Promoting Community Conversations about Research to End Suicide: Learning and Behavioural Outcomes of a Training-of-Trainers Model to Facilitate Grassroots Community Health Education to Address Indigenous Youth Suicide Prevention
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lisa Wexler
Lucas Trout
Suzanne Rataj
Tanya Kirk
Roberta Moto ... [et al.]
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 76, 2017, p. article no. 1345277
Description
Evaluates training of intervention facilitators in Northwest Alaska to develop local capacity for early response to suicide care.
Promoting Tobacco Control Policies in Northwest Indian Tribes
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Edward Lichtenstein
Russell E
Glasgow
Kerri Lopez
Roberta Hall
Suzanne Gilbert McRae
et al.
American Journal of Public Health, vol. 85, no. 7, July 1995, pp. 991-994
Description
Discusses 39 randomized groups in which early intervention or late intervention programs were examined.
Protecting Aboriginal Children
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Bill Simon
Christopher Walmsley
Description
Forward and introduction to book, Protecting Aboriginal Children by Christopher Walmsley.
Protecting Aboriginal Knowledge, Culture and Art Under Canadian Intellectual Property Laws
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
David Spratley
Description
Discusses existing laws, issues of compatibility with Aboriginal culture, and how laws could be altered to better serve Aboriginal interests.
Püao-te-Ata-tü and Mäori Social Work Methods
Alternate Title
Puao-te-Ata-tu and Maori Social Work Methods
Theses
Author/Creator
Äwhina Hollis
Description
Arts Thesis (M.A.) -- University of Otago, 2005
Public Attitudes towards Indigeneity in Canadian Prairie Urbanism
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ryan Walker
Loleen Berdahl
Erin Lashta
David Newhouse
Yale Belanger
Canadian Geographer, vol. 61, no. 2, 2017, pp. 212-223
Description
Uses 2014 survey data collected from non- Indigenous residents of seven cities. Respondents were asked about a stronger Indigenous presence in governance and public places.
Public Power and the Public Purse: Governments, Budgets and Aboriginal Peoples in the Canadian North: Prepared for the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Michael J. Prince
Gary Juniper
Description
Describes fiscal arrangements in the Yukon and Northwest Territories between 1980-1995, discusses factors which influenced public finance and budgeting, and the implications for self- and public government.
A Quantitative Evaluation of Aboriginal Cultural Awareness Training in an Urban Health Service
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Natasha Mooney
Adrian Bauman
Barbara Westwood
Brendan Kelaher
Bill Tibben
Bin Jalaludin
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 29, no. 4, July/August 2005, pp. [23]-[30]
Description
Survey results indicate that the half-day cultural awareness training (CAT) workshops did not make a measureable improvement in changing beliefs and attitudes.
A Quantitative Study on the Influence of Persistence Factors on American Indian Graduate Students
Theses
Author/Creator
Aislinn Rae HeavyRunner-Rioux
Description
Educational Leadership, Higher Education Administration Thesis (Ed.D)--University of Montana, 2017.
Racial Discrimination and Depression Among On-Reserve First Nations People in Rural Saskatchewan
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Bonnie Janzen
Chandima Karunanayake
Donna Rennie
Tarun Katapally
Roland Dyck ... [et al.]
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 108, no. 5-6, 2017, pp. e482-e487
Description
Results of cross-sectional, interviewer-administered survey of 874 adults living on two Cree reserves in Saskatchewan conducted from May 2012 to August 2013. Found association between interpersonal discrimination and depression.
The Racial Paradox of Tribal Citizenship
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Steve Russell
American Studies, vol. 46, no. 3-4, Indigeneity at the Crossroads of American Studies, Fall/Winter, 2005, pp. 163-185
Description
Discusses the issue of Cherokee law of citizenship.
Joint issue with: Indigenous Studies Today Issue 1, Spring 2006.
The Railroad and the Pueblo Indians: The Impact of the Atchison Topeka, and Santa Fe on the Pueblos of the Rio Grande, 1880-1930
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
John R. Gram
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 4, no. 1, Spring, 2017, pp. 108-109
Description
Book review of: The Railroad and the Pueblo Indians by Richard H. Frost.
Raising the Status of Lappish Communities through Tourism Development
Alternate Title
Cultural Tourism in a Changing World: Politics, Participation, and (Re)presentation
Tourism and Cultural Change ; 7
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Satu Miettinen
Description
Describes how the municipality of Inari, Finland has used Sami arts and crafts in tourism development projects aimed at generating income and employment opportunities.
Chapter ten from book: Cultural Tourism in a Changing World: Politics, Participation, and (Re)presentation edited by Melanie Smith and Mike Robinson.
Entire book on one pdf. To access chapter scroll to p. 159.
Raven's Children II: Aboriginal Youth Health in B.C.
E-Books
Author/Creator
Kim van der Woerd
Brittany Dixon
Tricia McDiarmid
Aileen Murphy ... [et al.]
