Kitaskinaw: An Environmental Scan of Programs and Services Serving Aboriginal People in Saskatoon, 2013-2014 [Summary]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Gabriel Dumont Institute
City of Saskatoon
United Way Saskatoon & Area
Saskatoon Tribal Council
Description
Overview of project which gathered information about the community and resources available to Aboriginals, and conducted surveys of users, Elders, and workshop participants.
Full Report.
Inventory.
Koorified: Aboriginal Communication and Well-Being
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
School of Nursing and Midwifery at LaTrobe University
Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (VACCHO)
Description
Compilation of common words and sentences used by Aboriginal English speakers in the Australian state of Victoria.
Lake St. Martin First Nation Community Members' Experiences of Induced Displacement: "We're Like Refugees"
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Shirley Thompson
Myrle Ballard
Donna Martin
Refuge, vol. 29, no. 2, 2014, pp. 75-86
Description
Comments on the profound and extensive impacts of the flooding and dislocation.
Land, Life, and Knowledge in Chisasibi: Intergenerational Healing in the Bush
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ioana Radu
Lawrence (Larry) M. House
Eddie Pashagumskum
Decolonization, vol. 3, no. 3, Indigenous Land-Based Education, 2014, pp. [86]-105
Description
Describes the land- and culture-based healing program developed by the Cree Nation of Chisasibi which promotes personal, family and community wellness rooted in the Cree way of life. Participants spend two- to three-weeks at a bush camp located 500 km east the community.
Landscapes of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Health: An Environmental Scan of Organizations, Literature and Research, 3rd Edition
Alternate Title
Setting the Context
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
National Collaborating Centre for Aboriginal Health
Description
Provides overview of the current state of public health evidence and identifies information on national organizations working in public health to the end of 2012.
Law and Justice: Prevention and Early Intervention Programs of Indigenous Youth
Alternate Title
Resource Sheet (Closing the Gap Clearinghouse) ; no. 34
E-Books
Author/Creator
Daryl Higgins
Kristen Davis
Leading Causes of Death and All-Cause Mortality in American Indians and Alaska Natives
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David K. Espey
Melissa A. Jim
Nathaniel Cobb
Michael Bartholomew
Tom Becker ... [et al.]
American Journal of Public Health, vol. 104, no. S3, Supplement 3, June 2014, pp. S303-S311
Description
Links United States National Death Index records to Indian Health Services registration records to find deaths misclassified as non-American Natives.
Learning from Each Other: Working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Young People
Alternate Title
2014 Youth Alcohol and Drug Practice Guide ; 4
E-Books
Author/Creator
Encompass Family and Community
Leaving for the City: Documenting the Experience of First Nations Relocating for Medical Services in Manitoba, 2007-2013
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Josée Lavoie
Sharon S. Mah
Joe Kaufert
Annette Brown
John O'Neil
Description
Looks at the policies that impact or relate to medical relocation, the estimated number of individuals who relocate for medical reasons, and community medical facilities.
Leaving the Reservation: Reconstructing Identity in Sherman Alexie's The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Li Ping Chang
Shu Yuan Chuang
Chih Ting Wang
Han Ting Chang
Mei Han Chen ... [et al.]
World Journal of English Language, vol. 4, no. 1, 2014, pp. 1-8
Description
Looks at Alexie's semi-autobiographical young adult novel.
The Legacy of Nutritional Experiments in Residential Schools
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Ian Mosby
Robert Joseph
Eduardo Jovel
Gerry Oleman
Jessie Newman
Description
Panel discussion involving school survivors, Director of Indigenous Research Partnerships at University of British Columbia, dietetics student, and author of Administering Colonial Science: Nutrition Research and Human Biomedical Experimentation in Aboriginal Communities and Residential Schools, 1942-1952.
Duration: 2:02:55.
The Lifetime Effect of Residential School Attendance on Indigenous Health Status
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Violet Kaspar
American Journal of Public Health, vol. 104, no. 11, November 2014, pp. 2184-2187
Description
Study shows negative health status was significantly higher with residential school attendance than nonattendance.
