Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 25, no. 5, September/October 2001, pp. 20-25
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Study results found that Aboriginal people in Australia were more likely to be admitted to the hospital for primary and preventable conditions and stay longer than non-Aboriginal populations.
International Journal on Minority and Group Rights, vol. 8, no. 2/3, Special Issue on Sami Rights in Finland, Norway, Russia and Sweden, 2001, pp. 177-222
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Examines the role international norms play in shaping Sami policy and possible future repercussions.
Authors covered are: Jeanette Armstrong, Maria Campbell, Linda Griffiths, Ruby Slipperjack, Beatrice Culleton, Beverly Hungry Wolf, Lee Maracle, and Eden Robinson.
The Beaver, vol. 81, no. 6, December/January 2001/2002, pp. 31-[?]
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Discusses how pretext of enforcing British law was used to force the Cowichan to submit to British authority and gain access to their land without an agreement.
Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--Johns Hopkins University, 2000.
Argues that the efforts to empower First Nation people by granting them a significant role in the governance of their own lands and people comes as a mixed blessing.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 25, no. 4, Autumn, 2001, pp. 657-659
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Book review of: "I Remain Alive" by Ruth J. Hefflin. Book examines the writings of: Charles Eastman, Luther Standing Bear, Gertrude Bonnin, Ella Cara Deloria and Nicholas Black Elk.
Ethnicity & Health, vol. 5, no. 1, February 2000, pp. 47-57
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Discusses how individuals, with diabetes, reported activity limitations at work, home and in leisure activities.This same group were also at greater risk for suffering heart disease.
Diabetes Care, vol. 24, no. 1, January 2001, pp. 64-68
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Study shows that diabetics with complications earn only 85% of non-diabetic incomes and are twice as likely to be out of the labour force when compared to the general population while the disease has less influence on rates of employment for Aboriginals.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 24, no. 2, Spring, 2000, pp. 200-218
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Literary criticism article examines the poetry of Joy Harjo, which combines playful self-deprecation and subtle controversy to examination historical truth and reach a range of readers..
Environmental Health Perspectives, vol. 109, no. 5, May 2001, pp. A216-A219
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Discusses blood samples ostensibly taken from the Nuu-chah nulth tribe for arthritis research, later used for other purposes without subjects' consent.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 5, no. 2, 1979, pp. 115-134
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An examination into the introduction of land allotments into Indian Territory and the efforts of Cherokee lobbyists to prevent its implementation in the late nineteenth century.