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Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Shawn A-in-chut Atleo
Paul Martin
Description
Speakers address an important pressing issue in Canada for Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Canadians.
Duration: 1:45:26.
[Aboriginal Early Childhood Development Assessment: Issues and Insights in a Cultural Context]: A Report to the British Columbia Aboriginal Child Care Society
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Linda McDonell
Rachelle Beaulieu
Description
Overview of different types of tools to assist First Nations/ Aboriginal early childhood educators increase their knowledge and skills in the area of screening and assessment.
Aboriginal People and the Law in British Columbia
E-Books
Author/Creator
Cliff Thorstenson
Darwin Hanna
Cynthia Callison
Description
2nd edition
Academic Enhancement Site
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Judith A. DeJong
Stanley R. Holder
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 13, no. 2, 2006, pp. 123-151
Description
Looks at an off-reservation school that received Therapeutic Residential Model funding for the 2001-2002 school year and choose to use the funds for an intensive academic enhancement effort.
Body Mass Index and Blood Pressure Screening in a Rural Public School System: The Healthy Kids Project
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
William E. Moore
Aietah Stephens
Terry Wilson
Wesley Wilson
June E. Eichner
Preventing Chronic Disease, vol. 3, no. 4, October 2006, p. article A114
Description
Contends that students who were involved with the Healthy Kids Project showed high rates of excess weight, with American Indians and African Americans at the greatest risk.
A Brief History of Federal Inuit Policy Development: Lessons in Consultation and Cultural Competence
Alternate Title
A History of Treaties and Policies
Aboriginal Policy Research ; vol. 7
Aboriginal Policy Research Conference ; 3rd, 2009
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Erik Anderson
Sarah Bonesteel
Description
Looks at shortcomings in consultation and introduction of social policies and programs designed for the south.
Chapter from A History of Treaties and Policies, which is vol. 7 in the Aboriginal Policy Research series.
Originally presented at the Aboriginal Policy Research Conference, 2009.
Building Capacity for Equality: Investigating School-Based Interventions to Enhance the Mental Health of Aboriginal Youth in British Columbia
Theses
Author/Creator
Jennifer A. W. Blattler
Description
Public Policy Thesis (M.P.P.)--Simon Fraser University, 2013.
The Challenge in Old Crow
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Georges Payrastre
Claudette Jaiko
Description
Parents discuss concerns for the health of their children and develop a project to promote mental and physical fitness in the village of Old Crow.
Duration: 55:00.
Charting a Course for Culturally Responsive Physical Education
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Daniel B. Robinson
Lisa Lunney Borden
Ingrid M. Robinson
Alberta Journal of Educational Research, vol. 58, no. 4, Winter, 2013, pp. 526-546
Description
Recommends curriculum which supports a learning climate involving teachers critically assessing their own power, privilege, biases, and misconceptions.
Conductive Hearing Loss and Behaviour Problems Amongst Urban Indigenous Students
Alternate Title
Conductive Hearing Loss and Behavior Problems Amongst Urban Indigenous Students
Theses
Author/Creator
Damien Roderick Howard
Description
Education Thesis (PhD) -- Charles Darwin University, 2006.
Creating Choices: Rethinking Aboriginal Policy
Alternate Title
Policy Study (C.D. Howe Institute) ; 43
E-Books
Author/Creator
John Richards
no. 43
Extreme Environments: An Integrated Science Learning Unit for Yukon Grade 6 Students
E-Books
Author/Creator
Centre for Youth
Research
Science Teaching and Learning
University of Manitoba
Factors Associated with Successful Functioning in American Indian Youths
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Hiie Silmere
Arlene Rubin Stiffman
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 13, no. 3, 2006, pp. 23-47
Description
Examines environmental and cultural factors related to successful functioning in a stratified random sample of 401 American Indian youths.
The 'Growing Up' of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children: A Literature Review
Alternate Title
Footprints in Time: The Longitudinal Study of Indigenous Children
Occasion Paper No. 15
E-Books
Author/Creator
Robyn Penman
Healing of the Canoe Curriculum Training Manual
Alternate Title
HOC Curriculum Training Manual
Healing of the Canoe: A Life Skills Curriculum Training for Native Youth
Culturally Grounded Life Skills for Youth Curriculum
Three-site Healing of the Canoe Survey Results, 2018-2019
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Suquamish Tribe
Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe
Alcohol and Drug Abuse Institute, University of Washington
Description
Developed to address problems of youth suicide and substance abuse through a sense of cultural belonging and revitalization.
The Health and Well-being of American Indian and Alaska Native Children: Parental Report From the National Survey of Children's Health, 2007
Alternate Title
The National Survey of Children's Health 2007: American Indians/Alaska Natives
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Health Resources and Services Administration Maternal and Child Health Bureau
Description
Looks at data for parental perceptions of health from unique communities and environments in seven states and presents indicators in the family environment that may support or threaten families and children.
Health and Well-Being of Children in British Columbia: Report 1 on Health Services Utilization and Mortality
Alternate Title
Joint Special Report: Health and Well-Being of Children in British Columbia: Report 1 on Health Services Utilization and Mortality
E-Books
Author/Creator
Child and Youth Officer for British Columbia
Ministry of Health
Office of the Provincial Health Officer
Description
Aims to use routinely collected data to better understand health and well-being outcomes for children and youth who are currently, or have been, in government care.
