Mortality

Consists of an interview where he gives the legends behind various geographical features.

Looks at how various lifestyle behaviors influence obesity and development of chronic illness among youth.

Report provides occurrence and mortality statistics and suggests holistic local initiatives are preferred for treatment.

Discusses cancer prevention focusing on the National Breast Cancer Screening Program which offers free mammograms every two years.

Looks at death rates from breast cancer and death rates after having breast cancer by comparing data from AI/AN and white women.

Medical Sciences Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Toronto, 2010.

Study estimated the proportion of ear and gastrointestinal infections, lower respiratory tract infections requiring hospitalization, and sudden infant deaths which were preventable. Calculated for First Nations (both on- and off-reserve), Métis and Inuit as well as all Canadian infants for comparison.

Explores reasons why the epidemic figures prominently in First Nations' histories; includes oral remembrances of the devastation the disease brought to First Nations communities.

Brings attention to cultural, social and structural barriers that continue to restrict Native American's access to health care and the failure of Congress to provide necessary resources.

Comments on strategies that may be the most effective tools to help decrease suicide and suicide attempt including community wellness and cultural competence strategies.

Study results show a high future cancer burden in the First-Nations on-reserve population.

Study advocates for increased health prevention measures to better manage the future disease burden.

Looks at risk levels, types of burns and burn experiences of Treaty Indians and Métis in an Alberta hospital.

Discusses the Conservative and Liberal views of politicians regarding the federal Indian education policy, the administration of industrial schools, and the terrible conditions in the schools causing high mortality rates.

Describes Lieut. William Francis Butler’s journey, in the winter of 1870, to distribute small pox medicines and instructions for treatment of the disease to people and communities between the Red River Settlement and the Rockies; includes some details about Cree, Métis, and Blackfoot peoples. Entire issue on one pdf file, scroll to page 24.

Conclusions of study enable policy makers to prescribe solutions to develop and implement preventative strategies.

Looks at reasons why Aboriginal groups are more at risk for suicide than other Canadian communities.

Reviews of: Canada's Residential Schools. Volume 1, Part 1: The History, Origins to 1939 Canada's Residential Schools. Volume 1, Part 2: The History, 1939 to 2000 Canada's Residential Schools. Volume 2: The Inuit and Northern Experience Canada's Residential Schools. Volume 3: The Métis Experience Canada's Residential Schools. Volume 4: Missing Children in Unmarked Burials Canada's Residential Schools. Volume 5: The Legacy Canada's Residential Schools.

Discusses issues involved with violence against Aboriginal women, presents nine case studies of murdered and missing women and makes recommendations for policies to ensure the safety these women.

Reports on 5.1 billion dollar program to improve health care, cancelled in 2006 by Conservative government.

Data compiled using area of residence in the Tumour File and the mortality file.

Concludes that Aboriginal people in Quebec experience an overall cancer rist comparable to the general population.

Study period was 2007-2012. Standardized cancer incidence and mortality rates were estimated by Métis status, top four cancer sites, and all cancers combined.

Study shows that compared with non-Métis people, overall incidence and mortality associated with cancer was not higher among Métis people.

Assesses and compares Chukotka incidence rates with the rest of Russia.

Compares rates with Ontario population by using the provincial cancer registry and mortality file.

Draws on data from 1991 long-form census, compare cancer incidence and survival rates with those of non-Aboriginal Canadians.

Community Health Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Toronto, 1998.

Describes malignant neoplasms for Aboriginal Americans in North Carolina in 1968-72 and 1978-82.

Study results indicate that the indigenous coastal Chukotka people experienced very high cancer mortality rates relative to the Russian population nationally.

Compares provincial and national averages of cancer death rates in the Yukon.

Compares the risk of cancers of an isolated First Nations population to that of the Canadian national population.

History Thesis (M.A.)--Univerity of Saskatchewan, 2010.

Reports that death rates from cardiovascular disease for Indigenous Australians are 3 to 4 times that of the non-Indigenous population.

Study examines heart disease mortality patterns between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal adults by level of education and income adequacy.

Consists of an interview where he gives a description of naming ceremonies, explains the significance of "grandfathers" in Indian sprituality, and recounts several ghost stories.

Study deduces that reducing cancer rates would make the greatest contribution to extend life expectancy of residents of Inuit Nunangat.

Review of all infant deaths from the Nunvavut Bureau of Statistics. Shows unexpected infant deaths have the highest cause for infant mortality.

Study interpretation concluded that deaths were occurring at an alarming rate, particularly young women or those using injection drugs. Argues that these results reflect intersections of current and historical injustices, substance use and barriers to care.

The cemetery at Igloolik, N.W.T. [NU].

Compares cervical cancer and death rates to women of other races.

Presents results and recommendations of a study which looked at methods of reducing mortality rates from cervical cancer.

Forms part of the Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History, v. 36 (p.1-67).

Author challenges the assumption that population growth among Indigenous people during the early reservation period was an indicator of the success of the reservation health care system. Argues that maternal/infant health is a better indicator and considers the Northern Cheyenne people as an ethnohistorical example.

Interview of Charlie Chief who discusses the a Grass Dance, Round Dance and Sioux Dance (including songs). Also included are songs. The discusses the difference between old and new ways. Alphonse Littlepoplar is the intterpreter