Looks at health determinants such as chronic illness and risky behaviors that effect well-being and social determinants that contribute to disadvantages in areas of education, income and employment.
Study focuses on three types of policy initiatives: (1) control of alcohol within tribal jurisdictions; (2) education and treatment (3) social and environmental risk factors.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 24, no. 2, 2000, pp. 49-63
Description
Gives a brief history of the US Federal government's policy on affordable housing, the proliferation of low income housing units on reserves and how housing became a symbol of the government's commitment to self-determination.
Canadian Woman Studies, vol. 20, no. 2, National Identity and Gender Politics, Summer, 2000, pp. 64-69
Description
Discussion of identity under the Indian Act and the past discriminatory provision of women who marry non-Indian men losing thier status, and social and political rights.
A resource for teacher and supplement to Research Into Practice: An Overview of Reading Research for Washington State. Looks at facets of education influenced by parents and teachers not policymakers.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 24, no. 2, 2000, pp. 85-110
Description
Comments on complexity of issues related to geographical studies concerning Indigenous communities in Canada and the United States, and the constant need to revise understandings of the environment.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 24, no. 3, 2000, pp. 131-153
Description
Provides background and potential resolution to struggles of the Anishinaabe of Wisconsin which emerged in 1910-1953 and have continued over rights and control their lands and resources.
Discusses specific partnerships from across British Columbia in numerous industry sectors including forestry, fisheries, renewable energy, and hospitality. Looks at how relationships were started and critical turning points that served as a catalyst for change.
National Drug Early Warning System (NDEWS) Minnesota HotSpot Study
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Brenna Greenfield
Erin Russell
Hannah Youngdeer
Melissa Walls
Clinton Alexander
Description
Study conducted in collaboration with the Gaa-waabaabiganikaag (White Earth Nation) performed five fatality reviews and held four focus group discussions to identify risk and protective factors.
First Nations Human Resources Development Commission of Québec (FNHRDCQ)
Description
Collection of best practices used by companies. Provides information on context, workforce awareness, advantages to workforce diversity, employment challenges, and the elements of a successful integration strategy.
International Journal of Canadian Studies, no. 41, Representations of First Nations and Métis / Les représentations des Premiéres Nations et des Métis, 2010, pp. 99-135
Description
Looks at strategies Indigenous peoples use to deal with state power and suggests an alternative way.
Exhibit held at the National Museum of the American Indian. Curated by Gerald McMaster and co-curated by Arthur Renwick. Features works by: Marianne Nicolson, Shelley Niro, Mateo Romero, Nora Naranjo-Morse, C. Maxx Stevens, Jolene Rickard and Mary Longman.
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 35, no. 1, Spring, 2000, pp. 190-203
Description
Discusses recent academic discourse about colonialism, reserve establishment and policy and suggest that writers create a utopian perspective, disregarding the severe problems faced by on-reserve residents.
Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 21, no. 2, Proceedings of the 2010 Western Social Science Association American Indian Studies Section, Summer, 2010, pp. 1-40
Description
Comments about the on going process of tribal government development in the Navajo Nation.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 24, no. 4, 2000, pp. 177-223
Description
Book reviews of:
An Account of the Antiquities of the Indians by Fray Ramon Pané, José Juan Arrom et al.
American Indians in the Marketplace: Persistence and Innovation among the Menominees and Metlakatlans, 1870-1920 by Brian C.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 24, no. 1, 2000, pp. 223-268
Description
Book reviews of:
American Indians and National Parks by Robert H. Keller and Michael F. Turek.
Ancient West Mexico: Art and Archeology of the Unknown Past edited by Richard F.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 24, no. 2, 2000, pp. 159-207
Description
Book reviews of:
American Indians in World War I: At War and At Home by Thomas A. Britten.
Boarding School Seasons: American Indian Families, 1900-1940 by Brenda J. Child.
Choctaw Genesis, 1500-1700 by Patricia Galloway.
Daily Life on the Nineteenth-Century American Frontier by Mary Ellen Jones.
Dancing the Dream: The Seven Sacred Paths of Human Transformation by Jamie Sams.
The Great Peace: The Gathering of Good Minds (CD-ROM) by Raymond Skye et.