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Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Cairns Alan
BC Studies, no. 170, Provincial Parks, Summer, 2011, pp. 174-175
Description
Book review of: Aboriginal Title and Indigenous Peoples edited by Louis A. Knafla and Haijo Westra.
Entire review section on one pdf. To access this review scroll to p. 174.
Aboriginal Tourism and Cross-Cultural Understanding Project
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Turtle Island Tourism Company
Description
Looks at both strategies and concerns regarding Aboriginal tourism as a tool of cross-cultural awareness by examining a detailed survey of Aboriginal cultural tourism operators from across Canada.
Addressing the Literacy Issues of Canada's Aboriginal Population: A Discussion Paper
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Rongo H. Wetere
Description
Describes program designed to deliver adult literacy, numeracy, and computer education in a home-based format.
AIHEC Sends Delegates to World Conference
Articles » General
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 17, no. 3, Heroes of Today, Spring, 2006
Description
Reports the attendance of several delegates, sponsored by the American Indian Higher Education Consortium, at the 7th World Indigenous Peoples' Conference on Education, including Tom Shortbull, Ron His Horse is Thunder, and James Shanley.
American Indians, the Doctrine of Discovery, and Manifest Destiny
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Robert J. Miller
Wyoming Law Review, vol. 11, no. 2, 2011, pp. [329]-349
Description
Lists ten distinct elements of the Doctrine of Discovery which all became part of Manifest Destiny and were used to justify the acquisition of foreign lands.
Anti-Hero Avengers and the Not-So-Lone Ranger
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Kathleen Buddle
Canadian Dimension, vol. 41, no. 1, Indian Country, January/February 2007, pp. 48-51
Description
Focuses on activism in film and media arts, highlighting the ImagineNATIVE Film and Arts Festival and the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN).
Appendix One: Questions and Discussions
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sharon H. Venne
Patricia Seed
Harold Cardinal
Frank Tough
Canadian Review of Comparative Literature, vol. 34, no. 1, 2007, pp. 79-97
Description
Panel discussion between Sharon Venne, Patricia Seed, Harold Cardinal and Frank Tough.
Australian Indigenous Health - Within an International Context
E-Books
Author/Creator
Jane Freemantle
Kirsty Officer
Daniel McAullay
Ian Anderson
BC First Nations Fisheries Action Plan: Preparing for Transformative Change in the BC Fisheries
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
First Nations Leadership Council
Description
Discusses action plan resulting from hearings in First Nations communities regarding management and allocation in BC fisheries.
Belonging and Whakapapa: The Closed Stranger Adoption of Māori Children into Pākehā Families
Alternate Title
Belonging and Whakapapa: The Closed Stranger Adoption of Maori Children into Pakeha Families
Theses
Author/Creator
Maria Haenga Collins
Description
Health and Social Sciences Thesis (MSW)--Massey University, 2011.
The Blame Game: Constructions of Māori Medical Compliance
Alternate Title
The Blame Game: Constructions of Maori Medical Compliance
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Liane Penney
Helen Moewaka Barnes
Tim McCreanor
AlterNative, vol. 7, no. 2, 2011, pp. 73-86
Description
Looks at the disparities in health which are compounded by discriminatory attitudes and behaviours of clinicians.
Book Review of "Will the Circle Be Unbroken?": Aboriginal Communities, Restorative Justice, and the Challenges of Conflict and Change by Jane Dickson-Gilmore and Carol La Prairie
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Tim Quigley
Great Plains Research, vol. 16, no. 2, Fall, 2006, p. 210
Description
A book review discussing the author's analysis of the effectiveness of restorative justice.
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Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Madeline Knickerbocker
Native Studies Review, vol. 20, no. 2, 2011, pp. 199-202
Description
Review of: Myth and Memory: Stories of Indigenous-European Contact edited by John Sutton Lutz.
