Canadian Studies in Population, vol. 31, no. 2, 2004, pp. 179-196
Description
Looks at trends in the fertility rates for North American Indians, Registered Indians, Métis and Inuit peoples and the merging of age patterns between different groups over the past 30 years.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 28, no. 2, March/April 2004, p. 23
Description
Media release reports on two year funding arrangement that includes incentives for general practitioners working in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.
Contends that nature of the relationship between Native American students and their teacher, along with cultural context, can be important factors in academic success and retention .
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 28, no. 3, May/June 2004, pp. 5-7
Description
Describes a collaborative project that gathered Australian Aboriginal peoples' experiences involving the start up of Aboriginal health services in Victoria.
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 16, no. 2, Tribal College Research, Winter, 2004
Description
Book review of: Night is Gone, Day is Still Coming: Stories and Poems by American Indian Teens and Young Adults edited by Annette Piña Ochoa, Betsy Franco and Traci L. Gourdine.
Night Village and the Coming of Men of the Word: The Supernatural as a Source of Meaning among Coastal Sami
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robert Paine
Journal of American Folklore, vol. 107, no. 425, Summer, 1994, pp. 343-363
Description
Discusses a village situated between the nomadic culture of the interior and Norwegian culture of the coast and effects living on that boundary has had on beliefs about supernatural beings.
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 63, no. 4, Special Issue: eHealth, 2004, pp. 448-449
Description
Brief article about National Institute of Health of the United States and the Canadian Institute of Health Research signing a joint agreement to cooperate on issues related to health research.
American Indian Art Magazine, vol. [29], no. [4], Autumn, 2004, pp. 86-105
Description
Discusses George Heye's collection of Northwest Coast metal objects which included masks, rattles, feast spoons, and daggers created for sale as "curios".
Non Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus among Aboriginal North Americans
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Emoke J. E. Szathmáry
Annual Review of Anthropology, vol. 23, October 1994, pp. 457-482
Description
Discusses known factors for diabetes and need for prevention strategies, including difficulties this presents because all the factors responsible for non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus are not yet known.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 16, no. 2, Summer, 2004, pp. 65-73
Description
Discusses elements of Nora Dauenhauer's Life Woven With Song which uses a variety of genres including memoir, essay, fiction, poetry, and autobiographical to reflect the relationship between the Tlingit people and their landscape.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 65.
Survey of half the prison population (64 men in 1993) under federal jurisdiction gathered information on their backgrounds, incarceration history, institutional performance and criminal histories.
Northern Senior Citizens Third Annual Jamboree at Beauval Residential School. Page one: two pictures, one of gift recipient, one of jigging. Page two: seven pictures, one of Beauval Native's Womens Group, one of boat ride, five pictures of people (portraits) in the senior citizens club. Note: the third page is from the next issue of Denosa that corrects an error made in this article.
Canadian Journal of Archaeology, vol. 28, no. 2, 2004, pp. 254-280
Description
Argues data collected from the late 18th through early 20th century shows correlation between spatial and social organization of households and presents evidence of changes in subsistence economics.
Encyclopedia of Medical Anthropology: Health and Illness in the World's Cultures
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Peter H. Stephenson
Steven Acheson
Description
Focuses on the peoples of the northern area of the Northwest Coast including Alaska, Washington, Oregon and British Columbia.
Chapter from Volume 2 of Encyclopedia of Medical Anthropology: Health and Illness in the World's Cultures edited by Carol R. Ember, Melvin Ember.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 18, no. 4, Fall, 1994, pp. 445-[?]
Description
Contends that while contemporary artists acknowledge those who came before, they have developed their own individual styles and the one common thread is their part in environmental, economic, and cultural politics. Article highlights several individual artists.
Postcards of Norway House, Manitoba, past and present. Eight postcards shows historical scenes such as forts, churches and a view of Norway House from 1889. The remaining eight postcards showing modern day scenes like paddlers in a York boat, Aboriginal people posing for camera, and the Paimush Creek Rock Paintings.