Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 20, no. 6, November/December 1996, pp. 5-7
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Promotes need for outreach Paediatric service to reduce hospitalization, improvements to housing and food, and cross-cultural awareness training for hospital staff.
Examines issues and options regarding the development of culturally appropriate accreditation standards. Consists of literature review and survey of 28 organizations, of which 15 were Aboriginal agencies involved in provision of child and family services.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 19, no. 1, January/February 1995, pp. 12-17
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Discusses the process of learning from permanence of objects, permanence of feelings and cognitive development. Follows a boy named Peter from infancy to preschool.
Aboriginal and Islander health Worker Journal, vol. 20, no. 1, January/February 1996, pp. 21-22
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Justice Commissioner talks about problems facing Aboriginal youth, the juvenile justice system, and the lack of Aboriginal people employed in the system.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 15, no. 2, 1995, pp. 369-393
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Book reviews of 8 books:
The Oblate Assault on Canada's Northwest by Robert Choquette.
La zoologie des Montagnais by Daniel Clément.
The Cypress Hills: The Land and Its People by Walter Hildebrandt and Brian Hubner.
Singing an Indian Song: A Biography of D'Arcy McNickle by Dorothy R.
Document discusses practices that have been highly effective in the education of at-risk Aboriginal children. It argues that to succeed the commitment, support, and shared resources of boards of education, teachers, parents, community members, and the provincial government are needed.
Child Welfare, vol. 74, no. 3, Special Issue: Changing the Child Welfare Agenda: Contributions from Canada, May/June 1995, pp. 633-653
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Summarizes the findings of a study conducted with nine communities in Manitoba. Focuses on responses to questions involving service concepts, placement planning, and culture and community,
Original documentary was about a two-day exercise in discrimination. Third grade students were divided into two groups, the blue-eyed and the brown-eyed. The first day one group was told they were better than the others and received special privileges; the next day the roles were reversed.
Includes additional links to follow-up documentary, interviews with producer and teacher, teacher's guide and frequently asked questions.
Anthropology of Consciousness, vol. 7, no. 3, September 1996, pp. 30-43
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Compares one child's experience of growing up in the Gitxsan/Witsuwit'en culture to that of a child adopted out of the community in terms of the cultural belief of rebirth of an Elder or relative in a baby.
Canadian Bulletin of Medical History, vol. 13, no. 2, Fall, 1996, pp. 1999-224
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Focuses on the efforts of the Chief Medical Officer of the Departments of the Interior and Indian Affairs on behalf of the Aboriginal population within the broader context of the public health movement.
Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, vol. 24, no. 3, June 1996, pp. 217-221
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Compares 1988 and 1980 data gathered by the Medical Services Branch, from the Pacific Region of Health Canada and the recent B.C. Children's Health Survey.
Highlights the establishment of the Extraordinary Policy Development Process (EPDP) and the transfer of control of health services to Indian communities.
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Journal of School Health, vol. 66, no. 9, November 1996, pp. 322-327
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Discusses culturally sensitive approach to curricula development based on three critical processes: selection of integrative theory, use of ethnographic methodology and use of process and outcome evaluations.
Child Welfare, vol. 74, no. 1, January-February 1995, pp. 264-82
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Discusses the law passed in 1978 as result of actions initiated by the Devils Lake Sioux in collaboration with the Association on American Indian Affairs (AIAA); the objective was to reverse the trend of out-of-home placement, and in particular trans-racial placements.
Child holding one dog on a chain in foreground., with another standing in background. Caption by Dommasch: "Cornwallis Island, Resolute [NU] Native Settlement".
Child crouching on ground holding puppy, with large dog lying on ground attached to chain. Caption by Dommasch: "Cornwallis Island, Resolute [NU] Native Settlement".
Child Welfare, vol. 74, no. 3, May 1995, pp. 525-[546]
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Surveys academic and nonacademic literature covering topics such as difficulty in providing service, relationship with welfare services and the state, and perspectives on child maltreatment.