Looks at data from a participatory action research project to identify and analyze current and future ethical needs associated with conducting psychological research with Aboriginal youth.
Examines the political, social, and economic influences on First Nation and Métis youth’s attitudes toward higher levels of education and career planning; and looks at some of the institutional and policy structures that support or hinder the ability of First Nation and Métis youth to finding pathways that will lead to sustained employment.
Canadian Diversity=Diversitié canadienne, vol. 7, no. 3, One Path, Many Directions: The Complex and Diverse Nature of Contemporary Aboriginal Reality, Fall, 2009, pp. 85-92
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Discusses epidemiology, cost to society and individuals, government commitment, risk factors and socio-economic inequities.
Scroll down to page 85 to read article.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 12, no. 4, April 2009, p. 14
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Looks at the varied career of Patrick Bird and the opportunities he has had in the film and television industry.
Article located by scrolling to page 14.
Pimatisiwin, vol. 7, no. 2, Winter, 2009, pp. 279-289
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Reports findings of a nation wide survey, of American Indian adults, to determine the correlation between food choices, obesity, diabetes, and other chronic conditions.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 12, no. 7, July 2009, p. 10
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Looks at a coast to coast bike tour, by members of Peacekeepers Pedaling for Aboriginal Diabetes (PPAD), to raise awareness of Type 2 Diabetes.
Article located by scrolling to page 10.
Looks at EALÁT, a Reindeer Herders Vulnerability Network Study and project examining reindeer pastoralism of the Sami and climate change.
Duration: 35:34.
Discusses the process of transcription, editorial emendation and re-writing and how it reflects the collaborator's vision of Aboriginality.
Chapter 9 from Creating White Australia edited by Jane Carey and Claire McLisky. Scroll down to read material.
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 20, no. 4, Tribal College Leadership and Vision, Summer, 2009
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Editorial discussing tribal college graduations, the American Indian College Fund, turnover in presidencies at five Tribal Council Universities, and more.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 10, no. 3, 1986, pp. 65-70
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Book reviews of:
Lost and Found Traditions: Native American Art 1965-1985 by Ralph T. Coe.
A Persistent Vision: Art of the Reservation Days by Richard Conn.
The Song of the Loom: New Traditions in Navajo Weaving by Frederick J. Dockstader.
Bill Reid: Beyond the Essential Form by Karen Duffek.
Robes of Power: Totem Poles on Cloth Doreen Jensen and Polly Sargent.
Bill Reid by Doris Shadbolt.
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 6, no. 1, 1986, pp. 105-128
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Reviews Penner Report on self-government claiming it misreads history and fails to take into account the conflict of values between the homo-centric Western-oriented Canadian and the eco-centric First Nations.
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 6, no. 1, 1986, pp. 181-195
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Argues that Aboriginal control of education is essential to address problems and ensure successful integration with social and economic development goals and contends that Universities have a key role in encouraging Aboriginal students to participate in higher education.
Environmental Health Perspectives, vol. 117, no. 3, March 2009, pp. 481-487
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Contends that physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) modeling is a useful tool in the assessment of exposure to persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in infants.
American Quarterly, vol. 61, no. 2, June 2009, pp. 359-381
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Looks at how postnationalist American studies has largely neglected the ongoing colonization of Native America through an analysis of Leslie Marmon Silko’s novel Almanac of the Dead and Shelley Niro’s multimedia installation The Border.
Canadian Journal of Science, Mathematics and Technology Education, vol. 9, no. 3, Special Issue: Indigenous Science Education From Place: Best Practices on Turtle Island, 2009, pp. 154-172
Description
Outlines the mechanisms guiding and informing the development process.