Canadian Journal of Diabetes, vol. 34, no. 4, December 2010, p. 323
Description
Comments on the need to priorize research in kidney failure in First Nations people with diabetes, due to the projected population increase in First Nations communities.
National Collaborating Centre for Aboriginal Health
Description
Looks at the National organizations working in First Nations, Inuit, and/or Métis health, and reviews relevant peer-reviewed and non-peer reviewed literature to identify current Aboriginal health research priorities.
English Thesis (M.A.)--University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, 2010.
Focuses on The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven and The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie.
Looks at a study led by Dr. Pierre Haddad, working with Cree Elders, to develop plant therapies for healing complications of diabetes in a culturally respective way.
The American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law, vol. 13, no. 3, 2005, pp. 597-631
Description
Uses fictitious story of tribally-run school which eventually is taken over by non-Indians as an allegory for the European conquest of Indigenous peoples.
American Journal of Public Health, vol. 95, no. 5, May 2005, pp. 860-866
Description
Examines the prevalence and clinical correlates of pathological gambling among 1228 American Indian and Hispanic American veterans in the southwest and north central regions of the United States.
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 29, no. 5, September/October 2005, p. 3
Description
Brief article reports on the LIME (Leaders in Indigenous Medical Education) Connection that is concerned with teaching Aboriginal health properly to medical students and recruiting and retaining Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students into medicine.
Summary of symposium proceedings held November 30- Dec. 1, 2010 Northwest Territories with the objectives of sharing approaches, making connections, building network strategies, and making recommendations.
Journal of Cultural Diversity, vol. 12, no. 2, Summer, 2005, pp. 56-58
Description
Examines mentoring from a multi-dimensional perspective, with those dimensions encompassing the generational history, family belief system, cultural archetypes, individual learning style, and physical challenges.