Promises Worth Keeping
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Harold Johnson
Justice as Healing , vol. 2, no. 1, Spring, 1997, p. [?]
Description
Discusses the role of economics in the criminal justice system.
A Promising Approach: Best Practices in First Nations, Métis and Inuit Education
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Shelley Svidal
ATA Magazine, vol. 86, no. 1, 2005-2006, p. [?]
Description
Talks about literacy programs developed for FNMI students in the Grasslands Regional Division No. 6 ,Lethbridge School District No. 51 and Pincher Creek.
Promising Practices in First Nations Child Welfare Management and Governance: Weechi-it-te-win Family Services: Utilizing a Decentralized Model in the Provision of Bi-Cultural Services
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Peter Ferris
Estelle Simard
George Simard
Jacqueline Ramdatt
Description
Highlights the structure and philosophy of an agency which provides services to 10 communities in the Rainy Lake District of Ontario
Promoting Healthy Weight in the Central Highlands
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Bronwyn Fredericks
Angus Row Row
Joshua Weazel
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 29, no. 5, September/October 2005, pp. 30-31
Description
Brief article describes the community-based weight and healthy lifestyle program for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults.
Promoting School Achievement Among American Indian Students Throughout the School Years
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kristin Powers
Childhood Education, vol. 81, no. 6, Education of the Aboriginal and Indigenous Child: Global Perspectives and Practices, 2005, pp. 338-342
Description
Identifies factors contributing to underachievement and provides suggestions to remedy these issues.
Promoting the Progressive Indian: Lee Harkins and The American Indian Magazine
Articles » General
Author/Creator
John M. Coward
American Journalism, vol. 14, no. 1, Winter, 1997, pp. 3-18
Description
Argues that the publication mirrored the attitudes of mainstream society in it's idealized version of the past and promotion of assimilation as "progress", but its founder displayed little understanding of issues confronting traditional Native Americans.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll down to appropriate page.
Pronghorn Procurement on the Northern Plains: A Case for Small-Scale Hunting
Theses
Author/Creator
Alan James Youell
Description
Archaeology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2005.
Prospects of Place and Portraits of Progress in the Early Representation of the Queen Charlotte Islands, 1878-1922
Theses
Author/Creator
Andrew Clephan Tingley Hamilton
Description
Geography Thesis (M.A.)--The University of British Columbia, 1997.
Prostitution in Vancouver: Violence and the Colonization of First Nations Women
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Melissa Farley
Jacqueline Lynne
Ann J. Cotton
Transcultural Psychiatry, vol. 42, no. 2, June 2005, pp. 242-271
Description
Fifty-two percent of the 100 women surveyed identified as First Nations. Results are separated into First Nations and non-First Nations.
Protecting Aboriginal Children
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Bill Simon
Christopher Walmsley
Description
Forward and introduction to book, Protecting Aboriginal Children by Christopher Walmsley.
Protecting Aboriginal Cultural Heritage in Australia: Looking For Solutions in the Canadian Experience
Theses
Author/Creator
Sally Peata McCausland
Description
Law Thesis (LL.M)--The University of British Columbia, 1997.
Protecting Aboriginal Knowledge, Culture and Art Under Canadian Intellectual Property Laws
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
David Spratley
Description
Discusses existing laws, issues of compatibility with Aboriginal culture, and how laws could be altered to better serve Aboriginal interests.
Protecting Against Hopelessness and Suicidality in Sexually Abused American Indian Adolescents
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Margaret Dexheimer Pharris
Michael D. Resnick
Robert W. Blum
Journal of Adolescent Health, vol. 21, no. 6, December 1997, pp. 400-406
Description
Concludes that strategies should be implemented that support family caring, strengthen school performance and tribal connections.
Protecting Educational Rights of the Aboriginal and Indigenous Child: Global Challenges and Efforts: An Introduction
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jyotsna Pattnaik
Childhood Education, vol. 81, no. 6, Education of the Aboriginal and Indigenous Child: Global Perspectives and Practices, 2005, pp. 314-318
Description
Introduction to special issue.