Re(claiming) Indigenous Identity within Canada's Prison System: Indigenous Identity and Indigenous-Specific Prison Programming
Theses
Author/Creator
Stephanie Wellman
Description
Criminology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Ottawa, 2017.
Re-Imagining the Contact Zone: Ethnic Theory and the Friction of Clarence Major, Maxine Hong Kingston, Ana Castillo, and Gerald Vizenor
Theses
Author/Creator
Benjamin D. Carson
Description
English Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Nebraska, 2005.
(Re)Inscription: Reclaiming O'odham Identities through Tattoos
Theses
Author/Creator
Pauline Estela Alvarez
Description
American Indian Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of California, Los Angeles, 2017.
Re-inventing Canada: The North and National Policy
Alternate Title
An Essay Commissioned by the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples, Ottawa, Canada
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Peter Jull
Description
Looks at the history of policy-making from the 1950s to the early 1990s and conflicts which have arisen between Indigenous peoples and governments. Compares developments to those in Australia's Northern Territory.
Revised 3rd edition.
Re/making the 'Meeting Place' - Transforming Toronto's Public Spaces Through Creative Placemaking, Indigenous Story And Planning
Theses
Author/Creator
Nelly Volpert Knizhnik
Description
Environmental Studies Major Paper (MES)--York University 2017.
(Re)presenting the Living Landscape: Exploring Community Mapping as a Tool for Transformative Learning and Planning
Theses
Author/Creator
Maeve Frances Lydon
Description
Environmental Studies (Interdisciplinary) Thesis (M.A.)--University of Victoria, 2002.
See : "Indigenous Maps and Mapping" on page 71-80.
Reaffirming Cultural Identity: A Case Study of Stó:lō Pithouse Reconstructions
Theses
Author/Creator
Tamara Maureen Little
Description
Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--University of British Columbia, 1995.
"Real" Indians and Others: Mixed-Blood Urban Native Peoples and Indigenous Nationhood
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Margaret Connell Szasz
American Review of Canadian Studies, vol. 35, no. 4, Winter, 2005, pp. 759-761
Description
Book review of: "Real" Indians and Others: Mixed-Blood Urban Native Peoples and Indigenous Nationhood by Bonita Lawrence.
The Rebirth of a People: Reincarnation Cosmology among the Tundra Yukaghir of the Lower Kolyma, Northeast Siberia
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Laur Vallikivi and Lena Sidorova
Arctic Anthropology, vol. 54, no. 2, 2017
Description
Authors examine rebirth accounts, the commentary of elders, and a varied of socio-cultural circumstances to explore the relationships between Yukaghir reincarnation cosmology and current cultural resurgence, historic contexts, kinship and identity recognition—both on a personal and a cultural level.
Rebuilding Indigenous Nations through Constitutional Development: A Case Study of the Métis in Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Janique Dubois
Kelly Saunders
Nations and Nationalism, February 20, 2017, pp. 1-24
Description
Concludes that the Metis Nation must build legitimacy internally amongst members and externally with the state.
Rebuilding Our Future: A Cross Cultural Training Video
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Rose Ellis
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 19, no. 2, March/April 1995, pp. 2-3
Description
Comments on video dealing with Aboriginal community members, Aboriginal health workers and non-Aboriginal health workers views on the lack of health services use by Aboriginal people.
Recasting Alaska Native Students: Success, Failure and Identity
Theses
Author/Creator
Mary Denise Grantham-Campbell
Description
Cultural and Social Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--Stanford University, 2005.
Reclaiming Culture: Indigenous People and Self-Representation
E-Books
Author/Creator
Joy Hendry
Reclaiming Territories through Indigenous Performance
Theses
Author/Creator
Francine Burning
Description
Interdisciplinary Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of British Columbia, 2017Focusess on experiences of Madelaine McCallum, Mike Dengeli, Mique'l Dangeli, Leela Gilday, and Ronnie Dean Harris.
Reconciling America's Research Response to Binge Drinking
among American Indians and Alaskan Natives
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Erica Kiemele
Colleen Dell
Carol Hopkins
Joel Beckstead
John Fromson
Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, vol. 28, no. 3, 2017, pp. 860-868
Description
Examines the use of culture as a form of methodology to measure the impact of treatments for binge drinking amongst Indigenous people.
Reconciling Community-Based Indigenous Research and Academic Practices: Knowing Principles is not Always Enough
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Melody E. Morton Ninomiya
Nathaniel J. Pollock
Social Science & Medicine, vol. 172, January 2017, pp. 28-36
Description
"In this paper, we make visible three dilemmas from a case study in which Indigenous health research frameworks provided limited guidance or were unclear about how to balance community priorities with Indigenous research principles".
Reconfiguring Aboriginal-State Relations
Alternate Title
Canada: The State of the Federation ; 2003
E-Books
Author/Creator
Michael Murphy
Evelyn J. Peters
Calvin Hanselmann
Roger Gibbins
Gordon Christie ... [et al.]
