Looks into how the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 can improve food security and reduce obesity and diabetes risk among Native American children.
Reviews the 2010 Tribal Law and Order Act regarding needs of sexual assault survivors, TLOA reforms in relation to social work, and roles of practitioners.
Atlantic Aboriginal Economic Development Integrated Research Program, AAEDIRP
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Electronic Text Centre
University of New Brunswick
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Search site with extensive list of documents (some full text, some abstracts only) with links. Focus is economic development, but covers a range of other topics such as governance, education, and employment. Information is not limited to Atlantic Canada.
Journal of Indigenous Social Development, vol. 1, no. 1, January 2012, pp. 1-17
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Examines a conceptual framework used with food security movement that helps young people understand their social context and values and engages them in social justice work.
Discussion on the performance-based budgeting process for tribal administration and program service delivery that focuses on strategic planning.
Duration: 23:19. Includes textual transcript.
Requires creation of a free account to access materials.
Looks at population, tribal economies, tribal lands, public safety and security, energy on tribal lands, housing and infrastructure, forestry, health disparities, and education.
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 71, 2012, p. article no. 17229
Description
Main objective of the study was to describe the survey design and methodology. Findings showed a much higher response rate in Greenland and Alaska than Norway.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 19, no. 1, 1995, pp. 119-131
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Examines the 1988 U.S. Indian Gaming Regulatory Act as a vehicle for self-government; also argues that there is a need to look at pathological gambling behaviour in the state.
Child Welfare, vol. 91, no. 3, Services for Native Children and Families in North America, May/June 2012, pp. 173-190
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Looks at conditions and their implications in three areas: family formation, social support and background characteristics using data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study.
Child Welfare, vol. 74, no. 3, May 1995, pp. 525-[546]
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Surveys academic and nonacademic literature covering topics such as difficulty in providing service, relationship with welfare services and the state, and perspectives on child maltreatment.
The Journal of Primary Prevention, vol. 33, no. 4, August 2012, pp. 175-185
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Overview of a family based cultural home-mentoring intervention which addresses several lifestyle factors affecting the child and caregiver in American Indian tribes in Wisconsin.
Interview with co-curator Steve Loft about Home On Native Land exhibit featuring artists from around the world presenting a variety of new media works and issues facing Aboriginal People in Canada.
Duration: 8:05.
Film about conditions on the Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota, the history behind them and photographer Aaron Huey's efforts to bring to the attention of the American public.
Premiered at ShortsFest, Seattle International Film Festival 2012. Duration: 14 min.
Prominent Métis blogger, lawyer and author of Indigenous Writes covers an extensive list of topics under the headings Specific Myths or Misunderstandings; Identity and Culture; Aboriginal Law and Treaties; Historic and Continuing Injustice; and Indigenous Health and Safety.
Book review of: Indigenous Women and Feminism edited by Cheryl Suzack, Shari M. Huhndorf, Jeanne Perreault, and Jean Barman.
Entire book review section on one pdf. To access this review scroll to p. 146.
Looks at the obstacles faced by young Aboriginal people in completing their education, and the factors that help or hinder their transition into the workforce.