Protecting the Health of First Nation Personnel at Contaminated Sites: A Case Study of Mid-Canada Radar Line Site 050 in Northern Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Leonard J. S. Tsuji
Bruce C. Wainman
Jean-Philippe Weber
Celine Sutherland
Billy Katapatuk
Evert Nieboer
Arctic, vol. 58, no. 3, September 2005, pp. 233-241
Description
Description of the safety precautions used and the testing of the health monitoring protocol.
Protein Intake Is Inversely Associated with Abdominal Obesity in a Multi-Ethnic Population
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Anwar T. Merchant
Sonia S. Anand
Vlad Vuksan
Ruby Jacobs
Bonnie Davis
Koon Teo
Salim Yusuf
Journal of Nutrition, vol. 135, no. 5, May 2005, pp. 1196-1201
Description
Evaluates the dietary and lifestyle determinants of abdominal obesity in a population which includes Canadians of Aboriginal ancestry.
Proto-Huron/Petun and Proto-St. Lawrence Iroquoian Subsistence as Culturally Defining
Theses
Author/Creator
Frances L. Stewart
p. 593
Description
Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--McGill University, 1997.
Protocols: Meeting the Challenges of Indigenous Information Needs
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Alana Garwood-Houng
Australian Academic & Research Libraries , vol. 36, no. 2, June 2005, pp. [149]-157
Description
Discusses the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Protocols for Libraries, Archives and Information Services and discusses areas needing further development.
Proyecto Kuatiañe'e: Saving a Language for Children
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Almidio Aquino
James Kirylo
Childhood Education, vol. 81, no. 6, Education of the Aboriginal and Indigenous Child: Global Perspectives and Practices, 2005, pp. 349-354
Description
Looks at the work of the Institute of Guarani Linguistics in Asuncih, Paraguay to raise awareness of the Ava Guaraní culture and language.
Psychiatric Disorders among American Indian and White Youth in Appalachia: The Great Smoky Mountains Study
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
E. Jane Costello
Elizabeth M. Z Farmer
Adrian Angold
Barbara J. Bums
Alaattin Erkanli
American Journal of Public Health, vol. 87, no. 5, May 1997, pp. 827-832
Description
Study examines prevalence of psychiatric disorders, social and family risk factors for disorders, and met and unmet needs for mental health care among Appalachian youth.
Püao-te-Ata-tü and Mäori Social Work Methods
Alternate Title
Puao-te-Ata-tu and Maori Social Work Methods
Theses
Author/Creator
Äwhina Hollis
Description
Arts Thesis (M.A.) -- University of Otago, 2005
The Public Health Association 29th Annual Conference
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Rose Ellis
Donnaleen Campbell
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 21, no. 6, November/December 1997, pp. 6-11
Description
Conference held in Melbourne, Australia under the theme "Rights to Health", examined health issues from a strong human rights perspective.
Public Law 280 and Law Enforcement in Indian Country: Research Priorities
Alternate Title
Research in Brief (National Institute of Justice) ; December 2005
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Carole Goldberg
Heather Valdez Singleton
Description
Looks at effects of PL 280 which shifted federal jurisdiction of offences to states creating jurisdictional uncertainty and lack of funding for law enforcement.
The Publications of the Carlisle Indian School: Cultural Voices or Pure Propaganda?
Alternate Title
Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication ; 80th, 1997. History Division
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Beth A. Haller
Description
Agues that publications served an advocacy purpose to combat the negative attitudes held by the general public, but only presented what would further cause these attitudes, not the true opinions of students.
Scroll to p. 60 read paper.
Punishment vs Healing: How Does Traditional Indian Law Work?
Alternate Title
Justice as Healing: A Newsletter on Aboriginal Concepts of Justice
Punishment versus Healing: How Does Traditional Indian Law Work?
Articles » General
Author/Creator
ÓJames W. Zion
Justice as Healing, vol. 2, no. 3, Fall, 1997, p. [?]
