Report to Parents on the Study of the Aboriginal Secondary Grants Scheme
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Betty H. Watts
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 1, no. 1, March 1977, pp. 19-30
Description
Describes how health workers in Australia can play a role in increasing retention and success rates of Aboriginal students.
Reviews [Studies in American Indian Literatures, Series 2, Vol. 6, No.3, Fall 1994]
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Sandra L. Sprayberry
Eric Anderson
Larry Ellis
Agnes Grant
Lavina Gillespie
Sarah Bennett
Kristan Sarvé-Gorham
Lynn Domina
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 6, no. 3, Series 2: Linda Hogan: Calling Us Home, Fall, 1994, pp. 71-92
Description
Book reviews of:
Grandmothers of the Light: A Medicine Woman’s Sourcebook by Paula Gunn Allen.
The Lightning Within: An Anthology of Contemporary
American Indian Fiction edited by Alan Velie.
The Things That Were Said of Them as told by Asatchaq; translated from the Inupiaq by Tukummiq and Tom Lowenstein.
wanisinwak iskwêsisak awasisasinahikanis: A Cree Story for Children as told by Nêhiyaw/Glecia Bear.
The Bingo Palace by Louise Erdrich.
The Business of Fancydancing by Sherman Alexie.
Full Moon on the Reservation by Gloria Bird.
Entire issue on
Risk Factors for Attempted Suicide among Inuit Youth: A Community Survey
Alternate Title
Culture & Mental Health Research Unit Report ; no. 3
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Michael Malus
Laurence J. Kirkmayer
Lucy Boothroyd
Culture & Mental Health Research Unit Report
Description
Reports results of 99 interviews conducted in1992 with individuals between the ages of 14 and 25 residing in Nunavik.
Robert Goodvoice 5
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Robert Goodvoice
Indian History Film Project
Description
He tells stories of treachery by Americans against the Sioux who had fled to Prince Albert, Saskatchewan after the 1862 Minnesota Massacre, including distribution of disease-infested clothing and food. NOTE: Attempt to verify with R.C.M.P. records. He also sings and explains a very old Dakota song sung by children when rabbit-hunting.
Robert Goodvoice 7
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Robert Goodvoice
Indian History Film Project
Description
He tells a story of a woman who was taken prisoner and carried off to live in an enemy camp; her treachery against her brothers and husband when they came to rescue her; how she was killed by her own mother because of her treachery; her mother's atonement after the killing.
Russell Taylor Interview 1
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Russell Taylor
Fay Tilden
Indian History Film Project
Description
Discusses his experiences in World War I.
Samuel Buffalo 3
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Samuel Buffalo
Indian History Film Project
Description
He gives a description of raising and educating children; tells a story of a spirit helping two children; and tells another story used in the teaching of children.
The Secretariat of the National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Nigel D'Souza
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 18, no. 1, January/February 1994, pp. 27-28
Description
Overview of the Secretariat which was founded in 1981 to lessen the number of foster children being placed with non-Aboriginal families.
Self Healing and Spiritual Reconnection: How to Heal & Reconnect to Your Spirituality For You Own Well Being - Sacred Site Within Healing Centre
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Rosemary Wanganeen
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 18, no. 2, March/April 1994, pp. 9-15
Description
Presentation from National Aboriginal Mental Health Conference discusses spirit reconnection through personal commitment.
SinsOfTheFather
Alternate Title
Sins of the Father
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Lisa Hobbs Birnie
Saturday Night, vol. 109, no. 1, February 1994
Description
Comments on an affair between a priest and one of his former residential school students.
Sister A. Brady, Anne Brady Walther, Dorothy Chapman
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Sister A. Brady
Anne Brady Walther
Dorothy Chapman
Murray Dobbin
Indian History Film Project
Description
Consists of an interview with three of Jim Brady's sisters. They talk about early life in St. Paul des Metis in the 1920s and 1930s, the politics and lifestyle of their father, Jim Brady, Sr., as well as discussing Brady's maternal grandfather, Laurent Garneau.
Social Costs of Justice
Alternate Title
Continuing Poundmaker & Riel's Quest: Presentations Made at a Conference on Aboriginal Peoples and Justice
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Con Hnatiuk
pp. 145-149
Description
Article from 1993 Conference proceedings, discussing the financial and social costs that will continue, if changes are not made.
Excerpt from Continuing Poundmaker & Riel's Quest: Presentations Made at a Conference on Aboriginal Peoples and Justice compiled by Richard Gosse, James Youngblood Henderson, Roger Carter.
Some Issues in Sentencing of Aboriginal Offenders
Alternate Title
Continuing Poundmaker & Riel's Quest: Presentations Made at a Conference on Aboriginal Peoples and Justice
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Tim Quigley
Description
Article from 1993 Conference proceedings, discussing the disproportionate and increasing rate of incarceration of Indigenous peoples, contributing factors, disparities in sentencing, fines, bail etc., sentencing circles and the need for change.
Excerpt from Continuing Poundmaker & Riel's Quest: Presentations Made at a Conference on Aboriginal Peoples and Justice compiled by Richard Gosse, James Youngblood Henderson, Roger Carter.
