Eagle Feather News, vol. 10, no. 10, October 2007, p. 21
Description
Comments on a play, produced by the Saskatchewan Native Theatre Company's Circle of Voices, that looks at issues such as cultural identity and the intergenerational effects of residential school.
Article located by scrolling to page 21.
University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center
Description
Information regarding Native American and Native Alaskan health service programs being developed for children with "serious emotional and behavioral disturbances."
Canadian Journal of Law and Society, vol. 22, no. 1, 2007, pp. 61-91
Description
Uses judicial decisions to examine how plaintiffs have fared in tort actions focusing on three issues: credibility, damage assessment and vicarious liability.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 10, no. 10, October 2007, pp. 11-13
Description
Comments on the programs developed to help meet the needs of the Métis community and the clients who have been served by the Clarence Campeau Development Fund over the past ten years.
Article located by scrolling to pages 11-13.
Argues that portfolio system makes partnership with overlapping roles difficult and suggests four other options that could improve functioning of the relationship.
Companion to Policy Brief no. 27.
"Paper presented at Canadian Aboriginal Law 2007, Pacific Business and Law Institute, November 16, 2007, Ottawa, Ontario".
Provides historical and current views, procedural issues and the aboriginal law experiences of class action.
Explores a project that demonstrates how climate change is affecting First Nations in the boreal region of Canada, and look at the impacts of climate change on traditional foods and medicines at the Black River First Nation.
Social Science and Medicine, vol. 64, no. 10, May 2007, pp. 2165-2176
Description
Explores four aspects of encounters: relating across assumed cultural differences, constructing "the Other" assumptions, influencing clinical practice and responding to routine patient requests.
Counselling, Psychotherapy, and Health, vol. 3, no. 2, Indigenous Special Issue, 2007, pp. 89-104
Description
Explores issues associated with the healing and integration of race, identity, and empowerment highlighted by a case study of a 36 year old, female, lesbian, Indigenous Canadian, and immigrant to Australia.
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 31, no. 3, May/June 2007, pp. 28-31
Description
Contains statements of support from various Australian organizations regarding health care inequalities between Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal citizens.
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 27, no. 1, 2007, pp. 49-108
Description
Argues that the provincial government must relinquish control over natural resources on unoccupied Crown land and share power with First Nations in order to ensure a strong and viable economy for Northern Manitoba.
Canadian Journal of Education, vol. 30, no. 4, Coalition Work in Indigenous Educational Contexts, 2007, pp. 989-1014
Description
Overview of study, women participants and challenges of intra-group and intergroup work. Concludes with interpretation of essay by Thomas King, "What Is It About Us That you Don't Like?"
Canadian Journal of Archaeology, vol. 31, no. 2, 2007, pp. 190-223
Description
Comparison of faunal and plant remains and lithics recovered from Late Phase deposits at Say-Umiton to data collected from the previously excavated sites of Tum-tu-may-whueton (Belcarra Park) and Whey-Ah-Wichen (Cates Park).
Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality, vol. 16, no. 1/2, 2007, pp. 45-56
Description
Study found that those who reported having sex at a later age and who scored higher on a measure of assertive communication reported higher levels of self-efficacy to use condoms.
Research Paper (National Centre for First Nations Governance)
Research Paper for the National Centre for First Nations Governance
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Keith Thor Carlson
Description
Paper discusses three topics: the process of adopting the Siyá:m System of leadership, the limitations of the system as expressed by members of the community, and the government and missionary actions which isolated and curtailed the traditional inter-village family interactions.
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 3, no. 4, 2007, pp. 59-61
Description
Comments regarding two articles; Margaret Wente's article in the Globe and Mail of October 13, 2007 Section A27 titled "White Guilt, dead children in the name of political correctness" and the response to this article in the next day of the Globe and Mail by Cynthia Wesley-Esquimaux' titled "Inside Looking Out, Outside Looking In".
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 3, no. 2, Special Issue: Adolescent Development, Mental Health, and Promising Research Directions , 2007, pp. 50-51
Description
Author shares her research experiences, as a First Nation support worker, and provides some guiding principles to follow when conducting research with First Nations communities.
The Journal of Aboriginal Economic Development, vol. 5, no. 2, Fall, 2007, pp. 74-83
Description
Describes evolution of cash crop economy due to transportation improvements and the impacts on the local environment.
[One or more images have been omitted from this article due to copyright restrictions. These images are accessible in the print version of this journal.]
Anglican Journal, vol. 133, no. 6, June/July 2007, p. 15
Description
Discusses the mandate of a yet-to-be formed Truth and Reconciliation Commission regarding deaths and disappearances of former students in residential schools.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 10, no. 8, August 2007, p. 16
Description
Looks at the ways various communities are helping band members prepare for their residential school settlement payments.
Article located by scrolling to page 16.
Suggests that successful interventions, to reverse the trend of poor health in Aboriginal people, involve the inclusion of Aboriginal community members as active collaborative partners.