Canadian Woman Studies, vol. 26, no. 3/4, Indigenous Women in Canada: the Voices of First Nations, Inuit and Métis Women, Winter/Spring, 2008, pp. 177-178
Description
Highlights the difficulties faced by reserve residents when accessing urban amenities.
Focuses on the methodological challenges and accomplishments associated with project entitled Visualizing Breast Cancer.
Chapter 13 in the book Doing Cross-Cultural Research: Ethical and Methodological Perspectives edited by Pranee Liamputtong.
Overview of projects, "Pipona Oskana Ka-asteki, Winter in Wascana", "Stories About Us", "Aboriginal Eye View", and "Our Future Looks Bright" by students of a pre-certification teacher fine arts education course at the First Nations University of Canada.
Website contains links to: information about individual communities, culture, treaty, timeline, video and audio clips, and interviews with Elders.
Suitable as a classroom resource.
Provides basic and culturally specific information on the drug, institutional initiatives to deal with enforcement issues and treatment strategies being undertaken.
Interview with artistic director of Saskatchewan Native Theater Company. Program teaches students culture, life skills, career management and preforming arts.
Duration: 13:17.
Canadian Journal of Aboriginal Community-Based HIV/AIDS Research, vol. 1, Inaugural Edition, Summer, 2006, pp. 5-16
Description
Qualitative study involving eight women infected or affected by HIV. Focused on women's experiences on the road to healing. (Article appears on p. 5 of inaugural issue of Canadian Journal of Aboriginal Community-Based HIV/AIDS Research.)
Literacy More Than Words: Presentations: Literacy for Aboriginal Populations
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Council of Ministers of Education
Canada
Description
Contains links to webcasts and presentations on Aboriginal literacy from the Pan-Canadian Interactive Literacy Forum 2008: Legacy, which was put on by the Council of Ministers of Education and took place in nine different locations across Canada.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 11, no. 12, December 2008, p. 20
Description
Looks at the Métis theme of the book awards and the representative guest speaker, Maria Campbell and fiddler John Arcand.
Article located by scrolling to page 20.
A compilation of essays by : Deborah Lee, Liam Haggarty, Brendan Edwards, Tamara Starblanket, Camie Augustus, Kurt Boyer, Anna Flamino, Merle Massie, Yvonne Vizina, Patricia Deiter, Meagan Gough, and Alan Long.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 11, no. 3, March 2008, p. 7
Description
Comments on the tenth anniversary of Eagle Feather News and tributes the hard work of the publisher, John Lagimodiere.
Article located by scrolling to page 7.
Describes one part of an innovative Canadian research project in which Aboriginal high school students engaged with an interdisciplinary team of researchers from First
Nations University of Canada and the University of Regina.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 11, no. 11, November 2008, p. 21
Description
Looks at four books published by the Gabriel Dumont Insitute that have been nominated for a Saskatchewan Book Award.
Article located by scrolling to page 21.
Relates personal conversations held with Brandon, a student involved in a talking circle, about mathematics and discusses contributing factors to students success.
Explains the need for a theatre where youth could tell their stories and develop their skills and how this became a reality with the Saskatchewan Native Theatre Company.
Study guide to accompany film, Wapos Bay: Tricks 'n' Treats. Oriented toward elementary school students; contains episode description, background information, previewing and post-viewing activities and questions which pertain to the key themes.
Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts, vol. 19, no. 2, 2008, pp. [204-223]
Description
Discusses theme of "Indian" versus "White" identities, intertwining of real-world setting with mythology, and the juxtaposition of biblical and Aboriginal creation stories.