Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 24, no. 4, July/August 2000, pp. 23-25
Description
Statistics show that Indigenous Australians are roughly 9 times more at risk of developing end-stage renal failure than all other Australians. Studies suggest that problems can begin in infancy.
Examines information gathered through interviews with shelter directors pertaining to the necessary changes in the delivery of services in regards to the needs of abused Native women.
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 22, no. 4, April 1993, p. 15
Description
Conference explores the topic and makes recommendations to be presented at the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) 1993 World Conference on Human Rights in Vienna, Austria.
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 13, no. 2, 1993, pp. 309-325
Description
Book review of: Native Liberty, Crown Sovereignty: The Existing Aboriginal Right of Self-Government by Bruce Clark and review of the article Claims to Territory in Colonial America in the book The Law of Nations and the New World by L. C. Green and Olive P. Dickason.
Canadian Journal of Criminology, vol. 42, no. 3, July 2000, pp. 412-420
Description
Commentary on the decision on s. 718 of the Criminal Code, aimed at reducing the over-representation of Aboriginal peoples in the prison system by using alternate sentencing methods.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 12, no. 4, Series 2, Winter, 2000, pp. [65]-90
Description
Discusses Silko's major texts and argues that they can be understood within historical webs, which in turn prompts an examination of the ethical and political choices involved in historical process and textual analysis.
Conference proceedings (Australian Institute of Criminology) ; no. 20
Without Consent: Confronting Adult Sexual Violence: Proceedings of a Conference Held 27-29 October, 1992
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Author/Creator
Carol Thomas
Description
Presents number of factors that need to be considered when developing appropriate strategies to deal with needs of Aboriginal women.
Presented at Without Consent: Confronting Adult Sexual Violence, conference sponsored by the Australian Institute of Criminology.
Assistant Deputy Ministers' Committee on Prostitution and the Sexual Exploitation of Youth
Description
Discusses concerns Aboriginal communities have about sexual exploitation of their children and youth and the need for this issue to be addressed by the community and the government.
Institutional Issues: Pupils, Schools and Teacher Education
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Jane Pearce
Description
Explores how 36 teachers and student teachers rose to the challenges.
Chapter 2 from Institutional Issues: Pupils, Schools and Teacher Education, Volume 2 of Education, Culture and Values edited by Mal Leicester, Celia Modgil, and Sohan Modgil.
Chapter located by scrolling to page 14.
Based on responses to questionnaire about knowledge of self-government, sources of information, and community's readiness for transition to self-government.