Aboriginal Cultural Tourism Blueprint Strategy for BC
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Aboriginal Tourism Association of British Columbia
Description
Looks at a plan of action to strengthen the Aboriginal tourism industry and to tackle concerns with the goal of developing a comprehensive “Blueprint” for Aboriginal cultural tourism development over the short, medium and long-term.
Canadian Diversity=Diversitié canadienne, vol. 7, no. 3, One Path, Many Directions: The Complex and Diverse Nature of Contemporary Aboriginal Reality, Fall, 2009, pp. 35-42
Description
Uses the NWT Official Languages Act, as an example, to show it is possible to revitalize 55 Aboriginal languages using statutory legislation.
Scroll down to page 35 to read article.
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 5, no. 1, March 1981, pp. 13-15
Description
Author argues that most neglected part of Australian Aboriginal health is mental health and that alcohol abuse is rooted in the rapid changes in Aboriginal society.
Canadian Political Science Association Annual Conference ; 81st, 2009
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Christopher Adams
Loleen Berdahl
Greg Poelzer
Description
Examines party preferences and reasons for variations. Data sources were aggregate Elections Manitoba vote returns in 2007 provincial election and survey conducted between March 2005 and December 2008.
Borderlands E - Journal, vol. 8, no. 1, 2009, pp. 1-8
Description
Explores the dichotomy between cultural relativism and universalism and examines how these tensions are used to legitimize assimilation by the Australian colonial state.
Discusses success stories at Lapwai Middle School and Lapwai Elementary School and the eight common factors that have become apparent to reverse low school performance.
Native Studies Review, vol. 16, no. 2, 2005, pp. 125-149
Description
Book review of: Making Native Space: Colonialism, Resistance, and Reserves in British Columbia by Cole Harris. Comments by Cole about the review also included.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 29, no. 2, Special Issue on Research Case Studies, 2005, pp. 57-74
Description
Discusses disability in terms of common definitions, diagnosis and prognosis by the medical community, and the consequences to and adaptation of families affected by the disability.
Nebraska State Historical Society Brown Bag Lecture Series
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Tom Myers
Description
Discusses Native American art and compares essential elements and designs of beaded bags in northern and southern styles. Uses bandolier bag in Benjamin Rush's painting, Death of General Wolfe as one example.
Duration: 45:11.
Government and Opposition, vol. 40, no. 4, Autumn, 2005, pp. 597-614
Description
Looks at ways Indigenous communities can renew themselves and withstand further assaults on their identity from corporations, settler societies and states.
Journal of Cultural Diversity, vol. 12, no. 2, Summer, 2005, pp. 37-49
Description
Reports on research findings related to how the Cherokee male achieves self-reliance and how health care professionals can incorporate the Cherokee concept of self-reliance into health care.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 33, no. 3, 2009, pp. 111-165
Description
Book reviews of 20 books:
The American Indian Oral History Manual: Making Many Voices Heard by Charles E. Trimble, Barbara W. Sommer and Mary Kay Quinlan.
Collaborating at the Trowel's Edge: Teaching and Learning in Indigenous Archaeology edited by Stephen W. Silliman.
Doctor to the North: Thirty Years Treating Heart Disease Among the Inuit by John H.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 33, no. 1, 2009, pp. 143-192
Description
Book reviews of 20 books:
American Indians and State Law: Sovereignty, Race, and Citizenship, 1790-1880 by Deborah A. Rosen.
Architectural Variability in the Southeast edited by Cameron H. Lacquement.
Art from Fort Marion: The Silberman Collection by Joyce M.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 1, no. 2, 1981, pp. 363-375
Description
Book reviews of 6 books:
Urban Indians: The Strangers in Canada's Cities by Larry Krotz.
Report of the Indian Child Welfare Sub-Committee Manitoba.
Inuit Songs from Eskimo Point [edited] by Ramon Pellinski, Luk Suluk and Lucy Amarook.
Song of Sedna by Robert D. San Souci.
Gathering What the Great Nature Provided: Food Traditions of the Gitksan by the People of 'Ksan.
Pitseolak, A Canadian Tragedy by David F. Raine.