Study involved focus-groups at both urban and regional sites, with a total of 70 individuals. Findings are discussed under three themes: drug use and local contexts; knowledge, information and support; and improving existing health and health-related services. Concludes with five recommendations.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 26, no. 1, Spring, 2014, pp. 127-131
Description
Book review of: Comparative Indigeneities of the Américas edited by M. Bianet Castellanos, Lourdes Gutiérrez Nájera, and Arturo J. Aldama.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 127.
Indian Subjects: Hemispheric Perspectives on the History of Indigenous Education
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Author/Creator
Brenda J. Child
Brian Klopotek
Description
Presents introduction to the essays in Indian Subjects: Hemispheric Perspectives on the History of Indigenous Education edited by Brenda J. Child and Brian Klopotek.
Determines six factors in need of improvement for quality of life (QoL): education and training, justice system, understanding of culture and rights, employment opportunities, community funding, spiritual spaces.
Looks at school related outcomes and self-concept from a sampling of grade 4 - 8 students in northwestern Ontario. Results indicate Aboriginal students have the same or higher self-worth and competence compared to non-Aboriginal students.
Compares on-reserve "registered population" and other Canadians in the areas of education, family, health, employment, income and housing. Based on Census data.
Lists title, location of research, principal researcher, etc. for over ninety projects. Divided by topic area: social sciences, traditional knowledge, medical and health, and physical and natural sciences.
Comments on the persistent and ongoing resistance that has been employed by Native Americans in the southwest including Tohono O'odham, Colorado Ute, Jicarilla Apache, Hopi and Navajo.
Sociology Bachelors Thesis (BA)--University of Arizona, 2014.
Contains links to a series of 24 videos in which Elders, family members and health professions discuss death and end of life care from an Indigenous perspective.
Canadian Journal of Aboriginal Community-Based HIV/AIDS Research, vol. 6, 2014, pp. 70-94
Description
Study examined both the perspectives of the health service provider and the Aboriginal person with HIV/AIDS. Almost 50% of patients reported that alcohol played a role in becoming HIV positive.
Curriculum Inquiry, vol. 35, no. 1, March 2005, pp. 9-26
Description
Looks at the experiences of two science teachers at tribal schools in the United States, and outlines their struggle with the contradictions of oppression.
Looks at using a Mauri decision-making framework model from New Zealand to assess equitable distribution of infrastructure development within the Asmat context.
Journal of Aboriginal Economic Development, vol. 4, no. 2, Special Edition: The State of the Aboriginal Economy: 10 Years After RCAP, Fall, 2005, pp. 141-142
Description
Argues that small businesses started by Aboriginal peoples are starting to effect the state of the Aboriginal economy, but that an understanding of Aboriginal aspirations, cultures, and ways of living is needed to create a new society combining Aboriginal and Western ideas.