Likelihood of Coronary Angiography Among First Nations Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lauren C. Bresee
Merril L. Knudtson
Jianguo Zhang
Lynden (Lindsay) Crowshoe
Sofia B. Ahmed ... [et al.]
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 186, no. 10, July 08, 2014, pp. E372-E380
Description
Findings indicated First Nations people were less likely to undergo angiography and experienced worse long-term survival compared to non-First Nations people.
Linkages to Improve Mortality Data for American Indians and Alaska Natives: A New Model For Data Reporting?
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robert N. Anderson
Glenn Copeland
John Mosely Hayes
American Journal of Public Health, vol. 104, no. S3, Supplement 3, June 2014, pp. S258-S267
Description
Discusses problems with data gathering using death certificates and the misclassification of race/ethnicity.
Literature Review: Traditional Use of Tobacco among Indigenous Peoples of North America
Alternate Title
Appendix B: Anishinaabe Uses of Tobacco
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Tonio Sadik
Description
Topics include composition and origin of tobacco, traditional tobacco in contemporary times, and practices of five First Nations.
Local Perspectives of the Ability of HIA Stakeholder Engagement to Capture and Reflect Factors That Impact Alaska Native Health
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jen Jones
Nancy A. Nix
Elizabeth Hodges Snyder
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 73, 2014, p. article no. 24411
Description
Comments on five recommendations to use as a starting point to better involve Indigenous peoples in the health impact assessment of resource development.
Locally Harvested Foods Support Serum 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Sufficiency in an Indigenous Population of Western Alaska
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Bret Luick
Andrea Bersamin
Judith S. Stern
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 73, 2014, p. article no. 22732
Description
Contends that despite living at a high latitude, with limited sun exposure, the Yup'ik population is provided with adequate vitamin D found in locally harvested food.
The Long-Term Risks of End Stage Renal Disease and Mortality among First Nations and Non-First Nations People with Youth-Onset Diabetes
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Roland F. Dyck
Ying Jiang
Nathaniel D. Osgood
Canadian Journal of Diabetes, vol. 38, no. 4, August 2014, pp. 237-243
Description
Used Saskatchewan Ministry of Health data covering the period between 1980 and 2005. Concluded that First Nations people experience higher long-term risks for both contracting the disease and death, and that primary prevention initiatives were needed to delay onset and reverse trends.
Long-Term Services and Supports in Indian Country: Issues Affecting American Indian and Alaska Native Consumers with Disabilities
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Kauffman & Associates
Description
Summarizes and discusses data from the literature, gives brief overview of three tribally-operated programs, and looks at findings which suggest methods to improve research into and development of services for tribal members.
Lost in the Shadows: How a Lack of Help Meant a Loss of Hope for One First Nations Girl - Investigative Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond
Description
This review details the failure of health professionals and physicians to identify and report a child in need of protection.
Lost in the System: Jake's Story
Alternate Title
Special Investigation Report (Advocate for Children and Youth, Province of Saskatchewan ; Sept, 2014
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Bob Pringle
Description
Investigative report on the life of a child in foster care from the age of five months till his death at age 2. Includes reports on services provided to family by the Ministry of Social Services and the Saskatoon Health Region.
Louis Prince: A Mediator of the Higher Powers
Alternate Title
Powers Defy White Man: Witch Doctor’s Rites ‘Raise’ Lost Bodies
Mashkokiipines--Louis Prince: A Mediator of the Higher Powers
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Dave Hunt
Description
Originally published in the Winnipeg Tribune on July 28, 1954 under the title "Powers Defy White Man: Witch Doctor’s Rites ‘Raise’ Lost Bodies". Article is about Louis Prince, a healer and clairvoyant from Manitoba.
Louis Riel and the Insanity Plea that Never Came
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
R. Patterson
A. Lee
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 147, no. 1, July 1, 1992, pp. 84-87
Description
Brief overview of Riel's place in history and discussion of his symptoms of mental illness.
