Purpose of brief compilation is to provide historical and current context for Aboriginal health status. Lists significant legislation and events chronologically, as well as discusses benefits, social determinants of health, gaps in services, etc.
Policy Paper for the Reconciliation Working Group ; PB-2015-03
[ISID Aboriginal Policy Studies Papers]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ben J. Geboe
Description
Looks at government policies and programs in the four countries. Selection based on feedback indicating that initiatives were meeting with some success.
Journal of Forest Economics, vol. 13, no. 1, May 15, 2007, pp. 49-71
Description
Findings did not reflect a statistical difference between Native Americans and Montana's general population initially, but in-depth interviews later revealed variations.
Abstracts of works in the Research Series.
Aboriginal Sexual Offending in Canada by John H. Hylton.
Mental Health Profiles for a Sample of British Columbia's Aboriginal Survivors of the Canadian Residential School System by Raymond R. Corrado, Irwin M.
Literature review identifies secondary information in these areas: barriers to employment, career aspirations, rates of success and factors associated with them, and comparison to non-Aboriginal youth.
Ontario Federation of Indigenous Friendship Centres (OFIFC)
Description
Paper outlines the organization's position on regulating street checks, answers the Government of Ontario's 15 consultation questions and provides recommendations for consideration.
WUJAVC: Western Undergraduate Journal of Art and Visual Culture, vol. 1, Inaugural Issue, 2007-2008, p. [?]
Description
Argues that both past and present Aboriginal art forms have been underrepresented in national museums. Past art because it has been viewed as craft, and modern works because their content makes viewers uncomfortable.
Oral History Review, vol. 37, no. 2, Summer/Fall, 2010, pp. 170-190
Description
Looks at written documents and oral recollections to uncover the experiences of Indigenous soldiers and their contributions in World War II, the Northern Territory, and Australian history.
IK: Other Ways of Knowing, vol. 1, no. 2, 2015, pp. 98-111
Description
Looks at two groups photographed and interviewed for the project: First Nations youth from Calgary, Alberta and Te Ora Hou, a Maori youth organization in Christchurch, New Zealand.
Canadian Foreign Policy Journal, vol. 13, no. 3, 2007, pp. 13-28
Description
Reconsiders Australian Aboriginal systems of engagement, based on sensitivity to others and the environment, before colonialism entrenched the formal European way of cross-border encounters based on categorization and separation.
American Antiquity, vol. 75, no. 2, April 2010, pp. 211-216
Description
Discusses the importance of archaeological scientists working thoughtfully with Native Americans and First Nations Tribal members, with the ultimate goal being expanded scientific description and cultural explanation.
Presents a selection of papers presented April 29-30, 2009, Faculty of the VCA and Music, The University of Melbourne about the business of Indigenous performing arts, its history and its future.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 10, no. 1, January 2007, p. 7
Description
Short report on how the merger of two, rural credit unions with Saskatoon Credit Union won't lessen their commitment to Aboriginal people.
To access article, scroll down to page 7.
Native Social Work Journal, vol. 7, Promising Practices in Mental Health: Emerging Paradigms for Aboriginal Social Work Practices, November 2010, pp. 139-161
Description
Discusses various aspects of the Medicine Wheel, including knowledge about human development from the mainstream paradigm and Indigenous wisdom and ways of knowing from an ecological position, thus linking human development concerns to a wholistic view.
Journal of New Zealand Literature , vol. 24, no. 2, Special Issue: Comparative Approaches to Indigenous Literary Studies, 2007, pp. 135-152
Description
Discusses commonalities around "the sharing of a cultural technology that functions very differently according to whether it is engaged esoterically or exoterically -- by members of the communities represented in the films or by others."
Atlantic Aboriginal Economic Development Integrated Research Program, AAEDIRP
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Tom Cooper
Terry Hickey
Leon Sock
Gerald Hare
Description
Purpose of study is to help guide First Nations communities in developing policies, procedures and controls that will ensure effective fisheries management.
The Canadian Geographer, vol. 54, no. 4, Winter, 2010, pp. 417-440
Description
Looks at Canadian and world studies at an Ontario secondary school and the need for more inclusive perceptions of Aboriginal People within geography related curriculums.
Assesses levels of concurrence in understanding regarding the salmon fishery among the Ahtna, an Alaska Native people, commercial fishers, and fishery biologists.
Western American Literature, vol. 45, no. 3, Fall, 2010, pp. 228-251
Description
Looks at how role reversals and racial imitations in Joe the Painter and the Deer Island Massacre transforms the stereotypical trappings of Indian roles by redescribing and incorporating a sense of the past into the present.
Journal of MultiDisciplinary Evaluation, vol. 4, no. 8, October 2007, pp. 40-57
Description
Focuses on three questions: what is culturally competent evaluation, what does this type of evaluation look like, what approaches have been found to be most effective, and what gaps remain to be addressed?