Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 12, no. 4, December 1988, pp. 43-45
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Employee at the Lismore Base Hospital in Northern New South Wales discusses his role within the Richmond Clinic assisting Aboriginal clients and being their advocate.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 6, no. 1/2, Spring-Summer, 1982, pp. 52-70
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Looks at the reproductive cycles of traditional and acculturated Navajo women to compare the way that menopause is experienced based on cultural beliefs.
American Ethnologist, vol. 15, no. 1, February 1988, pp. 98-119
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Study conducted in Ojibway community in Manitoba used two interview formats to determine level of and variation in understanding of the disease, then analyzed responses to develop a cultural model.
American Journal of Public Health, vol. 88, no. 5, May 1988, pp. 781-786
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Argues that there is an apparent high prevalence of fetal alcohol syndrome in Alaska, cautions that use of a single data-source can lead to underestimates.
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 69, no. 1, 1988, pp. 1-20
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Discusses greater emphasis that is currently placed on social history of Métis communities and concludes that further investigations should consider the importance of class as well as comparisons of relevant experience of parallel peoples in other lands.
American Historical Review, vol. 87, no. 4, October 1982, pp. 917-953
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Comments on the characteristics, including colour, religion, government, language and physical traits, that shaped British-American perceptions of non-Europeans.
Discusses deeper meaning of assimilation policies as factors of Indian schooling based on 3 perspectives; Protestant ideology, civilized versus savage paradigm, and land quest of whites.
Harvard Educational Review, vol. 58, no. 1, February 1988
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Examines three perspectives that were factors in the campaign to assimilate aboriginal people through schooling: the Protestant ideology, the civilization-savagism paradigm, and the quest for land by Whites.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 12, no. 1, Winter, 1988, pp. 27-40
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Looks at the life of Indigenous reformer Gertrude Bonnin and her fight to move Indigenous Americans away from a tribal orientation towards a more pan-Indian culture through education.
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 4, no. 1, Spring, 1988, pp. 26-29
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Letter from the Govenor of South Dakota to Bill Bradley addressing and outlining reasons why the Sioux Nations Black Hills Act should not be put forward and passed.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 6, no. 3, September 1982, pp. 4-6
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Describes the use of the Weight-for-Height Wallchart which assists health workers with an easy way how to measure children's progress using visual cues.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 6, no. 3, September 1982, pp. 7-9
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New health worker team in northern Queensland, Australia discusses learning about European medicine while still employing, 'bush medicine' treatments using locally sourced ingredients.