Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 24, no. 4, July/August 2000, pp. 23-25
Description
Statistics show that Indigenous Australians are roughly 9 times more at risk of developing end-stage renal failure than all other Australians. Studies suggest that problems can begin in infancy.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 21, no. 6, November/December 1997, pp. 15-20
Description
Conference highlighted the challenges related to removal of Indigenous children and introduction of new laws intended to protect children in Australia.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 4, no. 4, 1980, pp. 55-83
Description
Focuses on the Europeans' impact on Yurok, Hupa, and Karok peoples and how subsequent changes to religious ceremonies have caused many to refuse to participate in them.
Canadian Journal of Criminology, vol. 42, no. 3, July 2000, pp. 412-420
Description
Commentary on the decision on s. 718 of the Criminal Code, aimed at reducing the over-representation of Aboriginal peoples in the prison system by using alternate sentencing methods.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 12, no. 4, Series 2, Winter, 2000, pp. [65]-90
Description
Discusses Silko's major texts and argues that they can be understood within historical webs, which in turn prompts an examination of the ethical and political choices involved in historical process and textual analysis.
Assistant Deputy Ministers' Committee on Prostitution and the Sexual Exploitation of Youth
Description
Discusses concerns Aboriginal communities have about sexual exploitation of their children and youth and the need for this issue to be addressed by the community and the government.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 21, no. 1, To Hear the Eagles Cry: Contemporary Themes in Native American Spirituality (Part 3), Winter, 1997, pp. 1-14
Description
Author investigates the relationship between the Shaker Church and the Indigenous peoples of northwestern California; argues that the relationship is one of dialogue rather than conversion.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 9, no. 4, Series 2: Sherman Alexie, Winter, 1997, pp. [27]-38
Description
Contends that all of Alexie's poems and short stories contain the elements of argument and controversy.
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American Journal of Public Health, vol. 87, no. 9, September 1997, pp. 1547-1551
Description
Compares incidence and hospitalization rates for shigetlosis between Indians and the rest of the population in Manitoba, and also examines the relationship between shigellosis and environmental conditions on reserves.
Institutional Issues: Pupils, Schools and Teacher Education
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Jane Pearce
Description
Explores how 36 teachers and student teachers rose to the challenges.
Chapter 2 from Institutional Issues: Pupils, Schools and Teacher Education, Volume 2 of Education, Culture and Values edited by Mal Leicester, Celia Modgil, and Sohan Modgil.
Chapter located by scrolling to page 14.