Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 29, no. 3, Fall, 1994, pp. 158-162
Description
Author laments on the decline of major institutions that once defined Canadians in such a way as to bind people together, comments on Canada's image to outsiders, and briefly mentions perspectives on First Nation peoples.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 22, no. 4, July/August 1998, pp. 4-6
Description
Study of 200 Indigenous women aged 18 and over in Western Australia revealed a smoking rate of 49% compared with 28% of the total Australian population.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 22, no. 4, Autumn, 1998, pp. 415-431
Description
Study defines the cultural values and symbols of the Snoqualmie people and then uses the maintenance of these cultural pieces to evaluate the resistance of the Snoqualmie to assimilation.
Continuing Poundmaker & Riel's Quest: Presentations Made at a Conference on Aboriginal Peoples and Justice
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Author/Creator
Con Hnatiuk
pp. 145-149
Description
Article from 1993 Conference proceedings, discussing the financial and social costs that will continue, if changes are not made.
Excerpt from Continuing Poundmaker & Riel's Quest: Presentations Made at a Conference on Aboriginal Peoples and Justice compiled by Richard Gosse, James Youngblood Henderson, Roger Carter.
Doctor of Juridical Science Thesis (S.J.D.)--University of Toronto, 1998.
Develops a framework "for resolution of aboriginal and treaty rights issues in Canadian aboriginal rights jurisprudence." Argues judicial analyses are premised on incorrect assumptions about the Treaty relationship.
Study focused on public spending as it related to Aboriginal recipients of social assistance, unemployment insurance, pensions, family allowances, worker's compensation, harvester's assistance program, and the homeless.
Continuing Poundmaker & Riel's Quest: Presentations Made at a Conference on Aboriginal Peoples and Justice
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Author/Creator
Tim Quigley
Description
Article from 1993 Conference proceedings, discussing the disproportionate and increasing rate of incarceration of Indigenous peoples, contributing factors, disparities in sentencing, fines, bail etc., sentencing circles and the need for change.
Excerpt from Continuing Poundmaker & Riel's Quest: Presentations Made at a Conference on Aboriginal Peoples and Justice compiled by Richard Gosse, James Youngblood Henderson, Roger Carter.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 22, no. 2, March/April 1998, pp. 20-21
Description
Reports on the, Agreement on Aboriginal Health which was signed by the Federal and State Ministers of Health and the Chairperson of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 22, no. 3, Farming and Ranching in Reservation Economies, 1998, pp. 187-214
Description
Looks at the opportunity, afforded Native Americans, to rethink, restructure, and reorganize the political landscape. The authors see these opportunities as a way to reshape the future and nation build.
Looks at Canada's foreign policy and suggests the formation of an Arctic Council which would promote policies and programs for protecting the environment.
Journal of Nutrition, vol. 128, no. 3, March 1998, pp. 541-547
Description
Study examined the relationship between patterns of food intake and fattiness of food preparation and occurrence of the two conditions in northwestern Ontario.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 18, no. 1, 1994, pp. 95-118
Description
Investigates Kenny’s combination of historic, local histories and poetic work and Brant's "insider" perspective on the collective rather than the individual.
Curator's essay from catalogue for the exhibition Native Visions: Evolution in Northwest Coast Art from the Eighteenth Through the Twentieth Century by Steven C. Brown.
Equity & Excellence in Education, vol. 31, no. 1, Special Issue, 1998, pp. 55-68
Description
Looks at a school reform project that studies effective instructional practices for Native American students in the Zuni Public School District, New Mexico.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 18, no. 1, January/February 1994, p. 21
Description
Shows how the mental health of Aboriginal people is a direct result of landlessness, poverty, welfare dependency, vulnerability and the breakdown of Aboriginal law, values and family caused by past and present government policies.
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, [Monograph No. 4, pp.235-249]
Calling From the Rim: Suicidal Behavior Among American Indian and Alaska Native Adolescents
[Centers for American Indian and Alaska Native Health] ; Monograph 4
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Author/Creator
Norma E. Forbes
Description
Comments on the need for a person-by-situation approach to suicide prevention and the further observation of adolescents in the Arctic compared to adolescents in Western industrialized societies.