Canada's History, vol. 96, no. 5, October/November 2016, pp. 57-63
Description
Description of Aboriginal Arts & Stories, a creative writing competition inviting Canadian First Nations, Inuit and Métis youth ages 9-29 to present an aspect of their culture.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 8, no. 4, December 1984, pp. 40-43
Description
Author who is a white physician and faculty member of the University of New Mexico School of Medicine reports of the efforts of his University to attract and retain Native American medical students.
AlterNative, vol. 14, no. 2, June 2018, pp. 121-129
Description
Study looks at way to increase efficacy in incorporating Indigenous ways of seeing into classroom settings; teacher-participants evaluated professional learning from a day On Country. Feedback from educators recommends two day On Country, adequate in-school follow-up, and ongoing support through a blog.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 38, no. 2, 2018, pp. 41-54
Description
Examines root causes of and issues surrounding “Aboriginal youth rebellion;” considers the implications of rebellious acts as modes of resistance to colonial policy and practice. Recommends addressing the challenges faced by Indigenous youth through cultural and language and cultural revitalization.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 8, no. 2, June 1984, pp. 55-61
Description
Describes the alcohol treatment program offered at the Kalkadoon Aboriginal Sobriety House (K.A.S.H.) in Queensland plus programs in Victoria and Western Australia.
AlterNative, vol. 14, no. 4, Special Issue: Adoption and Indigenous Citizenship Orders, December 2018, pp. 333-342
Description
Discusses the myriad of legal and customary protocols that contemporary Aboriginal citizens must negotiate in the regards to adoptive cultural practices. Describe the Creation and Great Law narratives which help members of the Iroquois Confederacy makes sense of these conventions.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 8, no. 1, March 1984, pp. 26-27
Description
Briefly discusses the logistical challenges of providing health care to isolated island located 72 kilometres north east of Thursday Island in the Torres Strait, Australia.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 8, no. 2, June 1984, pp. 46-49
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Author describes her role and the history of the (Australian) Aboriginal Health Programme located in Brisbane, Queensland. Provides several reasons for alcohol abuse.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 42, no. 2, Spring, 2018, pp. 191-214
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Argues that when business is carried out with a commitment to survivance, relationships and community, it is not in opposition to traditional values. Reports results of qualitative interviews with individual entrepreneurs who incorporate these values into their practices.
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 5, no. 1, Spring, 2018, pp. 136-167
Description
Looks at Kiowa responses to allotment by comparing N. Scott Momaday’s canonical literary work to Mark Palmer's "Indigital" cartography in terms of understanding, recording and remembering the process and effects of the United States government’s policy in the Oklahoma territory.
Discusses the need for comprehensive educational support to facilitate culturally and linguistically diverse students whose lack of English skills are a barrier to their academic success.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 42, no. 4, Fall, 2018, pp. 508-533
Description
Article uses archival and ethnographic evidence to examine land tenure within a southwestern Oklahoma county; examines how the system created to protect the rights of Indigenous landowners actually functions to redirect access to the land, to the economic benefit of non-Indigenous ranchers and farmers.
Arctic Anthropology, vol. 53, no. 2, 2016, pp. 33-51
Description
Analysis of faunal remains provides information about the ethnic identity of northern fur seal harvesters and shows the importance of pups as a subsistence resource.
Award-winning documentary about the Inuit's battle against a new European Union seal ban in an effort to regain their economic independence.
Duration: 1:22:19.