Curriculum and Leadership Journal, vol. 9, no. 2, February 11, 2011, p. [?]
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Comments on the positive impact on students' science learning through the introduction of elements of Indigenous language and culture into the classroom.
Adapation from sections of full article, Accommodating Indigenous Students' Cultural Resources in Science Classrooms: An Approach to Enhance Learning Agency
Eagle Feather News, vol. 14, no. 2, February 2011, p. 18
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Comments on a business, called Tipi Tones, started by a group of high school students which features distinct Aboriginal ring tones for cell phones.
Article located by scrolling to page 18.
Global Health Action, vol. 4, no. s1, Vulnerable Populations in the Arctic, 2011, p. article 8452
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Reports that environmental factors are responsible for a large number of global child deaths and efforts should be made to reduce the risk for the next generation.
Resource offers information on cultural understanding, how culture might conflict with environmental emergencies, relationship building, emergency planning and emergency response phase.
Includes tips on making recipes healthier, how to choose healthier options, recipes for groups, healthy lunch ideas and more. Targeted at families living in British Columbia.
European Journal of Human Genetics, vol. 17, no. 2, February 2009, pp. 205-212
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Study identified a third immunological mutation in this isolated population, which points to the need for newborn screenings in this high-risk population.
Environmental Health Perspectives, vol. 117, no. 3, March 2009, pp. 481-487
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Contends that physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) modeling is a useful tool in the assessment of exposure to persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in infants.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 35, no. 1, 2011, pp. 119-185
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Book reviews of:
2000 Years of Mayan Literature by Dennis Tedlock.
Child of the Fire: Mary Edmonia Lewis and the Problem of Art History’s Black and Indian Subject by Kirsten Pai Buick.
Conservation Refugees: The Hundred-Year Conflict between Global Conservation and Native Peoples by Mark Dowie.
Delaware Tribe in a Cherokee Nation by Brice Obermeyer.
Demons, Saints, & Patriots: Catholic Visions of Indian America through The Indian Sentinel (1902–1962) by Mark Clatterbuck.
Overview of Conference held in Iqaluit, Nunavut February 2009, which brought together stakeholders committed to economic development for brainstorming and planning.
Discusses a research project which aimed to determine factors affecting food security of young Aboriginal mothers and offers social policy recommendations, strategies and ideas for research in order to improve their lives.
Report of ideas, issues, opportunities, and actions identified by participants to find answers for Indigenous and non‐Indigenous peoples to move forward on the question of reconciliation.
Community members take part in a scheme to help keep a family from moving to the big city in this feature length stop-motion animation film.
Duration: 72:11.
Water is tested for drinking quality, two youth develop a rash, and children are bullied at summer day camp in episode 23 of a stop-motion animation series.
Duration: 24:00.
Journal of Social Work Values & Ethics, vol. 6, no. 3, Fall, 2009
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Looks at the longstanding over-representation of First Nations children in care, and discusses a new social work theory rooted in First Nations ontology.