Theses
Author/Creator
Rosemari Knoki
Description
Educational Leadership Thesis (Ph.D.)--Northern Arizona University, 1997.
A Profile of Businesses in Indigenous Communities in Canada
E-Books
Author/Creator
Haaris Jafri
Alessandro Alasia
Description
The primary data source used in this analysis is the Business Register (BR), January 2017 reference period.
Program Brings Indigenous Knowledge to Health Workers
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Cheryl Petten
Windspeaker, vol. 21, no. 9, December 2003, pp. 32-36
Description
Describes the benefits of the Indigenous Community Health Worker program, or Enionkwatakariteke, that incorporates traditional medicine with Western medical practices.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.32.
A Program Evaluation of the Mental Health Program, Tribal Health and Human Services, Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes
Alternate Title
A Program Evaluation of the Mental Health Program, Tribal Health and Human Services, Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes
Theses
Author/Creator
Gyda Ione Swaney
Description
Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Montana, 1997. Evaluation of the Flathead Mental Health Program.
Progress Audit: The Education of Aboriginal Students in the B.C. Public School System
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Sheila Dodds
Jessica Schafer
Emily Yearwood-Lee]
Description
Examines whether the Ministry of Education had implemented the recommendations for actions which would close the gap in outcomes between Indigenous and non-Indigenous students found in the earlier report An Audit of the Education of Aboriginal Students in the B.C. Public School System.
Progressing toward an Indigenous Research Paradigm in Canada and Australia
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Shawn Wilson
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 27, no. 2, 2003, pp. 161-178
Description
Presents some ideas from the author's dissertation, which stresses the importance of relationships and the merging of "formal" and Indigenous knowledge systems.
The Promise and Pitfalls of C-92: An Act respecting First Nations, Inuit, and Métis children, youth and families
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Naiomi Walqwan Metallic
Hadley Friendland
Sarah Morales
Description
Act asserts Indigenous peoples' jurisdiction over child and family services and establishes national standards. Paper examines issues related to national standards, jurisdiction, funding, accountability and data collection.
Promises of the "Vanishing" Worlds: Re-Storying "Civilization" in the Philippine National Imaginary
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
S Lily Mendoza
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 39, no. 1, 2019, pp. 119-143
Description
Using the literary work of Filipino author Nick Joaquin to examine the Philippine discursive between the "normal" civilized and the defined "primitive" Indigenous populations.
The Promises, Purposes, and Possibilities of Montana's Indian Education for All
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Christine Rogers Stanton
Jioanna Carjuzaa
Brad Hall
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 58, no. 3, Fall, 2019, pp. 78-104
Description
A reflection on the Indian Education for All (IEFA) Act, encouraging Montana educators to teach Indigenous perspectives and experiences.
Promises Worth Keeping
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Harold Johnson
Justice as Healing , vol. 2, no. 1, Spring, 1997, p. [?]
Description
Discusses the role of economics in the criminal justice system.
Promising Practices in Suicide Prevention across Inuit Nunangat
Alternate Title
NISPS Research and Data Collection Project
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Firelight Research
Description
Study includes results of literature review, working group and key informant interviews, and an environmental scan of actions and interventions. Focus is on Inuit youth and report is organized around six topic areas: links between childhood adversity and suicide, and promising practices with respect to addressing child sexual abuse, social emotional development, safe shelters, current supports within the justice system, and parenting and family support programs.
Promising Practices in Suicide Prevention across Inuit Nunangat: NIPSPS Research and Data Collection Project
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami
Description
Reports results of environmental scan which involved a literature review of both grey and academic publications, a series of key informant interviews with 20 individuals working in the field. Six topic areas are covered: links between childhood adversity and suicide and promising practices for addressing child sexual abuse, social emotional development, safe shelters focusing on children and youth, current supports in the justice system, and parenting and family support programs.
Promising Practices in Timiskaming First Nation
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network Production
Ken Clement
Merv Thomas
Jason Lawrence
Description
Focuses on the community's efforts to deal with Hepatitis C through education, outreach, and healing.
Duration: 27:33.