Healthy Foods for Navajo Schools: Discoveries From the First Year of a Navajo Farm to School Program
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Shawn Newell
Description
Discusses program linking a farm with a Navajo community-based charter elementary school and looks at general issues which should be considered when forming such a partnership.
A Healthy Journey: Indigenous Teachings That Direct Culturally Responsive Curricula in Physical Education
Theses
Author/Creator
Brenda Rose Lee Kalyn
Description
Secondary Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Alberta, 2006.
Level 3 Therapeutic Model Site
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Judith A. DeJong
Joel M. Hektner
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 13, no. 2, 2006, pp. 79-122
Description
Looks at an intertribal residential school which enrolled approximately 200 students in grades 5-8 from tribes in the northern Midwest.
[A Long Road Back to the 'Rez']
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Lesli A. Maxwell
Description
Looks at poverty as one roadblock towards achieving an education on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation of the Oglala Lakota Nation.
Duration: 8:31.
Mental Health of Aboriginal Children and Adolescents in Violent School Environments: Protective Mediators of Violence and Psychological/Nervous Disorders
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Violet Kaspar
Social Science & Medicine, vol. 81, March 2013, pp. 70-78
Description
Study shows that one-fifth, of the the 12,366 sample children, attend schools where violence is perceived as a problem.
Native Americans Today: Stereotypes in Czech Schools
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Lucie Veselá
Description
Comments on the danger of stereotypes and how difficult it is to discover and disclose them in everyday life. Suggests solutions to avoid stereotypes in teaching.
Bachelor's Thesis [English Language and Literature]--Masaryk University, 2006.
Parenting Quality: Confirmation of a Higher-Order Latent Construct with Mothers of Head Start Children
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Laura Hubbs-Tait
Melanie C. Page
Erron L. Huey
Huei-Juang Starost
Anne McDonald Culp
Rex E. Culp
M. Elizabeth Harper
Early Childhood Research Quarterly, vol. 21, no. 4, 2006, pp. 491-506
Description
Examines demographic protection, psychological distress, psychosocial maturity, moral and cognitive reflectivity, and parenting attitudes and beliefs in mothers of four year old children.
A Phenomenological Study of Kindergarten Suspension of Ojibwe Tribal Students in Two Rural Wisconsin Public Schools
Theses
Author/Creator
LaVonne Marie Goslin
Description
Education Thesis (Ed.D)--University of Minnesota, 2013.
Prevalence of Otitis Media and Hearling Loss and Effects of Sound-Field FM Amplification Among First Nations Elementary School Children
Theses
Author/Creator
Leslie A. Pinard
Description
Thesis (M.Sc.)--Dalhousie University, 2006.
Proceedings of the Rural Early Childhood Forum on American Indian and Alaska Native Early Learning
Alternate Title
Rural Early Childhood Report No. 2
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
National Center for Rural Early Childhood Learning Initiatives
Description
Proceedings of Forum from July 28 - 29, 2005.
Quebec First Nations Regional Health Survey - 2008: Chapter 4: Residential Schools
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
First Nations of Quebec and Labrador Health and Social Services Commission
Description
Data collected between September 2008 and February 2010 in 21 communities. Most responses divided by age group; some by geographic zone.
Strategic Framework to Increase the Participation of First Nations, Inuit and Métis in Health Careers
E-Books
Author/Creator
National Aboriginal Health Organization (NAHO)
Suicidal Ideation and Related Factors in Native American Adolescents With and Without Learning Disabilities
Theses
Author/Creator
Lisa Rebecca Medoff
Description
Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--Stanford University, 2006.
Thirst: Educational Resource
Alternate Title
Docs for Schools
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Suzanne Methot
Description
Teacher's guide for use with Thirst, a short documentary by Gail Maurice about the lack of clean, safe water in First Nations communities. Focuses on Keewaywin First Nation in northern Ontario.
Utilizing Technologies to Promote Education and Well-Being
Alternate Title
Case Study 1: Video Conferencing and Remote and Rural First Nations
Case Study 2, Part 1: Digital Education in Remote Aboriginal Communities
Case Study 2, Part 2: Keewaytinook Internet High School Review (2003-2008)
The Kuhkenah Network (K-Net)
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Penny Carpenter
Susan O’Donnell
Brian Walmark
Brecken Rose Hancock
Brian Walmark ... [et al.]
Aboriginal Policy Research, vol. 6
Description
Provides introduction to K-Net (Kuhkenah Network) and presents four case studies exploring its use in wastewater treatment, health, education and video conferencing. Chapter eight from Learning, Technology, and Traditions, which is vol. 6 in the Aboriginal Policy Research series. Originally presented at the third annual Aboriginal Policy Research Conference, 2009.
What Works? A Review of Actions Addressing the Social and Economic Determinants of Indigenous Health
Alternate Title
Issues Paper (Closing the Gap Clearinghouse) ; no. 7
E-Books
Author/Creator
Katy Osborne
Fran Baum
Lynsey Brown