Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 26, no. 4, July/August 2002, pp. 23-25
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Reports that one of the conference's main themes is advocacy. This is being advanced by the Kulunga Child Research Network which is working to ensure there's positive outcome.
Journal of Social History, vol. 35, no. 3, Spring, 2002, pp. 613-638
Description
Argues that becoming a berdache was neither a matter of sexual preference nor freely entered into, but rather the role was a social construction that served particular social roles in the community.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 26, no. 4, Autumn, 2002, pp. 605-622
Description
Author uses their position as a graduate of Florida State University (where members of the University community are referred to as Seminoles) to consider the constructs and consequences that result from Universities appropriating Indigenous names and cultural images.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 26, no. 2, Spring, 2002, pp. 165-197
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Article re-examines the relationship of the Mashpee Wampanoag to the post American Revolution whalefishery and how that relationship affected that Indigenous community.
The Advocate, vol. 60, no. 6, November 2002, pp. 853-[?]
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Discusses Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) ruling on Aboriginal rights in relation to customs, excise, cross- border trade and taxation and attempt of SCC to seek a balance in their determination of limitations set.
Responding to the February 1st StarPhoenix article by Doug Cuthand this author argues that the "medicine chest" clause in Treaty 6 did not mean provision of free medical services.
American Journal of Public Health, vol. 92, no. 9, September 2002, pp. 1404-1409
Description
Argues that environmental problems have often been observed by Alaska native communities decades before they have been confirmed by scientific research.
American Journal of Human Genetics, vol. 71, no. 6, December 2002, pp. 1443-1449
Description
Study concludes that a single gene mutation causes North American Indian Childhood Cirrhosis, a distinct and severe form of familial cholestasis, which occurs in aboriginal children in the Abitibi region of northwestern Quebec.
World Development, vol. 30, no. 1, January 2002, pp. 141-151
Description
Looks at the ways modern treaties have impacted the economic and socio-demographic status of Aboriginal communities in the Northwest Territories and Northern Quebec.