Compares on-reserve "registered population" and other Canadians in the areas of education, family, health, employment, income and housing. Based on Census data.
Lists title, location of research, principal researcher, etc. for over ninety projects. Divided by topic area: social sciences, traditional knowledge, medical and health, and physical and natural sciences.
Contains links to a series of 24 videos in which Elders, family members and health professions discuss death and end of life care from an Indigenous perspective.
Curriculum Inquiry, vol. 35, no. 1, March 2005, pp. 9-26
Description
Looks at the experiences of two science teachers at tribal schools in the United States, and outlines their struggle with the contradictions of oppression.
Journal of Aboriginal Economic Development, vol. 4, no. 2, Special Edition: The State of the Aboriginal Economy: 10 Years After RCAP, Fall, 2005, pp. 141-142
Description
Argues that small businesses started by Aboriginal peoples are starting to effect the state of the Aboriginal economy, but that an understanding of Aboriginal aspirations, cultures, and ways of living is needed to create a new society combining Aboriginal and Western ideas.
American Journal of Public Health, vol. 95, no. 8, August 2005, pp. 1325-1329
Description
Discusses introducing the pediatric oral health therapist into the tribal health care system as an alternative way to address problems with dental disease and access to care.
Connectivity and Information and Communications Technologies Integration in First Nations Schools: Results from the Information and Communications Technologies in Schools Survey, 2003 / 04
Culture, Tourism and the Centre for Education Statistics Research Papers ; no.34
American Indian Quarterly , vol. 29, no. 1/2, Winter-Spring, 2005, pp. 56-83
Description
Article examines the work of Fred Gone and Mark “Rex” Flying and their use of the Federal Writers’ Project (FWP) to collect and share the stories of the Gros Ventre and Assiniboine communities in Montana in order to tell the histories of their peoples.
Identifies the goals and objectives of managing the mineral resources in Nunavut including: capacity development, environmental stewardship and sustainability, community participation, infrastructure development, business development, and development of an effective approval process.
Paper written for conference "Impact of the Haida and Taku River Decisions". Sponsored by the Pacific Business and Law Institute held January 26-27, 2005 in Vancouver. Summary of court decision and clarification of Aboriginal Rights.