Aboriginal Policy Studies, vol. 1, no. 2, 2011, pp. 132-160
Description
Discusses the gendered nature of gangs and risk factors that contribute to Aboriginal gang involvement, and examines quality prevention approaches needed to help young women, in particular, to leave the gang lifestyle.
Looks at the key tools for working on horizontal outcome focused projects; at conducting a document analysis of the legislation, policies and practices related to each tool; and developing a framework and implementation strategy to identify how the horizontal tools could be applied to produce integrated services in support of First Nations community development.
Scandinavian Studies, vol. 82, no. 3, Fall, 2010, pp. 313-336
Description
Documents the role of Danish painter and traveler, Emilie Demant (later Demant Hatt) who encouraged Johan Turi to write the narratives and provides explanations of Sámi culture and beliefs.
Alif, no. 31, The Other Americas, 2011, pp. 133-151
Description
Discusses Jim Northrup's Rez Road Follies, Thomas King's The Truth About Stories, and Paul Chaat Smith's Everything You Know About Indians is Wrong in terms of the techniques used to critique government actions in their respective countries.
Canadian Woman Studies, vol. 28, no. 2/3, Spring, 2010, pp. 63-70
Description
Using the photovoice approach with twelve Aboriginal breast cancer survivors in Saskatchewan to argue the need for more research on the effects of race, gender, and class on cancer care and experiences.
Examines how the traditional activities of the Yukaghirs are determined by the landscape they inhabit and how their identity has managed to survive because of these traditional activities.
Journal of the Canadian Historical Association, vol. 11, no. 1, New Series, 2000, pp. 87-108
Description
Discusses the Royal visit of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York (later George V and Queen Mary), the ceremonies held and review of the extensive related archival records.
Canadian Journal of Counselling and Psychotherapy, vol. 34, no. 1, Counselling First Nations People in Canada, 2000, pp. 43-53
Description
Looks at relations between researchers and James Bay Cree from northern Quebec based on an experiment conducted to uncover sources of negative reactions towards past psychological studies.
Psychology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2000.
Examines the relationship between culture and the clinical practice of psychological assessment.
Transcultural Psychiatry, vol. 48, no. 4, September 2011, pp. 367-391
Description
Presents a study that examines the intergenerational
impact of residential school exposure on depressive symptoms in a sample of 143 First Nations adults.
An overview of initiatives for Aboriginal and Northern communities under Canada’s Economic Action Plan with the inclusion of two community investment impact studies conducted in the spring and summer of 2010.
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 49, no. 1/2, 2010, pp. 50-68
Description
Discusses whether the program changed attitudes toward American Indians among young learners and therefore potentially improve interracial relationships among Native Americans and non-Native Americans.
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 2, no. 4, Tradition Knowledge, Spirituality and Lands, 2011, pp. 1-4
Description
Looks at methods to engage tribes and First Nations in the development of resource management of public lands using their traditional ecological knowledge.
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 32, no. suppl., Aboriginal Englishes and Education, 2010, pp. 83-99, 154
Description
Discusses the successes and failures by the provincial government on their attempts to modernize schools, and promote racial tolerance and cross-cultural understanding.
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 35, no. 4, The Interconnectedness of Languages, Rivers, and Forests, December 2011, p. [?]
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Discussion on Indigenous governance and territorial autonomy in defence of Indigenous rights and the destruction that the Patuca III dam project would cause.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 35, no. 1, Winter, 2011, pp. 56-74
Description
Discusses how "Blood Run" exposes the limitations of repatriation legislation, most significantly, how NAGPRA's current definition of American Indian identity falls short of sovereign tribal conceptions of identity and tribal responsibility for the repatriation of ancestral remains.
Looks at four interlinked factors that contribute to Indigenous inclusion and incorporates them into a suggested framework for developing an organizational diagnostic tool. Four elements are: number of Indigenous Peoples employed by the organization; opportunities to engage in training and upskilling; availability of cultural competence programs and spaces for cultural practices; and evidence of champions of Indigenous culture.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 20, no. 1, 2000, pp. 139-180
Description
Argues that one way to deal with the imbalance of the mainstream school system is through the process of negotiating, establishing and applying practical aspects of tuition agreements developed by both parties.