Spontaneous Cultural Compatibility: Mazahua Students and Their Teachers Constructing Trusting Relationships
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ruth Paradise
Peabody Journal of Education, vol. 69, no. 2, Negotiating the culture of Indigenous Schools, Winter, 1994, pp. 60-70
Description
Looks at examples of social interactions between educators and students at a rural primary school in a traditional community in Mexico.
A Study of Suicide Attempts Comparing Adolescents to Adults on a Northern Plains American Indian Reservation
Alternate Title
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, [Monograph No. 4, pp.35-70]
Calling From the Rim: Suicidal Behavior Among American Indian and Alaska Native Adolescents ; Part 1, Epidemiology
[Centers for American Indian and Alaska Native Health] ; Monograph 4, 1994
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Darryl Zitzow
Fred Desjarlait
Description
Looks at a study of characteristics in suicide attempters with the goal being to develop more effective suicide prevention strategies.
Suicide Ideation and Suicide Attempt Among American Indian and Alaska Native Boarding School Adolescents
Alternate Title
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, [Monograph No. 4, pp. 167-188]
Calling From the Rim: Suicidal Behavior Among American Indian and Alaska Native Adolescents
[Centers for American Indian and Alaska Native Health] ; Monograph 4
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Norman G. Dinges
Quang Duong-Tran
Description
Looks at the uses of baseline data obtained from school-based screening surveys.
Suicide in Canadian Aboriginal Populations: Emerging Trends in Research and Intervention
Alternate Title
Culture & Mental Health Research Unit Report ; no. 1
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Laurence J. Kirmayer
Culture & Mental Health Research Unit Report
Description
Looks to situate the problems of Aboriginal peoples within the larger context of suicide in Canadian society.
"A Report Prepared for the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples".
Summaries of Reports by Federal Bodies and Aboriginal Organizations
Alternate Title
Public Policy and Aboriginal Peoples, 1965-1992 ; vol. 2
E-Books
Author/Creator
Centre for Policy and Program Assessment
School of Public Administration
Carleton University
Summaries of Reports by Provincial and Territorial Bodies and Other Organizations
Alternate Title
Public Policy and Aboriginal Peoples, 1965-1992 ; vol. 3
E-Books
Author/Creator
Centre for Policy and Program Assessment
School of Public Administration
Carleton University
Summary Report of the Case Study of South East Child and Family Services Politics and Program: A Case Study of a First Nations Child and Family Service Agency by Pete Hudson
Alternate Title
Politics and Program: A Case Study of a First Nations Child and Family Service Agency
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Joyce B. Timpson
Pete Hudson
Description
Examines internal and intergovernmental relationships through review of documents produced by the agency, its governing body and non-First Nations governments, and key informant interviews.
Television on the Bering Strait
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
R. J. Madigan
W. Jack Peterson
Journal of Communication, vol. 27, no. 4, December 1977, pp. 183-187
Description
Study, using a sample of 26 households, assessed the impact of the introduction of the new media.
Verna Richards Interview 1
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Verna Richards
Murray Dobbin
Indian History Film Project
Description
Verna Richards ran the La Ronge Cafe in the 1950s and 1960s. She knew many of the local Indian and Metis people including Brady and Norris.
Violence in Aboriginal Communities
E-Books
Author/Creator
Emma D. LaRocque
Description
Reprinted from the book The Path to Healing.
Violent Death in Alaska: Who is Most Likely to Die?
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Matthew Berman
Linda Leask
Alaska Review of Social and Economic Conditions, vol. 29, no. 1, February 1994, pp. [1]-12
Description
Looks at the factors that contribute to the high rates of death.
A Vision of Trust: The Legal, Moral and Spiritual Foundations of Shingwauk Hall
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jean L. Manore
Native Studies Review, vol. 9, no. 2, l993-1994, p. 1–21
Description
Discusses the development of respectful relationships between the Garden River Anishinaabe and the Anglican Diocese of Algoma from the beginning to the present.
"We Went Home and Told the Whole Story to Our Friends": Narratives by Children in an Algonquin Community
Theses
Author/Creator
Diane Pesco
Description
Communication Sciences and Disorders Thesis (M.Sc.)--McGill University, 1994.
What is a Good Teacher? Anglo and Aboriginal Australian Views
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Merridy Malin
Peabody Journal of Education, vol. 69, no. 2, Negotiating the Culture of Indigenous School, Winter, 1994, pp. 94-114
Description
Compares perceptions of teaching from several backgrounds: a Yup'ik Eskimo teacher, an Anglo Australian teacher, and an Aboriginal Australian teacher. Reports school culture in Australia needs to change.
Why Did Charlie Wenjack Die?
Alternate Title
The Poverty Wall
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Ian Adams
Description
Story of a twelve-year-old boy who perished from exposure and starvation while running away from the Cecilia Jeffrey Indian Residential School in Kenora, Ontario.
Chapter two from The Poverty Wall by the same author.
Young Losing Traditional Values Says Old-Timer
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ross Cummings
Description
Ross Cummings of Buffalo Narrows believes young members of his community are losing their cultural identity.