CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 171, no. 5, August 31, 2004, p. 437
Description
Discusses agreements with the Canadian Association of Radiologists (CAR) and the Assembly of First Nations (AFN); indications are eight First Nations will establish magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) clinics.
Rural and Remote Health, vol. 4, no. 230, August 27, 2004, pp. 1-13
Description
Study shows most people with musculoskeletal health problems learn to live with chronic pain levels. Includes strategies for health care workers to help manage disabilities.
Preventing Ecological Decline in the Bras d'Or Bioregion: The State Versus the Micmac 'Metamorphosis Machine'
Preventing Ecological Decline in the Bras d'Or Bioregion: The State Versus the Mikmaw 'Metamorphosis Machine'
Preventing Ecological Decline in the Bras d'Or Bioregion: The State Versus the Miqmaq 'Metamorphosis Machine'
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
William T. Hipwell
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 24, no. 2, 2004, pp. 253-281
Description
Discusses the ecological degradation of the central Bras d'Or Lakes watershed region and the active stance the Mi'kmaq people have taken to implement an integrated management approach to the issue.
Discusses the vision, mission and value of the Prince Albert Grand Council, and includes information on the 12 surrounding bands, and various departments.
Discusses some of the specific mental health concerns for members of racialized groups and the Aboriginal community including higher levels of anxiety, stress and stress-related illness.
International Sports Studies, vol. 26, no. 1, Summer, 2004, pp. 13-17
Description
Looks at the idea of national identity, how sport and media factor into national identity, and the Adidas advertising campaign for the New Zealand All Blacks rugby team.
Stealing/Steeling the Spirit: American Indian Identities ; and Smoke Screens/Smoke Signals: Looking Through Worlds: Proceedings of the Third and Fourth Native American Symposiums
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Gerald D. Waite
Description
Examines the effects of cultural theft that infringes upon religious rituals and ceremonies within Native American cultures.
Canadian Journal Educational Administration and Policy, no. 32, Special Issue: Initial Teacher Education in Canada and the United Kingdom, July 1, 2004, p. [?]
Description
Author outlines the attitudes she considers essential when teaching in a cross-cultural setting.
Examines the opportunities and challenges to establishing co-operatives to help decolonize academia.
Chapter from Co-operative Membership and Globalization: New Directions in Research and Practice edited by Brett Fairbarn and Nora Russell.
Entire ebook on one PDF. To access chapter, scroll down to page 145.
Explores the possibility of creating these reserves as solution to the housing issues facing First Nation members in Saskatoon. Report forms part of the Bridges and Foundations Project on Urban Aboriginal Housing.
American Journal of Public Health, vol. 94, no. 10, October 2004, pp. 1730-1735
Description
Study tests the effectiveness of a community-based lay health advisor intervention for primary prevention of lead poisoning among Native American children who lived in a former mining area.
Public Policy Paper (Saskatchewan Institute of Public Policy) ; no. 28
SIPP Public Policy Paper ; no. 28
E-Books
Author/Creator
Janice Stokes
Ian Peach
Raymond B. Blake
Description
Discussion of urbanization and the limitations of services to off-reserve people. Argues that past policies and programs have not met with real success.
Reports on health care disparities, progress made during the previous five years, demographics, management of care, and new initiatives. Includes 10 conclusions and recommendations.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 28, no. 3, 2004, pp. 121-178
Description
Book reviews of:
American Indians in U.S. History by Roger L. Nichols.
Blanket Weaving in the Southwest by Joe Ben Wheat.
Captors and Captives: The 1704 French and Indian Raid on Deerfield by Evan Haefeli and Kevin Sweeney.
“The Cherokee Night” and Other Plays by Lynn Riggs.
Creek Country: The Creek Indians and Their World by Robbie Ethridge.
Enduring Legacies: Native American Treaties and Contemporary Controversies edited by Bruce E. Johansen.
Hermanitos Comanchitos: Indo-Hispano Rituals of Captivity and Redemption by Enrique R.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 28, no. 5, September/October 2004, p. 26
Description
Brief obituary article on a local doctor from Leeton, New South Wales, Australia who was the first Indigenous person to be accepted into the University of Newcastle's Medical School.
Institute on Governance Roundtable Series, 2004-05
Towards a New Aboriginal Governance Agenda - TANAGA
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Institute on Governance
[Frannie Léautier
Larry Chartrand]
Institute on Governance Roundtable Series
Description
Summarizes two speakers' presentations: Can Good Governance be Nurtured: Experience from Developing and Transition Countries and Searching for Good Governance in the Aboriginal Context.
Nine elders in discussion at Saddle Lake Reserve. They talk about aspects of life before contact with whites, Treaty #6, the history of amalgamations and land sales, and a traditional story of a boy raised by buffalo.
Properties of Culture - Culture as Property: Pathways to Reform in Post-Soviet Siberia
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Aimar Ventsel
Description
Chapter in book: Properties of Culture - Culture as Property: Pathways to Reform in Post-Soviet Siberia edited by Erich Kasten.
Discusses different layers of culture and the link to a ethnicity in the Republic of Sakha, Russia.
English Studies in Canada, vol. 30, no. 3, September 2004, pp. 57-88
Description
Examines the restoration of film about the decline of the native culture from within the context of complex anthropological cultural collection of the past and the rise of archival reconstruction of today.
This file contains a promotional brochure that outlines the philosophy, objectives and training opportunities available at Saskatchewan Indian Cultural College in 1973.