American Indian Quarterly, vol. 34, no. 2, Spring, 2010, pp. 259-261
Description
Book review of: History of the Ojibway People: Its History and Construction by William W. Warren, edited and annotated with an introduction by Theresa Schenck.
Journal of Health Communication, vol. 10, no. 2, March 2005, pp. 145-162
Description
Findings indicate that Aboriginal media identifies high risk groups, but Aboriginal peoples require a better understanding of who is at high risk, transmission, preventative measures and effective interventions.
Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care , vol. 21, no. 5, September/October 2010, pp. 449-454
Description
Study based on interviews with eight participants from across forty-three communities and focused on five key prevention issues: definition, types of activities, prevention levels, target groups, and facilitation and barriers.
Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, vol. 37, no. 3, Faces of HIV/AIDS and Substance Abuse in Native American Communities, September 2005, pp. 257-264
Description
Looks at the success of this program which meets the spiritual, medical and psychosocial needs of Native Americans based on community involvement and cultural relevance.
Postcolonial Studies, vol. 8, no. 3, 2005, pp. 261-276
Description
Looks at connection between Indigenous oral history and historiography described in a Waitangi Tribunal report released from the Whanganui River Inquiry.
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 24, no. 1, Spring, 2009, pp. 89-112
Description
Seeks to uncover paradoxes within the Hopi epistemology, arguing that in confounding Euroamerican efforts to "know", the Hopi can claim their rights to sovereignty and political self-determination.
Paediatrics & Child Health, vol. 10, no. 9, Our Children and Youth are Sacred, November 2005, pp. 549-552
Description
Reviews health care system and makes suggestions on how to make it less intimidating and more assessable through interpreter services and outreach programs.
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 24, no. 1, Spring, 2009, pp. 122-126
Description
Book review of: How It Is: The Native American Philosophy of V. F. Cordova by Kathleen Dean Moore, Kurt Peters, Ted Jojola, and Amber Lacey, with a foreword by Linda Hogan.
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.
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.
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.
Canadian Dimension, vol. 43, no. 1, January/February 2009, pp. 48-50
Description
Comments that while there have been some positive changes in Aboriginal education in the past 25 years, the retention rate of Aboriginal students is still low.