Brief discussion of ten areas which have been underdeveloped in the urban context: consultation, community access and decision-making; community ethical review; intellectual property rights and data management, data gathering, storytelling and consent-seeking; capacity building and mentorship; nurturing authentic research relationships; multi-sited and multi-jurisdictional research; and self-determination, sovereignty and community empowerment.
Discusses historical and contemporary reasons for migration to urban centres, the lack recognition of an urban presence based on the belief that identity and cities are incompatible because Indigeneity is solely defined by a relationship to the land, and how this attitude, coupled with government policy, has resulted in the lack of culturally appropriate supports and services available.
Open Women's Health Journal, vol. 4, What We Have Known About Community Characteristics, Birth Outcomes and Infant Mortality among Aborig, 2010, pp. 25-31
Description
Looks at the differences in rural versus urban birth and infant outcomes for Indigenous peoples in Quebec.
Reports on results of survey of housing providers conducted between the end of December 2018 and March 2019; explains the changing demographics of Indigenous populations; and gives the background to the Urban Native Housing Program and the Rural and Native Housing Programs and discusses the implications of the expiry of Operating Grants under them.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 43, no. 3, [Indigeneity, Feminism, Activism], 2019, pp. 95-118
Description
Uses cases studies from Nicaragua and South Africa to compare colonization and imperialistic practices and how these experiences helped with the formation of what the author describes as Indigenous internationalist feminism.
International Journal of the Commons, vol. 4, no. 1, February 2010, p. 36–55
Description
Looks at two joint ventures ability or inability to contribute the extra dimensions of development in forest management desired by Aboriginal communities.
American Indian Language Development Institute: Thirty Year Tradition of Speaking From Our Heart
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Stacey I. Oberly
Description
Case study using the Ute Reference Grammar.
Chapter from American Indian Language Development Institute: Thirty Year Tradition of Speaking From Our Heart edited by Candace K. Galla, Stacey Oberly, G.L. Romero, Maxine Sam, Ofelia Zepeda.
Looks at how the Yekooche First Nation used the viable cluster-based learning approach effectively to maximizing the use of learning technologies to support collaborative, project-based learning and community-wide development.
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 26, no. 2, The Collaborative Research Center for American Indian Health’s Partnership River of Life, 2019, pp. 123-133
Description
Study of 60 young Indigenous mothers examines the association between setting and attaining goals and indicators of health behavior change. After six month of intervention it was found that goal attainment was not significantly associated with behavior change despite participants exhibiting confidence in completing goals and increased sense of agency.
Arctic, vol. 69, no. 4, December 2016, pp. 435-436
Description
Book review: Utkuhikšalingmiut Uqauhiitigut Uqauhiliurut. Dictionary of Utkuhiksalingmiut Inuktitut Postbase Suffixes Jean L. Briggs, Alana Johns and Conor Cook.
American Antiquity, vol. 75, no. 2, April 2010, pp. 217-220
Description
Response to Robert McGhee's simplification and mischaracterization of Indigenous archaeology in a 2008 article, focusing on three main points of contention: insufficient sampling, caricature, and questionable treatment of colonialism and notions of "Aboriginalism".
Arctic Anthropology , vol. 47, no. 1, 2010, pp. 39-56
Description
Examines the social aspects of the mixed economy involving polar bears and how interconnected the monetary economy, subsistence economy, and cultural ideology are in Inuit society.
A total of 495 survey respondents were Indigenous, representing 39% of the population, and proportion was higher for unsheltered (46%) than sheltered (34%). Snapshot was taken March 13, 2019.
Recounts several incidences of murdered and missing Aboriginal women. Statistics show 4.5 out of every 100,000 Indigenous women are killed by homicide.
Jury recommendations resulting from inquest into the deaths of seven youths from remote communities attending school in Thunder Bay.
Verdict Explanation.
Very Good Medicine: Indigenous Humour and Laughter
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Author/Creator
Cynthia Lindquist Mala
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 27, no. 4, Good Medicine, Summer, May 1, 2016, pp. [28-31,7]
Description
Brief article discusses how laughter contributes to good health and the role humour plays in Indigenous culture, Includes quotes from Dakota comedian Mylo Redwater Smith.
Explains free, prior and informed consent (FPIC) in the context of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the term "veto" by the Supreme Court.
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 30, no. 1, 2010, pp. 83-116
Description
Looks at the experiences of the Fort Albany First Nation during the Environmental Assessment process of the proposed Victor Diamond Mine and reflects on associated social justice issues.
International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, vol. 8, no. 2, [Indigenous Health Special Issue], 2010, pp. 390-407
Description
Comments on a concept entitled "wise practices" introduced through the Canadian Aboriginal Aids Network (CAAN) based on the Seven Sacred Values (courage, honesty, humility, respect, truth, wisdom, love)
Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology, vol. 25, no. 4, December 2010, pp. 317-342
Description
Looks at the research on dementia and the relationships between the community and the health care system, from the perspectives of First Nation peoples.
International Journal of Child and Adolescent Resilience, vol. 4, no. 1, 2016, pp. 48-63
Description
Reviews eight articles, most focussing on interventions using Cognitive Behavioral Therapy model. Results support using traditional cultural activities in treatments.
Panel discussion about government accountability and the forthcoming inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women and efforts to strengthen community-based responses. to violence.
Duration: 2:16:01.
Includes toolkit to help with workshop templates for environmental violence teach-ins, resources for healing and traditional land-based medicines, and community health assessments.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 40, no. 1, 2016, pp. 19-32
Description
Looks at settler colonialism and the 1850 Act for the Government and Protections of Indians paving the way for victimization and criminalization of American Native women.
GLQ: A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies, vol. 16, no. 1-2, 2010, pp. 157-181
Description
Discusses the construction of two-spirit identities, and the theme of division in three contemporary narrative films, showing how they continue to mirror the ongoing legacy of settler colonialism.