Healthsharing, vol. 13, no. 2, Summer/Fall, 1992, pp. 11-15
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Talks about the Inuit philosophy of child birth and compares it to the southern obstetrical practices.
Journal on one pdf. Scroll down to page 11 to read article.
Discusses the voluntary foster-care program which places adolescents with Mormon families for a period of one year with the option to return each fall.
Towards Anthropology / Archaeology Thesis (B.Sc.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1992.
Journal of World History, vol. 3, no. 2, Fall, 1992, pp. 219-237
Description
Discusses girls' experiences at residential schools, contrasts them to traditional child-rearing practices, and highlights the implications for subsequent generations.
Aboriginal and Islander health Worker Journal, vol. 16, no. 5, September/October 1992, pp. 4-7
Description
Comments on various topics by different speakers at The Healing Our Spirit Worldwide Indigenous Conference Promoting Addiction Free Lifestyles held in Edmonton, July 1992.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 22, no. 1/2, Winter-Spring, 1998, pp. 63-82
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Article explores the perspective of and possible motivations for the internalized racism present in Emmy Valandry’s interviews about the Lakota people and the Hunka ceremony.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 16, no. 5, September/October 1992, pp. 8-9
Description
Looks at facility built to help reduce the amount of young Aboriginal people going to jail. Project is part of changes implemented to services for youth resulting from the creation of the Office of Juvenile Justice in 1991.
Lancet, vol. 352, no. 9143, December 5, 1998, p. 1800
Description
Brief look at The Report of the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), The Report of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody (RCADIC) and Bringing them Home, the report of the National Inquiry into the Separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children from Their Families.
Health Care for Women International, vol. 19, no. 3, May-June 1998, pp. 205-215
Description
Study explored traditional pregnancy/childbirth beliefs and practices and the relationship between those beliefs and use of contemporary prenatal care.
Infection and Immunity, vol. 66, no. 7, July 1998, pp. 3403-3409
Description
Authors use several typing methods to describe the genetic characteristics and the carriage dynamics of Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) isolates collected prior to and during the vaccination period of Aboriginal infants from the Northern Territory of Australia. Study found high carriage rates of nonencapsulated H. influenzae (NCHi) with concurrent colonization with Hib being common, while also observing NCHi isolates that were genetically similar to Hib.
Provides information on background of the national survey, recommendations of feasibility study, development Manitoba survey and questionnaire, and presents results of key variables in graphic form.
A portrait photograph taken in Toronto of George G. Mann's three children after the family was released from captivity in 1885. (l to r) George Mann Jr., Charlotte and Blanche. They spent the summer in Ontario with their mother Sarah and returned to Onion Lake in the fall of 1885.
Justice as Healing, vol. 3, no. 4, Winter, 1998, p. [?]
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Analysis and commentary by the Law Commission of Canada on abuse in residential schools. Excerpt from Discussion Paper's Executive Summary.
Note: This is a sample article from the publication. Subscriptions are available from the Native Law Centre.
Language, Culture and Curriculum, vol. 11, no. 3, 1998, pp. 367-389
Description
Looks at some educational difficulties faced by Aboriginal students including non-comprehension of classroom instructions and irregular school attendance.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 22, no. 2, March/April 1998, p. 31
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Describes the inaugural National Sorry Day held in a suburban Sydney, Australia community. This event was held one year after the Bringing Them Home inquiry chronicled the Stolen Generation of child removed from Aboriginal families.
Reclaiming Children and Youth, vol. 7, no. 3, Fall, 1998, pp. 130-132
Description
Introduces the Native American Circle of Courage model and discusses the first principle. First issue in a series of four exploring the universal needs principles of children and youth for belonging, mastery, independence and generosity.
Clinical Pediatrics, vol. 37, no. 2, February 1998, pp. 89-96
Description
Study involving youth in Manitoba and Ontario made five recommendations centred around testing, tracking complications, efficacy of pharmacologic interventions, studies of etiology and assessment of community screening.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 22, no. 4, Autumn, 1998, pp. 457-468
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Author draws on different interviews he has conducted with Diné (Navajo) to discuss metaphors used by elders to make traditional values accessible to contemporary youth.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 22, no. 3, May/June 1998, pp. 11-14
Description
Executive Director of the Council for Aboriginal Alcohol Program Services (CAAPS) in Darwin, Australia relates the factors that led to the creation of the program.
Interviews Navajos who were involved in a voluntary foster-care program sponsored by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Utah which placed Native American Mormon children into white Mormon homes for the school year.