Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 25, no. 5, September/October 2001, pp. 20-25
Description
Study results found that Aboriginal people in Australia were more likely to be admitted to the hospital for primary and preventable conditions and stay longer than non-Aboriginal populations.
International Journal on Minority and Group Rights, vol. 8, no. 2/3, Special Issue on Sami Rights in Finland, Norway, Russia and Sweden, 2001, pp. 177-222
Description
Examines the role international norms play in shaping Sami policy and possible future repercussions.
Authors covered are: Jeanette Armstrong, Maria Campbell, Linda Griffiths, Ruby Slipperjack, Beatrice Culleton, Beverly Hungry Wolf, Lee Maracle, and Eden Robinson.
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 49, no. 1/2, 2010, pp. 7-27
Description
Concludes that "early childhood educators should encourage and support Indigenous parents', families', and communities' efforts to ensure that their children acquire their Indigenous languages and cultures by identifying, embracing and incorporating Indigenous perspectives on how children learn in early childhood programs and classrooms".
Scandinavian Studies, vol. 82, no. 3, Fall, 2010, pp. 313-336
Description
Documents the role of Danish painter and traveler, Emilie Demant (later Demant Hatt) who encouraged Johan Turi to write the narratives and provides explanations of Sámi culture and beliefs.
The Beaver, vol. 81, no. 6, December/January 2001/2002, pp. 31-[?]
Description
Discusses how pretext of enforcing British law was used to force the Cowichan to submit to British authority and gain access to their land without an agreement.
Canadian Journal of Development Studies, vol. 31, no. 1-2, 2010, pp. 189-207
Description
Uses Statistics Canada Aboriginal Peoples Survey to look at certain parts of economic and social well-being of people over 134 First Nations communities.
Native Studies Review, vol. 19, no. 1, 2010, pp. 29-51
Description
Looks at the relationship between nature and culture on the Northwest Coast, and also examines the contrasts between the natural and the supernatural of western and Coast Salish peoples.
Settler Colonial Studies, vol. 4, no. 1, 2013, pp. 48-63
Description
Analyzes how the press responded to humanitarians' criticism of the treatment of Indigenous people during the war in New Zealand and upheld the notion that white British settler society was entitled to take possession of Maori land.
Awarding-Winning Novelist on the Link Between Residential Schools and the Devastation of Native Suicide
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Joseph Boyden
Maclean's, vol. 123, no. 25/26, July 5, 2010, pp. 20-23
Description
Award-winning novelist believes that there is a direct correlation between the high Aboriginal youth suicide-rate and the legacy of residential schools.
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 33, no. 1, Connecting to Spirit in Indigenous Research, 2010, pp. 137-155
Description
Explores the writer's use of narrative inquiry, autoethnography, and Indigenous research paradigms to address her research on Indigenous spirituality and her journey with learning the Cree language.
Canadian Woman Studies, vol. 28, no. 2/3, Spring, 2010, pp. 63-70
Description
Using the photovoice approach with twelve Aboriginal breast cancer survivors in Saskatchewan to argue the need for more research on the effects of race, gender, and class on cancer care and experiences.
Examines how the traditional activities of the Yukaghirs are determined by the landscape they inhabit and how their identity has managed to survive because of these traditional activities.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 25, no. 4, Autumn, 2001, pp. 657-659
Description
Book review of: "I Remain Alive" by Ruth J. Hefflin. Book examines the writings of: Charles Eastman, Luther Standing Bear, Gertrude Bonnin, Ella Cara Deloria and Nicholas Black Elk.
Arctic Anthropology, vol. 53, no. 1, January 2013, pp. 84-94
Description
Interviews residents from the Upernavik district about their lives as hunters and the pressure to protect their traditional way of living and thoughts on oil exploration and residents working in the industry.
International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, vol. 8, no. 2, [Indigenous Health Special Issue], April 2010, pp. 362-373
Description
Contends that a Community Based/Tribally Based Participatory approach (CBPR/TPR) was the best practice approach and was congruent with the community's Tribal culture.
Identity, Prejudice and Healing in Aboriginal Circles: Models of Identity, Embodiment and Ecology of Place as Traditional Medicine for Education and Counselling
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kisiku Sa'qawei Paq'tism Randolph Bowers
AlterNative, vol. 6, no. 3, 2010, pp. 203-221
Description
Looks at healing of identity from an Aboriginal perspective using holistic models of wellbeing through the integration of emotional, physical, mental, and spiritual aspects of being.
Diabetes Care, vol. 24, no. 1, January 2001, pp. 64-68
Description
Study shows that diabetics with complications earn only 85% of non-diabetic incomes and are twice as likely to be out of the labour force when compared to the general population while the disease has less influence on rates of employment for Aboriginals.