Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 34, no. 4, July/August 2010, pp. 14-15
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Introduces a culturally appropriate community development program, which focuses on providing information about child abuse, child sexual abuse and family violence.
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 25, no. 2, 2001, pp. 166-174
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Suggests that the methodologies involve "...those that enable and permit Indigenous researchers to be who they are while engaged actively as participants in research..."
Native Studies Review, vol. 19, no. 1, 2010, pp. 119-136
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Discussion, at the structural level, about the kind of education that is provided to Canada’s Indigenous peoples. The article also discusses a social activist, Shannen Koostachin, and her campaign to engage in social action in order to pressure the federal government to build a new school.
American Literature, vol. 82, no. 4, December 2010, pp. 673-699
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Looks at Apess's historical address given in 1836 in which he uses the power of the role as a Christian minister and the rhetoric of the abolitionist movement to argue for Native rights.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 23, no. 2, Spring, 1999, pp. 1-21
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Article presents the results of a study conducted among Indigenous Academics relating to the ethnic/racial labels they preferred to use when describing their Indigeneity.
Index on Censorship , vol. 28, no. 4, 1999, pp. 54-64
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Discusses how the Canadian government inflicted damage on First Nations cultures by the suppression of language and learning, and the enforcement of schooling in "civilized" culture.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 26, no. 3, Summer, 2001, pp. 378-392
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Explores sites of conflict between environmentalists and Indigenous peoples that are created by the United States government’s designation of wilderness protection areas in areas that interfere with the treaty-protected harvesting rights of Indigenous peoples.
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 22, no. 1, Native Activism, Fall, 2010, pp. 46-47
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Presents the short story, Where Are We Going by Brian Sloan, that discusses the viewpoint that each generation seems to be moving further away from nature.
Based on in-depth interviews with 9 women who had been involved in abusive relationships. Looks at the environmental and cultural factors which contribute to the situation and the culturally appropriate services that are needed to address the problem.
Our Schools, Our Selves, vol. 19, no. 3, Anti-Racism in Education: Missing in Action, Spring , 2010, pp. 275-289
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Comments on the need to increase the knowledge about Aboriginal peoples for Canadian students, many who graduate high school with less than adequate levels of information.
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 80, no. 3, 1999, pp. 479-486
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Reviews of seven CDs:
Great Canadian Adventure: Portrait of a Nation.
Canadian Treasures: An Interactive Journey through Canada's HeritageKlondike Gold RushSettler's of Upper Canada: A Time of Change and ProgressTotem Poles: Myth, Magic and Monumental Art on the Pacific Northwest Coast by the Canadian Museum of Civilization.
Emily Carr at Home and at workMaking History: Louis Riel and the North-West Rebellion of 1885
Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science, vol. 33, no. 4, October 2001, pp. 251-268
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Findings from this study demonstrated that the same principles used to understand prejudice toward minority groups can be applied towards majority groups and that different groups may dislike each other for similar reasons.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 23, no. 3, May/June 1999, p. 23
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Discusses how the Communicable Diseases Unit of Queensland (Australia) Health has started programs to ensure that more patients self identify as Indigenous when using public health services.
American Society of International Law Proceedings, vol. 95, 2001, pp. 153-161
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Discussion of patenting, copyrighting and trademarking Indigenous knowledge by pharmaceuticals is not by direct appropriation, rather it is by indirect transfer of information by academics, and placing the information in the public domain.
Canadian Theatre Review, no. 108, Fall, 2001, pp. 48-51
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Reviews the large scale northern tour of an award winning First Nations play, fareWel by Ian Ross, which looks at issues such as identity, poverty, substance abuse, and racism.