Description
Author states that Canadian and American legal law systems are built on a relationship of superiors to inferiors; are premised on punitive measures, whereas most Indigenous societies are by consensus and equality-based.
Note: This is a sample article from the publication. Subscriptions are available from the Native Law Centre.
Putting Anti-Indian Violence in Context: The Case of the Great Lakes Chippewas of Wisconsin
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Barbara Perry
Linda Robyn
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 29, no. 3/4, Special Issue: The National Museum of the American Indian, Summer - Autumn, 2005, pp. 590-625
Description
Authors articulate the relationship between Indigenous resistance to state appropriation of lands and anti-Indigenous violence enacted by the public.
"Putting Up Fish": Environment, Work, and Culture in Tlingit Society, 1780s-1940s
Theses
Author/Creator
David Francis Arnold
Description
History Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, Los Angeles, 1997.
Qallunaat Crossing: The Southern-Northern Divide and Promising Practices for Canada's Inuit Young People
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Shannon Moore
Wende Tulk
Richard Mitchell
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 2, no. 1, 2005, pp. 117-129
Description
Describes the challenges faced by non-Inuit teachers and communities in a cross-cultural educational setting and suggests that teachers would benefit from learning about Inuit culture before beginning to teach.
Qaneryaramta Egmiucia: Continuing Our Language
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Walkie Charles
Anthropology & Education Quarterly, vol. 36, no. 1, Indigenous Epistemologies and Education: Self-Determination, Anthropology, and Human Rights, March 2005, pp. 107-111
Description
Comments on a successful program that returned the Yup'ik language into the classroom.
A Quantitative Evaluation of Aboriginal Cultural Awareness Training in an Urban Health Service
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Natasha Mooney
Adrian Bauman
Barbara Westwood
Brendan Kelaher
Bill Tibben
Bin Jalaludin
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 29, no. 4, July/August 2005, pp. [23]-[30]
Description
Survey results indicate that the half-day cultural awareness training (CAT) workshops did not make a measureable improvement in changing beliefs and attitudes.
Quaqtaq: Modernity and Identity in an Inuit Community
E-Books
Author/Creator
Louis-Jacques Dorais
Quarries of Culture: An Ethnohistorical and Environmental Account of Sacred Sites and Rock Formations in Southern California's Mission Indian Country
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Steven M. Karr
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 29, no. 4, 2005, pp. 1-19
Description
Describes the land struggle of the Native American population of Southern California pitted against a refuse (dump) development company.
The Queen Writes Back: Liliuokalani's Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lydia Kualapai
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 17, no. 2, Special Issue: Honoring A. Lavonne Brown, Summer, 2005, pp. 32-62
Description
Examines the memoirs of Queen Liliuokalani (1838-1917) which challenged the United States colonial construction of the Hawaiian nation, and became the historical foundation of the 1993 congressional apology to the Hawaiian people.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 32.
Quit and Reduction Rates for a Pilot Study of the American Indian Not On Tobacco (N-O-T) Program
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kimberly Horn
Tim McGloin
Geri Dino
Karen Manzo
Lyn Lowry-Chavis
Lawrence Shorty
Lyn McCracken
N. Noerachmanto
Preventing Chronic Disease, vol. 2, no. 4, October 2005, p. article A13
Description
Suggests that the N-O-T program offers a useful and feasible cessation option for Native American youth in North Carolina.
R. v. Decorte, [2005] 1 S.C.R. 133, 2005 SCC 9
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Supreme Court of Canada
Description
Decision on the powers of First Nations Constables and whether they remain "peace officers" within the meaning of the Criminal Code.
R. v. Maczynski
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[John Douglas] Lambert
[Mary V.] Newbury
[Patricia Mathilda] Proudfoot
Description
Appeal of numerous sentences imposed for offences committed by the supervisor, Jerzy George Maczynski, against young boys at Lower Post Residential School from 1952 to 1961 and from 1965 to 1967.