A Call for Attention to Indigenous Capitalisms
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Alexis Celesete Bunten
New Proposals, vol. 5, no. 1, November 2011, pp. 60-71
Description
Concludes that future research is necessary in this area to look at new ways of understanding the ties between economic issues and Indigenous lives.
Characterising Māori Nursing Practice
Alternate Title
Characterising Maori Nursing Practice
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Victoria Simon
Contemporary Nurse, vol. 22, no. 2, 2006, pp. 203-213
Description
Identifies the present and future training and practice needs of Māori nurses in New Zealand.
Charting a Course: Shellfish Aquaculture and Indigenous Rights in New Zealand and British Columbia
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Chris Tollefson
BC Studies, no. 150, Aquaculture, Summer, 2006, pp. 3-41
Description
Compares the New Zealand experience to the Canadian and explores the viability of the industry in British Columbia.
Communities in the Global Economy: Where Social and Indigenous Entrepreneurship Meet
Alternate Title
Entrepreneurship as Social Change: A Third Movements in Entrepreneurship Book
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Robert W. Anderson
Benson Honig
Ana María Peredo
Description
Examines a collective approach to entrepreneurship.
Chapter three from: Entrepreneurship as Social Change: A Third Movements in Entrepreneurship Book edited by Chris Steyaert and Daniel Hjorth.
A Comparison of CVM Survey Response Rates, Protests and Willingness-to-Pay of Native Americans and General Population for Fuels Reduction Polices
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Armando González-Cabán
John B. Loomis
Andrea Rodriguez
Hayley Hesslen
Journal of Forest Economics, vol. 13, no. 1, May 15, 2007, pp. 49-71
Description
Findings did not reflect a statistical difference between Native Americans and Montana's general population initially, but in-depth interviews later revealed variations.
Converging Indigenous and Western Knowledge Systems: Implications for Tertiary Education
Theses
Author/Creator
Jerome Alvin Hammersmith
Description
Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of South Africa, 2007.
Conversations About Indigenous Counselling and Psychotherapy
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Jeannie Wright
Sue Webb
Mary Montu
Lai Wainikesa
Counselling, Psychotherapy and Health, vol. 3, no. 2, Indigenous Special Issue, 2007, pp. 115-126
Description
Explores some of the key issues in working with indigenous cultural traditions written by counselors and counselor educators who have worked in the South Pacific.
Cultural Property, Control of Meaning, and Paths to Recognition
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Michael F. Brown
Description
Comments on a U.S. law, the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), that affects the status of Native American cultural property.
Cultural Safety Nursing Education in Canada: A Comprehensive Literature Review
Alternate Title
Cultural Safety Education
Theses
Author/Creator
Monique Roy-Michaeli
Description
Explores current literature and the implications for educating nursing students.
Nursing Graduate Project (B.Sc.) --University of Victoria, 2011.
Decolonization and Healing: Indigenous Experiences in the United States, New Zealand, Australia and Greenland
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Linda Archibald
Description
Discusses the colonization, decolonization and healing experiences of Indigenous peoples in four countries.
The Determinants of Tuberculosis Transmission in Indigenous People in Canada and New Zealand
Theses
Author/Creator
Jessica M. Grant
Description
Community Health and Epidemiology Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2011.
Detours Homeward: Indigenizing the Road Movie
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Wendy Gay Pearson
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 31, no. 1, 2011, pp. 139-159
Description
Comments on three Indigenous films, based on the road metaphor which speaks against a dominant Western viewpoint.
Developing a Kaupapa Māori Framework for Whānau Ora
Alternate Title
Developing a Kaupapa Maori Framework for Whanau Ora
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Erene Kara
Veronique Gibbons
Jacquie Kidd
Rawiri Blundell
Kingi Turner ... [et al.]
AlterNative, vol. 7, no. 2, 2011, pp. 100-110
Description
Explains the traditional concept of well-being, Te Korowai.
Embodying the Screen: Body and Identity in Aboriginal Cinemas
Theses
Author/Creator
Anthony Ochuko Adah
Description
Drama Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Toronto, 2007.
