Awarding-Winning Novelist on the Link Between Residential Schools and the Devastation of Native Suicide
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Author/Creator
Joseph Boyden
Maclean's, vol. 123, no. 25/26, July 5, 2010, pp. 20-23
Description
Award-winning novelist believes that there is a direct correlation between the high Aboriginal youth suicide-rate and the legacy of residential schools.
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 69, no. 4, September 2010, pp. 361-372
Description
Comments on the increase of hypertension as a growing health challenge in Nunavik due to a population believed to have a predisposition for cerebrovascular disease.
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 33, no. 1, Connecting to Spirit in Indigenous Research, 2010, pp. 137-155
Description
Explores the writer's use of narrative inquiry, autoethnography, and Indigenous research paradigms to address her research on Indigenous spirituality and her journey with learning the Cree language.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 5, no. 3, Series 2, Fall, 1993, pp. 43-51
Description
Presents a conversation between Gerald Vizenor, Rodney Simard, Lavonne Mason, and Julie Abner that took place on May 1, 1993.
Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
Canadian Woman Studies, vol. 28, no. 2/3, Spring, 2010, pp. 63-70
Description
Using the photovoice approach with twelve Aboriginal breast cancer survivors in Saskatchewan to argue the need for more research on the effects of race, gender, and class on cancer care and experiences.
University of the Fraser Valley Research Review, vol. 2, no. 2, Through Students Eyes: Selected Papers from the Stó:lō Ethnohistory Field School, Spring, 2009, pp. [73]-94
Description
Traces history of welfare, Aboriginal people and perceptions of stigma.
Examines how the traditional activities of the Yukaghirs are determined by the landscape they inhabit and how their identity has managed to survive because of these traditional activities.
Discusses today's Aboriginal writing in Canada at the I'POYI Aboriginal Writers' Gathering, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, March 26-27, 2009.
Duration: 9:02.
I'POYI Aboriginal Writers Gathering ; March 27, 2009
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Troy Emory Twigg
Description
Dancer reads an article he wrote, A Story of an Entry at Union Station, How Ancient Memories Travel Through the Blood, Peter Chen and Me, and then performs a dance.
Duration: 21:42.
Canadian Dimension, vol. 43, no. 1, January/February 2009, pp. 48-50
Description
Comments that while there have been some positive changes in Aboriginal education in the past 25 years, the retention rate of Aboriginal students is still low.
International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, vol. 8, no. 2, [Indigenous Health Special Issue], April 2010, pp. 362-373
Description
Contends that a Community Based/Tribally Based Participatory approach (CBPR/TPR) was the best practice approach and was congruent with the community's Tribal culture.
Journal of Ecotourism, vol. 8, no. 2, June 2009, p. 99–114
Description
Looks at identifying the attributes of tourism experiences, interest in Aboriginal tourism activities, topics and experiences, and potential markets for Aboriginal tourism.
INALCO 2009, Proceedings of the 15th Inuit Studies Conference, Orality (Paris, 2006)
Orality in the 21st Century: Inuit Discourse and Practices. Proceedings of the 15th Inuit Studies Conference
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Marja Korhonen
Description
Looks at the importance of orality in the 21st century and throughout human history.
Paper from Orality in the 21st Century: Inuit Discourse and Practices. Proceedings of the 15th Inuit Studies Conference edited by B. Collingnon and M. Therrien.
Identity, Prejudice and Healing in Aboriginal Circles: Models of Identity, Embodiment and Ecology of Place as Traditional Medicine for Education and Counselling
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kisiku Sa'qawei Paq'tism Randolph Bowers
AlterNative, vol. 6, no. 3, 2010, pp. 203-221
Description
Looks at healing of identity from an Aboriginal perspective using holistic models of wellbeing through the integration of emotional, physical, mental, and spiritual aspects of being.
Children's Geographies, vol. 7, no. 2, May 2009, pp. 123-140
Description
Focuses on the centrality of Indigenous children and related concepts of childhood to colonial projects in Canada and, more specifically, in the province of British Columbia.
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 4, no. 2, 2009, pp. 99-105
Description
Looks at a workshop focusing on the specific needs of Native American youth towards higher education, empowering the students to develop a better understanding of what higher education offers.