Entrepreneurship Meet
Alternate Title
Entrepreneurship as Social Change: A Third Movements in Entrepreneurship Book
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Robert W. Anderson
Benson Honig
Ana María Peredo
Description
Examines a collective approach to entrepreneurship.
Chapter three from: Entrepreneurship as Social Change: A Third Movements in Entrepreneurship Book edited by Chris Steyaert and Daniel Hjorth.
Converging Indigenous and Western Knowledge Systems: Implications for Tertiary Education
Theses
Author/Creator
Jerome Alvin Hammersmith
Description
Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of South Africa, 2007.
Conversations About Indigenous Counselling and Psychotherapy
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Jeannie Wright
Sue Webb
Mary Montu
Lai Wainikesa
Counselling, Psychotherapy and Health, vol. 3, no. 2, Indigenous Special Issue, 2007, pp. 115-126
Description
Explores some of the key issues in working with indigenous cultural traditions written by counselors and counselor educators who have worked in the South Pacific.
Decolonization and Healing: Indigenous Experiences in the United States, New Zealand, Australia and Greenland
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Linda Archibald
Description
Discusses the colonization, decolonization and healing experiences of Indigenous peoples in four countries.
Equity Works: Achieving the Target of 2% Aboriginal Employment in the South Australian Public Sector: Accompanying Report I: Literature Review
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Kate Barnett
Description
Topics include quantity and quality of employment, closed and open gateways to employment, and governments as gatekeepers to public service employment.
First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Health Indicators in Canada: A Background Paper for The Project "Action Oriented Indicators of Health and Health Systems Development for Indigenous Peoples in Australia, Canada, and New Zealand"
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Marcia Anderson
Janet Smylie
Ian Anderson
Raven Sinclair
Suzanne Crengle
Description
Reports on an assessment of Indigenous health measurement systems in Canada.
From School in Community to a Community-Based School: The Influence of an Aboriginal Principal on Culture-Based School Development
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Brian Lewthwaite
Canadian Journal of Educational Administration and Policy, no. 64, October 9, 2007, p. [?]
Description
Looks at influences on educational reform in the northern community of Aklavik and development of a science curriculum.
Gathering Held to Help Heal the Spirit
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Laura Stevens
Debora Steel
Windspeaker, vol. 24, no. 6, September 2006, p. 12
Description
Reports on leadership exchanges at the fifth global Healing Our Spirit Worldwide (HOSW) conference held in Edmonton that discussed healing initiatives, traditional solutions to health concerns, and aboriginal youth issues.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.12.
Hauora: Māori Standards of Health IV: A Study of the Years 2000-2005
Alternate Title
Hauora: Māori Standards of Health III: A Study of the Years 1970-1991
Hauora: Māori Standards of Health: A Study of the Years 1970-1984
Māori Standards of Health: A Study of the 20 Year Period 1955-75
E-Books
Author/Creator
Papaarangi Reid
Bridget Robson
Donna Cormack
Fiona Cram
Gordon Purdie ... [et al.]
Description
Hei Tiki and Issues of Representation Within Contemporary Māori Arts
Alternate Title
Hei Tiki and Issues of Representation Within Contemporary Maori Arts
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Pania Waaka
MAI Review, no. 1, 2007, pp. 1-17
Description
Looks at the guiding influences of Māori specialists in the production of hei tiki, an Indigenous iconographic form.
Heke Te Toa! How Has Hone Heke Pokai Pictorally Represented, Contributed to the Construction of New Zealand's National Identity 1840-2005?
Theses
Author/Creator
Nathan Thompson
Description
Art History Thesis (M.A.)--University of Canterbury, 2006.
Images of Pakeha-Moari: A Study of the Representation of Pakeha-Maori by Historians of New Zealand From Arthur Thomson (1859) to James Belich (1996)
Theses
Author/Creator
Trevor William Bentley
Description
History Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Waikato, 2007.
The Indigenous Factor: Exploring Kapa Haka as a Culturally Responsive Learning Environment in Mainstream Secondary Schools
Theses
Author/Creator
Paul Whitinui
Description
[Education] Thesis (D.Ed.)--University of Auckland, 2007.
Indigenous Health Research: A Critical Review of Outputs Over Time
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robert W. Sanson-Fisher
Elizabeth M. Campbell
Janice J. Perkins
Steve V. Blunden
Bob B. Davis
Medical Journal of Australia, vol. 184, no. 10, May 15, 2006, pp. 502-505
Description
Survey used MEDLINE and PsychLit databases determine the volume and nature of publications on Indigenous health produced in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States in 1987–1988, 1997–1998 and 2001–2003.