Enhancing the Circle of Life: Management Education and Indigenous Knowledge
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Dale E. Fitzgibbons
Maria Humphries
Journal of Management Education, vol. 35, no. 1, February 2011, pp. 3-7
Description
Comments on the resilience of Indigenous people despite being among the most impoverished, marginalized, and victimized people in the world.
The Epidemiology of Colonialism
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Konrad Jamrozik
Lancet, vol. 368, no. 9529, February 11, 2006, pp. 4-6
Description
Comments on modifiable factors and best points for intervention that might hold the keys to closing gaps in health status and mortality statistics.
Equity Works: Achieving the Target of 2% Aboriginal Employment in the South Australian Public Sector: Accompanying Report I: Literature Review
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Kate Barnett
Description
Topics include quantity and quality of employment, closed and open gateways to employment, and governments as gatekeepers to public service employment.
Fact Sheet: First Nations Post-Secondary Education
Alternate Title
First Nations Post-Secondary Education
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Assembly of First Nations (AFN)
Description
Looks at participation in and completion of post-secondary education for First Nations people in Canada.
Factors Associated with Reduced Depression and Suicide Risk among Maori High School Students New Zealand
Theses
Author/Creator
Terryann Coralie Clark
Description
[Nursing] Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Minnesota, 2007.
First Nations Carbon Collaborative-Indigenous Carbon Leadership: Voices From the Field
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Shaunna Morgan
Angelique Slade Shantz
Description
Presents case studies of participants in the carbon market involving Haida Gwaii, Lummi Nation, Nez Perce, Poplar River First Nations Munsee Delaware Nation, Scolel Te Landowners, West Arnhem Landowners/North Indigenous Savannah Landowners and Maori Landowners.
First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Health Indicators in Canada: A Background Paper for The Project "Action Oriented Indicators of Health and Health Systems Development for Indigenous Peoples in Australia, Canada, and New Zealand"
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Marcia Anderson
Janet Smylie
Ian Anderson
Raven Sinclair
Suzanne Crengle
Description
Reports on an assessment of Indigenous health measurement systems in Canada.
Foundation of ECD in Aotearo / New Zealand
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rita Walker
Carmen Rodríguez de France
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 30, no. 1, Indigenous Approaches to Early Childhood Care and Education, 2007, pp. 28-40
Description
Historical look at early childhood education in the light of the impotance of the Treaty of Waitangi and the Maori self-determination movement.
Freeing Ourselves
Alternate Title
Transgressions: Cultural Studies and Education ; v.66
E-Books
Author/Creator
Russell Bishop
From School in Community to a Community-Based School: The Influence of an Aboriginal Principal on Culture-Based School Development
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Brian Lewthwaite
Canadian Journal of Educational Administration and Policy, no. 64, October 9, 2007, p. [?]
Description
Looks at influences on educational reform in the northern community of Aklavik and development of a science curriculum.
From White Indians to Pākehā-Māori: Unruly White Men in Canada's and New Zealand's Colonial Pasts
Alternate Title
From White Indians to Pakeha-Maori: Unruly White Men in Canada's and New Zealand's Colonial Pasts
Historicising Whiteness Conference, University of Melbourne, 22-24 November, 2006
Historicising Whiteness: Transnational Perspectives on the Construction of Identity
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Angela Wanhalla
Description
Discusses men who married Aboriginal women, lived on reserves and were considered a threat to maintaining separate racial spaces..
Chapter in book: Historicising Whiteness: Transnational Perspectives on Construction of Identity edited by Leigh Boucher, Jane Carey, and Katherine Ellinghaus.
Gathering Held to Help Heal the Spirit
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Laura Stevens
Debora Steel
Windspeaker, vol. 24, no. 6, September 2006, p. 12
Description
Reports on leadership exchanges at the fifth global Healing Our Spirit Worldwide (HOSW) conference held in Edmonton that discussed healing initiatives, traditional solutions to health concerns, and aboriginal youth issues.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.12.
