American Indian Quarterly, vol. 6, no. 1/2, Spring-Summer, 1982, pp. 52-70
Description
Looks at the reproductive cycles of traditional and acculturated Navajo women to compare the way that menopause is experienced based on cultural beliefs.
Native Studies Review, vol. 5, no. 1, Native Health Research in Canada, 1988, [1989], pp. 71-77
Description
Summary of an ecological approach, that incorporates environmental, cultural & historical data with biological data, to help understand the causes of acute ear infections.
Evaluation of the Rural and Native Housing Programs
Rural and Native Housing Programs Evaluation Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Program Evaluation Division
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC)
Description
Looked at appropriateness of selection criteria, trainees' increase in knowledge, and success in placing participants in housing-related fields or working with communities or groups.
Journal of Nutrition Education, vol. 21, no. 3, June 1989, pp. 127-132
Description
Information on food-use and weekly expenditures was gathered through a series of interviews conducted in 1981 and 1985. Seventy-three families completed interviews in 1981 and ninety-eight in 1985. Results showed significant increase in use of traditional food.
An interim report that reviews the functioning of the FSIN and suggests ways to improve communication with and accountability to the Aboriginal people.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 2, no. 2, 1982, pp. 373-390
Description
Review of four exhibition catalogues:
From Our Hands at the Contemporary Art Gallery at Harbourfront, Toronto.
Pipes That Won't Smoke; Coal That Won't Burn at the Glenbow Museum, Calgary.
The Legacy: Continuing Traditions of Canadian Northwest Indian Art at the British Columbia Provincial Museum, Victoria.
The Four Seasons at the University of British Columbia Museum of Anthropology, Vancouver.
American Ethnologist, vol. 15, no. 1, February 1988, pp. 98-119
Description
Study conducted in Ojibway community in Manitoba used two interview formats to determine level of and variation in understanding of the disease, then analyzed responses to develop a cultural model.
Schweizerische Amerikanisten-Gesellschaft Bulletin, 1989-1990, pp. 23-34
Description
Traces the Lubicon's fight to become registered as Indians, be granted a land base and assert control over resource development on the promised reserve.
American Journal of Public Health, vol. 88, no. 5, May 1988, pp. 781-786
Description
Argues that there is an apparent high prevalence of fetal alcohol syndrome in Alaska, cautions that use of a single data-source can lead to underestimates.
Saskatchewan Law Review, vol. 53, no. 2, 1989, pp. 301-325
Description
Examines various cases with respect to fiduciary obligations of the Crown, and argues that there seems to be a movement to discount the distinction between surrendered and unsurrendered reserve land.
Comments on the many and various roles Native American women played in their societies.
Chapter from Born for Liberty: A History of Women in America by Sara M. Evans.
First Nations/Metis Human Rights Law: The History of Native Women's Association of Canada's Position and Options for Future Action
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Native Women's Association of Canada
Description
Examines the nature of Aboriginal women's rights, focusing on the Canadian Charter of Rights, and the balance between individual and collective rights.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 13, no. 1, Winter, 1989, pp. 1-14
Description
Investigates the importance of interpreters during early Indigenous-white relations. A translator was a difficult position due to the numerous variations of the Indigenous linguistic groups. The best translators also needed to not only know the languages but also have an understanding of Indigenous cultures and traditions due to the symbolic nature of Indigenous speeches.
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 9, no. 1, 1989, pp. 15-33
Description
Examines an increasingly popular model of economic partnership with non-Aboriginal society, the role of Aboriginal people and the advantages of these joint ventures.