Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 28, no. 1, October 1988, pp. [1-8]
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College graduates responses to questionnaire indicated family motivation and encouragement were the most important factors contributing to academic success.
Includes Saskatoon City Council minutes from a meeting on Monday, March 24, 1980 regarding a petition by individuals supporting a proposal to hire an Aboriginal staff person for the Big Sisters Association of Saskatoon.
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Native Studies Review, vol. 5, no. 1, Native Health Research in Canada, 1988, [1989], pp. 71-77
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Summary of an ecological approach, that incorporates environmental, cultural & historical data with biological data, to help understand the causes of acute ear infections.
American Journal of Public Health, vol. 88, no. 5, May 1988, pp. 781-786
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Argues that there is an apparent high prevalence of fetal alcohol syndrome in Alaska, cautions that use of a single data-source can lead to underestimates.
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 4, no. 3, September 1980, pp. 32-33
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Describes a social support initiative that provides temporary care for young Aboriginal children whose parents are incapacitated by hospitalization or other situations.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 12, no. 3, September 1988, pp. 42-44
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Looks at places to get vaccinated and types of vaccines available for diphtheria, Tetanus, Whooping Cough, Poliomyelitis, Measles, Mumps and Rubella, and Hepatitis B.
American Indian Law Review, vol. 8, no. 2, 1980, pp. 199-257
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Author contends that the destabilization of Aboriginal families is caused by social service policies, provincial family legislation and the actions of the Canadian judiciary.
File contains 6 negatives showing students from the Prince Albert Student Residence preparing to return to their homes across northern Saskatchewan for the holiday season. Scanned image shows a portrait of six children in winter clothing. (bad quality photo)
Canadian Woman Studies, vol. 9, no. 3-4, Women and Literacy, 1988, pp. 73-76
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Describes two training programs designed to help women develop the knowledge and skills required to better control and make decisions about their lives.
This document is a summary of the original interview in Chipewyan. The summarized sections are too short to be of value to researchers, and it will be necessary for them to refer to the original.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 4, no. 1-2, 1980, pp. 165-177
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Discusses the attributes and attitudes that make this literature unique and argues that because of this it requires a different approach to literary criticism. Focuses on works by N. Scott Momaday and Leslie Silko.