Australian Academic & Research Libraries, vol. 38, no. 2, June 2007, pp. 99-110
Description
Discusses some of the key issues in the areas where the library and information services sector intersect with Indigenous knowledge. The article also highlights the efforts of the Northern Territory Library (Australia).
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 31, no. 6, November/December 2007, pp. 26-34
Description
Study looks at the factors contributing to geographical clustering of suicides in Northern Territory, Australia. Data suggests indigenous suicides have a greater impact on survivors than non-indigenous suicides do.
Proceedings of the 4th International AGSE Entrepreneurship Research Exchange
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Author/Creator
Craig Furneaux
Kerry Brown
Description
Paper from Proceedings of the 4th International AGSE Entrepreneurship Research Exchange edited by L. Murray Gillin.
Looks at the comparatively low number of Indigenous people engaged in small business in Australia compared to Canada and the United States.
Discusses how to effectively service Aboriginal people's needs, encourage good governance when exercising self-government, and incorporate respect for human and civil rights into governance structures while remaining culturally sensitive.
Cultural Anthropology, vol. 6, no. 1, February 1991, pp. 92-112
Description
Looks at examples from central Australian Aboriginal media groups to examine how standards for traditional culture and ethnographic film are challenged.
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 31, no. 4, July/August 2007, pp. 8-9
Description
Describes the formation of the Yaba Men's Group with programming geared to healing victims of the, "stolen generation" of people that were relocated to Yarrabah, Queensland.
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.
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.
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 3, no. 4, 2007, pp. 96-105
Description
Looks at wide spread hearing loss among all Indigenous peoples and the impact it has on intercultural communication in schools, the criminal justice system, and within Aboriginal families.
Australasian Psychiatry, vol. 15, no. 1, Supplement, February 2007, pp. S10-S17
Description
Suggests three efforts towards improved mental health care: enhancing understanding and trust, promoting mental health in the context of holistic health, and linking mental health to its human rights determinants.
Aboriginal and islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 15, no. 3, May/June 1991, pp. 11-13
Description
Research shows a lack of access to mental health services for Aboriginal people in urban and rural areas and training for health workers in the mental health area as well as a lack of staff and resources.
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 31, no. 1, January/February 2007, pp. 3-5
Description
Article advocates placing dialysis treatment options as close as possible to people's homes. Relocation can result in cultural isolation and can have an enormous negative impact.
Australian Humanities Review, no. 42, August 2007, p. [?]
Description
Comments on a violent demonstration at the height of the 1965 Freedom Rides in New South Wales where ironically most the opposing participants were related.
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 31, no. 2, March/April 2007, pp. 3-5
Description
Biography and interview with Burarra Aboriginal elder and retired senior Aboriginal health worker (SAHW) with over 40 years experience in Northern Territory, Australia.
NOTE: pdf displays incorrect information (vol. 30 no.6 November/December 2006)
Aboriginal and Islander health Work Journal, vol. 15, no. 3, May/June 1991, p. 23
Description
Looks at Abmusic, an Aboriginal music organization, started in 1985 which provides advice for grant applications, employment for Aboriginal musicians, and rehearsal and taping facilities.
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
Indigenous Affairs, vol. 2008, no. 4, Social Suffering, 2007, pp. 38-43
Description
Discusses the protective measures introduced in 73 remote Aboriginal communities as the results of report.
To access this article, scroll down to page 38.
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 31, no. 2, March/April 2007, pp. 17-18
Description
Excerpt of report presented to the launch of a program to enable health workers to assist families with caring for a loved one with a substance abuse problem.
NOTE: pdf displays incorrect information (vol. 30 no.6 November/December 2006)
Aboriginal History, vol. 15, no. 2, 1991, pp. 192-195
Description
Book review of: Northern Territory Dictionary of Biography edited by David Carment, Robyn Maynard, Alan Powell.
Review located by scrolling to page 192.