Environmental Politics, vol. 7, no. 4, 1998, pp. 136-141
Description
Comments on the Arctic Council, inaugurated to facilitate circumpolar cooperation on sustainable development and environmental protection in the Arctic.
Canadian Dimension, vol. 44, no. 5, September 2010, pp. 12-13
Description
Discusses the federal government's funding cuts in 2010 to the Aboriginal Healing Foundation and the effects on organizations such as the Native Women's Shelter of Montreal which provided healing support from the trauma of residential schools.
G Protein beta 3 Subunit Gene Variant and Blood Pressure Variation in Canadian Oji-Cree
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robert A. Hegele
Stewart B. Harris
Anthony J.G. Hanley
Henian Cao
Bernard Zinman
Hypertension, vol. 32, no. 4, October 1998, pp. 688-692
Description
Study found a higher frequency of the GNB3 825T allele in the Oji-Cree and supports the association of variation in this gene with a variation in blood pressure.
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 13, no. 1, Spring, 1998, pp. 73-91
Description
Focuses on gaming and gambling, discussing economic effects on the Native American communities and the neighbouring non-native communities as well as the variables that make an enterprise a success or failure.
Ethnohistory, vol. 19, no. 2, Spring, 1972, pp. 109-122
Description
Oral tradition, in combination with a study of the distribution of the Pleistocene giant beaver, suggests a folktale may be a type of fossil memory about an extinct species.
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 44, no. 2, Spring, 2010, pp. 219-229
Description
Book reviews of: Compact, Contract, Covenant: Aboriginal Treaty-Making in Canada by J.R. Miller.
Home is the Hunter: The James Bay Cree and Their Land by Hans M.
Discusses the inequity of federal funding to First Nations Child and Family Services Program in comparison to provincial agencies and off reserve child welfare programs.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 34, no. 3, Summer, 2010, pp. 365-389
Description
Comments on the success of the Native American gaming industry including generating revenue to fund tribal government operations and making charitable donations.
Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, vol. 30, no. 4, Therapeutic Use of Hallucinogens, October-December 1998, pp. 333-341
Description
Discusses four perspectives of psychotherapy; the western paradigm, the shamanic rituals of divination, folk religious ceremonies and "hybrid" rituals.
Social Science & Medicine, vol. 71, no. 4, August 2010, pp. 717-724
Description
Studies the connection between communities with better access to primary health care and rates of hospitalization for Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions (ACSC) in Manitoba.
AlterNative, vol. 6, no. 2, Ngaahi Lea a e Kakai Pasifika: Endangered Pacific Languages and Cultures, 2010, pp. 143-154
Description
Discusses how cultural expectations influence male and female educational achievement and looks at ways to address better educational participation and accomplishment.