Looks at a global strategy recommended to control TB and discusses weakness of current eradication initiatives and strategy limitations in controlling TB in First Nations populations in Canada.
Interview includes two stories: the first about a boy who saves a boy and wins a wife in the process; a second about a boy who upon returning to his band with a wife becomes chief.
Rural and Remote Nursing Practice: An Analysis of Policy Documents
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Judith C. Kulig
Elizabeth Thomlinson
Fran Curran
Deana Nahachewsky
Description
Defines "remote", discusses transfer of health services control, impact on nursing, band-employed nurses, and educational preparation.
Scroll to p. 126.
Maclean's, vol. 116, no. 3, January 20, 2003, p. 46
Description
Trapper who threatened an Inuit community was shot, which resulted in the first criminal trial in the eastern Arctic and ultimately, a tuberculosis epidemic.
International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health, vol. 206, no. 4-5, 2003, pp. 351-362
Description
States that scientific findings from research have influenced government policy, including those issues that involve Arctic Indigenous health and the disparities that exist in this region.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 23, no. 1, 2003, pp. 113-133
Description
Argues that gender specific strategies must be used, looks at the frequency of local health care visits and finds three major problems in the health care system including lack of confidentiality.
Center will focus on research, community outreach and information dissemination and training and program will involve collaboration between community representatives and health professionals.
Health Care For Women International, vol. 24, no. 4, April 2003, pp. 340-354
Description
Presents unstructured interviews of the lives, backgrounds, and traditional healing practices of six Ojibwa and Cree women healers from Canada and the United States.
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 18, no. 3, Fall, 2003, pp. 40-42
Description
Curator discusses how both Inuit and non-Inuit works were incorporated into the exhibition held at the National Gallery of Canada, 2003.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to p. 40.
Reports on military and political developments in the Philippines regarding Indigenous and separatist groups.
To access this article scroll down to page 10.
Looks at a holistic model of assessment to evaluate language revitalization program developed by the Cherokee Nation in Oklahoma.
Chapter from Nurturing Native Languages edited by Joh Reyhner, Octaviana V. Trujillo, Roberto Luis Carrasco and Louise Lockard.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 27, no. 3/4, Urban American Indian Womens Activism, June 1, 2003, pp. 548-565
Description
Discussion of the Anishinabequek organization that provided services for women and children in an atmosphere that emphasized cultural retention and Indigenous pride.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 27, no. 5, September/October 2003, pp. 20-22
Description
Describes one of twenty five Asthma Innovative Management (AIM) projects and only one of four projects undertaken in Australian Indigenous communities.