Genes, Ownership, and Indigenous Reality
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Grant Gillett
Felicity McKergow
Social Science & Medicine, vol. 65, no. 10, November 2007, p. 2093–2104
Description
Examines the bioethical issues involving genetic ownership related to beliefs and practices of a culture and the effects on both health care and research.
Guidelines for Cultural Safety, the Treaty of Waitangi and Maori Health in Nursing Education and Practice
E-Books
Author/Creator
Nursing Council of New Zealand
Description
Amended version.
Hauora: Māori Standards of Health IV: A Study of the Years 2000-2005
Alternate Title
Hauora: Māori Standards of Health III: A Study of the Years 1970-1991
Hauora: Māori Standards of Health: A Study of the Years 1970-1984
Māori Standards of Health: A Study of the 20 Year Period 1955-75
E-Books
Author/Creator
Papaarangi Reid
Bridget Robson
Donna Cormack
Fiona Cram
Gordon Purdie ... [et al.]
Description
He Ara Hou: The Pathway Forward: Getting it Right for Aotearoa New Zealand's Māori and Pasifika Children
Alternate Title
He Ara Hou: The Pathway Forward: Getting it Right for Aotearoa New Zealand's Maori and Pasifika Children
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Manuka Henare
Adrienne Puckey
Amber Nicholson
Description
Explores the nature of factors contributing to Māori and Pasifika child poverty.
He rawe tona kakahu/She Wore a Becoming Dress: Performing the Hyphen
Theses
Author/Creator
Miki Seifert
Description
Māori Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--Victoria University of Wellington, 2011.
The 'Hearing Aid Effect' in Northern Territory Indigenous Australian Children as Perceived by Their Peers
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Brigitte-Jane Ryan
April Johnson
Amanda Strange
A. Yonovitz
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Audiology, vol. 28, no. 2, November 2006, pp. 55-74
Description
Studies the perceptions of 60 Indigenous Australian children aged 5-12 years regarding the stigma of wearing a hearing aid.
Hei Tiki and Issues of Representation Within Contemporary Māori Arts
Alternate Title
Hei Tiki and Issues of Representation Within Contemporary Maori Arts
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Pania Waaka
MAI Review, no. 1, 2007, pp. 1-17
Description
Looks at the guiding influences of Māori specialists in the production of hei tiki, an Indigenous iconographic form.
Heke Te Toa! How Has Hone Heke Pokai Pictorally Represented, Contributed to the Construction of New Zealand's National Identity 1840-2005?
Theses
Author/Creator
Nathan Thompson
Description
Art History Thesis (M.A.)--University of Canterbury, 2006.
HIV Diagnoses in Indigenous Peoples: Comparison of Australia, Canada and New Zealand
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Beverley Shea
Clive Aspin
James Ward
Chris Archibald
Nigel Dickson
Ann McDonald
Mera Penehira
Jessica Halverson
Renee Masching
Sue McAllister
Linda Tuhiwai Smith
John M. Kaldor
Neil Andersson
International Health, vol. 3, no. 3, September 2011, pp. 193-198
Description
Looks at the similarities and differences of HIV diagnoses; and discusses the lessons learned for effective HIV prevention among Indigenous peoples.
Hōmai Tō Hono: Connecting Customary, Conventional and Spiritual Healing Practices Within a Rural-based Māori Community
Alternate Title
Homai To Hono: Connecting Customary, Conventional and Spiritual Healing Practices Within a Rural-based Maori Community
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rāwiri Tinirau
Annemarie Gillies
Rachael Tinirau
AlterNative, vol. 7, no. 2, 2011, pp. 163-176
Description
Research project looks at use of health services by the elderly in Rānana, Whanganui River.
Images of Pakeha-Moari: A Study of the Representation of Pakeha-Maori by Historians of New Zealand From Arthur Thomson (1859) to James Belich (1996)
Theses
Author/Creator
Trevor William Bentley
Description
History Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Waikato, 2007.