Lung Cancer among American Indians and Alaska Natives, 1990-2009
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Marcus Plescia
Sarah Jane Henley
Anne Pate
J. Michael Underwood
Kris Rhodes
American Journal of Public Health , vol. 104, no. S3, Supplement 3, June 2014, pp. S388-S395
Description
Looks at regional differences using Indian Health Services and mortality data sets.
Lynch Syndrome II in a Navajo Family: A Revisit
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Henry T. Lynch
Thomas Drouhard
Stephen L. Lanspa
Patrick Lynch
Earlene Bronson
Jane F. Lynch
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 16, no. 3, 1992, pp. 65-76
Description
Studies the variation in cancer incidence and discovers three at risk relatives with newly diagnosed colorectal cancer.
Maintaining Balance in times of Change: An Investigation into the Contemporary Self-Regulatory Dynamics Which Operate in and Around First Nations Traditional Healing Systems
Theses
Author/Creator
Julian Robbins
Description
Indigenous Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--Trent University, 2014.
Mâmawoh Kamâtowin: Coming Together to Help Each Other: Honouring Indigenous Nursing Knowledge
Theses
Author/Creator
Raymonde Lisa L. Bourque
Description
Nursing Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Alberta, 2014.
Mapping Resilience Pathways of Indigenous Youth in Five Circumpolar Communities
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
James Allen
Kim Hopper
Lisa Wexler
Michael Kral
Stacy Rasmus ... [et al.]
Transcultural Psychiatry, vol. 51, no. 5, Indigenous Youth Resilience in the Arctic, October 2014, pp. 601-631
Description
Introduction to special issue reviewing the resilience theory.
A Matter of Life and Death: Contemporary Aboriginal Mortality
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Isobel White
Aboriginal History, vol. 16, no. 2, 1992, p. 141
Description
Book review of: A Matter of Life and Death edited by Alan Gray.
Review located by scrolling to page 141.
Measuring Aboriginal Community Wellbeing: A Review of Methodological Approaches and Analysis of AANDC's Practices
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Alison Kenny
Description
Analyzes current processes, investigates methods that could be used by communities themselves, discusses challenges and key considerations when looking at impact of modern treaties, and makes recommendations for improvements to system.
The Medical-Moral Economy of Regulations: Alcohol Legislation in B.C., 1871-1925
Theses
Author/Creator
Mimi Ajzenstadt
Description
Criminology Thesis (Ph.D.)--Simon Fraser University, 1992.
Memories Hold Hands: Perceptions of Historical Trauma and Associated Behavioral and Emotional Responses Among Four Generations of American Indian (Cherokee) Descendants
Alternate Title
Perceptions of Historical Trauma Among American Indian Descendants
Theses
Author/Creator
Kathryn England Aytes
Description
[Educational Leadership] Thesis (D.Ed.)--Fielding Graduate University, 2014.
Mental Health & Addictions Project: Literature Review, 2014: Alberta Region
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ann Gladue-Buffalo
Description
Review identifies the health inequalities between Aboriginals and non-Aboriginals and comments on the efforts that must be made to address these disparities.
Mental Health of Rural Mi'kmaw Youth: Community Based Participatory Research
Theses
Author/Creator
Adele Ruth Vukic
Description
Thesis (Ph.D.)--Dalhousie University, 2014.
Mental Wellness Teams: Key Learnings from 8 Projects
Alternate Title
Mental Wellness Teams: Key Learnings from Eight Projects
E-Books
Author/Creator
Health Canada
Methods for Improving the Quality and Completeness of Mortality Data for American Indians and Alaska Native
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David K. Espey
Melissa A. Jim
Thomas B. Richards
Crystal Begay
Don Haverkamp ... [et al.]
American Journal of Public Health, vol. 104, no. S3, Supplement 3, June 2014, pp. S286-S294
Description
Looks at improving race classification data and analyzing deaths by region in order to plan programs for reducing health disparities.
Métis Cancer Control in Canada Baseline Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Canadian Partnership Against Cancer
Description
Looks at cancer control practices and models of care based on environmental scans from 2012.
