Curriculum and Leadership Journal, vol. 9, no. 2, February 11, 2011, p. [?]
Description
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
The Journal of Nutrition, vol. 140, no. 7, July 2010, pp. 1311-1316
Description
Based on survey data gathered from 388 children living in 16 communities. Concludes risks factors are weight, obesity, and tooth decay and recommends emphasis on traditional diet and quality food.
Article reports on a Koorie art club that eventually evolved into an art class; discusses elements and approaches implemented that allowed the class to become a site of exploration and self-discovery for the youth that participated.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 14, no. 2, February 2011, p. 18
Description
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.
Arctic, vol. 72, no. 3, September 10, 2019 , pp. 229-244
Description
Study surveys 151 children 8 – 12 years old in seven schools in the Northern Slave Region of the Northwest Territories to assess their knowledge and opinion about the wolverine (gulo gulo). Children in rural areas had more knowledge of the species, and in both rural and urban communities there were negative associations with the species, but also an appreciation of their ecological role.
Global Health Action, vol. 4, no. s1, Vulnerable Populations in the Arctic, 2011, p. article 8452
Description
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.
AlterNative, vol. 15, no. 1, March 2019, pp. 31-33
Description
Examines the capacity of remote presence robotic technology to overcome barriers of time and distance in providing paediatric health care in rural and remote Aboriginal communities.
Ethnicity and Disease, vol. 20, no. 4, 2010, pp. 444-450
Description
Study found that simple interventions that target availability of sweetened beverages in American Indian communities proved feasible and may reduce tooth decay.
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 78, no. 1, 2019
Description
Study of 20 participants assesses the effectiveness of a telemedicine programme in managing the remote diagnosis, treatment, and recovery of concussion patients. At the study’s conclusion 90% of participants met criteria for clinical recovery and close to $41 000 of treatment cost had been avoided.
eTextbook is a multi-media resource developed in collaboration with Indigenous peoples from across Canada. Covers both historical and contemporary topics.
Can be downloaded as iBook, ePub, or PDF.
eTextbook is a multi-media resource developed in collaboration with Indigenous peoples from across Canada. Covers both historical and contemporary topics.
Can be downloaded as iBook, ePub, or PDF.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 35, no. 1, 2011, pp. 119-185
Description
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.
Futureplay '10: Proceedings of the International Academic Conference on the Future of Game Design and Technology
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Beth Aileen Lameman
Jason E. Lewis
Skawennati Fragnito
Description
Examines the integration of Indigenous cultural framework within video game design. The pilot project was introduced at the Mohawk Kahnawake Survival School.
Chapter from Futureplay '10: Proceedings of the International Academic Conference on the Future of Game Design and Technology.
Post Script, vol. 29, no. 3, Indian Cinema, Summer, 2010, pp. 58-[?]
Description
Studies four films to compare practices used to preserve Inuit architectural knowledge: Qallunajatut/Urban Inuk; episode 3 from Nunavut/Our Land series, Qarmaq/Stone House, and Qaggiq/Gathering Place .
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.
Communique, Special Section: Indigenous Peoples: Promoting Psychological Healing and Well-Being, August 2010, pp. lxiv-lxviii
Description
Project goal is to develop a mental health curriculum sensitive to Native American values.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page lxiv.
Journal of Community Health, vol. 35, no. 6, December 2010, pp. [667]-675
Description
Study demonstrates that interventions to prevent excess adiposity in infants and toddlers are both feasible and acceptable to American Indian/Alaskan native peoples.
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.