Literature review identifies secondary information in these areas: barriers to employment, career aspirations, rates of success and factors associated with them, and comparison to non-Aboriginal youth.
Presents updates from Early Childhood Development Working Group by region and looks at items from the National Inuit Early Childhood Education Gathering.
Ecological Applications, vol. 20, no. 3, 2010, pp. 880-894
Description
Discusses problems associated with social research contributions to documenting, representing and interpreting indigenous ecological knowledge (IEK), local ecological knowledge (LEK), and traditional ecological knowledge (TEK).
Looks at the history, artistic and cultural value of Alutiiq masks, and discusses some of the challenges for future masters to carry Alutiiq traditions forward.
Looks at projects by architects John Paul Jones, Douglas Cardinal, Dennis Sun Rhodes, David Sloan, Robert Altman and others. Explains how values and identity are expressed within the designs and defined by existence to the landscape.
Duration: 55:18.
Journal of Aboriginal Health, vol. 6, no. 1, Traditional Medicine, January 2010, pp. 6-17
Description
Examines the findings of a qualitative research study completed in Thunderchild First Nation, Saskatchewan and discusses an appropriate framework to implement changes to decrease the health disparities between Indigenous Peoples and the rest of Canada.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 33, no. 3, Summer, 2009, pp. 325-352
Description
Looks into the structure of contemporary imperialism, the role Canada plays in an imperial system, and the nature of Canadian society as a Settler society.
Oral History Review, vol. 37, no. 2, Summer/Fall, 2010, pp. 170-190
Description
Looks at written documents and oral recollections to uncover the experiences of Indigenous soldiers and their contributions in World War II, the Northern Territory, and Australian history.
Communique, Special Section: Indigenous Peoples: Promoting Psychological Healing and Well-Being, August 2010, pp. xxxii-xxxiv
Description
Overview and historical look at Native American And First Nation communities and their attitude towards "Two-Spirit" personhood.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page xxxii.
Pimatisiwin, vol. 7, no. 1, Summer, 2009, pp. 1-25
Description
Questions how the Community Based Participatory Research principles stand up when applied to American Aboriginal communities and whether additional contextual information is necessary to understand and work with these principles.
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 9, no. 2, 1989, pp. 187-203
Description
Compares contemporary Woodland Indian fine arts with the prehistoric artistic traditions of the Eastern Woodland region, suggesting notable similarities of subject and form, possibly due to the central role of art in the cultural revitalization of both periods.
American Quarterly , vol. 62, no. 2, June 2010, pp. 387-394
Description
Book reviews of: The National Museum of the American Indian: Critical Conversations edited by Amy Lonetree and Amanda J. Cobb.
Fritz Scholder: Indian/Not Indianedited by Lowery Stokes Sims, Truman T. Lowe and Paul Chaat Smith.
George De Forest Brush: The Indian Paintings edited by Nancy K. Anderson.
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 34, no. 2, Technologies Créatives / Creative Technologies, 2010, pp. 149-166
Description
Examines the controversy surrounding the shooting of Inuit sled dogs in the communities of Kuujjuaraapik, Puvirnituq, and Kangirsujuaq in the 1950s and 1960s.
[United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women]
E-Books
Author/Creator
Government of Canada
Description
Government's response to Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women's recommendation about investigation of cases of missing or murdered Aboriginal women.