Identifies the goals and objectives of managing the mineral resources in Nunavut including: capacity development, environmental stewardship and sustainability, community participation, infrastructure development, business development, and development of an effective approval process.
Rural and Remote Health, vol. 6, no. 560, July 19, 2006, pp. 1-12
Description
Study uses demographics and consultation content to compare primary care services offered between Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services and Townsville Aboriginal and Island Health Service.
Regional Northern Identity: From Past to Future, International Research Conference ; 2006
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Torunn Pettersen
Description
Focuses on lack of Sami demographical knowledge, its importance, the reasons, and the role of Sami identity.
Paper presented at the Regional Northern Identity: From Past to Future, International Research Conference.
Research Connections Canada 12: Supporting Children and Families
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Onowa McIvor
Research Connections Canada , vol. 12, 2005, pp. 5-20
Description
Examines language programs in two First Nations communities to see if they are suitable for use in the revitalization of languages and early childhood development in other Aboriginal communities.
Scroll to p.5 to read article.
Aboriginal Concerns: Self-Government, Nunavut, Repatriation, Representation, and Aboriginal Media
E-Books » Chapters
Description
Book based on presentations given at a colloquium of the same name. Part V contains Aboriginal content.
To access chapter, scroll down to appropriate page.
Chapter 36: Converging or Diverging Pathways to Aboriginal Self-Determination? Indigenous Peoples, Self-Government, and the Federation by Frances Abele and Michael J. Prince. (p.443)
Chapter 37: Keynote Address on Nunavut: Convergence and Divergence in North America: Canada and the United States by Donat Savoie. ( p.
Looks at effectiveness of existing services offered for the community and for Aboriginal women and concludes that not enough gender and ethnic services are offered.
American Journal of Physical Anthropology, vol. 126, no. 4, April 2005, pp. 404-412
Description
Study examines postmarital residence at two ancestral Tewa Indian pueblos located in north-central New Mexico as well as the genetic relationships among pueblos.
Financial Literacy, Banking and Identity Conference
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Catherine Demosthenous
Boni Robertson
Anuja Cabraal
Supriya Singh
Description
Reports results of qualitative study conducted through face-to-face interviews and yarning circles in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Refeered paper presented at the Financial Literacy, Banking and Identity Conference 2006.
Goal of document is to help clarify what protocols are, their uses, and how they can be developed by communities and local organizations to address issues of access, control and ownership of Indigenous knowledge.
Atlantis, vol. 29, no. 2, [Indigenous Women: The State of Our Nations], 2005, pp. 1-13
Description
Examines a program developed for urban Native women that focuses on restoring a sense of sacred interconnection and developing spiritual practices incorporating traditional teachings.
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 20, no. 1, Spring, 2005, pp. 139-159
Description
Discusses the complexities in determining identity , as revealed in personal correspondence of Chinquilla, Jones and Bonin regarding Native American organizations in the 1920s.
Moving Population and Public Health Knowledge into Action: A Casebook of Knowledge Translation Stories
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Sylvia Abonyi
Bonnie Jeffrey
Description
Discusses project which originated with senior health managers at the Prince Alberta Grand Council and the Athabasca Health Authority in northern Saskatchewan with a focus on the knowledge translation component.
Concurrent Mini-plenary Session and Oral Abstract Presentations: Oral Health
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Andrew Macnab
Description
Lecture given at the 1st IMICH (International Meeting on Inuit and Native American Child Health) and 17th Annual Indian Health Service Research Conference held April 29 to May 1, 2005 in Seattle.
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 17, no. 2, Sustainability, Winter, 2005, pp. 28-29
Description
Examines the Leadership Development for the 21st Century: Linking Research, Academics and Extension (LEAD21) program designed to enhance skills and knowledge in leadership competencies.
Anthropology & Education Quarterly, vol. 36, no. 1, Indigenous Epistemologies and Education: Self-Determination, Anthropology, and Human Rights, March 2005, pp. 57-72
Description
Looks at the development of a traditional knowledge program, background of the community and self-determination for schools.
Health Promotion International , vol. 21, no. 2, January 2006, pp. 88-97
Description
Looks at the importance of developing integrated health promotion programs for multiple communities, based on previous studies, to help decrease the epidemic of diabetes among First Nations in Canada.
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 30, no. 2, L’Influence de Marcel Mauss / The Influence of Marcel Mauss, 2006, pp. 163-189
Description
Survey conducted in 2003 asked individuals whether the utility of Inuktitut and choices between English and Inuktitut had changed since the creation of Nunavut. Sample was 35.