Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 53, no. 1, Winter, 2019, pp. 27-47
Description
Examines the discourse around two different contested pipeline projects; discusses rhetorical elements including the difference between “claimed” and “government sanctioned” spaces, and whether the perspectives are consistent with or counter to mainstream perspectives. Highlights the differences in worldviews, understandings of cause and effect, and conceptualizations of time and space and the role these differences play.
Arctic, vol. 72, no. 2, June 19, 2019 , pp. 166-180
Description
Authors examine the existing guidelines for building research relationships in Arctic communities; they note the current guidelines are action centered and suggest that researchers also need a series of skills, attitudes and personal attributes if they are to be successful in building community relationships.
[Saskatoon Aboriginal Community Action Plan (SACAP)?]
Description
Handbook developed to provide guidance and practical options for those trying to improve Indigenous workforce recruitment and retention rates. Based on a series of workshops and consultations which included some of city's largest First Nations and Métis and non-Indigenous employers, employment, education and training institutions, business associations and community organizations.
Proceedings of the 2017 Northern, Rural, and Remote Health conference
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Michael Jong
Ivar Mendez
Robert Jong
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 78, no. 2, Collaborative approaches to wellness and health equity in the Circumpolar North..., 2019
Description
Authors assert that the Telehealth communication technologies could facilitate higher quality health services delivery in rural and remote communities while reducing costs of service provision; suggest increasing use and provide recommendations for doing so.
Annual Meeting of the International Conference on Sustainable Development ; 2019
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Lateisha Ugwuegbula
Darlene Coyle
Alexander Wightman
Description
Argues that fragmentation of jurisdiction and lack of coordination over different levels of government has led to gaps, uncertainty about responsibility, problems with accountability, and failure to protect source water. Further argues that the current model of using watershed management agencies is inadequate and government should be moving to Integrated Water Resource Management, which is a more inclusive and holistic approach.
Arctic, vol. 72, no. 3, September 10, 2019, pp. 215-228
Description
Community-centered project which investigates the effects of the rapidly changing Arctic environment on Iñupiaq and Yupik language speakers and the language itself.
Included five information gathering activities: review of peer-reviewed and grey literature web-based public information; review of federal funding grants awarded between 2014 and 2019; key informant interviews; participation at the Tribal Opioid Conference in 2019; and roundtable session with the Center for Disease Control's Center for State, Tribal, Local and Territorial Support tribal recipients.
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education , vol. 30, no. 3, The Community Garden, Spring, February 17, 2019, p. [?]
Description
Profiles the College of the Muscogee Nation’s (CMN’s) focus on sustainable food sovereignty, its community garden, and it’s programming to teach traditional agricultural practices.
AlterNative, vol. 15, no. 3, September 2019, pp. 243-252
Description
Author argues that Indigenous ethics education in Solomon Islands focuses on shaping and sustaining the character of people as members of a family and clan; suggests that character embedded ethics include a strong sense of clan-based citizenship, temperance, and spiritual existence.
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 5, no. 2, 1985, pp. 167-175
Description
Reviews the historical accuracy of short stories by Simon Ortiz and Leslie Silko that are both based on the same murder case involving a policeman and two brothers from Acoma Pueblo Reservation in New Mexico in 1952.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 43, no. 1, Winter , 2019, pp. 74-100
Description
Uses Elizabeth Archuleta’s (Yaqui) “ethos of responsibility” as a framework for considering the #NoDAPL Movement; discusses the relationships between Indigenous women water protectors, Indigenous feminisms, Indigenous rhetorics, and Dakota/Lakota/Nakota history and worldviews.
Journal of Indigenous Social Development, vol. 8, no. 1, 2019, pp. 1-18
Description
Discusses the absence of Indigenous ways of knowing and Indigenous worldviews in contemporary initiatives to lower the number of Indigenous children in the child welfare system. Presents two examples of Indigenous led initiatives and the evaluation of their impacts; stresses the need for intercultural, collaborative research that engages Indigenous communities.
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 26, no. 1, 2019, pp. 1-32
Description
Report uses qualitative, community-based participatory research method to evaluate a program designed to empower Indigenous youth. Highlights social, familial, and cultural aspects of the program that were found to be most impactful; recommends extending similar programming to other Indigenous communities.
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 78, no. 1, 2019
Description
Study of 20 participants assesses the effectiveness of a telemedicine programme in managing the remote diagnosis, treatment, and recovery of concussion patients. At the study’s conclusion 90% of participants met criteria for clinical recovery and close to $41 000 of treatment cost had been avoided.
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 26, no. 3, 2019, pp. 1-20
Description
Study examines the outcomes of a strengths-based Entrepreneurship Education program conducted with Aboriginal youth and articulates how a participant’s baseline socio-demographic, socio-cultural, and family/household characteristics are shown to influence outcomes.
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 14, no. 1, Physical Activity and Cultural Safety, May 28, 2019, pp. 29-41
Description
Study uses a survey and a focus group to assess the effectiveness of the Indigenous Relationship and Cultural Safety (IRCS) courses mandated for Indigenous Services Canada (ISC) nurses; and the online, modulated format for its delivery.
The Rural and Native Housing Programs Evaluation Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Program Evaluation Division
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation
Description
Report addressed five issues: continuing need, achievement of objectives, effectiveness of delivery, cost and cost-effectiveness compared to other options, and viability of housing kits as an alternative to regular program.
Looks at different sources of market and government capital made available to Indigenous economies from 1975 to 2013. Research shows that conventional market sources of capital have overtaken government transfers as main source of economic development capital.
In Education, vol. 25, no. 2, 10th Anniversary Online Special Issue: Teaching in the 21st Century Intercultural/Multilingual/Multi, Autumn, 2019, pp. 73-90
Description
Author examines teacher practicums set in Northern Communities as potential opportunities to disrupt colonial narratives, create an understanding of place-based and land-based learning, and to inform ethical and inclusive education practices.
Review of 591 resources, primarily journal articles. Topics include: prevention and education; testing and diagnosis; disease management and clinical care; workforce development; enabling environments; research, evaluation, and surveillance; priority populations; research gaps; as well as a domain summary.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 4, no. 2/3, Series 2 , Summer/Fall, 1992, pp. 136-144
Description
Discusses the various literary influences of Alex Posey and his strong sense of humor.
Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 4, no. 2/3, Series 2, Summer/Fall, 1992, pp. 161-180
Description
Discusses the relationship between Mourning Dove and L.V. McWhorter and their commitment to write about the preservation of Indian culture.
Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
As part of the Ithaca S+R report When Research is Relational researchers interviewed seven Indigenous Studies (IS) scholars at Northwestern University. Findings indicated that the Library and the University could improve supports for IS scholars in areas of: Interdisciplinary Studies, Making & Maintaining Connections, Collections and Archives and Data, Publishing and Sharing.
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 100, no. 3, September 2019, pp. 398-438
Description
Discusses how Department of Indian Affairs (DIA) Secretary (1936-52), Thomas Robert Loftus (T.R.L.) MacInnes created and used racializing narratives to respond to Indigenous peoples’ resistance to assimilation and promoted “Indian executions” as a means to address “the problem.”