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Providing Psychiatric-Mental Health Care for Native Americans: Lessons Learned by a Non-Native American PMHNP (Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner)
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Amy G. Barnard
Journal of Psychosocial Nursing And Mental Health Services, vol. 45, no. 5, May 2007, pp. 30-35
Description
Author describes lessons learned while practicing on the reservation and suggests ways other non-Native American practitioners can best serve the population.
Outlines women's traditional roles and discusses how churches and various Canadian government policies and legislation have created their current disadvantaged position.
New Brunswick and Atlantic Studies Research and Development Centre Conference, Town and Country: Exploring Urban and Rural Issues in New Brunswick, June 22nd -23rd, 2007
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jo-Anne Elder
Description
Looks at working intercultural models by examining cultural practices, arts policies and literary and popular writing.
Canadian Ethnic Studies, vol. 39, no. 1/2, 2007, pp. 219-224
Description
Reviews 3 books:
Unsettling Encounters: First Nations Imagery in the Art of Emily Carr by Gerta Moray.
Tsimshian Treasures: The Remarkable Journey of the Dundas edited by Donald Ellis.
Emily Carr: New Perspectives on a Canadian Icon Charles C.Hill, Johanne Lamoureux, Ian M. Thom, curators ; essays by Jay Steward and Peter Macnair ... [et al.]
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 31, no. 4, Autumn, 2007, pp. 559-581
Description
Article provide biographical information from historic sources and articulates Sagoyewatha’s (Red Jacket’s) role as an activist for Indigenous sovereignty; focuses on his participation in the Ogden Council of 1819 and his appropriation of the Republican rhetoric of the time.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 19, no. 3, Fall, 2007, pp. 68-86
Description
Explores the theme of captivity which represents the colonial domination of Native peoples both physically and culturally and the manifestation of the oppression in dysfunctions.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 68.
Australasian Journal of American Studies, vol. 26, no. 2, December 2007, pp. 48-73
Description
Discusses the experiences of the codetalkers in the broader context of government-Navajo relations, including military opposition, motivations to serve, attitudes toward indigenous knowledge, and post-war discrimination.
Popular Music and Society, vol. 31, no. 5, December 2008, pp. 575-597
Description
Uses interviews, music and lyrics, artists and record label website to show the popularity of reggae music in Indigenous communities in the US southwest, New Zealand, Australia and the Pacific Islands.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 11, no. 12, December 2008, p. 29
Description
Looks at the First Nation and Métis Awareness Night, hosted by the Regina Pats hockey team, including highlights such as the national anthem being sung in Cree and a ceremonial puck drop.
Article located by scrolling to page 29.
Looks at data from the General Social Survey for the year 2006 to determine where Indians stand on issues of religion and politics as compared to other ethnic groups.
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Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 19, no. 4, Winter, 2007, pp. 54-76
Description
Examines the interworkings of the Shawano and Roy families living in cultural conflict, while simultaneously depicting the universal issues of family life that cross cultural boundaries.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 54.
Speech by Phil Fontaine, National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations, at the launch of the Remembering the Children: Aboriginal and Church Leaders Tour.
Saskatchewan Law Review, vol. 70, 2007, pp. 99-122
Description
Argues that the Royal Commission discourse of nation to nation marginalizes more than two-thirds of the population and that the report offers a weak answer for the need for empathy.
Being There: After-Proceedings of the 2006 Conference of the Australasian Association for Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Maryrose Casey
Description
Chapter from Being There: After-Proceedings of the 2006 Conference of the Australasian Association for Drama, Theatre, and Performance Studies edited by Ian Maxwell.