The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 29, no. 1/2, 2009, pp. 309-312
Description
Book review of: Native Americans and the Christian Right: The Gendered Politics of Unlikely Alliances by Andrea Smith.
Scroll to page 309 to read review.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 26, no. 2, 2002, pp. 1-15
Description
Explores how transculturation or a middle ground, one that balances Indigenous and Christian religions, is used as a strategy for defining how religion is dealt with in three books. The three books used are: Linda Hogan’s Mean Spirit, Diane Glancy’s Pushing the Bear, and Sherman Alexie’s Reservation Blues.
[International Conference of Canadian Studies ; 3rd, 2007]
E-Books » Chapters
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Radka Sedláčková
Description
Discusses issues of identity and culture retention experienced by those who relocate to the city.
Chapter from Culture and Ideology: Canadian Perspectives edited by Jelena Novaković and Biljana Dojčinović-Nešić.
Scroll to p. 99 to access chapter.
Website contains media news, the Gigmanag newsletter, and related links and resources. The website also has information about programs on diabetes, drugs & alcohol, employment & training, youth, and general information on Grandmother's house, Nanegkam housing, L'nu fisheries, Ikanawtiket and the Kelewatl Commission.
Program is part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Division of Diabetes Translation. Contains links to Diabetes Projects, National Diabetes Education Program, Publications, Diabetes Education in Tribal Schools, K-12 Curriculum, references, and more.
Report has information about demographics, reservations and land maps, community issues, educational issues, schools types, Indian Education Legislation and Native organizations.
Maclean's, vol. 115, no. 4, January 28, 2002, p. 47
Description
Describes economist John Richards' look at funding and changes necessary such as increasing educational achievements and decreasing reliance on welfare.
Focus of study was to identify priority recruitment and retention needs and provide statistical corroboration that the Association's strategic direction was in line with stakeholders' requirements.
Pimatisiwin, vol. 8, no. 1, Summer, 2010, pp. 1-18
Description
Looks at the Caregiver Ratio Index (CRI), the number of potential caregivers divided by the number of potential frail elders, and its usefulness as a demographic tool.
Focuses on detective narratives. Discusses Street Wolf by Mark Wayne Harris and Dennis Francis, Skinwalker by Nunzio DeFilippis and Christina Weir, and Scalped by Jason Aaron and R. M. Guéra.
Book review of: Native Peoples and Water Rights: Irrigation, Dams, and the Law in Western Canada by Kenichi Matsui.
Scroll down to page 138 to read review.
Listing of materials pertaining to residential schools available at the National Library of Canada. Compiled in conjunction with the exhibition Where are the Children? Healing the Legacy of the Residential Schools.”
Chapter 7 in book: Gender Ironies of Nationalism: Sexing the Nation edited by Tamar Mayer. Discusses customary practices and protection of tribal ceremony.
Scroll down to page 163 to read chapter.