"He Reached across the River and Healed the Generations of Hara": Structural Violence, Historical Trauma, and Healing among Contemporary Whanganui Maori
Theses
Author/Creator
Tarapuhi Bryers-Brown
Description
Cultural Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--Victoria University of Wellington, 2015.
Image of Captain John French, killed at Batoche. On back of photo: "An old French halfbreed, named Ross, was standing at the corner of a house nearly opposite Batoche's house, and fired the fatal shot, then made a run for cover, but paid the penalty for shooting French just before reading it."
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 22, no. 1, 2015, pp. 42-76
Description
Study finds compelling evidence for sustaining a program that delivers positive reinforcement to Native American youth resulting in reduced rates of substance abuse.
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 10, no. 2, Valuing Indigenous Peoples in Health Research, 2015, pp. 33-50
Description
Reports on bias in healthcare provider's assessment interfering with effective pain care for Indigenous patients and the need for improvement in cultural awareness.
Acta Paediatrica, vol. 104, no. 1, January 2015, pp. 75-83
Description
Study covering grades 6-12 found lower health-related quality of life (HRQOL) for Sami than Swedish children. A high degree of ethnicity-related negative treatment may partially explain the lower HRQOL.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 6, no. 3, September 1982, pp. 4-6
Description
Describes the use of the Weight-for-Height Wallchart which assists health workers with an easy way how to measure children's progress using visual cues.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 6, no. 3, September 1982, pp. 7-9
Description
New health worker team in northern Queensland, Australia discusses learning about European medicine while still employing, 'bush medicine' treatments using locally sourced ingredients.
Human Animal Interaction Bulletin, vol. 1, no. 1, June 2015, pp. 52-75
Description
Case study involving the Saskatchewan-based Cartier Equine Learning Center and the White Buffalo Youth Inhalant Treatment Centre program located on the Sturgeon Lake First Nation.
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 39, no. 1, Les Inuit au Labrador méridional / Inuit in Southern Labrador, 2015, pp. 201-224
Description
Presents cultural heritage under eight headings: way of life, migratory practices, residential group, sod house, seal and market economy, transportation, and sealskin clothing and accessories.
Consists of an interview where she gives a general account of her working life, difficulties encountered with the Children's Aid Society and its role in the disruption of the nuclear family.
Canadian Journal of History, vol. 50, no. 3, Since Skyscapers: New Histories of Native-Newcomer Relations ..., Winter, 2015, pp. 492-523
Description
Commission looked into the Royal Canadian Mounted Police's killing of sled dogs during the 1950s and 1960s. Focuses on how the inquiry combined written research with oral testimony to produce its final report.
Reconciliation through Indigenous Education: Unit 2 Introduction
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Jan Hare
Description
Introduces the topic of the history of residential schools in Canada and provides strategies and resources for teaching this topic. Unit 2 of 6.
Duration: 24:40.
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 26, no. 3, Global Indigenous Higher Education, Spring, 2015, pp. 38-41
Description
Looks at influencing factors that helped create postsecondary institutions and the establishment of the Saskatchewan Indian Federated College in Saskatchewan.
"Comprising a full and impartial account of the origin and progress of the war ... scenes in the field, the camp, and the cabin; including a history of the Indian tribes of North-Western Canada," including chapters about Poundmaker.
AIDS and Behavior, vol. 19, no. 9, September 2015, pp. 1720-1734
Description
Searched Medline, Embase and Web of Science for information on four countries: Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States. Risk factors included childhood abuse, domestic violence, discrimination, and substance use.
BC Studies, no. 187, These Outer Shores: Archaeological Insights into Indigenous Lifeways Along the Exposed Coasts of Bri, Autumn, 2015, pp. 51-84
Description
Compares occupational sites on Zayas, Dundas, Baron, Dunira and Melville islands, Northern Tsimshian traditional territory to mainland occupation sites around Prince Rupert Harbour.