Developmental Health and the Wealth of Nations: Social, Biological, and Educational Dynamics
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Author/Creator
Alan R. Pence
Description
Describes author's experiences while developing an Aboriginal child care training program in collaboration with the Meadow Lake Tribal Council.
Chapter from Developmental Health and the Wealth of Nations: Social, Biological, and Educational Dynamics edited by Daniel .P. Keating and Clyde Hertzman.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 22, no. 1/2, Winter-Spring, 1998, pp. 63-82
Description
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.
Brief biography of the youngest high school graduate and recipient of the Governor General's Academic Medal for the highest academic standing in her class.
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.
Discussion Paper: Pan-Canadian Education Research Agenda, Council of Ministers of Education, Canada
[PCERA Symposium ; 1999]
[Report on the Pan-Canadian Education Research Agenda Symposium]
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Terry Wotherspoon
Bernard Schissel
Description
Addresses the causes and implications of, and possible solutions to, the "education gap" between Aboriginal people and the general population in Canada. The paper highlights Joe Duquette High School and Princess Alexandria Community School, which are located in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
Excerpt from Report on the Pan-Canadian Education Research Agenda Symposium.
Justice as Healing, vol. 3, no. 4, Winter, 1998, p. [?]
Description
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.
1999 BCSC [British Columbia Supreme Court] 1341Docket 7838. Judgement regarding St. George's Indian Residential School (Anglican Church of Canada) and the sexual abuse of children. Findings of liability made in relation to federal Crown and Anglican Church for actions of dorm supervisor Derek Clarke.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 22, no. 2, March/April 1998, p. 31
Description
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
Description
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.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 23, no. 3, Special Issue on Disease, Health, and Survival Among Native Americans, 1999, pp. 243-264
Description
Investigates young gangs in a society where injury mortality (deaths due to accident, suicide and homicide) is the single most important health problem.
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.
AHWS: Repatriation of Aboriginal: Executive Summary
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Native Child and Family Services of Toronto
Stevenato and Associates
Janet Budgell
Description
Purpose of the project was to: gain understanding of key issues and concerns; identify repatriation models being implemented; review successful approaches and determine applicability in Ontario; develop a demographic profile of adoptees and foster children; consult with service providers, individuals, and Elders; and recommend a repatriation model for Aboriginal people in Ontario.
The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, vol. 69, no. 4, April 1999, pp. 796S-802S
Description
Comments on a program for Native American schoolchildren, in third to fifth-grade, that promotes increased physical activity and healthy eating behaviours.
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.
English Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Toronto, 1998. Explores Indigenous writings and collections; analysis of works including Mourning Dove, E-Yeh-Shure, Zitkala-Sa, Luther Standing Bear, Charles Eastman, Arthur Parker, Francis LaFlesche.