Early American Literature, vol. 45, no. 2, 2010, pp. 251-260
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Discussion on Native literary studies from the historical past to the contemporary present, examining the relationship between the academic fields of early and contemporary Native American literature.
American Journal of Human Biology, vol. 12, no. 4, July/August 2000, p. 542–551
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Looks at the study to determine the prevalence of diabetes among the Métis, to identify diabetes risk factors, and to test hypotheses related to diabetes etiology.
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 34, no. 5, September/October 2010, pp. 36-38
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Concludes further research is necessary to determine whether a therapeutic approach should be taken with the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population.
International Dental Journal, vol. 60, no. 3, suppl.2, June 2010, pp. 216-222
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"This report will review caries trends among American Indian children and describes promising approaches that take into account culturally defined responses of AI/AN tribes and communities".
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 22, no. 1, Native Activism, Fall, 2010, pp. 1-11
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Reports findings from the Native Peoples Homelands Workshop which was held in Prior Lake, MN, including the issuing of the Mystic Lake Declaration document that addresses climate change.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 24, no. 4, July/August 2000, pp. 7-9
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Discusses how the mental health assessment model was modified to ensure cultural appropriateness for the Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander society.
Transcultural Psychiatry, vol. 37, no. 1, March 2000, pp. 35-56
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Identified potential risk factors associated with psychological distress from a random general population health survey in 1991. The article states that gender and generational differences should be considered when planning strategies.
GLQ: A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies, vol. 16, no. 1-2, 2010, pp. 243-252
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Examines some of the issues related to "coming home" to ourselves, our land, and our people from a multiracial, visual-textual, Two-Spirit perspective.
Looks at how First Nations and Inuit communities are using broadband networks and information and communication technologies; and discusses the broadband projects and federal broadband Initiatives in First Nations and Inuit communities.
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 24, no. 1, Q epethet ye Mestiyexw, 2000, pp. 1-5
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Introduces a special edition of the Canadian Journal of Native Education (CJNE), regarding a collection of scholarly work on the spirit of the "gathering of the people." Articles include oral tradition, curriculum, language, policy and governance.
Social Indicators Research , vol. 95, no. 1, January 2010, pp. 33-61
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Looks at the relationship between crime and quality of life in Saskatoon, and discusses how perceptions of crime and safety affect the quality of life of residents living in different neighbourhoods.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 34, no. 4, Fall, 2010, pp. 435-474
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Looks at how Kahkewaquonaby (Peter Jones), Kahgegagahbowh (George Copway), and William Whipple Warren engaged with questions of Native American origins differently and constructed and disseminated answers to these dilemmas.
Drama Review / T D R: The Journal of Performance Studies, vol. 44, no. 3, Fall, 2000, pp. 11-36
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Discusses the decolonization process, which the author states is accomplished by, "moving the center", in this case, from Europe to their own centers. The writer concludes that "underneath the new globalized skin" is the same Euro-defined ethnicity, carrying the same biases that are written into scripts.
Winner of the 2000 George Wicken Prize in Canadian Literature: The Raced Female Body and the Discourse of Peuplement in Rudy Wiebe's The Temptations of Big Bear and The Scorched-Wood People
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Catherine Higginson
Essays on Canadian Writing, no. 72, Winter, 2000, pp. 172-190
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Examination of Rudy Wiebe's novels and his use of conventional 19th-century depictions of women.
Canadian Ethnic Studies, vol. 32, no. 2, April 30, 2000, p. 119
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Book reviews of: Colour-Coded: A Legal History of Racism in Canada, 1900-1950 by Constance Backhouse and Race, Rights and the Law in the Supreme Court: Historical Case Studies by James W. St. G. Walker.
Discusses how eco-hermeneutics that places a priority on oral tradition is needed to reform the academic curriculum for a deeper understanding of the relationship between place and language.
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 34, no. 6, November/December 2010, pp. 22-24
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Interviews with students from seven different universities revealed insight into what strategies could be implemented to make their experience at university more positive.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 24, no. 5, September/October 2000, p. 29
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Brief article reports on the 9 recommendations and resolutions that arose from the Council of Remote Area Nurse of Australia Inc (CRANA) conference held in Alice Springs, Central Australia.