The Journal of Nutrition, vol. 140, no. 7, July 2010, pp. 1311-1316
Description
Based on survey data gathered from 388 children living in 16 communities. Concludes risks factors are weight, obesity, and tooth decay and recommends emphasis on traditional diet and quality food.
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 32, no. suppl., Aboriginal Englishes and Education, 2010, pp. 143-155
Description
Looks at a sociolinguistic view of Aboriginal English; approaches to minority dialects in institutional settings; dialectal damage; a modified immersion model to address Aboriginal English needs; and Aboriginal English in British Columbia schools.
Continuum, vol. 24, no. 1, Interrogating Trauma: Arts & Media Responses to Collective Suffering, 2010, pp. 65-77
Description
Discusses the way an archival history series, feature film and budget drama addresses politics of reconciliation and the media's obsession with violence in remote Australia.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 35, no. 2, Spring, 2011, pp. 161-191
Description
Looks at the socioeconomic, political, and cultural factors that contributed to the spearfishing crisis in northern Wisconsin and the battered attempts by the Ojibwe to exercise their treaty-based fishing rights. The article also examines the state of relations between Native and non-Native residents.
Aging Well from an Urban Indigenous Australian Perspective
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Elizabeth Waugh
Lynette Mackenzie
Australian Occupational Therapy Journal, vol. 58, no. 1, Indigenous Health, Well-Being, Social and Economic Inclusions-Closing the Gaps, February 2011, pp. 25-33
Description
"The aim of the study was to explore perspectives of older Indigenous Australians about their health and wellbeing".
Canadian Journal on Aging, vol. 29, no. 3, September 2010, pp. 369-382
Description
Looks at the differences in health status and the determinants of health and/or health care use between the 55-and-older Aboriginal population and non-Aboriginal population.
Native Studies Review, vol. 20, no. 2, 2011, pp. 91-135
Description
Study's interview data identified main issue was cultural appropriateness in areas such as communications, relations, involvement and logistics. Authors include six propositions based on analysis of information gathered.
South Atlantic Quarterly, vol. 110, no. 2, Sovereignty, Indigeneity, and the Law, 2011, pp. 385-401
Description
Overview of settlement which transferred title to lands to for-profit corporations, changing communal lands into corporate property and ending Aboriginal fishing and hunting rights.
Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly, vol. 29, no. 4, Women and Alcohol: Multi-disciplinary Perspectives, 2011, pp. 379-402
Description
Examines the problem of cultural competence in substance abuse services and how gender plays within psychotherapeutic interventions in two community based programs.
Art History, vol. 34, no. 3, June 19, 2011, pp. 536-561
Description
Discusses three influences on his work; his teacher, Carlo Altenburg, an abstract painter, Dene methods of mapping trails, and the effect of being isolated from traditional lands.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 22, no. 1, Spring, 2010, pp. 76-112
Description
Looks at the twin processes of queer and Native spheres in the film and its additional interpenetration of the Shakespearean sphere.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 76.
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 31, no. 2, 2011, pp. 209-210
Description
Book review of: Algonquian and Iroquoian Linguistics, Memoir 21, 2010 exactly as told by Cecilia Masuskapoe, in a critical edition by H.C. Wolfart, Freda Ahenakew.
Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, vol. 43, no. 4, Growing Roots: Native American Evidence-Based Practices, October-December 2011, pp. 291-296
Description
Discusses partnership between university-based research psychologist and staff from reservation-based substance abuse treatment program to develop intervention program for residents of Blackfeet Indian reservation.
Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology, vol. 25, no. 4, December 2010, pp. 355-369
Description
Examines the negative and positive aspects of providing elder care, describing low levels of burden and high levels of reward, attributable to cultural attitudes toward elders.
Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology, vol. 25, no. 4, December 2010, pp. 371-383
Description
Examines the role of American Indian grandparents who assume custodial responsibility of providing sole care for their grandchildren and the stressors and rewards of providing that care.
Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, vol. 17, no. 4, October 2011, pp. 366-376
Description
Study identifies misunderstandings about addiction, prevention and treatment as well as cultural strengths that might be incorporated into future programs.
Journal of Diversity in Higher Education, vol. 3, no. 1, March 2010, pp. 27-42
Description
Discusses the challenges of first-year course completion and reveals why American Indian students are more likely to report difficulties. Recommends strategies for enhancing academic success.
Native Studies Review, vol. 20, no. 2, 2011, pp. 137-158
Description
Prominent themes identified in responses: sense of vulnerability, commitment to students, lack of external and resource support, and self-identity as Aboriginal peoples and the connection to language.
Looks at the effects of government policy in both Australia and Canada and the lack of progress addressing long term solutions for Aboriginal communities.
Human Biology, vol. 82, no. 2, April 2010, pp. 227-238
Description
Discusses the classical stringent standards to retrieve and authenticate DNA from ancient remains and puts forth recommendations for future discoveries and progression of the ancient DNA field.
Native Studies Review, vol. 20, no. 2, 2011, pp. 51-89
Description
Study of Tsilhqot’in Nation v. B.C. in terms of anthropological testimony and its interpretation by the courts. Case involved forestry practices and resource extraction.