New Directions for Student Services, no. 109, Spring, 2005, pp. 41-48
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Discusses five areas: legal tribal status, funding, students supports, relationship between universities and American Indian nations, and respect for culture and languages.
Visual Anthropology Review, vol. 21, no. 1-2, March 2005, pp. 138-162
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Comments on an exhibition, Proof: Portraits From the Movement, 1978-2003, featuring 67 framed black-and-white photographs plus 67 digital images on a DVD monitor
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 29, no. 3, May/June 2005, pp. 26-27
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Reports on a partnership between the Combined Centres for Rural Health (CUCRH), the Midwest Murchison Population Health Directorate and the (Australia) National Heart Foundation.
Native Studies Review, vol. 5, no. 1, Native Health Research in Canada, 1989, pp. 175-186
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Discusses the views of doctors on the advantages and disadvantages of joint co-operation between traditional practitioners and non-traditional practitioners for a better health care system.
Exhibit of photos taken by Norman Hallendy of Canadian Arctic landscapes, Inuit sacred sites and inuksuit. Site includes a short biography of the photographer, a brief introduction and text commentary.
Side view of Inuk man with hand up to face; two ships in background. "Caption by Dommasch: "BeauDril 40 km off shore, Arctic Ocean, 24 hour watch polar bear monitor". [Near Tuktoyaktuk, NWT.]
Brief discussion of recommendations from five policy papers generated from the Identifying Our Needs: A Survey of Elders about disease prevention efforts, chronic disease management programs, availability of home/community-based long term care services, and availability of health care and other services.
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 96, no. Supplement 1, Aboriginal Health Research and Policy, January-February 2005, pp. S55-S59
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Argues that conditions imposed on personal care homes (PCH) by the Federal government jeopardize culturally appropriate care for a vulnerable segment of the Aboriginal population.
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 44, no. 1, 2005, pp. 1-28
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Concludes that further research should be conducted to explore leadership models that incorporate traditional tribal characteristics of collective action.
Expands on issues effecting policy formation aimed to increase participation of urban Aboriginal people in initiatives and processes of sustainable community development.
Overview of the changes regarding involvement of local people in the process of incorporating indigenous knowledge into resource management decision making.