International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 5, no. 1, 2014, pp. 1-24
Description
Study shows implementation of pan-Aboriginal strategies will not address existing health inequities and suggests ways to improve health services and policies.
American Journal of Public Health, vol. 104, no. S3, Supplement 3, June 2014, pp. S446-S452
Description
Research shows improvements of infectious disease death rates are possible and suggests further studies to identify high-risk groups are needed to develop intervention strategies.
International Journal of the Sociology of Language, vol. 230, 2014, pp. 115-140
Description
Looks at the status of the Cree-speaking communities in Northern Alberta, which is argued is its own distinct dialect called Northern Cree, and the challenges they face ahead to maintain their language's relevance and prestige.
New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, vol. 2014, no. 142, Health and Wellness Concerns for Racial, Ethnic, and Sexual Minorities, Summer, 2014, pp. 37-47
Description
Looks HIV/Aids within the context of Canadian reserve system, effects of Indian Residential schools, and risky behaviors.
Injury-related health services usage (hospitalizations and visits to emergency rooms) and mortality were calculated and compared to the general population of Alberta
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 26, no. 4, Indigenous Performance 2, Winter, 2014, pp. 1-18
Description
Script for performative keynote address given at In the Balance: Indigeneity, Performance, Globalization symposium held at Royal Holloway College/University Notre Dame in London October 25, 2013.
Scroll down to page 1 to read performed essay.
Native Social Work Journal, vol. 9, Special Edition In Celebration of the 25th Anniversary of the School of Indigenous Relations, February 2014, pp. 83-91
Description
Surveys provide key results to help improve the curriculum and the content of courses in the Aboriginal Native Social Work program.
Entire issue on one pdf. Scroll down to page 83 to read article.
A typed copy of Inspector Francis Dickens's North West Mounted Police journal from Fort Pitt in 1885. Recounts the events of the Resistance, the skirmish and subsequent abandonment of Fort Pitt by Dickens who was in command of the installation when hostilities broke out.
In Education, vol. 19, no. 3, [Indigenous Education] in Education, Pt. 2, Spring, 2014, pp. 3-16
Description
Study acknowledges the importance of Aboriginal education and notes the challenges involved with offering such programming in an urban educational environment.
Chronic Diseases and Injuries in Canada, vol. 34, no. 2-3, July 2014, pp. 82-93
Description
Studied self-inflicted and assault-related injuries by age group, sex, and cause of injury. Used records from the Discharge Abstract Database in areas with more than 33% of residents reporting Aboriginal identity in the 2006 Census.
Group photo taken on the grounds of Fort Pitt, NWT. Numbered from L to R: 1. Fire Sky Thunder; 2. Sky Bird (Big Bear's son); 3. Natoose; 4. Napasis; 5. Big Bear; 6. Angus McKay (HBC); 7. Dufrain (HBC cook); 8. L. Goulet; 9. Stanley Simpson (HBC); 10. Alex McDonald; 11. Rowley; 12. Corp. Sleigh (NWMP); 13. Edmond; 14. Henry Dufrain.
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 53, no. 3, Examining and Applying Safety Zone Theory: Current Policies, Practices, and Experiences, 2014, pp. 42-62
Description
Describes students' reactions to dealing with two conflicting academic classroom spaces: one course taught from an Indigenous perspective (Native American literature), the other from a Eurocentric (American history).
Internal Colonialism and Indigenous Resource Sovereignty: Wind Power Developments on Traditional Sami Lands
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rebecca Lawrence
Environment and Planning. D, Society & Space, vol. 32, no. 6, December 2014, pp. 1036-1053
Description
Looks at history of the dispute and three discourses: ownership of 'Crown", renewable energy and environmental stewardship, and colonial justifications for exclusion of Sami interests.
The Internationalisation of Indigenous Rights: UNDRIP in the Canadian Context: Special Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Terry Mitchell
Ken Coates
Cairin Holroyd
Yvonne Boyer
Thierry Rodon ... Bonita Beatty ... [et al.]
Description
Members of the Internationalization of Indigenous Rights
Research Group report on various aspects of Canada's failure to fully implement the United Nations Declaration on Human Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
[Northern Territory Bar Association 2014 Dili Timor Leste Conference Papers]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Judith Kelly
Description
Paper given at the NTBA Dili Conference, July 10- 12, 2014 in association with the School of Law, [Charles Darwin University: 'Common Issues: Common Solutions'.]
Based on discussion held at the 2013 RCIS Conference, Immigration and Settlement: Precarious Futures?", May 15-17, Ryerson University, Toronto. Comments on contradictions of colonial domination regarding immigration and settlement.
Decolonization, vol. 3, no. 1, Indigenous Art, Aesthetics and Decolonial Struggle, 2014, pp. 225-231
Description
Mixed media artist Tom GreyEyes talks about his art being political messages coming from the Indigenous perspective on colonialism, decolonization and protest.