Ecological Economics, vol. 73, January 15, 2012, pp. 47-55
Description
Looks at influences contributing to the success and failure of ecotourism including shortages in human, financial and social capital, lack of economic benefits and land insecurity.
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 35, no. 1, 2012, pp. 1-6, 221, 223-224
Description
Editorial introduction to this issue on decolonizing systems of teaching and learning, educational spaces and the enactment of culture, and pedagogies of wholeness.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 11, no. 3, September 1987, pp. 46-50
Description
Talks about experiences working with the Communicable Disease Centre and the use of a new family planning educational aid kit, MAGNEL 88 used to educate people living in Aboriginal communities.
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 35, no. 1, Indigenous Pedagogies Resurgence and Restoration, 2012, pp. 42-60, 221-224
Description
Examines the experiences of educators regarding the implementation of the agreement to enhance the education of Aboriginal learners through programs and actions promoting academic success, positive self-esteem and cultural awareness.
Journal of Rehabilitation, vol. 63, no. 4, October-December 1997, pp. 38-45
Description
Discusses satisfaction with community response to needs of persons with disabilities and compares response groups. Suggests empowerment is from local level up because solutions are driven by the people.
Arctic Anthropology, vol. 49, no. 1, 2012, pp. 105-135
Description
Discusses recent research which indicates that the area was occupied by 7300 cal. B.C. and that there was considerable activity between 5500-5000 cal. B.C.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 94, no. 24, November 25, 1997, pp. 13227-13232
Description
Yanomami people had been isolated from the tubercle bacillus until the mid-1960s, which allowed scientists to look at statistics and specific aspects of TB.
Canadian Journal of Diabetes, vol. 36, no. 1, February 2012, pp. 19-24
Description
Population based study compared diabetes incidence, prevalence and mortality by year, age, and sex between First Nations and non-First Nations children aged 0 to 19.
Escape From Catastrophe: The Sami's Experience With Smallpox in Eighteenth- and Early-Nineteenth-Century Sweden
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Peter Sköld
Social Science History, vol. 21, no. 1, Spring, 1997, pp. 1-25
Description
Describes interaction with the smallpox epidemics that swept through Europe, why the exposure took until then, what happened when it was introduced, and explains the differences from the non-Sami population.
Water, Air, and Soil Pollution, vol. 97, no. 1-2, June 1997, pp. 107-118
Description
Study shows consumption of a typical quantity of fish, from Nechako Reservoir, Ogston Lake, or Tezzeron Lake, is not likely to elevate risks for neurologic disorders in children.
American Journal of Public Health, vol. 87, no. 5, February 1997, pp. 833-838
Description
Investigates the relationship of nonmalignant respiratory disease to underground uranium mining and to cigarette smoking in miners, and evaluates the criteria for compensation of ethnic minorities.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 21, no. 2, Spring, 1997, pp. 195-208
Description
Article examines the formation of pan-Indigenous or pan-Indian identity while considering the factors of political, economic, and ethnic marginalization. Considers different 20th Century pan-Indigenous organizations in the context of ethnic process theories.
Child Welfare, vol. 91, no. 3, Services for Native Children and Families in North America, May/June 2012, pp. 173-190
Description
Looks at conditions and their implications in three areas: family formation, social support and background characteristics using data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study.