Discusses aspects of economic development in Canada as they relate to Aboriginal communities, including barriers to success, factors that contribute to success and a need for new approaches.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 10, no. 2, February 2007, p. 19
Description
Introduces Zane Hansen, Saskatchewan Indian Gaming Authority president and chief executive officer, including his employment history and education background.
Article located by scrolling to page 19.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 10, no. 3, March 2007, p. 1
Description
Comments on the many mysterious disappearances of Aboriginal women over the years and one woman's quest for finding her mother.
Article located on page 1.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 4, no. 1-2, 1980, pp. 51-95
Description
Looks at narrations recorded by Constenla Umaña while interviewing Doña Isolina de Gonzalez and Don Espiritu Santo Maroto. Text of stories in Spanish and Boruca.
Discusses six "faces" of traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) including, factual observations, management systems, past and current land uses, ethics and values, culture and identity, and cosmology.
West Coast Line, vol. 41, no. 1, Representations of Murdered and Missing Women, Spring, 2007, pp. 26-31
Description
Discussion of a photograph and what the image depicts of an unfair and exploitive economic system and the realities of the lives of women working in the factories of Juárez.
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 3, no. 2, Special Issue: Adolescent Development, Mental Health, and Promising Research Directions , 2007, pp. 52-55
Description
Argues that a holistic approach, coupled with Aboriginal healthcare professionals, was necessary for an effective smoking prevention program for youth.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 10, no. 6, June 2007, p. 18
Description
Comments on a ceremony held to reintroduce culture and bring awareness to a community with a long history of violence, gangs and drugs.
Article located by scrolling to page 18.
International Handbook of Research on Indigenous Entrepreneurship
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Author/Creator
Birger Winsa
Description
Looks at the relationship between language policies, social capital and cultural and economic development in a multilingual region.
Chapter 21 from International Handbook of Research on Indigenous Entrepreneurship edited by Léo-Paul Dana and Robert B. Anderson.
Entire e-book on one pdf. To access chapter, scroll to page 257 or select chapter 21 on side bar.
Tourism Management, vol. 28, no. 3, June 2007, pp. 917-919
Description
Examines issues related to data collection for tourism by examining the reliability and validity of results of exit surveys especially when related to cross cultural factors.
Indigenous Affairs, no. 4, Social Suffering, 2007, pp. 30-37
Description
Looks at statistical data to determine suicide rates are higher among young Inuit men than women, of the same age, and of their peers in Denmark, southern Canada and United States.
To access this article, scroll down to page 30.
Challenges the fact that communication or solicitation for the purpose of sex, otherwise known as prostitution, is illegal and yet is so open, with 14 escort agencies listed in Saskatoon and 17 in Regina.