Promoting Strategic Thinking in American Indian Leaders
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Xenia T. King
Manley A. Begay
Indigenous Nations Studies Journal, vol. 4, no. 2, Fall, 2003, pp. 53-67
Description
Discusses Nation building and the use of the Constraints Model for effective strategic thinking and decision making by Native leaders.
Promoting the Progressive Indian: Lee Harkins and The American Indian Magazine
Articles » General
Author/Creator
John M. Coward
American Journalism, vol. 14, no. 1, Winter, 1997, pp. 3-18
Description
Argues that the publication mirrored the attitudes of mainstream society in it's idealized version of the past and promotion of assimilation as "progress", but its founder displayed little understanding of issues confronting traditional Native Americans.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll down to appropriate page.
Proof-sheets of a Bibliography of the Languages of the North American Indians
E-Books
Author/Creator
James Constantine Pulling
Proposal to Control Fetal Alcohol Hell: a Manitoba Judge Rules A Suicide (Patrick Redhead) was Fatally Compromised by His Mother's Drinking
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Jeremy Lott
The Report, vol. 30, no. 4, February 17, 2003, p. 19
Description
Judge's recommendation legislation be passed to confer "fetal rights" on unborn infants has implications for the rights of mothers.
Prospects for a New Middle Class Among Urban Aboriginal People
Alternate Title
Not Strangers in These Parts: Urban Aboriginal People
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Terry Wotherspoon
pp. 147-165
Description
Discusses the concept of new middle classes and its implications in regards to the social interactions, economic possibilities, and political alignments that are affecting Aboriginal people and their relations with both one another and within Canadian society.
Chapter from Not Strangers in These Parts: Urban Aboriginal Peoples edited by David Newhouse and Evelyn Peters.
'Prospects for Justice: Resolving the Paradoxes of Métis Constitutional Rights'
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robert Nichols
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 23, no. 1, 2003, pp. 91-111
Description
Clarifies some of the confusion around Métis rights, affirms the uniqueness of the Métis situation and argues for legal pluralism.
Prospects of Place and Portraits of Progress in the Early Representation of the Queen Charlotte Islands, 1878-1922
Theses
Author/Creator
Andrew Clephan Tingley Hamilton
Description
Geography Thesis (M.A.)--The University of British Columbia, 1997.
Protecting Aboriginal Cultural Heritage in Australia: Looking For Solutions in the Canadian Experience
Theses
Author/Creator
Sally Peata McCausland
Description
Law Thesis (LL.M)--The University of British Columbia, 1997.
Protecting Against Hopelessness and Suicidality in Sexually Abused American Indian Adolescents
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Margaret Dexheimer Pharris
Michael D. Resnick
Robert W. Blum
Journal of Adolescent Health, vol. 21, no. 6, December 1997, pp. 400-406
Description
Concludes that strategies should be implemented that support family caring, strengthen school performance and tribal connections.
Protecting Sacred Sites
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Steve Sachs
Indigenous Policy Journal of the Indigenous Policy Network, vol. 14, no. 2, Fall, 2003, p. [46]
Description
Very brief article discusses the protection of sites sacred to Indigenous people in the United States.
Access through table of contents.
Protecting the Arctic, Indigenous Peoples and Cultural Survival
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Edmund Searles
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 27, no. 1-2, Architecture Paléoesquimaude / Palaeoeskimo Architecture, 2003, pp. 540-543
Description
Book review of: Protecting the Arctic by Mark Nuttall.
Protecting the Land Rights of Indigenous People: A South African Case Study
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Maureen Tong
Indigenous Affairs, no. 4, Indigenous Peoples in Africa, 2003, pp. 26-31
Description
Discusses the Constitution, the Restitution of Land Rights (Lands Claims Commission) and the Richtersveld Claim.
To access this article, scroll down to page 26.
The Protection of Indigenous Medicinal Knowledge in International Intellectual Property Law
Theses
Author/Creator
Marie-Claire Lassonde
Description
Comparative Law Thesis (LL.M.)--McGill University, 2003.
Protective Association of Genetic Variation in Alcohol Dehydrogenase With Alcohol Dependence in Native American Mission Indians
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Tamara L. Wall
Lucinda G. Carr
Cindy L. Ehlers
The American Journal of Psychiatry, vol. 160, no. 1, 2003, pp. 41-46
Description
Examines the relationship between ADH2, ADH3, and ALDH2 polymorphisms and alcohol dependence in a certain group of people.
