American Indian Language Development Institute: Thirty Year Tradition of Speaking From Our Heart
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Teresa L. McCarty
Mary Eunice Romero-Little
Larisa Warhol
Ofelia Zepeda
Description
Study of five Native American languages and three language families over a period of five years.
Chapter from American Indian Language Development Institute: Thirty Year Tradition of Speaking From Our Heart edited by Candace K. Galla, Stacey Oberly, G.L. Romero, Maxine Sam, Ofelia Zepeda.
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 5, no. 2, 2010, pp. 23-33
Description
Looks at why the author's daughter was drawn to her Aboriginal identity; and examines the use of alternative methods of education focusing on Indigenous knowledge and peace building activities that encourage healing, and reconciliation for Aboriginal youth.
Open Women's Health Journal, vol. 4, What We Have Known About Community Characteristics, Birth Outcomes and Infant Mortality among Aborig, 2010, pp. 18-24
Description
Discusses the need to improve socioeconomic conditions as well as perinatal and infant care for Aboriginal peoples in Quebec.
Historical Studies in Education, Fall, 2010, pp. 58-74
Description
Looks at nuns who staffed two schools in located in northern Alberta (St. Martin school and St. Bruno school) and their lack of education and teacher training.
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 5, no. 2, 2010, pp. 96-106
Description
The author examines his life-work of community development and healing work in northern Aboriginal communities of Ontario in a reflective and narrative way.
Native Social Work Journal, vol. 9, Special Edition In Celebration of the 25th Anniversary of the School of Indigenous Relations, February 2014, pp. 83-91
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Surveys provide key results to help improve the curriculum and the content of courses in the Aboriginal Native Social Work program.
Entire issue on one pdf. Scroll down to page 83 to read article.
Canadian Studies in Population, vol. 37, no. 1-2, 2010, pp. 151-174
Description
Study shows that when children and parents belong to the same ethnic group, children will take their parents identity and in Aboriginal/non-Aboriginal unions, children will favor Aboriginal identities.
Native Social Work Journal, vol. 7, Promising Practices in Mental Health: Emerging Paradigms for Aboriginal Social Work Practices, November 2010, pp. 63-85
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Presents a study that looks at links between personal homelessness and intergenerational trauma through a series of interviews with Aboriginal men.
The International Indigenous Policy Journal website contains editorials, book reviews and research. The journal also links to the most popular papers addressing issues pertaining to Indigenous peoples throughout the world.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 34, no. 4, Fall, 2010, pp. 475-497
Description
Comments on the exchange of cultures between American Indians and Scottish-Irish settlers and the positive transformation into an intertribal community that occurred.
Journal of Indigenous Social Development, vol. 3, no. 2, Indigenous Knowledges: Resurgence, Implementation, and Collaboration in Social Work, December 2014, pp. 1-4
Description
Introduction to themed issue containing articles based on presentations given at the Second International Indigenous Voices in Social Work, July 8-11, 2013.
Post Script, vol. 29, no. 3, Indian Cinema, Summer, 2010, pp. 3-[?]
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Introduction to special issue celebrating Indigenous film in North America with examples of key films and filmmakers, approaches to studying and writing and interviews with filmmakers in Canada, Mexico and the United States.
International Dental Journal, vol. 60, no. 3, suppl.2, June 2010, pp. 212-215
Description
Overview revealed that inequalities exist and are on the rise in child and adult populations in the United States, Canada, Brazil, Australia and New Zealand.
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 53, no. 3, Examining and Applying Safety Zone Theory: Current Policies, Practices, and Experiences, 2014, pp. 1-10
Description
Introduction to three papers delivered at the 2014 Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association in Philadelphia.
Examines the high cancer rates in Inuit populations and highlights challenges to receiving care, from diagnosis through to survivorship or palliative care.