History of Education, vol. 33, no. 2, March 2004, pp. 199-230
Description
Discusses informal photographs which relate to the structure of the schools, their physical environment and the daily lives of teachers and students. Argues that because they provide social and cultural context, visual representations should be treated as important primary sources in research.
Risk Analysis: An International Journal, vol. 24, no. 4, August 2004, pp. 1007-1018
Description
Results show little downside economically or nutritionally when replacing some "country food" with food from other sources, but few have actually altered their lifestyle perhaps because of the high value placed on the traditional economy.
Fifth Canadian Rural Health Society Conference: Rural Health: Celebrating Diversity and Strength, Sudbury, Ontario, October 21-24, 2004
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Anelise Santo
Tara Lyons
Description
Identifies four contributing risk factors: sexually transmitted disease, substance abuse, social problems and cultural factors.Recommends further research and culturally sensitive community involvement to address epidemic.
Canadian Journal of Political Science, vol. 37, no. 3, September 2004, pp. 671-694
Description
Discusses the Yukon First Nations' rejection of financial terms presented by the federal and territorial governments and the implications for self-government of other First Nations.
Human Ecology, vol. 32, no. 4, August 2004, pp. 421-441
Description
Assesses the impacts of the 1984 change in Alaska fire policy from one of exclusion to one of management on Native land use in the Yukon Flats National Wildlife
Refuge.
Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, vol. 67, no. 8-10, May 2004, pp. 791-808
Description
Survey of the Sencoten (Saanich) people and exposure to persistent organic pollutants (POPs) via traditional foods including fish and aquatic resources.
ĆELÁNEN: a Journal of Indigenous Governance, vol. 1, no. 1, 2004, p. [?]
Description
Discusses recommendations that should be made to address the conflict between the Chilean state and Mapuche Nation including establishing an exchange program between the Indigenous Institute in Temuco and the Indigenous Governance Program at the University of Victoria, B.C.
Anthropologica, vol. 25, no. 1, New Series, Native North Americans and the Media: Studies in Minority Journalism, 1983, pp. 9-21
Description
Comments on an archive of audio tapes which document the process of transition from a life based on hunting and trapping to one which is integrated into the modern industrial economy.
Medical Anthropology Quarterly, vol. 18, no. 4, December 2004, pp. 490-508
Description
Argues that health care reform has altered staff work to such an extent that it has impacted on care, particularly with respect to marginalized patients.
Stealing/Steeling the Spirit: American Indian Identities ; and Smoke Screens/Smoke Signals: Looking Through Worlds: Proceedings of the Third and Fourth Native American Symposiums
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Kimberly Roppolo
Description
Examines Native American traditions of interaction and speech rules in literature.
Historical overview of the destructive policies of Hayter Reed, who spent much of his career in Indian Affairs was deputy superintendent of Indian Affairs in 1893-1897.
File contains 11 negatives from a Race Relations Conference held by the Prince Albert Indian and Metis Friendship Centre on October 3, 1983. The images show various conference participants engaged in discussion.
Overview of the Indian Claims Commission's activities for the year including inquiries and reports, special initiatives and plans for the next year. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
Reports include Kahkewistahaw First Nation 1907 Surrender Claim (Mediation), Alexis First Nation Inquiry, Chippewa Tri-Council Inquiry, Mississaugas of the New Credit First Nation Inquiry and the Canupawakpa Dakota First Nation Inquiry. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]