Presents recommendations that would provide support for significant and sustained Aboriginal economic development and an immediate stimulus to address the current economic crisis.
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.
Indigenous Affairs, no. 3-4, Pastoralism, 2009, pp. 54-59
Description
Discusses achievements, challenges and opportunities facing the network with the greatest being mobility.
To access this article, scroll down to page 54.
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.
University of the Fraser Valley Research Review, vol. 2, no. 2, Through Students Eyes: Selected Papers From the Stó:lō Ethnohistory Field School, Spring, 2009, pp. 9-35
Description
Explores ways the Aboriginal people of the Fraser Canyon and Valley understand I:yem and its memorial today.
Looks at significance of ancient memorial site for Stó:lō people.
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.
Journal of Ecotourism, vol. 8, no. 2, Aboriginal Ecotourism, June 2009, pp. 128-143
Description
Looks at the outcomes of reporting back the results of research findings to communities in Churchill, Manitoba, Cambridge Bay and Pond Inlet in Nunavut.
National Congress of American Indians Policy Research Center
Description
Discusses five topics: suggested core values, value and validity of Indigenous knowledge, cultural aspects of research, stewardship of information, sovereignty, and benefits of research.
The Beauval Indian Residential School beside the La Plonge River near Beauval adapts to modern day needs. A gymnasium, science laboratory and library are built. Page one, a picture of the school. Page two, a picture of the new gym and science laboratory. Page three, a jogger running, a student decorates a wall with traditional art, the new wing of the school (outside).
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.