Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 27, no. 5, September/October 2003, pp. 10-14
Description
Presents thoughts from Chairperson of Australian Inquiry into Response by Government Agencies to Complaints of Family Violence and Child Abuse in Aboriginal Communities.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 20, no. 1, January 1, 1996, pp. 7-13
Description
Focuses on oral traditions within families and presents a story of a Dakota family's struggles during their removal following the 1862 United States Dakota Conflict in Minnesota.
Film chronicles the voyage of a northern expedition lasting five months and covering 16,000 kilometres through the Northwest Passage. Accompanying material: The Great Adventure [Study Guide].
Duration: 52:03.
Guide to accompany film, The Great Adventure. Target audience senior elementary, secondary school and adult education. Contains pre and post viewing activities related to geography, human and physical systems, global issues, local environments, climate change, history, explorers and technology themes.
Canada's History, vol. 97, no. 2, April/May 2017, pp. 64-66
Description
Reports on a large concentration of inuksuit at Cape Dorset and also includes an excerpt from, An Intimate Wilderness: Arctic Voices In A Land Of Vast Horizons.
Health Care Financing Administration Ups Indian Health Service Payments
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
H & HN: Hospitals & Health Networks, vol. 70, no. 13, May 7, 1996, p. 48
Description
Brief announcement of increase in funding to the Indian Health Service due to a change designed to bring reimbursements closer to the level of other health care providers.
CMAJ, vol. 189, no. 46, November 20, 2017, pp. e1408-e1409
Description
Highlights Saskatoon Health Region's external review into allegations of Indigenous women being coerced into having tubal ligations, and the interim report on the death of Brian Sinclair, who was ignored for 34 hours in a Winnipeg hospital's emergency department.
BMJ, vol. 327, no. 7412, August 23, 2003, pp. 445-447
Description
Looks at the research initiatives which resulted from a 2002 tripartite memorandum of understanding between Canada, New Zealand and Australia dealing with Indigenous health.
Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, vol. 35, no. 1, Morning Star Rising: Healing in Native American Communities, January-March 2003, pp. 15-25
Description
Discusses the Healthy Nations Initiative funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation which focuses on early prevention, intervention, pubic awareness and cultural values.
Medical Education, vol. 37, no. 10, 2003, pp. 861-868
Description
Evaluation of cultural competency training in a Swedish hospital found areas where it was present, absent or hidden; proposes curriculum changes to address inadequacies.
American Anthropologist, vol. 119, no. 3, September 2017, p. 448–463
Description
Describes methods and initial results for documenting history of cultural landscapes at three sites in British Columbia: Hauyat, Laxgalts’ap (Old Town) and Dałk Gyilakyaw (Robin Town).
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 98, no. 4, Winter, 2017, pp. 641-674
Description
Focuses on three aspects of the Commission's research: the fact that the Commission had its origins in litigation, the methodological issues concerning collection of archival documents and survivors' statements, and that the narrative does not pay a great deal of attention to differences within the system.
Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, vol. 35, no. 1, Morning Star Rising: Healing in Native American Communities, January-March 2003, pp. 7-13
Description
Examines the link between intergenerational trauma and substance abuse; and discusses approaches to incorporate historical trauma theory in the treatment, research and evaluation of unresolved grief.