The Indigenous Land Claims in New Zealand and Canada: From Grievance to Enterprise
Alternate Title
Public Policy Paper (Saskatchewan Institute of Public Policy) ; no. 39
SIPP Public Policy Paper ; no. 39
E-Books
Author/Creator
Robert B. Anderson
Corinne Barnett
Indigenous Leadership Bibliography
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Brian Calliou
Description
Coverage includes historical and contemporary leaders, governance, and political activism in Canada, the United States, Circumpolar region, Australia and New Zealand.
Indigenous Peoples, Poverty and Self-Determination in Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the United States
Alternate Title
JOPNA [Joint Occasional Papers on Native Affairs] ; no. 2006-02
E-Books
Author/Creator
Stephen Cornell
Indigenous Property Rights in Commercial Fisheries: Canada, New Zealand and Australia Compared
Articles » General
Author/Creator
M. Durette
CAEPR Working Paper, no. 37, 2007
Description
Discusses the socioeconomic outcomes from Indigenous commercial fishing in Canada & New Zealand; and identifies the need for Australia to rethink its policies to ensure that the same rights and benefits accrue to Indigenous Australians.
Indigenous Well-Being in Four Countries: An Application of the UNDP'S Human Development Index to Indigenous Peoples in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United States
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Martin Cooke
Francis Mitrou
David Lawrence
Eric Guimond
Dan Beavon
BMC International Health and Human Rights , vol. 7, no. 9, 2007, p. article 9
Description
Looks at life expectancy, educational attainment and income between Indigenous and non-Indigenous populations to determine if the gap between socioeconomic and health status has improved or decreased between 1990 and 2000.
Information Technology and Indigenous People: Issues and Perspectives
E-Books
Author/Creator
Carol Leclair
Sandi Warren
Juan Francisco Salazar
Judy Iseke-Barnes
Deborah Danard ... [et al.]
Intermarriage: Its Role and Importance within Early New Zealand Shore Whaling Stations
Theses
Author/Creator
Emily V. Owen
Description
History Thesis (M.A.)--Massey University, 2007.
An Introduction to Te Ao Māori -- The Māori World
Alternate Title
An Introdution to the Te Ao Maori -- The Maori World
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Best Practice Advocacy Centre New Zealand (bpacnz)
Description
Briefly discusses concepts dealing with health and wellness.
Keeping Our Fire Alive: Towards Decolonising Research in the Academic Setting
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Taima Moeke-Pickering
Sheila Hardy
Susan Manitowabi
Anne-Marie Mawhiney
Emily Faries
Kelly Gibson-van Marrewijk
Nancy Tobias
Mikare Taitoko
World Indigenous Nations Higher Education Consortium Journal, 2006, p. [?]
Description
Explores the challenges of collaboration between Indigenous and non-Indigenous social science researchers in Canada and New Zealand.
Land, Authority and the Forgetting of Being in Early Colonial Maori History
Theses
Author/Creator
Lyndsay Head
Description
Maori Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Canterbury, 2006.
Mai i ngā Ao e Rua - From Two Worlds: An Investigation into the Attitudes Towards Half Castes in New Zealand
Theses
Author/Creator
Suzanne Boyes
Description
Māori Studies Thesis (B.A.)--University of Otago, Dunedin, 2006.
Maori at Work: The Shaping of a Maori Workforce within the New Zealand State 1935-1975
Theses
Author/Creator
Richard Beresford Nightingale
Description
Social and Cultural Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--Massey University, 2007.
Māori Health Indicators: A Background Paper for the Project 'Action Oriented Indicators for Health and Health Systems Development for Indigenous Peoples in Canada, Australia, and New Zealand'
Alternate Title
Maori Health Indicators: A Background Paper for the Project 'Action Oriented Indicators for Health and Health Systems Development for Indigenous Peoples in Canada, Australia, and New Zealand'
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Mihi Ratima
Will Edwards
Sue Crengle
Janet Smylie
Ian Anderson
Description
Outlines the Māori health indicator set development in context of the health sector.
Marae: A Whakapapa of the Maori Marae
Alternate Title
Marae: A Whakapapa of the Māori Marae
Theses
Author/Creator
Adrian John Te Piki Kotuku Bennett
Description
[Maori Studies] Thesis (Ph.D)--University of Canterbury, 2007.
Measuring the Health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples: A Background Paper for the Project 'Action-Oriented Indicators of Health and Health Systems Development for Indigenous Peoples in Australia, Canada and New Zealand'
Alternate Title
Discussion Paper (Onemda VicHealth Koori Health Unit) ; no. 16
E-Books
Author/Creator
Marcia Anderson
Ian Anderson
Janet Smylie
Sue Crengle
Mihi Ratima
Myth Understandings: First Contact, Over and Over Again
Alternate Title
Myth and Memory: Stories of Indigenous-European Contact
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
John Sutton Lutz
Description
A critical look at how contact stories have been, and are being told and used. Four themes run through the book: Currency, Performance, Ambiguity and Power.
