Trauma, Violence & Abuse, vol. 7, no. 1, January 2006, pp. 19-33
Description
Findings show socioeconomic characteristics, substance abuse, barriers to mental health services and acculturation play a role in the occurrence of suicide in Native American Indian communities.
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 28, no. 3, The International Decade of the Worlds Indigenous People, Fall, 2004
Description
Interview with Adelard Blackman, special emissary for Chief Elmer Campbell and the people of Buffalo River Dene Nations, regarding the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples.
CR: The New Centennial Review, vol. 4, no. 1, Spring, 2004, pp. 189-209
Description
Analysis of pseudo-Indian mascots and anti-Indian symbols in sports, arguing they offer, sometimes in a powerful way, insights into race and race relations.
Hastings Race & Poverty Law Journal, vol. 4, no. 1, 2006-2007, pp. 45-129
Description
Brief overview of government policies aimed at eradicating Native Americans, discussion of how schools fit into achieving these goals, and possibilities for achieving redress through litigation.
Community Housing And Design Options: Final Report
E-Books
Author/Creator
Saskatoon & Region Home Builders' Association
Description
Presents results of a workshop held February, 2004 and recommendations for increasing the affordable housing available to Aboriginal people in Saskatoon. Report forms part of the Bridges and Foundations Project on Urban Aboriginal Housing.
Financial Literacy, Banking and Identity Conference
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Catherine Demosthenous
Boni Robertson
Anuja Cabraal
Supriya Singh
Description
Reports results of qualitative study conducted through face-to-face interviews and yarning circles in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Refeered paper presented at the Financial Literacy, Banking and Identity Conference 2006.
Indigenous Affairs, no. 1, Africa and the Millennium Development Goals, 2006, pp. 4-5
Description
Introduction to journal issue featuring articles on developmental aid from a cultural point of view and examples of rights-based approaches.
To access this article, scroll down to page 4.
Regional Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research 2006: Proceedings of the Annual Regional Entrepreneurship Research Exchange
[AGSE International Entrepreneurship and Innovation Research Exchange ; 3rd, 2006]
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Bob Kayseas
Kevin Hindle
Robert B. Anderson
Description
Focuses on the Band's approach to governance, land use and cultural development.
Paper from Regional Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research 2006: Proceedings of the Annual Regional Entrepreneurship Research Exchange.
Canadian Review of Social Policy, no. 56, 2006, pp. 40-71
Description
Comprehensive look at sex discriminatory policies and questions about the process of colonial intrusion, histories of adaptation, and the accommodation of this policy.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 30, no. 1, 2006, pp. 109-129
Description
Questions why this diverse genre of autobiography is not used by teachers and critics, arguing it reflects the margins of Native history, subsistence, community and identity.
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 17, no. 4, Reforming Our Schools, Native Style, Summer, 2006
Description
Suggests that the problems many Native American children experience in school, such as low academic achievement and absenteeism, need to be addressed by the school system and Native American communities.
Resource manual created for resource providers, to address risks and support for families with young children. Includes current research, case scenarios, strategies and recommendations.
Looks at strategic planning and developing policies by First Nations governments to ensure that they are operating efficiently, effectively, and in ways that are respectful of their culture and vision.
Discusses three misconceptions: that there is a large migration taking place from reserves and rural areas to urban centres, that once in these centres they become members of an impoverished ghetto, and that Aboriginals face huge challenges in building culture and community in urban settings.
Stealing/Steeling the Spirit: American Indian Identities ; and Smoke Screens/Smoke Signals: Looking Through Worlds: Proceedings of the Third and Fourth Native American Symposiums
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Peter W. Phillips
Description
Discusses progress made to overcome problems that face many tribal police officers within Native American communities.
Medical Care, vol. 42, no. 7, July 2004, pp. 670-679
Description
Survey results done on 2,595 people from two different tribes that examined the use of biomedical services and traditional medicine for both physical health and psychiatric problems.
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 21, no. 1, Spring, 2006, pp. 29-41
Description
Relates how colonization and Western influences have caused societal problems in Indian cultures. Restorative justice models by the Navajo and Haudenosaunee are also explored.