Justice as Healing, vol. 3, no. 1, Spring, 1998, p. [?]
Description
Project offering alternative approaches and services for youth in the present justice system.
Note: This is a sample article from the publication. Subscriptions are available from the Native Law Centre.
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 5, no. 1, March 1981, pp. 13-15
Description
Author argues that most neglected part of Australian Aboriginal health is mental health and that alcohol abuse is rooted in the rapid changes in Aboriginal society.
Justice as Healing, vol. 3, no. 4, Winter, 1998, p. [?]
Description
Indigenous philosophy about sentencing stresses reconciliation and restoring community peace and equilibrium. Reprint of Chapter 3 of the book: Justice in Aboriginal Communities: Sentencing Alternatives.
Note: This is a sample article from the publication. Subscriptions are available from the Native Law Centre.
Riverboats have sailed from Fort McMurray, Alberta, to Lake Athabasca, Saskatchewan, for almost a century. The article describes today's system of tug-boats and barges, and traces the history of riverboats from early times.
IPA Backgrounder, vol. 10, no. 1, February 1998, pp. 1-24
Description
Disputes issues discussed in the 1997 national inquiry report, Bringing Them Home, such as specific cases, comparison of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal child removal and the claim of genocide.
Christine Adam, one of the first residents of Uranium City, reflects on life in the old days. Page one: portrait of Christine Adam. Page Two: portrait of Christine with her mother and friend Adele Whitedeer.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 22, no. 1, January/February 1998, pp. 5-6
Description
Describes how local activists in New South Wales, Australia have initiated and maintained "The Glen", a centre for men based on Aboriginal cultural beliefs.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 5, no. 4, December 1981, pp. 18-22
Description
Author reports on his family's resettlement to better opportunities in Bathurst, NSW, Australia which was aided greatly by the Family Resettlement Aboriginal Corporation (FRAC).
Father Charles Gamache recalls fifty-four years in Fond du Lac. Page one: portrait of Father Charles Gamache and Brother Jean Marie Labonte. Page two: picture of church.
Detailed article on the life of Honoré Joseph Jaxon, known as Louis Riel's secretary immediately before the Northwest Rebellion. The article also details the unfortunate trashing of Jaxon's papers upon his death in New York City in 1952.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 22, no. 2, March/April 1998, pp. 24-25
Description
Describes the publication on the housing status of Australia's Indigenous people. Less than 30% of Indigenous people owned their home compared to a 70% home ownership rate of non-Indigenous Australians.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 5, no. 2, June 1981, pp. 46-47
Description
Self described rehabilitating alcoholic describes his family's struggle to achieve home ownership by his encounters with the various additional costs to acquiring a house.
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 5, no. 1, March 1981, pp. 16-19
Description
Explains the symptoms and causes of the disease and how the extended Australian Aboriginal family unit is better equipped to support suffers of the disease.
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 11, no. 8, August 1981, p. 2
Description
Saskatoon Star Phoenix article that supports the amending of law so First Nation women keep "registered status" after marriage to men who are not "registered Indians."
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 5, no. 2, June 1981, p. 4
Description
Brief article provide origins and definitions of the words disability and rehabilitation in order to assist health workers in assessing their patients.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 22, no. 4, July/August 1998, pp. 2-3
Description
Reports on a program which encompassed older, influential women in a remote, outback community in Northern Territory, Australia empowering them to take responsibility for their own well being.