The Legacy of Generations: Pottery by American Indian Women: National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington D.C. October 9, 1997-January 11, 1998
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nancy L. Benco
Museum Anthropology, vol. 22, no. 2, Fall, September 1998, pp. 66-69
Description
Review of an exhibit at the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, DC, which featured more than 150 and 50 ceramic objects created by 28 Native American women.
Agreement will provide consistency and build on treaty relationships, recognize First Nations authority, and provide effective governance and program delivery.
Annual Meeting of the Conference on College Composition and Communication ; 49th, 1998
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Amy Goodburn
Description
Presents letters written by students that were sometimes used as propaganda to promote public awareness about American Indian education.
Paper from the Annual Meeting of the Conference on College Composition and Communication, 1998.
Document which grants application by the members of the Aboriginal Healing Foundation for the Foundation to become incorporated under the Canada Corporations Act.
Book review of: A Life Together, A Life Apart by Bain Attwood, Winifred Burrage, Alan Burrage and Elsie Stokie.
Review located by scrolling to page 268.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 10, no. 3, Series 2; [Special Issue on] Almanac of the Dead, Fall, 1998, pp. [1]-33
Description
Interview with the acclaimed author of Gardens in the Dunes and Almanac of the Dead.
Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 22, no. 2, 1998, pp. 227-259
Description
Includes the story There was an Old Woman Who Lived All Alone and the poems: Jumping through the Hoops of History, Morning Star Children, Sacred Ground, Green Winter at La Push, A Dream of the Beginning Time, and other poems
Health Care for Women International, vol. 19, no. 3, May-June 1998, pp. 205-215
Description
Study explored traditional pregnancy/childbirth beliefs and practices and the relationship between those beliefs and use of contemporary prenatal care.
Book review of: 'Living Under the Act' by Scott L'Oste-Brown, Luke Godwin, Gordon Henry, Ted Mitchell and Vera Tyson.
Review located by scrolling to page 278.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 22, no. 1, January/February 1998, pp. 15-20
Description
Describes the creation of a culturally sensitive diabetes questionnaire for Indigenous Australians. Results indicated a tangible benefit resulting in improved patient outcomes.
Reservation X: The Power of Place in Aboriginal Contemporary Art
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Nancy Marie Mithlo
Description
Comments on an exhibit showcasing four Native American women artists.
Chapter from Reservation X: The Power of Place in Aboriginal Contemporary Art edited by Gerald McMaster.
Infection and Immunity, vol. 66, no. 7, July 1998, pp. 3403-3409
Description
Authors use several typing methods to describe the genetic characteristics and the carriage dynamics of Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) isolates collected prior to and during the vaccination period of Aboriginal infants from the Northern Territory of Australia. Study found high carriage rates of nonencapsulated H. influenzae (NCHi) with concurrent colonization with Hib being common, while also observing NCHi isolates that were genetically similar to Hib.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 18, no. 1, 1998, pp. 19-36
Description
Argues that First Nation subsistence hunters of migratory birds should have an extended period of grace regarding the 1999 ban on the use of lead shot.
Provides information on background of the national survey, recommendations of feasibility study, development Manitoba survey and questionnaire, and presents results of key variables in graphic form.
Cartography in the Traditional African, American, Arctic, Australian, and Pacific Societies
The History of Cartography; vol, 2, bk. 3
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
G. Malcolm Lewis
Description
Attempts to describe Native American ways of representing worlds and landscapes.
Chapter 4 in book: Cartography in the Traditional African, American, Arctic, Australian, and Pacific Societies edited by David Woodward and G. Malcolm Lewis.
Consists of an interview with Margaret Siwallace where she mentions a flood legend of her people. She briefly describes the initital encounter of her people with Alexander MacKenzie.
[Income Research Paper Series (Statistics Canada) ; no. 13]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Maryanne Webber
Description
Examines low income rates based on Low Income Cutoff (LICO) or Low Income Measure (LIM), neither are intended as a poverty line, but they are sometimes used as such.