Looks at the demographic profile of the Northwest Territories and summarizes literature relevant to nutritional health of the Déne and Métis populations.
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 190, no. 49, December 10, 2018, pp. E1434-E1440
Description
This retrospective cohort study compares the proportion of First Nations and non–First Nations children and youth who accessed care and specialist treatment for painful conditions over a 17-year period, also examines the correlation between painful experience in adolescence and a mental health diagnosis.
Reports on data gathered from eight communities: Constance Lake, Lac Seul, Mohawks of Akwessasne, North Caribou Lake, Six Nations of the Grand River, Walpole Island, Webequie, and Wunnumin.
Talking Together to Improve Health = Gi-noondidaa ji mina-maajiishkag noojimoowin
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Annie Berthiaume
Chris Bowes
Sheila Cote-Meek
Kimberly Lalonde
Chanelle LaRocque … [et al.]
Description
Aim was to identify successes, challenges, and current engagement practices between health units and First Nations peoples. A total of 14 units participated.
Includes four case studies: Tk’emlups te Secwepemc and the City of Kamloops; Tsleil Waututh Nation and the District of North Vancouver; : Musqueam and the City of Vancouver; : Cowichan Tribes and the City of Duncan; and Fort Nelson First Nation and Northern Rockies Regional Municipality.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 31, no. 1, 2007, pp. 63-108
Description
Looks at the Kwakwaka'wakw potlatch participants' perpspectives and Nez Perce dancers' roles and experience and finds commonalities amid the differences.
Debwewin: The First Nation Jury Review Implementation Committee: Progress Report: September 2013 - March 2015
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Debwewin Jury Review Implementation Committee
Description
Reports on actions taken in response to recommendations made in the Honourable Frank Iacobucci's report First Nations Representation on Ontario Juries. Purpose of the Independent Review was to ensure and enhance representation of First Nations persons living on reserves on provincial jury rolls; and to strengthen the relationship between Ontario's Ministry of the Attorney General and First Nations on the issue.
Matika Wilbur shares photographs and stories from Project 562, her multi-year project to document members of federally recognized tribes in the United States.
Duration: 1:42:58.
Examines how First Nations may manage aquatic resources in their traditional territories by looking at case studies involving the Yinka Dene, the Syilx Nation, water monitoring practices, the Tla'amin Nation and the Cowichan tribes.
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 22, no. 2, Fall, 2007, pp. 23-55
Description
Compares old and new environmental ethics pertaining to Indigenous peoples and Euro-Americans.The author also explores the concept of indigenous knowledge.
BC Studies, no. 199, Indigeneities and Museums: Ongoing Conversations, Autumn, 2018, pp. 81-94
Description
Author--who is an anthropologist specializing in Coast Salish culture, a member and chair of the collections committee, and a board member of the Museum--discusses several examples of repatriating objects, and the process of developing a formal policy.
In webinar, representative from the First Nations Information Governance Centre (FNIGC) discusses organization's development and purpose, the issue of data sovereignty, the principles of OCAP (Ownership, Control, Access and Possession) and their implications for researchers.
Duration: 49:31.
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 13, no. 2, Death and Dying: Healing and Supporting Journeys, December 2018, pp. 8-28
Description
Using a targeted literature search, critiques mainstream approaches to suicidology and suicide prevention because they ignore key social and structural dimensions of Aboriginal suicide.
BC Studies, no. 197, Spring, April 24, 2018, pp. 107-121
Description
Discusses the text and its critical framework—title page, introduction, and other framing elements. Considers the roles of Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) Chief Joe and his wife Mary Capilano as co-authors, and the decolonization of the text by reconnecting it to unceded Coast Salish lands using platform called ArcGIS Story-Map Journals,