Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 27, no. 3, May/June 2003, pp. 19-21
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Describes the State Conference of the Aboriginal Disability Network, held in November 2002 which was convened to bring together Australian Aboriginal people with disabilities and families and health providers from across New South Wales, Australia.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 27, no. 3, May/June 2003, pp. 25-27
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Discusses goals of the group which represents 23 Aboriginal communities across South Australia and includes interview with the State Director about plans for the future.
Purpose of report is to provide overview of best practices and highlight recurring issues in British Columbia, other parts of Canada and Australia. Looked at annual and symposium reports, internal documents and literature reviews.
Looks at an environmental assessment system, that aids in balancing the use of scientific and Aboriginal knowledge, to foster meaningful Aboriginal participation in federal and provincial environmental assessment procedures.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 27, no. 4, July/August 2003, pp. 10-11
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Describes partnership between Aboriginal Medical Services (Australia) and a local hospital to create an ear, nose and throat outreach clinic in New South Wales.
Examines the increase in incarceration from 1991 to 2001, and found that Aboriginal people were not being assisted while in prison or when released from prison.
Examines how the federalisation of Aboriginal people and the racial reactions to it gave birth to a redefinition of Aboriginality in Australia.
Excerpt from Disability Studies & Indigenous Studies.
Entire book on one pdf. To access paper, scroll to p. 133.
Parliamentary Papers / Great Britain. Parliament (1833-1841), House of Commons ; 617, 1834
Return to Several Addresses to His Majesty, Dated 19 March 1834, for, Copies or Extracts of all Such Reports from the Governors or Lieutenant-Governors of British Possessions in North America, and of the Answers Thereto, as May Throw Light on the Present
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Great Britain. Colonial Office
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Contains correspondence, or copies of dispatches, of Upper and Lower Canada regarding "Aboriginal Tribes in British Possessions" which also included Australia.
Borderlands E - Journal, vol. 8, no. 1, 2009, pp. 1-8
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Explores the dichotomy between cultural relativism and universalism and examines how these tensions are used to legitimize assimilation by the Australian colonial state.
Australasian Canadian Studies, vol. 27, no. 1-2, Globalising Indigeneity: New Research Directions, 2009, pp. 1-4
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Keynote speaker's address opens this special issue which aims to showcase the depth and breadth of Indigenous Studies in Australia, Canada, and New Zealand.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 1.
Pediatric Clinics of North America, vol. 56, no. 6, Health Issues in Indigenous Children: An Evidence Based Approach for the General Pediatrician, December 2009, pp. 1383-1399
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Looks at upper respiratory tract infection and treatment options in children.
Pediatric Clinics of North America, vol. 56, no. 6, Health Issues in Indigenous Children: An Evidence Based Approach For the General Pediatrician, December 2009, pp. 1343-1361
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Looks this common disease infecting aboriginal children living on reservations and remote locations where adequate sanitation is lacking.
Rural and Remote Health, vol. 3, no. 156, February 8, 2003, pp. 1-10
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Study identifies risk factors for adult renal disease through a screening program known as the Umoona Kidney Project. Information will be used by Aboriginal health workers.
Examines the controversy over the question of the author's Aboriginality and ethnicity.
Excerpt from Disability Studies & Indigenous Studies.
Entire book on one pdf. To access paper, scroll to p. 108.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 27, no. 5, September/October 2003, pp. 20-22
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Describes one of twenty five Asthma Innovative Management (AIM) projects and only one of four projects undertaken in Australian Indigenous communities.
Teaching Education, vol. 20, no. 1, Special Issue: Indigenous Education, 2009, pp. 77-93
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Results of analysis to develop culture-fair assessment include the need for better communication and incorporation of student's prior knowledge and experience into classroom ideas.
Survey questions focused on four core areas: awareness, attitudes, perceptions and action. Sample consisted of 1,007 non-Indigenous individuals aged 18 or more and 617 Indigenous Australians.
Survey developed to provide a benchmark of progress towards reconciliation by measuring knowledge of facts, attitudes, and actions taken by individuals and governments. Sample was 1,007 Australians aged eighteen and up.
Argues that there is an over-emphasis in the Closing the Gap approach on equality between Indigenous and other Australians and too little emphasis on diversity and difference.