Looks at the effects of processes and institutions on two cases of transitional justice in democracies through the attempt to remove cultural influences on children and community by isolation from ethnic groups.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 24, no. 2, Spring, 2000, pp. 165-181
Description
Article engages in a postmodernist cultural critique of the process of “inverted appropriation” in which an oppressed or marginalized culture makes use of the technological or cultural pieces of the dominant cultures as a way of resisting assimilation and erasure.
Concludes that land skills continue to be transmitted most often from older to younger generations through observation and apprenticeship in the environment.
Transcultural Psychiatry, vol. 51, no. 3, Historical Trauma, June 2014, pp. 339-369
Description
Looks at narratives outside of the official Truth and Reconciliation Commission, such as oral histories and Inuit art and film, for aspects of the colonial trauma and the impacts of history.
Journal of Traumatic Stress, vol. 10, no. 2, 1997, pp. 163-173
Description
Study of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) conducted on a Northern Plains reservation found a correlation between test results and prevalence of behavioural problems and substance use, but did not seem to affect academic performance.
Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, vol. 5, no. 3, HIV/AIDS and Ethnic Minority Women, Families, and Communities, August 1999, pp. 236-248
Description
Study found that found that domestic violence and physical or sexual abuse were more relevant than attitudes toward the disease itself.
Traumatic Brain Injury Among American Indians / Alaska Natives -- United States, 1992-1996
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
N. Adekoya
JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association, vol. 288, no. 1, July 3, 2002, pp. 37-39
Description
Center for Disease Control (CDC) reports male injury rates were 2.5 times the female rate and fatally injured Native Americans and Alaska Natives were amongst lowest seat belt users of any United States ethnic group.
Traumatic Brain Injury of Tangata Ora (Maori Ex-prisoners)
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Cherryl Waerea-i-te-rangi Smith
Helena Rattray-Te Mana
Leonie Pihama
John Reid
AlterNative, vol. 13, no. 4, December 2017, pp. 226-234
Description
Screening tool used with 23 men looked at head and neck injuries over the life-course and included age, alteration of consciousness, medical treatment and symptoms. Participants were also asked about impacts on day-to-day living. Results indicate the need for screening by the Department of Corrections and culturally appropriate treatment.
Explains suicide as the cause of death for one third of Aboriginal youth. Prime Minister Harper suggests that economic development could fix the problem, but the author contends that the issue is too deep rooted for such a quick fix.
Reviews the history behind the signing of the treaties in Canada and determines they were negotiated on site and First Nations wishes were taken seriously.
International Journal of Mental Health Addiction, vol. 8, no. 2, April 2010, pp. 320-335
Description
Reviews existing research of alcohol and illicit drug treatments and looks at two integrated treatment programs for Aboriginal women, New Choices and Sheway.
Law and Human Behavior, vol. 30, no. 1, February 2006, pp. 93-114
Description
Contends that treatment that follows the risk, need, and responsivity principles can reduce gang violence in correctional institutions and in the community.
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 50, no. 1, Winter, 2016, pp. 100-128
Description
"This essay analyzes Aboriginal and settler landscapes within what became the Treaty #3 area of northwestern Ontario, during the late nineteenth century and after, and the tensions that exist between those landscapes".
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 1, no. 3, September 1977, pp. 15-20
Description
Comments on the fact that as of 1977 there had not yet been a treaty signed between the original settlers of Australia, the Aborigines and the mostly European settlers that arrived in the past 250 years.
University of British Columbia Law Review, vol. 26, Special Edition on Aboriginal Justice, 1992, pp. 324-337
Description
Asserts that the treaties recognize a basis for relationship building and a process for resolving differences; whereas in the criminal justice system there is only the clash of cultures.
American Indian Quarterly , vol. 27, no. 1/2, Special Issue: Native Experiences in the Ivory Tower, Winter-Spring, 2003, pp. 264-266
Description
Author describe the experience of teaching introductory Native American Studies courses and the complacency and ignorance demonstrated by many of the non-Indigenous students towards the subject.
AIDS and Behavior, vol. 8, no. 1, March 2004, pp. 33-45
Description
Findings suggest that as part of HIV prevention and intervention, clinicians and outreach workers should routinely perform assessments on trauma and make appropriate referrals when needed.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 44, no. 3, Summer, 2020, pp. [302]-328
Description
An overview of the collaborative effort, called intergovernmental agreements, required by both tribal and state governments to serve American reservations with overlapping jurisdictions and populations. Examines 117 written agreements from 51 reservations throughout the United States.
Documentary focuses on Treaty 9 (James Bay Treaty), First Nations' fight to see that treaty rights and obligations are respected, and their lands and resources are protected.
Duration: 84:51.
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Discusses the concepts of multiculturalism and collectivity in the poem through the active presence and effects of a trickster figure found in folklore and oral cultures throughout the world.
Psychology Thesis (Psy.D.)--The Wright Institute, 2002.
Analyses of resiliency in the work of authors including Sherman Alexie, Leslie Silko, Louise Erdrich,