Discussion on the first step in the engagement process to obtain input on how Aboriginal economic development programs may be renovated to better meet the needs of Aboriginal Canadians.
Roundtable on Gender and Aboriginal Economic Development
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Allan Clarke
Vera Pawis Tabobondung
Beverley O'Neil
Roberta Stout
Nadine Roach ... [et al.]
Description
Looks at the National Association of Friendship Centres and the Friendship Centre Movement perspective on urban Aboriginal economic development and the basic systemic, socio-economic and educational barriers facing urban Aboriginal women.
Results of community consultation process and literature review focus on incorporation of both Aboriginal and western perspectives for health improvement as well as current strengths and weaknesses.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 17, no. 1, Spring, 2005, pp. 16-41
Description
Focuses on the work of contemporary Cherokee authors Robert Conley, Glenn Twist, Wilma Mankiller, and Diane Glancy, who attempt to represent the horrors of their ancestors' forced removal from the state of Georgia to present day Oklahoma.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 16.
Although aimed at people applying for citizenship in the Métis Nation of Ontario, contains some useful general information about genealogical research.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 34, no. 2, Spring, 2010, pp. 271-274
Description
Book review of: Restoring the Balance: First Nations Women, Community, and Culture edited by Gail Guthrie Valaskakis, Madeline Dion Stout and Eric Guimond.
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 29, no. 1-2, Préserver la Langue et les Savoirs / Preserving Language and Knowledge, 2005, pp. 207-219
Description
Outlines changes in attitudes towards language use and preservation, and the importance of Cree as the language of instruction. Uses the community of Mistissini, Quebec as an example of one language being used in the home and when hunting, and another dominating in other situations.
Text in French.
Nursing Leadership, vol. 22, no. 4, [January] 2010, pp. 24-39
Description
Based on literature review and key informant interviews, authors' developed three pillars for working in rural and isolated communities: use of indigenous frameworks, capacity building and cultural safety. Includes examples to highlight efficacy of these practices.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 29, no. 2, 2005, pp. 119-172
Description
Book reviews of:
The American Indian Integration of Baseball by Jeffrey Powers-Beck.
The Apache Indians: In Search of the Missing Tribe by Helge Ingstad.
Assimilation’s Agent: My Life as a Superintendent in the Indian Boarding School System by Edwin L. Chalcraft.
Coming to Shore: Northwest Coast Ethnology, Traditions, and Visions edited by Marie Mauzé, Michael E. Harkin, and Sergei Kan.
Every Day Is a Good Day by Wilma Mankiller.
Friends and Enemies in Penn’s Woods: Indians, Colonists, and the Racial Construction of Pennsylvania edited by William A.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 29, no. 1, 2005, pp. 97-147
Description
Book reviews of:
Alaska Native Political Leadership and Higher Education: One University, Two Universes by Michael L. Jennings.
Alaska’s Daughter: An Eskimo Memoir of the Early Twentieth Century by Elizabeth Bernhardt Pinson.
Choctaw Tales collected and annotated by Tom Mould.
De Religione: Telling the Seventeenth-Century Jesuit Story in Huron to the Iroquois edited and translated by John L. Steckley.
Evil Corn by Adrian C. Louis.
Have You Thought of Leonard Peltier Lately? by Harvey Arden.
Indians in Unexpected Places by Philip J.
Michael Fredericks discusses her company's philosophy and first project using a participate design concept at the Alaska Native Science and Engineering Facility at the University of Alaska Anchorage.
Duration: 47:37.
Public Health Reports, vol. 125, Supplement 4, 2010, p. 43–50
Description
Study identified sociocultural factors that contribute to rapid advancement of the disease; discusses the need for traditional healing practices to be included in treatment regimens.
Native Social Work Journal, vol. 7, Promising Practices in Mental Health: Emerging Paradigms for Aboriginal Social Work Practices, November 2010, pp. 87-107
Description
Discusses the role of an Elder in counseling sessions with Aboriginal clinicians trained in Western healing intervention, providing insight into their problems both from an Aboriginal perspective as well as from a western clinical perspective.
Brief discussion of the impact of colonialism, factors which place individuals at risk for homelessness, common life experiences of the majority of the population, government responses, and list of practices needed in the continuum of care.
Traces Pete Standing Alone's last round up of his horses and how his life has changed in the last twenty years. Accompanying material: An Integrated Educator's Guide.
Duration:18:02.