Documentary deals with the notorious "starlight tours" which involved Saskatoon police officers transporting Aboriginal men to the outskirts of the city and abandoning them during sub-zero temperatures.
Duration: 49:00.
Annals of Epidemiology, vol. 14, no. 9, October 2004, pp. 696-704
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Suggests that due to the alarming increase of type 2 diabetes in American Indian children and adolescents, preventative measures and early detection programs must be implemented.
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 19, no. 2, Autumn, 2004, pp. 9-23
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Describes the impact of colonization on Native American justice systems in the United States and the growing trends toward culturally appropriate justice systems by tribal governments.
Clinical Therapeutics, vol. 26, no. 3, March 2004, pp. 439-446
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Study found that only 23% of a study group was found to be using aspirin as part of a diabetic preventative therapy, leading researchers to believe that better promotion of the benefits of such therapy is needed.
Contemporary Justice Review, vol. 7, no. 2, June 2004, pp. 171-182
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Uses a review of the film Rabbit Proof Fenceas a starting point for a discussion of the residential school system in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and India.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 28, no. 2, March/April 2004, pp. 6-8
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Describes a long term study from 1987 that looked at the impacts of maternal health and birth size on childhood growth, nutrition, morbidity and chronic disease risk factors.
Argues that the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations and the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples don't address all the needs of First Nations people living in urban Saskatchewan.
Medical Care, vol. 42, no. 7, July 2004, pp. 670-679
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Survey results done on 2,595 people from two different tribes that examined the use of biomedical services and traditional medicine for both physical health and psychiatric problems.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 28, no. 3, May/June 2004, pp. 26-27
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Discusses consequences of the official Australian policy of Assimilation or the Stolen Generation and initiatives in Aboriginal community-controlled Health Services.
Social Justice, vol. 31, no. 4, Native Women and State Violence, 2004, pp. 70-86
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Identifies factors effecting the high rates of violence against American Native women and presents a readiness model to help tribal communities deal with the violence.
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 19, no. 1, Spring, 2004, pp. 85-104
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Describes ideas of discovery, ideologies of purchase, and misinterpretations, for example that of Native American women as battered women, by Lewis and Clark in their explorations, 1804-1806.