Anglican Journal, vol. 134, no. 4, April 2008, p. 4
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Discusses a speech given by Bob Watts, the interim executive director of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, regarding residential school abuse and how it is now time to work towards healing.
Review: Literature and Arts of the Americas, vol. 41, no. 1, 2008, pp. 75-79
Description
Looks at two essays by Richard Wagamese titled, What It Comes To Mean which discusses the legacy of forced adoption, residential schools and racism, and Learning Ojibway which looks at how learning Ojibway opened the door of discovery, homecoming, reclamation and rejuvenation.
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 32, no. 2, 2009, pp. 3-23, 116
Description
Looks at a community participation model of research and teaching which draws on the strengths of Indigenous and Western knowledges in efforts to revitalize language and restore relationships with each other and with the land.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 31, no. 1, Winter, 2007, pp. 129-164
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Author explores the roles and meanings that have been ascribed to the Friendship Belt and the Two Row Wampum belts historically and what impact they have on contemporary Haudenosaunee understandings of nationhood and sovereignty.
Whispering Wind, vol. 37, no. 4, March-April 2008, pp. 29-[?]
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Book reviews: Uncommon Legacies: Native American Art From the Peabody Essex Museum by John R. Grimes, Christian Feest, and Mary Lou Carran.
Beyond the Reach of Time and Change: Native American Reflections on the Frank A. Rhinehard Photograph Collection by Simon J. Ortiz.
Pediatric Clinics of North America, vol. 56, no. 6, Health Issues in Indigenous Children: An Evidence Based Approach For the General Pediatrician, December 2009, pp. 1285-1302
Description
Looks at high quality data from Canada, United States, New Zealand and Australia concluding that intervention strategies are lacking for indigenous children.
Comments on the arrival of François Gravé du Pont and Samuel de Champlain in what is now Quebec, and the relationship between the French and First Nations.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 32, no. 1, Winter, 2008, pp. 43-69
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Interpretations about how Indigenous landscape painting differs from "mainstream/traditional" landscape, which the author argues is a tool of imperialism.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 31, no. 2, Spring, 2007, pp. 256-282
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Article examines the Indian Residential Schools in the United States during the decades surrounding the turn of the twentieth century; links the conditions in the schools to the failure of American Indian policy in the States.
Study found that once adjustments were made for other contextual factors, the rate of placement was comparable to other students and the greatest predictor of academic success was educational readiness, not ethnic background.
Contends that to improve overall health an integration of knowledge about environmental and lifestyle issues into the health care field's scarce resources is necessary.
International Journal of Multiple Research Approaches, vol. 3, no. 2, August 2009, pp. 191-202
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Studies four communities in southern Australia using Tregenza's adaptation to the Cost of Living methodology to create a connection between poverty and health.
Pediatric Clinics of North America, vol. 56, no. 6, Health Issues in Indigenous Children: An Evidence Based Approach For the General Pediatrician, December 2009, pp. 1263-1283
Description
Reviews literature, government reports and immunization guidelines from Australia, Canada, New Zealand, an the United States.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 32, no. 4, Autumn, 2008, pp. 412-442
Description
The author explores different expressions of conversion to Catholicism in the daily practices of the different Indigenous peoples in the San Francisco Bay area; considers where people chose to give birth or die and the practice of various traditional protocols.