Cross-Cultural Assessment of Psychological Trauma and PTSD
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Author/Creator
John P. Wilson
Description
Looks into the relationship between trauma and culture.
Chapter 1 from Cross-Cultural Assessment of Psychological Trauma and PTSD edited by John P. Wilson and Catherine So-kum Tang.
Comments on the creation of the Saskatchewan First Nation Family and Community Institute and hopes that the institute can stem the flow of children placed into foster care.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 10, no. 5, May 2007, p. 8
Description
Discusses the necessity of an apology, by the government, for the trauma and abuse suffered by Aboriginal Canadians.
Article located by scrolling to page 8.
Peabody Journal of Education, vol. 69, no. 2, Negotiating the Culture of Indigenous Schools, Winter, 1994, pp. 115-139
Description
Reviews programs designed to transition and retain students, with emphasis on experiences of Alaska Natives attending the University of Alaska Fairbanks.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 10, no. 7, July 2007, p. 8
Description
Comments on the fastest growing disease in Canada, the symptoms of the disease, and the importance of taking care of your body.
Article located by scrolling to page 8.
Research Paper (National Centre for First Nations Governance)
Research Paper for the National Centre for First Nations Governance
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Frances Abele
Description
Analysis of the written Act from public administration and political science perspective, without the context of application or important court decisions.
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 23, no. 7, September/October 1994, p. 15
Description
This is the third in an ongoing series of stories on successful First Nations women. Features Lenore Stiffarm who holds a doctorate in Education from Harvard, teaches with the Indian and Northern Education Program (INEP) in Educational Foundations, University of Saskatchewan.
California Law Review, vol. 82, no. 4, July 1994, pp. 981-1049
Description
Describes how the five Confederated Tribes of the Iroquois attempted intercultural communication and encounters between the early sixteenth through late eighteenth centuries with Europeans.
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 14, no. 1, 2007, pp. 44-62
Description
Presents the results of a pilot study on the use of conspiracy beliefs by American Indian (AI) men who have sex with men and their peers to explain the origins of HIV/AIDS.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 10, no. 6, June 2007, p. 22
Description
Looks at a festival set on reviving the dormant Northern Community Literacy Network and to look at literacy issues faced in northern Saskatchewan communities.
Article located by scrolling to page 22.
Data was gathered from women experiencing or at risk for homelessness, service providers, policy makers and program managers. Highlights findings with respect to determinants and impact of homelessness, policy and bureaucratic practice environment, and gaps in service provision. Concludes with 14 recommendations.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 19, no. 2, Summer, 2007, pp. 1-21
Description
Interview with the Chippewa author and professor of English and comparative literature at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 1.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 31, no. 2, Spring, 2007, pp. 310-332
Description
Examines the controversy surrounding the remarks made by Ward Churchill after the attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City on September 11, 2001.