Mi'kmaq
Theses
Author/Creator
Eleanor V. Johnson
Description
Cultural Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--Cape Breton University, 1992.
Text in Mi'kmaq.
Mi'Kmaw Shamans and Acadian Sorcerers: A Study in Cultural Transmissions, Transferences and Transformations
Theses
Author/Creator
Susan Janet Harmon
Description
History Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Maine, 2014.
Microbes and Muskets: Smallpox and the Participation of the Amerindian Allies of New France in the Seven Years' War
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
D. Peter MacLeod
Ethnohistory, vol. 39, no. 1, Winter, 1992, pp. 42-64
Description
Discusses participation of warriors in European conflicts.
Mindfulness and the Aloha Response
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Thao N. Le
Pono Shim
Journal of Indigenous Social Development, vol. 3, no. 1, August 2014, pp. 1-11
Description
Examines the similarities between Buddhist meditation practices and Indigenous Hawaiian wisdom and discusses how to incorporate this into contemplative/spiritual practices and social work.
A Mixed Methods Inquiry into the Determinants of Traditional Food Consumption among Three Cree Communities of Eeyou Istchee from an Ecological Perspective
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Véronqiue Laberge Gaudin
Olivier Receveur
Leah Walz
Félix Girard
Louise Potvin
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 73, 2014, p. article no. 24918
Description
Study involved secondary analysis of 3 cross-sectional studies as part of the Multi-Community Environment and Health Longitudinal Study in Iyiyuu Aschii and focus groups from Cree Nation of Mistissini, Cree Nation of Eastmain, and Wemindji Cree First Nation.
A Mixed Methods Investigation of the Feasibility of a Mindfulness-Based Intervention for Canadian Adults With Type 2 Diabetes
Theses
Author/Creator
Lisa C. Dreger
Description
Psychology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Manitoba, 2014.
Mold in Housing: Information For First Nations Residents
Alternate Title
Mold in Housing Series
Mould in Housing Series
Mould in Housing: Information For First Nations Residents
E-Books
Author/Creator
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC)
Description
Revised version. Originally published 2011.
Mood and Anxiety Problems in Perinatal Indigenous Women in Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and the United States: A Critical Review of the Literature
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Angela Bowen
Vicky Duncan
Shelley Peacock
Rudy Bowen
Laura Schwartz
Diane Campbell
Nazeem Muhajarine
Transcultural Psychiatry, vol. 51, no. 1, Indigenous Mental Health, February 2014, pp. 93-111
Description
Reviewed quantitative and qualitative studies published between 1980 and March 2010. Identified four areas which required further research: longitudinal, population-based studies; validation and modification of appropriate screening tools; cultural diversity and meaning of lived experiences; and development of evidence-informed practices through collaborations with communities.
Mortality Caused by Chronic Liver Disease among American Indians and Alaska Natives in the United States, 1999- 2009
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Anil Suryaprasad
Kathy K. Byrd
John T. Redd
David G. Perdue
M. Michele Manos ... [et al.]
American Journal of Public Health, vol. 104, no. S3, Supplement 3, June 2014, pp. S350-S358
Description
Comparison of chronic liver disease deaths between American Indians and Alaska Natives with other groups.
Moving Aboriginal Health Forward: Discarding Canada's Legal Barriers
E-Books
Author/Creator
Yvonne Boyer
Moving Beyond the Historical Quagmire of Measuring Infant Mortality for the First Nations Population in Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Brenda Elias
Social Science & Medicine, vol. 123, December 2014, p. 125–132
Description
Identifies deficiencies in the vital statistics system for the reporting of infant mortality data and data coverage for the Aboriginal population.
Moving Mountains to Address HIV/AIDS in Northern BC Through Community Based Research
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jamie Reschny
Andrea Langlois
Tiegan Daniels
Canadian Journal of Aboriginal Community-Based HIV/AIDS Research, vol. 6, Winter, 2014, pp. 27-37
Description
Reports on a three day event held to hear from researchers, academics and other interested parties on developments in community based research (CBR) in HIV/AIDS in northern British Columbia.