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.
Case comment on Brown v Canada (Attorney General), the class action suit in Ontario involving the removal of children from their families on reserve, and placing them with non-Indian adoptive families, and foster and group homes. At issue was whether the Federal government had breached fiduciary or common law duties to prevent loss of identity in post-placement period.
West Coast Line, vol. 41, no. 1, Representations of Murdered and Missing Women, Spring, 2007, pp. 26-31
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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.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 41, no. 1, 2017, pp. 33-46
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Reports on results of focus group discussions with 51 Ojibwe, Sioux and Winnegabo participants. Found that bans were unpopular and widely resisted due to sense of freedom associated with smoking, lenient attitudes, culture-bound perceptions, and receiving mixed messages.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 22, no. 4, July/August 1998, pp. 4-6
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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.
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 3, no. 2, Special Issue: Adolescent Development, Mental Health, and Promising Research Directions , 2007, pp. 52-55
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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
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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.
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 51, no. 1, Destabilizing Canada / Le Canada déstabilisé, Winter, 2017, pp. 37-63
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Analyzes representations of activities associated with the Idle No More movement in editorial and commentary of sections in the Globe and Mail and the National Post.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 22, no. 4, Autumn, 1998, pp. 415-431
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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.
International Handbook of Research on Indigenous Entrepreneurship
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Birger Winsa
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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
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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
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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.
Girlhood Studies, vol. 10, no. 2, Summer, 2017, pp. 97-113
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Discusses how the technology, particularly Facebook, has increasingly become a tool to recruit and keep underage girls in the sex trade. Research conducted with 19 staff members of Prince Albert Outreach and 5 survivors indicated the importance of recognizing early signs of exploitation so that intervention could take place, family-based prevention and education, and using survivors as educators.