Borderlands E - Journal, vol. 8, no. 1, 2009, pp. 1-8
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Explores the dichotomy between cultural relativism and universalism and examines how these tensions are used to legitimize assimilation by the Australian colonial state.
Diversity in Health and Care, vol. 6, no. 1, 2009, pp. [11]-22
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Describes the Sioux Lookout Meno Ya Win Health model of cross-cultural care based on 5 key service aspects: governance, patient support, traditional healing practice, medicines, and foods.
Looks at the historical, cultural and political context of American Indian philanthropic traditions and relationships with the United States government.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 33, no. 3, 2009, pp. 111-165
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Book reviews of 20 books:
The American Indian Oral History Manual: Making Many Voices Heard by Charles E. Trimble, Barbara W. Sommer and Mary Kay Quinlan.
Collaborating at the Trowel's Edge: Teaching and Learning in Indigenous Archaeology edited by Stephen W. Silliman.
Doctor to the North: Thirty Years Treating Heart Disease Among the Inuit by John H.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 33, no. 1, 2009, pp. 143-192
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Book reviews of 20 books:
American Indians and State Law: Sovereignty, Race, and Citizenship, 1790-1880 by Deborah A. Rosen.
Architectural Variability in the Southeast edited by Cameron H. Lacquement.
Art from Fort Marion: The Silberman Collection by Joyce M.
Native Social Work Journal, vol. 6, no. 1, Resistance and Resiliency: Addressing Historical Trauma of Aboriginal Peoples, March 2007, pp. 121-136
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Looks at the merits of university and community collaboration in the development of a community-based healing program for residential school survivors living in the Kitchener-Waterloo area.
International Journal of Critical Indigenous Studies, vol. 2, no. 1, 2009, pp. 43-48
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Author states that when local community organizations are empowered with the delivery of employment and training programs, the chances of a successful outcome is improved.
Child Health and Education, vol. 1, no. 4, 2009, pp. 183-206
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Looks at steps needed to connect services across sectors, professional disciplines and cultures to offer holistic and integrated services for child development.
Counselling, Psychotherapy, and Health, vol. 3, no. 2, Indigenous Special Issue, 2007, pp. 89-104
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Explores issues associated with the healing and integration of race, identity, and empowerment highlighted by a case study of a 36 year old, female, lesbian, Indigenous Canadian, and immigrant to Australia.
Canadian Journal of Education, vol. 30, no. 4, Coalition Work in Indigenous Educational Contexts, 2007, pp. 989-1014
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Overview of study, women participants and challenges of intra-group and intergroup work. Concludes with interpretation of essay by Thomas King, "What Is It About Us That you Don't Like?"
Looks at the history, artistic and cultural value of Alutiiq masks, and discusses some of the challenges for future masters to carry Alutiiq traditions forward.
Pimatisiwin, vol. 7, no. 1, Summer, 2009, pp. 1-25
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Questions how the Community Based Participatory Research principles stand up when applied to American Aboriginal communities and whether additional contextual information is necessary to understand and work with these principles.
Canadian Foreign Policy Journal, vol. 13, no. 3, 2007, pp. 13-28
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Reconsiders Australian Aboriginal systems of engagement, based on sensitivity to others and the environment, before colonialism entrenched the formal European way of cross-border encounters based on categorization and separation.
Journal of MultiDisciplinary Evaluation, vol. 4, no. 8, October 2007, pp. 40-57
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Focuses on three questions: what is culturally competent evaluation, what does this type of evaluation look like, what approaches have been found to be most effective, and what gaps remain to be addressed?