Introduction to the book Myth and Memory: Stories of Indigenous-European Contact
Natives and Settlers Now and Then: Historical Issues and Current Perspectives on Treaties and Land Claims in Canada
Alternate Title
"The Rights to the Land May be Transferred": Archival Records as Colonial Text—A Narrative of Métis Scrip
Nation-Building as Process: Reflections of a Nihiyow [Cree]
Natives and Settlers Now and Then: Refractions of the Colonial Past in the Present
Remembering Harold Cardinal
Three Treaty Nations Compared: Economic and Political Consequences for Indigenous People in Canada, the United States, and New Zealand
E-Books
Author/Creator
Frank Tough
Sharon H. Venne
Harold Cardinal
Paul W. DePasquale
Patricia Seed
Erin McGregor
Description
Special issue of Canadian Review of Comparative Literature, vol. 34, no. 1, 2007.
Nau Te Rourou, Nau Te Rakau: The Oceanic, Indigenous, Postcolonial and New Zealand Comparative Contexts of Maori Writing in English
Theses
Author/Creator
Alice Anne Te Punga Somerville
Description
English and American Indian Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--Cornell University, 2006.
Needs, Rights, Nationhood, and the Politics of Indigeneity
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Dominic O'Sullivan
MAI Review, no. 1, 2006, p. article 1
Description
Answers the question, "Are Māori peoples with rights, or individuals with needs?".
Non-Māori Beginning Teacher Perspectives on Meeting the Needs of Māori Children Within the Mainstream Classroom: A Case Study: Research Project Report.
Alternate Title
Non-Maori Beginning Teacher Perspectives on Meeting the Needs of Maori Children Within the Mainstream Classroom: A Case Study: Research Project Report.
Theses
Author/Creator
Anne-Marie Hunt
Description
Education Thesis (MTchgLn)--Christchurch College of Education, 2006
Oho Mauri: Cultural Identity, Wellbeing, and Tāngata Whai Ora/Motuhake
Alternate Title
Oho Mauri: Cultural Identity, Wellbeing, and Tangata Whai Ora/Motuhake
Theses
Author/Creator
Lynne Mereana Pere
Description
Māori Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--Massey University, 2006.
Post-Secondary Quality Assurance Practices
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Nancy Morgan
Melisa Louie
Description
Overview of the processes by which institutions in the United States, Canada, and New Zealand gain accreditation.
Power, Powerlessness and Identity
Alternate Title
[TASA 2007 Conference Proceedings: Public Sociologies: Lessons and Trans-Tasman Comparisons]
[TASA/SAANZ 2007]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Tracey McIntosh
Description
Comments on the complexities of Maori identities.
(Re)-Constructing Maori Children as Achieving Learners
Theses
Author/Creator
[Fleur Estelle Jeanne Harris]
Description
[Education, Health and Human Development] Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Canterbury, 2007.
Senior Secondary Students' Achievement at Maori-Medium Schools: 2004-2006 Fact Sheet
Alternate Title
Demographic and Statistical Analysis Unit
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Haobo Wang
Claire Harkess
Description
Findings show candidates at Maori-medium schools were more likely to gain a typical level or higher NCEA (National Certificate of Educational Achievement) qualification than their Maori peers at English-medium schools.
Suicide Among Indigenous Peoples: What Does The International Knowledge Tell Us?
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Antoon A. Leenaars
Marlene EchoHawk
David Lester
Lindsey Leenaars
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 27, no. 2, 2007, pp. 479-501
Description
Studies found that suicide is multi-determined and that there are no simple answers to the youth epidemic experienced worldwide. However, colonialism, and the residual effects of it, are cited as a common factor in all worldwide studies of suicide rates among Indigenous Peoples.
Tatau Kahukura Māori Health Chart Book [2006]
Alternate Title
Public Health Intelligence Monitoring Report ; no. 5
Tatau Kahukura Maori Health Chart Book [2006]
E-Books
Author/Creator
Karen Blakey
Helen Walls
Ricci Harris
Rebecca Rippon
Li-Chia Yeh … [et al.]
Te Aroha o te Hauangiangi : Māori Perspectives on Healing from Substance Abuse
Alternate Title
Te Aroha o te Hauangiangi : Maori Perspectives on Healing from Substance Abuse
Theses
Author/Creator
Keremete Te Rangimaria Warbrick
Description
Maori Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--Massey University, 2006.
Te Kōtahitanga: Improving the Educational Achievement of Māori Students in Mainstream Education Phase 2: Towards a Whole School Approach
Alternate Title
Te Kotahitanga: Improving the Educational Achievement of Maori Students in Mainstream Education Phase 2: Towards a Whole School Approach
E-Books
Author/Creator
R. Bishop
M. Berryman
A. Powell
L. Teddy