Reconfiguring Identities: Tacana Retribalization in Bolivia's Amazonia
Theses
Author/Creator
Laura Ann Bathurst
Description
Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, Berkeley, 2005.
Reconstructing Australia’s Shameful Past: The Stolen Generations in Life-Writing, Fiction and Film
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Susan Barrett
Lignes, no. 2, 2005, pp. 1-13
Description
Discusses how Indigenous authors narrate personal experiences to document the removal of Aboriginal children from their parents.
Recovering From Colonization: Perspectives of Community Members on Protection and Repatriation of Kwakwaka'wakw Cultural Heritage
Alternate Title
Recovering From Colonization: Perspectives of Community Members on Protection and Repatriation of Kw KW Akw Aka'Wakw Cultural Heritage (January 2005 Draft)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Catherine Bell
Heather Raven
Heather McCuaig
Description
Examines community efforts to revive cultural practices, reclaim knowledge, and get back cultural objects, specifically involving the potlatch system. Scroll to page 51
Redskins: Insult and Brand
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Kevin Bruyneel
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 4, no. 1, Spring, 2017, pp. 114-115
Description
Book review of: Redskins: Insult and Brand by C. Richard King.
REEES: Quebec First Nations Regional Early Childhood, Education and Employment Survey: Identity, Language, and Culture
E-Books
Author/Creator
[Anne-Marie Nadeau
David Emond]
REES: Quebec First Nations Regional Early Childhood, Education and Employment Survey: Identity, Language and Culture
E-Books
Author/Creator
Anne-Marie Nadeau
David Emond
Refiguring Indian Blood Through Poetry, Photography, and Performance Art
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Elizabeth Archuleta
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 17, no. 4, Winter, 2005, pp. 1-26
Description
Describes how Native American authors Paula Gunn Allen, Sherman Alexie, Elizabeth Woody, Teresa lyall-Santos, James Luna, Marie Annharte Baker, and Hulleah Tsinhnahjinnie create oppositional models, which challenge current paradigms and understandings of Native American identity.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 1.
Reflections on the Arctic Leaders' Summit Process
E-Books
Author/Creator
Mads Fægteborg
Reforming American Indian/Alaska Native Health Care Financing: The Role of Medicaid
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Andy Schneider
American Journal of Public Health, vol. 95, no. 5, May 2005, pp. 766-768
Description
Describes the current role of Medicaid in financing health care services in the United States, and offers three suggestions for reforming Medicaid.
Refugee Crisis
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Garrett Wilson
Canada's History, vol. 97, no. 1, February/March 2017, pp. 20-28
Description
Depicts U.S. Government policy betraying the Sioux people in the 1870s and 1880s.
Regional-scale Food Security Governance in Inuit Settlement Areas: Opportunities and Challenges in Northern Canada
Theses
Author/Creator
Nicholas Girard
Description
Geography, Environment and Geomatics Thesis (M.A.)--University of Ottawa, 2017.
The Regulation of Aboriginal Political Routines, 1869-1900: Band Government as a Practice of Governance
Theses
Author/Creator
Colin C. Buchanan
Description
Sociology and Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--Carleton University, 1995.
Rekindling the Flame: An Exploration of the Relationships Between Health, Culture and Place among Urban First Nations Men Living in London, Ontario
Theses
Author/Creator
Cindy Smithers Graeme
Description
Geography Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Western Ontario, 2017.
The Relationship between Geographical Location, Indigenous Status and Socio-Economic Status and Adolescent Drug Use
Theses
Author/Creator
Dianna Smith
Description
Health Science Thesis (M.H.S.)--University of Queensland, 2005.
Relatives' Level of Satisfaction with Advanced Cancer Care in Greenland - A Mixed Methods Study
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mikaela Augustussen
Lisa Hounsgaard
Michael Lynge Pedersen
Per Sjøgren
Helle Timm
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 76, 2017, p. article no. 1335148
Description
Study uncovers concerns from families living in rural and remote areas that have limited health care and are dealing with severe and fatal diseases.
Religious and Spiritual Practices among Homeless Urban American Indians and Alaska Natives with Severe Alcohol Problems
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Dennis C. Wendt
Susan E. Collins
Lonnie A. Nelson
Kelly Serafini
Seema L. Clifasefi ... [et al.]
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 24, no. 3, 2017, pp. 39-62
Description
American Indians and Alaska Natives were compared to general population on demographic variables, alcohol problems, and religious affiliations and practices. Found that those who engaged in Native-specific spiritual practices had lower alcohol use.
Relocating Eden: The Image and Politics of Inuit Exile in the Canadian Arctic
Alternate Title
Arctic Visions
E-Books
Author/Creator
Alan Rudolph Marcus
Relocations upon Relocations: Home, Language, and Native American Women's Writings
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Inés Hernández-Ávila
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 19, no. 4, Autumn, 1995, pp. 491-507
Description
Examines some recurring themes in Native American women's literature, like home and relocation, and the resulting implications that arise.