Proto-Huron/Petun and Proto-St. Lawrence Iroquoian Subsistence as Culturally Defining
Theses
Author/Creator
Frances L. Stewart
p. 593
Description
Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--McGill University, 1997.
Protocols for Using First Nations Cultural and Intellectual Property in the Arts
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Terri Janke
Description
Includes: overview of important concepts including rights to cultural heritage and Australian and international legal and policy protections; ten guiding principles and their accompanying protocols; numerous case studies; and project checklist and templates.
Providing Entrepreneurial Training to Native Youth
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robert J. Oppenheimer
Thomas O'Connell
The Journal of Aboriginal Economic Development, vol. 3, no. 2, Fall, 2003, pp. 8-11
Description
Presents the results of a survey conducted to learn the career aspirations/expectations of Aboriginal high school youth in order to foster workplace success.
Provincial Gang Strategy: Forum & Community Consultation Reports
Alternate Title
Building Healthier Communities: Final Report on Community Recommendations for the Development of the Saskatchewan Prevention / Intervention Street Gang Strategy
Saskatchewan Communities Speak: Provincial Gang Strategy Phase 2 Community Consultation Forums
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Robert Henry
Dave Shanks]
Description
Reports on Phase I and II of the project. Five overarching themes emerged: infrastructure and leadership; addressing trauma, colonization, and settler colonialism; knowledge translation and mobilization; addressing systemic oppression and structural issues of poverty and homelessness; and institutional supports. Consultations took place in communities throughout Saskatchewan.
Psychiatric Disorders among American Indian and White Youth in Appalachia: The Great Smoky Mountains Study
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
E. Jane Costello
Elizabeth M. Z Farmer
Adrian Angold
Barbara J. Bums
Alaattin Erkanli
American Journal of Public Health, vol. 87, no. 5, May 1997, pp. 827-832
Description
Study examines prevalence of psychiatric disorders, social and family risk factors for disorders, and met and unmet needs for mental health care among Appalachian youth.
Psychiatric Research in the Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1986: A Systematic Review
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jouko Miettunen
Marianne Haapea
Lassi Björnholm
Sanna Huhtaniska
Teija Juol ...[et al.]
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 78, no. 1, 2019
Description
Systematic literature search of PubMed and Scopus reveals 94 articles on psychiatric research conducted on the Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1986. Research includes information on early predictors of several psychiatric diagnoses, and novel findings related to brain imaging and cognition.
Psychological Effects of Technological/Human-Caused Environmental Disasters: Examinations of the Navajo and Uranium
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Carol A. Markstrom
Perry H. Charley
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 11, no. 1, 2003, pp. 19-45
Description
Reviews the history of uranium and discusses efforts for compensation.
The Public Health Association 29th Annual Conference
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Rose Ellis
Donnaleen Campbell
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 21, no. 6, November/December 1997, pp. 6-11
Description
Conference held in Melbourne, Australia under the theme "Rights to Health", examined health issues from a strong human rights perspective.
Public Health Should Promote Co-operative Housing and Cohousing
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Amy Lubik
Tom Kosatsky
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 110, no. 2, April 2019, pp. 121-126
Description
Advocates models of housing based on First Nations’ Longhouses in order to promote social cohesion and combat social isolation. Argues that this strategies would be especially helpful to seniors.
Public Inquiry Commission on Relations between Indigenous Peoples and Certain Public Services in Québec: Listening, Reconciliation and Progress: Final Report
Alternate Title
Commission d'enquête sur les relations entre les Autochtones et certains services publics
Viens Commission
E-Books
Author/Creator
Jacques Viens
Description
Public Inquiry Commission on Relations between Indigenous Peoples and Certain Public Services in Québec: Listening, Reconciliation and Progress: Summary Report
Alternate Title
Commission d'enquête sur les relations entre les Autochtones et certains services publics
Viens Commission
E-Books
Author/Creator
Jacques Viens
Description
Public Mothers: Native American and Métis Women as Creole Mediators in the Nineteenth-Century Midwest
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lucy Eldersveld Murphy
Journal of Women's History, vol. 14, no. 4, Winter, 2003, pp. 142-
Description
Discusses the societal state of Creole women, such as Marinette Chevalier, and the various roles they assumed in their communities.
