Article reports on a Koorie art club that eventually evolved into an art class; discusses elements and approaches implemented that allowed the class to become a site of exploration and self-discovery for the youth that participated.
Feminist Studies, vol. 40, no. 2, Special Issue: Food and Ecology, 2014, pp. 356-303
Description
Discusses Hatt's inspiration for drawings from collaborating with Johan Turi on their book "Muitalus Sámi Birra" (An Acount of the Sami) and her life experiences living with the Sami people.
Chronic Diseases in Canada, vol. 31, no. 1, December 2010, pp. 22-26
Description
Discusses the need for program planning and identification of new priorities to aid in arthritis care in Aboriginal populations, due to high prevalence.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 43, no. 4, Fraud in Native American Communities: Essays in Honor of Suzan Shown Harjo, 2019, pp. 65-76
Description
An examination of the art world's control over Indigenous art, placing the importance of art over tribal sovereignty, in regards to the Jimmie Durham Cherokee ancestry debate.
Multi-media artist speaks about the various series he has created. Presented as part of the It's Complicated: Art about Home exhibition. Followed by question and answer period.
Duration: 1:09:58.
Indian Arts Research Center at the School for Advanced Research's 2014 Speaker Series, Art in Flux
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Roy Kady
Rose Simpson
Kathy Wallace
Cynthia Chavez Lamar
Description
Discussion with three artists about the challenges they face creating their work due to shortages of resources and environmental factors.
Part 1 of 2.
Duration: 53:30.
Arts Research Center at the School for Advanced Research's 2014 Speaker Series, Art in Flux
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Roy Kady
Rose Simpson
Kathy Wallace
Cynthia Chavez Lamar
Description
Question and answer session with three artists discussing challenges they face due to shortages of resources and environmental factors.
Part 2 of 2.
Duration: 22:32.
Looks at impact on students and teachers of the Learning Through the Arts (LTTA) program regarding positive gains by students in cultural pride, capacity to focus, engagement and success in learning.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 43, no. 4, Fraud in Native American Communities: Essays in Honor of Suzan Shown Harjo, 2019, pp. 93-114
Description
A discussion of the recent trend for white French-descendants to "self-Indigenize" by using genealogy to create identity. Uses the example of Edmée and Catherine Lejeune, two Acadienne sisters born prior to 1635, who have been turned into “Mi’kmaw” women.
Research project sought to comprehend the Ardoch Algonquin First Nation's (AAFN) traditional spiritual ecology and compare it to Ontario government resource development strategy.
Canadian Journal of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, vol. 38, no. 2, Service Delivery to First Nations, Inuit and Métis in Canada: Part 2, Summer, 2014, pp. 174-193
Description
"This paper reports on an ethnographic research project conducted to explore the narrative skills of a group of eight Anishinaabe children."
American Indian & Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 17, no. 1, 2010, pp. 25-48
Description
Outlines the results of a study, using the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey, which suggests physical activity greatly improves overall health.
Navajo Nation Human Rights Commission assessment of border town relations and summary of public hearing testimonies held in Arizona, Utah, Colorado and New Mexico. Concludes with recommendations .
Atlantic Aboriginal Economic Development Integrated Research Program, AAEDIRP
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Lori Ann Roness
Description
Five components: literature review, surveys of Aboriginal service providers and employees/non-employees and non-Aboriginal employers, data review of strategies/programs, best practices, and evaluation and recommendations.
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 26, no. 3, 2019, pp. 38-57
Description
Qualitative study uses focus groups to examine the interest in, and potential strategies for culturally and developmentally adapted contingency management (CM) for Indigenous youth aged 18-29.
Canadian Journal of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, vol. 38, no. 2, Service Delivery to First Nations, Inuit and Métis in Canada: Part 2, Summer, 2014, pp. 152-173
Description
"This article discusses questions and issues to be considered when conducting language assessments with Canadian Aboriginal children."
Tribal Colleges and Universities: Advancing Native Knowledge
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Anne Marie Karlberg
Description
Guide to measuring learning outcomes and demonstrating accountability using three types of information: direct and indirect indicators, and institutional.
Research uses a computer simulation calculate Reindeer’s heat balance, and then assess the climate conditions at 70 different locales, results show that thermal and climatic factors are very important in Indigenous reindeer herding styles.
Outlines recommendations resulting from the experiences of the interviewees: interventions with aboriginal individuals contemplating suicide, training and needs of suicide prevention workers, and organization of services.
Discusses the early years of Russian occupation and education on Kodiak Island, and the suppression of language and culture by the American education system.
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 78, no. 1, 2019
Description
Study includes 731 people, assess the assumption that dog ownership might be a protective factor in relation to Type 2 Diabetes (T2D) given reported beneficial effects on physical activity and emotional wellbeing. Research found that in the group of people around 70 years of age dog ownership did not reduce the odds of developing T2D.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 43, no. 4, Fraud in Native American Communities, 2019, pp. 13-24
Description
Uses artist Jimmie Durham and the exhibition Jimmie Durham: At the Center of the World to illustrate the issues connected with Indigenous identity. Jimmie Durham is a self-proclaimed Cherokee artist, whose ethnicity has been challenged by the Cherokee Nation.