Program is designed to help health care providers become comfortable in treating this group. Aimed at physicians, nurses, dentists, pharmacists, Indigenous healers, etc.
Hastings Race & Poverty Law Journal, vol. 4, no. 1, 2006-2007, pp. 45-129
Description
Brief overview of government policies aimed at eradicating Native Americans, discussion of how schools fit into achieving these goals, and possibilities for achieving redress through litigation.
Produced as part of the evaluation of the British Columbia Tripartite Framework Agreement on First Nation Health Governance. Study consists of a combination of literature review and interviews with those playing key roles within the First Nations Health Authority, Ministry of Health, Provincial Health Services Authority, BC Regional Health Authorities, BC Coroners Service and BC Patient Safety and Quality Council, which were conducted between July 2018 and January 2019.
North Dakota Law Review, vol. 82, no. 4, 2006, pp. 1249-1271
Description
Discusses the scope of the problem, reviews legislation which has resulted in making reservations attractive for criminal activity as well as producing difficulties in prosecution of crimes, and makes recommendations to improve the situation.
Report of the Expert Panel on Safe Drinking Water for First Nations
E-Books
Author/Creator
Willms & Shier Environmental Lawyers
Description
Analyses of current Provincial and Federal legislation because there is no regulatory framework that applies to drinking water and wastewater on reserves.
Discusses issues such as Treaty and human rights, accountability, free and informed consent and methodologies and makes recommendations for the conduct of future studies.
Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, vol. 100, Special Supplement, 2006, pp. 877-880
Description
Discusses the impact of Public Law 93-638 on the IHS (Indian Health Services) delivery of eye care, deficiencies in the system and recommendations for improvement.
Lists works written by Indigenous authors published between 2000 and 2018. Focuses on substantial books, articles and book chapters on original primary historical research, research methodology and historiography.
Focuses on seven topics: eight principles of Indigenous child welfare, understanding the overrepresentation of children in care, legal context, root causes, discrepancies in delivery of services, current approaches and recommendations in the area of family violence, current approaches and recommendations in the area of substance use, and improving financial supports for families.
A Syllabus for History After the Truth and Reconciliation Commission
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Canadian Historical Association
Description
Goal of document is to "gather together materials on Indigenous history in and around Canada that might be useful for people teaching, researching, writing history or working in public history".
Current as of 2019.