Canadian Public Policy, vol. 16, no. 3, September 1990, pp. 262-283
Description
Discusses the efforts of the federal and territorial governments to develop the Northwest Territories, and assesses native participation in the economy in the late 1980's.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 2, no. 2, Summer, 1975, pp. 131-139
Description
Author discusses three conclusions reached by surveying the available academic research: Indigenous women were viewed as inferior to men according to white men's accounts, their daily routines were similar to those of white women, but in may instances they were afforded more social, political, and economic opportunities than their white counterparts.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 14, no. 1, Winter, 1990, pp. 1-18
Description
Article examines the role that was played in the formation of Indian Policy in the United States by the Women's National Indian Association (WNIA). Describes the influence of evangelical Christianity, the Protestant ethic, and Victorian ideals of womanhood in this organization.
Queen's Law Journal, vol. 15, no. 2, Fall, 1990, pp. 179-215
Description
Discusses her experience as an Aboriginal woman in the law school environment, as well as the need to reform curricula to incorporate the First Nations perspective.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 8, no. 2, Spring, 1984, pp. 83-101
Description
Examines health care practices for pregnant Navajo women and the need for more culturally sensitive approaches to help reduce mortality rates. Part 1 of 2.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 8, no. 3, Summer, 1984, pp. 199-210
Description
Examines health care practices for pregnant Navajo women and the need for more culturally sensitive approaches to help reduce mortality rates for Navajo women and infants. Part 2 of 2.
Obstruent Voicing and Glottalic Obstruents in Gitxsan
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Bruce Rigsby
John Ingram
International Journal of American Linguistics, vol. 56, no. 2, April 1990, pp. 251-263
Description
Critique of James Hoard's essay "Obstruent Voicing in Gitksan: Some Implications for Distinctive Feature Theory" in Linguistic Studies of Native Canada.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 14, no. 1, Winter, 1990, pp. 35-50
Description
Article describes the consultation process and the eventual agreement (1985) between the Tohono O’Odham nation, the Arizona State Museum, and the Bureau of Indian Affairs regarding the exhumations, examination and repatriation of human remains at the San Xavier Bridge site.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 8, no. 2, June 1984, pp. 20-22
Description
Article describes the pattern of petrol (gas) sniffing abuse that takes place in Australian Aboriginal communities along with the negative health outcomes.
Social Science and Medicine, vol. 30, no. 5, 1990, pp. 579-589
Description
Through means of a survey involving 142 Aboriginal and 84 non-Aboriginal respondents, author compared frequency and type of physician service used. Analysis showed that socio-economic rather than cultural factors influenced behaviour.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 8, no. 2, June 1984, pp. 7-8
Description
Examines the evolution and growth of one of the earliest Australian Aboriginal commodities, Pituri which contained up to 5% nicotine compared to only 1.5% in manufactured cigarettes.
Canadian Ethnic Studies, vol. 22, no. 3, Special Issue: First Nations: The Politics of Change and Survival, 1990, pp. 56-68
Description
Looks at a new political perspective on Aboriginal-non-Aboriginal relations and the impact of Inglehart's postmaterialist theory on attitudes towards Aboriginal people.
American Literature, vol. 62, no. 3, September 1990, pp. 405-422
Description
Contends that works of this Chippewa author reflect the ambivalence and tension in the lives of her characters who are of mixed heritage and explores their use of both powerlessness and power.