Public Perceptions and the Importance of Community: Observations from a California Indian Who Has Lived, Learned, and Taught in Indiana, Oklahoma, and Wyoming
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
William J. Bauer Jr.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 27, no. 1/2, Special Issue: Native Experiences in the Ivory Tower, Winter-Spring, 2003, pp. 62-66
Description
Author describes their varying experience attending and teaching at three different Universities, stresses that the perception and treatment of Indigenous people in these institutions is directly related to the institution's engagement with and knowledge of contemporary Indigenous communities.
The Publications of the Carlisle Indian School: Cultural Voices or Pure Propaganda?
Alternate Title
Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication ; 80th, 1997. History Division
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Beth A. Haller
Description
Agues that publications served an advocacy purpose to combat the negative attitudes held by the general public, but only presented what would further cause these attitudes, not the true opinions of students.
Scroll to p. 60 read paper.
Pugtallgutkellriit: Developing Researcher Identities in a Participatory Action Research Collaborative
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sabine Siekmann
Joan Parker Webster
Sally Angass'aq Samson
Catherine Keggutailnguq Moses
Panigkaq Agatha John-Shields ... [et al.]
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 58, no. 1/2, Spring/Summer, 2019, pp. 124-146
Description
Examines a collaborative effort by Indigenous graduate students and non-Indigenous professors on Indigenous community research.
Punishment in Disguise: Penal Governance and Federal Imprisonment of Women
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Dorothy Chunn
Resources for Feminist Research, vol. 30, no. 1-2, Fall/Winter, 2003, pp. 155-158
Description
Book review of: Punishment in Disguise: Penal Governance and Federal Imprisonment of Women in Canada by Kelly Hannah-Moffat.
Punishment vs Healing: How Does Traditional Indian Law Work?
Alternate Title
Justice as Healing: A Newsletter on Aboriginal Concepts of Justice
Punishment versus Healing: How Does Traditional Indian Law Work?
Articles » General
Author/Creator
ÓJames W. Zion
Justice as Healing, vol. 2, no. 3, Fall, 1997, p. [?]
Description
Author states that Canadian and American legal law systems are built on a relationship of superiors to inferiors; are premised on punitive measures, whereas most Indigenous societies are by consensus and equality-based.
Note: This is a sample article from the publication. Subscriptions are available from the Native Law Centre.
"Pushing the Boundaries": Restorative Justice Practice in a First Nations Community
Theses
Author/Creator
Mariam B. Handel
Description
Canadian Plains Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Regina, 2003.
Putting Fishers' Knowledge to Work (Fisheries Centre Research Reports 2002, Volume 11, Number 1)
Documents & Presentations
Description
Overview of the proceedings of conference held in Vancouver, August 27-30, 2001.
"Putting Up Fish": Environment, Work, and Culture in Tlingit Society, 1780s-1940s
Theses
Author/Creator
David Francis Arnold
Description
History Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, Los Angeles, 1997.
Qairnirmiut: The Origins of the Baker Lake Dialect
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Ruby Arngna'naaq (interviewer)
Inuktitut, no. 93, 2003, pp. 78-[?]
Description
Brief history of the development of the dialect.
Qualitative Identification and Characterization of Self-reported Symptoms Arising in Humans during Experimental Exposure to Cold Air
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rita Sjöström
Lars Söderström
Carolina Klockmo
Alexander Patrician
Thomas Sandström ... [et al.]
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 78, no. 1, 2019
Description
Study aims to describe and categorize symptoms experienced by people exposed to cold air. 50 distinct symptoms were reported by 34 participants, symptoms were grouped into ten sub-categories and two major categories; airway versus whole body symptoms.
Qualitative Study of the Use of Traditional Healing By Asthmatic Navajo Families
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David Van Sickle
Frank Morgan
Anne L. Wright
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 11, no. 1, 2003, pp. 1-18
Description
Explores factors influencing use of traditional methods to manage the condition of asthma.