Scandinavian Studies, vol. 82, no. 3, Fall, 2010, pp. 257-286
Description
Discusses the stereotypical portrayal of the Finnar (the Sami and the Finns) in various stories. The most negative depiction being Snorri Sturluson's Heimskringla.
State Center for Health Statistics And Office Minority Health and Health Disparities
Description
Facts about mortality, chronic diseases, HIV and sexually transmitted diseases, access to health and health of children from infant to adolescent in the American Indian population.
Assessment focuses on developing a community profile of the local food system in order to provide a base for capacity building for food related security initiatives.
Related material: Appendices.
Open Women's Health Journal, vol. 4, What We Have Known About Community Characteristics, Birth Outcomes and Infant Mortality among Aborig, 2010, pp. 46-54
Description
Concludes that North-South place of residence does matter in regards to adverse birth outcomes, but the effects may differ by ethnicity and this situation could require different intervention strategies.
Presents an overview of oil and gas prospects and the potential oil and gas development scenario in North Yukon, and then assess the local benefits and challenges to the Yukon people.
Journal of Aboriginal Economic Development, vol. 4, no. 2, Special Edition: The State of the Aboriginal Economy: 10 Years After RCAP, Fall, 2005, pp. 4-5
Description
Overview of Northern Resource Trucking, a partnership between the Lac La Ronge Indian Band and Trimac Transportation, to expand Aboriginal participation in the trucking industry to northern Saskatchewan’s mines.
INALCO 2009, Proceedings of the 15th Inuit Studies Conference, Orality (Paris, 2006)
Orality in the 21st Century: Inuit Discourse and Practices. Proceedings of the 15th Inuit Studies Conference
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Anne S. Douglas
Description
Comments on the value oral practices have in maintaining Inuit culture and language.
Paper from Orality in the 21st Century: Inuit Discourse and Practices. Proceedings of the 15th Inuit Studies Conferenceedited by B. Collingnon and M. Therrien.
B.C. CEDAW [Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women] Group
Description
Contends that the Government of British Columbia stands in violation of its obligations under Articles 2 and 3 of the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women.
Learning Spaces, Places, and Connections: Promising Practices for Aboriginal Learners in Post-Secondary Education and Training with Recommendations for Policymakers
[Canadian Society for the Study of Education Conference ; 2009]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Marie Battiste
Ningwakwe (Priscilla) George
Jonathan Anuik
Description
Focuses on foundations of Aboriginal learning, programs where these principles are used, and how the knowledge of Elders and traditional teachers can be applied in the classroom.
European Journal of Human Genetics, vol. 17, no. 2, February 2009, pp. 205-212
Description
Study identified a third immunological mutation in this isolated population, which points to the need for newborn screenings in this high-risk population.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 12, no. 5, May 2009, p. 5
Description
Compares the pros and cons of nuclear energy by a representative of Bruce Power and a journalist from Eagle Feather News.
Article located by scrolling to page 5.
Discusses the interpretation of the residential school experience of the Stó:lõ people who attended St. Mary’s Indian Residential School and played in its band between 1962 and 1984.
Ethnohistory Field School, 2009.
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 43, no. 2, Spring, 2009, pp. 82-108, 263
Description
Discusses unresolved legal and political matters that question Canadian Arctic sovereignty and looks at different approaches to sovereignty by the Government of Canada, Arctic Indigenous peoples, and other Northerners.