Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 28, no. 4, July/August 2004, p. 33
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Briefly discusses the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between The National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organization (NACCHO) and SIDS and Kids for ways to reduce the risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 19, no. 2, Autumn, 2004, pp. 79-104
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Analyzes of the vision quest of Native Americans by using resources of the Lakota. The most famous resource is the book Black Elk Speaks, which is deemed controversial because of the sacred knowledge it imparts to the reader.
Annals of Tourism Research, vol. 31, no. 4, October 2004, pp. 837-854
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Study findings confirm that some opportunities, generated by tourism development and changes in federal–Aboriginal relations, have begun to challenge non-native stereotypes.
American Antiquity, vol. 55, no. 1, January 1990, pp. 49-67
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Analysis of longhouses using the spatially dynamic method to provide data about the development of residences including residence systems, tribal variation in settlement patterns.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 14, no. 4, Autumn, 1990, pp. 379-386
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Author discusses some of the difficulties raised by teaching pieces of Indigenous literature that contain information considered to be sacred, ceremonial, or confidential.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 14, no. 4, Autumn, 1990, pp. 367-377
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Literary criticism article in which the author considers the role that “spirit animals” play as symbols of adaptation and resistance in Leslie M. Silko’s novel Ceremony.
Ethnohistory, vol. 20, no. 2, Spring, 1973, pp. 153-171
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Discusses the history of distortions in portrayal of Aboriginals, gives brief descriptions of several movies, and examines steps needed to correct the situation.
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 19, no. 2, Fall, 2004, pp. 105-125
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Osage perspective on the consciousness of rocks and trees and their ability to speak. Comparison of Western scientific thought with the relationship between Native Americans and nature.
From Health Worker to Health Worker...Across Australia The Story of Our Kids Need Dads Who...Posters and the Skills and Strengths of Indigenous Dads, Uncles, Pops and Brothers DVD
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Craig Hammond
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 28, no. 5, September/October 2004, pp. 8-11
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Describes the evolution of the project from a poster campaign to a video for Australian communities with Indigenous fathers.
Australian Historical Studies, vol. 35, no. 123, April 2004, pp. 137-148
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Discusses landmark films released in 2002 about Australia's history and their use of visual techniques in the development of settler-Aboriginal relations.
Shows that the stylistic and representational contrasts in art correspond with the division of the Kwakiutl year based on notions of secular and sacred.
Australian e-Journal for the Advancement of Mental Health, vol. 3, no. 3, 2004, pp. 129-137
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Describes the approach the program takes to ensure that students graduate with the necessary skills, attitudes, knowledge and values to be effective professionals.
Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health, vol. 9, no. 1, Spring, 1990, pp. 127-142
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Study suggests a correlation between increased economic opportunities among First Nation communities and decreased rates of suicide and careless death.