American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 43, no. 3, [Indigeneity, Feminism, Activism], 2019, pp. 85-94
Description
A discussion on how use of the term "women and 2spirit" has been used to advocate gender issues but is also problematic because it can marginalize transgendered people from larger Indigenous activist causes.
Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies (CAEFS)
Native Women's Association of Canada (NWAC)
Canadian Woman Studies, vol. 26, no. 3/4, Indigenous Women in Canada: the Voices of First Nations, Inuit and Métis Women, Winter/Spring, 2008, pp. 94-104
Description
Paper asserts that the state must take positive and progressive action to eliminate discrimination against marginalized women.
Canadian Woman Studies, vol. 26, no. 3-4, Indigenous Women in Canada: the Voices of First Nations, Inuit and Métis Women, Winter/Spring, 2008, pp. 154-159
Description
Author describes how words define her and cannot be separated from the Aboriginal oral traditions and world view.
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 32, no. 3, Becoming a Healer, Fall, 2008
Description
Highlights the commitment of the Wind River reservation in Wyoming to offer Arapaho language immersion at the elementary school in an effort to keep the language alive for years to come.
Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts, vol. 19, no. 2, 2008, pp. [204-223]
Description
Discusses theme of "Indian" versus "White" identities, intertwining of real-world setting with mythology, and the juxtaposition of biblical and Aboriginal creation stories.
BC Studies , no. 202, Arts, Crafts, and Healing: Understanding Social Citizenship in British Columbia, Summer, 2019, pp. 21-40
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Article uses the Work 2 Give program—which gives incarcerated men the opportunity to create goods and harvest for the Tŝilhqot’in First Nation—as a case study to examine the “healing potential of the arts and therapeutic craft in BC prisons.”
Eagle Feather News, vol. 11, no. 5, May 2008, p. 10
Description
Looks at a partnership developed to help Aboriginal people, both on and off-reserve, have healthier lifestyles.
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BC Studies , no. 200, 50th Anniversary, Winter, 2019, pp. 215-239
Description
Author explore issues surrounding the improvement of Indigenous food security and food sovereignty, noting the traditional and non-traditional market-based food-based practices of Indigenous peoples are simultaneously structured by Indigenous and liberal governmental logics.
Indigenous Affairs, no. 1, Racism, 2001, pp. 32-33
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Short document contains a Declaration of the Indigenous Peoples of the Americas relating to the meeting which took place in December 2000 in Santiago de Chile.
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Worthy Recognition for Several Saskatchewan Natives
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Doug Cuthand
Star-Phoenix, November 28, 2008, p. A11
Description
Discusses the contributions by recipients of the 2008 National Aboriginal Achievement Awards which honor political, scholarly and artistic achievements.
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 110, no. 1, 02 2019, pp. 31-35
Description
Article examines the rates of infection in Canada, noting that most (> 90%) cases of TB are among Indigenous peoples and foreign-born migrants, both groups being poorly positioned to advocate for themselves. Authors recommend a system of monitoring and performance framework to increase the rate elimination.
Journal of Indigenous HIV Research, vol. 10, Winter, 2019, pp. 28-38
Description
Discusses the Weaving our Wisdom (WoW) program's use of land as a healing tool to improve the health of Indigenous people living with HIV and AIDS. The land-based WoW gathering took place at the Wanuskewin Heritage Site.
The Midwest Quarterly, vol. 42, no. 3, Spring , 2001, pp. 320-333
Description
Looks at a few of the problems that writers have created, surveys some of the ways Native Americans have been portrayed and comments on some modern and postmodern fiction.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 20, no. 3, Series 2, Fall, 2008, pp. 1-28
Description
Discusses how Welch's fiction examines links between Aboriginals and non-Aboriginals, and how the two cultures intersect in both positive and negative ways.
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Canadian Woman Studies, vol. 26, no. 3-4, Indigenous Women in Canada: the Voices of First Nations, Inuit and Métis Women, Winter/Spring, 2008, pp. 63-68
Description
Essay illustrates ways in which oral traditions expressed in contemporary forms support the author's scholarly and activist work.
The Lion and the Unicorn, vol. 25, no. 2, April 2001, pp. 226-241
Description
Looks at the surge in publication of Aboriginal writings that resist "white noise," the white telling of black history and experience, and the reclaiming of "Dreaming" stories especially in Children's literature.