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).
Annual Conference of the Canadian Political Science Association ; 2012
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Dwight Newman
Description
Analyzes the United Nations Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples related to consultation with Indigenous groups and its formations of customary international law.
Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Canadian Political Science Association, 12-15 June 2012, Edmonton, Alberta.
Discusses how the work of artists such as Norval Morrisseau, Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun, Joane Cardinal-Schubert, Heather Shillinglaw, and Bill Reid communicate with and educate their audiences.
Chapter fifteen from How Canadians Communicate IV: Media and Politics edited by David Taras and Christopher Wadell.
Looks at the process of storywork which interweaves elder teachings, cultural stories, and personal experiences.
Chapter 15 from How Canadians Communicate IV: Media and Politics edited by David Taras and Christopher Waddell.
Chapter located by scrolling to page 317 or clicking on Chapter 15 on left sidebar.
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.
Sport in Society, vol. 15, no. 7, Indigenous People, Race Relations and Australia Sport, September 2012, pp. 987-996
Description
"This article examines the complexities of the Australian Aboriginal sporting experience including long entrenched racist barriers that denied Aboriginal participation on the sporting field".
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 3, no. 3, Water and Indigenous Peoples, 2012, pp. 1-15
Description
Studies the challenges to Indigenous water rights in Ecuador, Colombia and Peru due to hydro-power development, diverted water for mega cities, and large scale irrigation projects.
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.
Capstone Seminar Series, vol. 2, no. 1, Belonging in Canada: Questions and Challenges, Spring, April 2012, pp. 1-19
Description
Argues that the federal government's Nutrition North Canada program fails to meet the needs of northern residents because it fails to take into account the health and cultural aspects of traditional foods.
BMC Public Health, vol. 12, 2012, p. article no. 952
Description
Study highlights potential barriers toward adoption of healthy behaviours including the environment which was viewed as unfavourable for walking, provided limited access to healthy food, and easy access to tobacco.
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.
Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 23, no. 2, Proceedings of the 2011 Western Social Science Association American Indian Studies Section, Fall, 2012, pp. 1-27
Description
Contends that methods used to re-structure the Navajo Nation could be adopted by other nations to modify their governance.
Diabetes Care, vol. 35, no. 10, October 2012, pp. 2005-2011
Description
Study to determine if the inequalities that exist between Indigenous peoples and non-Indigenous peoples affect the care, control, and complications of diabetes and cardiovascular disease.
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.