Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 9, no. 4, Series 2: Sherman Alexie, Winter, 1997, pp. [27]-38
Description
Contends that all of Alexie's poems and short stories contain the elements of argument and controversy.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
Thematic findings included: impact of bullying and cyberbullying; lack of emotional support, physical safety, and activities; impact of substance misuse; and how these issues effect emotional and mental wellness. Includes calls to action for provincial and federal governments.
AlterNative, vol. 13, no. 1, March 2017, pp. 35-42
Description
Looks at Indigenous people as political actors enacting change through dissensus within the liberal democracies of Canada, Australia, Aotearoa New Zealand and the United States.
American Journal of Public Health, vol. 87, no. 9, September 1997, pp. 1547-1551
Description
Compares incidence and hospitalization rates for shigetlosis between Indians and the rest of the population in Manitoba, and also examines the relationship between shigellosis and environmental conditions on reserves.
Les désignations des oiseaux en yupik sibérien : Que peuvent nous dire les noms d’oiseaux sur les transitions linguistiques et cognitives ?
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Igor Krupnik
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 41, no. 1-2, 2017, pp. 179-213
Description
Author examines recorded names for birds in the language of the Yupik; finds a strong correlation between the imposition of Russian language and schooling and the loss of Yupik bird names and the traditional knowledge contained therein.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 28, no. 4, July/August 2004, p. 33
Description
Briefly discusses the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between The National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organization (NACCHO) and SIDS and Kids for ways to reduce the risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.
Journal of Indigenous Social Development, vol. 6, no. 1, 2017, pp. 37-63
Description
Reports some findings from a larger research project that focused on post-genocide healing practices in Rwanda. Advocates for community-based and traditional methods for solving socio-economic problems and rebuilding social relations; examines implications for social work education and practice.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 43, no. 2, [Rethinking Blackness and Indigeneity in the Light of Settler Colonial Theory], 2019, pp. 89-112
Description
The author investigates the novel Almanac of the Dead and how it's content and structure focus attention on the central question "who had spiritual possession of the Americas?".
Arctic Anthropology, vol. 34, no. 2, 1997, pp. 28-44
Description
Translation of Jacobsen's first hand account of a sacred Northwest coast ceremony with legends, masks, feasts and potlatch described; first published in Ymer in 1891.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 28, no. 3, 2004, pp. 103-120
Description
Explores a preferred research process that involves dialogue with community members, on location, in order to learn and see the research community in a more realistic way.
Focuses on the personal stories of four people who were taken from their homes and placed with non-Indigenous families, and the 2018 apology made by the Alberta provincial government.
Duration: 20:13.
Case comment on Brown v Canada (Attorney General), the class action suit in Ontario involving the removal of children from their families on reserve, and placing them with non-Indian adoptive families, and foster and group homes. At issue was whether the Federal government had breached fiduciary or common law duties to prevent loss of identity in post-placement period.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 41, no. 1, 2017, pp. 33-46
Description
Reports on results of focus group discussions with 51 Ojibwe, Sioux and Winnegabo participants. Found that bans were unpopular and widely resisted due to sense of freedom associated with smoking, lenient attitudes, culture-bound perceptions, and receiving mixed messages.
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 51, no. 1, Destabilizing Canada / Le Canada déstabilisé, Winter, 2017, pp. 37-63
Description
Analyzes representations of activities associated with the Idle No More movement in editorial and commentary of sections in the Globe and Mail and the National Post.