R. v. T.D.P.: A Young Offender, His Sentencing Circle, and the YCJA
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Charmaine Panko
Saskatchewan Law Review, vol. 68, no. 2, 2005, pp. 455-474
Description
Discusses a case where the accused young offender used a sentencing circle, and comments on the difference a restorative approach can make.
Race and Ethnicity: Finding Identities and Equalities
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Dominique Clément
American Review of Canadian Studies, vol. 35, no. 4, Winter, 2005, pp. 772-773
Description
Book review of: Race and Ethnicity: Finding Identities and Equalities by Leo Driedger.
Race and Remembrance: Contesting Aboriginal Child Removal in the Inter-War Years
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Fiona Paisley
Australian Humanities Review, no. 8, November 1997, pp. [1-32]
Description
Looks at anglo-Australian women's advocacy on behalf of Aboriginal mothers and their children.
Race, Culture, and the Colonization of Childbirth in Northern Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Patricia Jasen
Social History of Medicine, vol. 10, no. 3, 1997, pp. 383-400
Description
Discusses European attitudes towards Aboriginal women and the act of giving birth, which had little factual foundation and little understanding of the role of the midwife.
Race Is On in First Nations' Elections
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Doug Cuthand
Leader Post, October 17, 2005, p. B1
Description
Commentary on the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations (FSIN) elections for the positions of Second and Fourth Vice-Chiefs.
Race Matters: Indigenous Australians and ‘Our’ Society
E-Books
Author/Creator
Barry Morris
Gillian Cowlishaw
Tony Birch
Julie Marcus
Roberta James ... [et al.]
The Racial Paradox of Tribal Citizenship
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Steve Russell
American Studies, vol. 46, no. 3-4, Indigeneity at the Crossroads of American Studies, Fall/Winter, 2005, pp. 163-185
Description
Discusses the issue of Cherokee law of citizenship.
Joint issue with: Indigenous Studies Today Issue 1, Spring 2006.
Racism, Sexism, and Colonialism: The Impact on the Health of Aboriginal Women in Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mary Hampton
Carrie Bourassa
Kim McKay-McNabb
Canadian Woman Studies, vol. 24, no. 1, Womens Health and Well-Being, Fall, 2005, pp. 23-29
Description
Argues that because Aboriginal women suffer from multiple oppressions there are even greater impacts on their health than that of Aboriginal men.
Raising the Status of Lappish Communities through Tourism Development
Alternate Title
Cultural Tourism in a Changing World: Politics, Participation, and (Re)presentation
Tourism and Cultural Change ; 7
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Satu Miettinen
Description
Describes how the municipality of Inari, Finland has used Sami arts and crafts in tourism development projects aimed at generating income and employment opportunities.
Chapter ten from book: Cultural Tourism in a Changing World: Politics, Participation, and (Re)presentation edited by Melanie Smith and Mike Robinson.
Entire book on one pdf. To access chapter scroll to p. 159.
Ramona's Baskets: Romance and Reality
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Judith K. Polanich
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 21, no. 3, 1997, pp. 145-162
Description
Descriptions of basketry in the novel Ramona and discussion of the literary accounts, basketry collections, and ethnographic experiences of the author, Helen Hunt Jackson, which may have inspired some passages.
The Rankin Inlet Ceramics Project: A Study in Development and Influence
Theses
Author/Creator
Stacey Neale
Description
Art History Thesis (M.A.)--Concordia University, 1997.
Rationale, Design and Methodology for the Navajo Health and Nutrition Survey
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Linda L. White
Howard I. Goldberg
Tim J. Gilbert
Carol Ballew
James M. Mendlein ... [et. al]
Journal of Nutrition, vol. 127, no. 10S, October 1997, pp. 2078S-2084S
Description
Discussion of survey conducted in 1991 and 1992 which gathered population-based health status information in order to understand prevalence of chronic disease.
Raven's Children II: Aboriginal Youth Health in B.C.
E-Books
Author/Creator
Kim van der Woerd
Brittany Dixon
Tricia McDiarmid
Aileen Murphy ... [et al.]