Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 26, no. 1, January/February 2002, pp. 3-5
Description
Describes the Health Care Complaints Commission which is in place in New South Wales, Australia to offer recourse to patients who have received less than satisfactory health care.
Complex and Unique HIV / AIDS Epidemic Among Aboriginal Canadians
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ann Silversides
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 175, no. 11, November 21, 2006, p. 1359
Description
Discussion of how opportunistic infections like PCP (Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia), MAC (Mycobacterium avium complex) , CMV (cytomegalovirus), and meningitis have changed since the early days of AIDS.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 18, no. 2, Summer, 2006, pp. 83-104
Description
Explains how Cheyenne text-images including glyphs, pictographs, winter counts, and ledger books helped sustain a unique literature form and present a legitimate alternative to European defined literacy.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 83.
Co-Operative Partnerships in Teacher Education: Proceedings of the 31st Annual ATEE Conference, October 21-25 2006, Portorož,, Slovenia
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jane McCarthy
Virginia Usnick
Larry Wallen
Description
Describes partnership to enhance student learning through linking traditional values and philosophy, improved professional teacher practice and increased parental involvement.
Comments on public artworks by artist Edgar Heap of Birds, including a video presentation at Times Square and a large installation for the Denver Art Museum.
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 45, no. 2, 2006, pp. 77-88
Description
Discussion of the workshop Improving Academic Performance Among American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian Students, including major issues, challenges, solutions and summary.
Protocol is comprised of six key principles: self-determination and inclusion in all stages of the research process; acting in good faith; understanding determinants of health; recognition of culture and vision and culturally-grounded research and solutions; respect for local peoples and their ways of knowing, Elders and ancestral understandings; and incorporating Two-Eyed Seeing into process.
Goals of the conference were to share stories, discuss what is being done and what can be done in Aboriginal communities and discuss plans and priorities for lasting change with each other and government leaders. Conference held March 13-15, 2006.
Discusses the history of American archaeology in conflict with Native Americans specifically the battle for Kennewick Man/The Ancient one and solutions to the conflict.
Connecting Remote Populations to Public Health: The Case for a Digital Immunization Information System in Nunavut
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lindsay A. Wilson
Barry Pakes
Malia S. Q. Murphy
Katherine M. Atkinson
Cameron Bell ... [et al.]
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 76, 2017, p. article no. 1358566
Description
Looks at the the set up of an immunization information system (IIS) to record data in hopes of helping with contact management and preventing vaccine-preventable disease outbreaks.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 14, no. 4, Series 2, Winter, 2002, pp. [79]-80
Description
Brief short story titled Conquistadors by Stephen Graham Jones, which is told in one very long sentence.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
Aboriginal Policy Studies, vol. 6, no. 2, 2017, pp. 120-131
Description
Focuses on development of doctrine of Aboriginal rights by the courts since the 1982 amendment and defining who constitutes the "Métis people" in section 35.
American Studies International, vol. 40, no. 3, October 2002, pp. 46-56
Description
Comments on stereotypical images found in books, toys, games, etc. and the artists who are deconstructing these images by infusing their cultural diversity into their work.
Rural and Remote Health, vol. 6, no. 560, July 19, 2006, pp. 1-12
Description
Study uses demographics and consultation content to compare primary care services offered between Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services and Townsville Aboriginal and Island Health Service.
Transmotion, vol. 3, no. 2, December 6, 2017, pp. 1-29
Description
Literary criticism article discusses themes of survivance and transmotion in Vizenor’s (1978) and Jones’ (2000) debut novels, considers contexts of postmodernism and carceral theory, and the generational difference between the two authors.
Teacher resource with links to a wide variety of topics such as health, women, self-government, and residential schools. Includes suggested grade level, student questions/activities and list of additional resources for each topic.
Book review of The Contemporary Coast Salish edited by Bruce Granville Miller and Darby C. Stapp.
Entire review section on one pdf. To access this review scroll to p. 158.
Regional Northern Identity: From Past to Future, International Research Conference ; 2006
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Torunn Pettersen
Description
Focuses on lack of Sami demographical knowledge, its importance, the reasons, and the role of Sami identity.
Paper presented at the Regional Northern Identity: From Past to Future, International Research Conference.