Ryan McMahon travels across Ontario talking to Indigenous leaders, lawyers, historians, researchers and policy makers about the building of roads and the effects on Indigenous people and their land. Includes stories about isolation from people of Shoal Lake 40.
Duration: 44:07.
Anthropology of Consciousness, vol. 7, no. 3, September 1996, pp. 30-43
Description
Compares one child's experience of growing up in the Gitxsan/Witsuwit'en culture to that of a child adopted out of the community in terms of the cultural belief of rebirth of an Elder or relative in a baby.
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 11, no. 1, Wellness-Based Indigenous Health Research and Promising Practices, 2016, pp. 50-74
Description
Comments on a palliative care model which reduces the disparities in access to quality palliative home care and is grounded in community values and Indigenous culture.
Journal of Global Indigeneity, vol. 2, no. 2, Global Solidarity Symposium, 2016
Description
Presentation, by the Director of the Aboriginal Education Research Centre, University of Saskatchewan, at the Global Solidarity Symposium, State University of New York, November 7, 2016.
Duration: 37:07.
American Journal of Public Health, vol. 86, October 1996, pp. 1362-1364
Description
Asserts that the Indian Health Service (IHS) should be the health system of choice for all American citizens, and recalls the many political events that has affected the BIA's budget and mandate.
Reports on findings from literature search and key informant interviews to assess feasibility of adopting the model of open air traditional food markets.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 20, no. 3/4, To Hear the Eagles Cry: Contemporary Themes in Native American Spirituality (Parts 1 & 2), Summer/Fall, 1996, pp. 451-[?]
Description
Discusses the difficulties outsiders encounter when attempting to learn about and understand Aboriginal spirituality and culture.
Provides guidance to government employees when conveying information face-to-face, in print, online, by television, video, and radio, and through images.
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 23, no. 5, 2016, pp. 1-14
Description
Data for study was collected from the 2012 Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS). Sedimentary activities reported include watching TV or videos, playing video games and using the internet, and reading during leisure time.
Canadian Journal of Aboriginal Community-Based HIV/AIDS Research, vol. 8, Winter, 2016, pp. 22-42
Description
Identifies and summarizes 34 scholarly articles with a focus on five research areas: epidemiology; health service delivery and continuum of care; health and wellness outcomes; psychosocial issues and barriers to treatment; and knowledge translation.
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 7, no. 2, 2016, pp. 1-20
Description
Comments on how an inner-city university has used internal policies and programs to help support the self-determination of Indigenous peoples and provides an overview of the positive outcomes of these initiatives.
Focuses on reforms that could be make by provincial and/or federal government justice departments in the areas of policing, prosecutions, corrections, victim services, crime prevention, policy and legislation.
Published by Canadian government's Indian and Northern Affairs, Indian and Eskimo Affairs Program and intended for dissemination to First Nations people.
Contains links to each issue of the newspaper and the entire collection is searchable.
Articles reflect the attitudes and polices of the time.
[Sharing the Land, Sharing a Future Forum, November 2016]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Frances Abele
Erin Alexiuk
Satsan (Herb George)
Catherine MacQuarrie
Description
Paper given at the Sharing the Land, Sharing a Future Forum, dialog and conference marking the 20th anniversary of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, November 2-3, 2016.
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 27, no. 4, Good Medicine, Summer, May 1, 2016, pp. [40-42,7]
Description
Briefly discusses a Summer Research Enhancement Program (SREP) which combines study of public health research methods with a hands-on internship in students' home communities.