American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 14, no. 1, 2007, pp. 24-43
Description
Focuses on disseminating research findings to communities in a manner that is culturally appropriate and useful, and also looks at maintaining a good relationship between the Alaska communities and the Center for Alaska Native Heath Research.
Reviews strategies used by the Sami to improve their socio-economic position. Updates assessment found in Indigenous Peoples & Poverty: An International Perspective edited by John-Andrew McNeish, Alberto D. Cimadamore and Robyn Eversole.
Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship, vol. 12, no. 2, 2007, pp. 199-216
Description
Compares economic development of similar countries to Torres Strait Islands using the Gross Domestic Product per capita and the impact of culture has on Torres Strait entrepreneurs.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 41, no. 4, 2017, pp. 115-122
Description
Uses the ideology of manifest destiny to connect the policies and political practices of Donald Trump, Andrew Jackson, and Adolf Hitler; focuses on the removal of one people or race to make living space for another.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 10, no. 7, July 2007, p. 1,7
Description
Looks at the new Métis Nation-Saskatchewan president, Robert Doucette, and the work that lies ahead to restore federal and provincial government funding to the organization.
Article located on page 1 and by scrolling to page 7.
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 4, no. 1, Spring, 2017, pp. 1-29
Description
"This article explores the complex connections between alcohol and the construction of Indigenous status and space in two seemingly disparate colonial contexts, eastern North America and northern Fennoscandia".
Cultural Dynamics and Social Representations of Dogs in the Inuit Community of Kuujjuaq (Nunavik)
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Patricia Brunet
Francis Lévesque
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 41, no. 1-2, Bestiaire inuit = Inuit Bestiary, 2017, pp. 265-283
Description
Presents the findings of research conducted in September of 2016 on the changing place of dogs in Kuujjaq, a community where Inuit and non-Inuit live together. Researchers found “that dogs in the community occupy a position that oscillates between appreciation and repulsion—a position shaped by cultural and community contexts.”
Text in French.
Toronto Aboriginal Support Services Council (TASSC)
Description
Provides summary of project activities and reports on themes which emerged from five individual discussion circles with women, men, seniors, youth, and 2-spirit community members.
Ecological Economics, vol. 73, January 15, 2012, pp. 47-55
Description
Looks at influences contributing to the success and failure of ecotourism including shortages in human, financial and social capital, lack of economic benefits and land insecurity.
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 36, no. 2, Le Tourisme dans lArtique / Tourism in the Arctic, 2012, pp. 79-97
Description
Authors conducted interviews in the village of Kuujjuaq to gather information about residents' perceptions of ecotourism. They speculate that development in this area may have a unifying effect on Inuit identity.
Australasian Psychiatry, vol. 15, no. 1, Supplement, February 2007, pp. S1-S4
Description
Introduction to the papers in this supplement, some of which were presented at Creating Futures: Influencing the Social Determinants of Mental Health and Wellbeing in Rural, Indigenous and Island Peoples held in Cairns, September 2006.
Indigenous Affairs, no. 3, Migration, 2007, pp. 4-5
Description
Introduction to journal issue featuring articles on various aspects of Indigenous migration with snapshots of different experiences from around the world.
To access this articles, scroll to page 4.
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 35, no. 1, 2012, pp. 1-6, 221, 223-224
Description
Editorial introduction to this issue on decolonizing systems of teaching and learning, educational spaces and the enactment of culture, and pedagogies of wholeness.
Key findings of an initiative to provide all students with an understanding and respect for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and traditional and contemporary cultures.
Organizational Systems Thesis (Ph.D.)--Saybrook Graduate School and Research Center, 2007.
(This is an abridged version of the introduction, one chapter, and the conclusion of the document.)
Discusses using participatory action research (PAR) methodology, developing culturally appropriate research, communication and data protocols, and working with intermediary organizations to help build relationships. Concludes with a list of best practices.
Chapter from The Sage Handbook of Online Research Methods, 2nd edition, edited by Nigel G. Fielding, Raymond M. Lee, and Grant Blank.