Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, vol. 624, Fathering Across Diversity and Adversity: International Perspectives and Policy Interventions, July 2009, pp. 29-48
Description
Looks at history and demographics of communities where there is a lack of care by fathers. Presents a multidimensional vision for positive change.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 21, no. 2, Summer, 2009, pp. 50-70
Description
Discusses mourning feast customs in the novel and how the author changes several of them.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to page 50.
Canadian Medical Association, vol. 181, no. 5, September 1, 2009, pp. 90-91
Description
First Nations communities, public health officials and aboriginal health experts accuse the federal government of being unprepared for the H1N1 influenza in Nunavut and other remote First Nations communities causing the rapid spread of the pandemic.
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 34, no. 4, July/August 2010, pp. 3-7
Description
Concludes that the program offered dental care for patients who otherwise would not have received it but should not take the place of regular essential oral health care in remote areas.
Australian Journal of Social Issues, vol. 44, no. 4, Summer, 2009, pp. 417-439
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Provides information from a survey on knowledge of superannuation and data from Australian National Survey of Financial Literacy (ANZ 2003) and Jump$tart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy 2003.
Journal of Palliative Care, vol. 26, no. 1, Spring, 2010, pp. 34-36
Description
Discusses the use of a non-Indigenous perspectives when dealing with Indigenous palliative care patients and the need for an approach that balances Indigenous patients cultural and physical needs.
Contends that First Nations funding falls short, and with the recession, and growing deficit there will be further cuts to programs that are already underfunded.
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 21, no. 1, Celebrating Tribal College Journals 20th Anniversary, Fall, 2009, pp. 42-43
Description
Presents a short story titled, The Fishing Trip, written by a student of the Blackfeet Community College in Browning, Montana.
First Nations University of Canada Must Make Students, Academics Priority
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Doug Cuthand
Star-Phoenix, June 26, 2009, p. A11
Description
Discusses the need to make students and academic excellence the first priority above political and financial issues at the First Nations University of Canada.
Fontaine Leaves Assembly of First Nations With Strong Foundation
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Doug Cuthand
Star-Phoenix, July 10, 2009, p. A7
Description
Discusses the task of electing a new national chief for the Assembly of First Nations formerly filled by Phil Fontaine. Fontaine was the first high-profile First Nations leader to reveal the abuse he suffered in a residential school which eventually led to compensation payments and an official apology from the Prime Minister.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 34, no. 4, Fall, 2010, pp. 409-434
Description
Looks at six states with the largest percentage of American Indian populations and analyzes if a proportional representation of American Indians hold desirable positions in state and local governments.
American Antiquity, vol. 74, no. 2, April 2009, pp. 279-298
Description
Study sums up that, even though there were wide variations in environmental conditions across late Pleistocene North America, not enough time had passed for local selective gradients to lead to significant changes in point shape.
Native Studies Review, vol. 19, no. 1, 2010, pp. 67-100
Description
Looks at a scientific theory of language and learning between linguistic researchers, postcolonial scholars, and Aboriginal language activists to preserve and teach Algonquian languages.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 33, no. 4, Fall, 2009, pp. 427-439
Description
Discusses the contentious issue of the termination of federal trust protection of American Indian reservation lands, including rifts formed between tribal communities.