American Indian Quarterly, vol. 41, no. 3, Summer, 2017, pp. 250-286
Description
Study involved interviews with 10 individuals who had served in the legislature or on county councils about their experiences running for, and serving in, political office given that the state is considered to be highly racialized.
Alberta Journal of Educational Research, vol. 63, no. 1, Spring, 2017, pp. 1-20
Description
Using interviews with Indigenous high school students to discuss the influences to the their educational experiences and what can be learned from those students' voices.
CMAJ, vol. 189, no. 44, November 06, 2017, pp. e1352-e1359
Description
Study interpretation concluded that deaths were occurring at an alarming rate, particularly young women or those using injection drugs. Argues that these results reflect intersections of current and historical injustices, substance use and barriers to care.
Investigation examined RCMP members' conduct in six areas: public intoxication, cross-gender searches, missing persons reports, domestic violence reports, use of force, and handling of files involving youth.
Appendices include interim report and RCMP Commissioner's preliminary review and response.
Arctic Anthropology, vol. 54, no. 2, 2017, pp. 40-51
Description
Author challenges mainstream narratives about the Nenet cultural and historic practice of reindeer herding on the Yamal peninsula; suggests a system of herding based on movement, traditional herd navigation and laws of Nenet-land relationship.
Un changement de sujet : Perspectivisme et multinaturalisme dans les représentations inuit des transformations interespèces
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sean P.A. Desjardins
Études Inuit Studies , vol. 41, no. 1-2, Bestiaire inuit = Inuit Bestiary, 2017, pp. 101-124
Description
Article argues that two pre-contact Inuit artifacts, recovered from the Pingiqqalik site, depict interspecies transformation; author argues that this is evidence that interspecies relations were influenced by a cosmology rooted in multinaturalism.
Aboriginal and Islander health Worker Journal, vol. 20, no. 3, May/June 1996, pp. 8-9
Description
Some changes over the last twenty five years include less infectious diseases in children and the addition of Aboriginal organizations like the ATSIC and the Land Councils.
Canadian Family Law Quarterly, vol. 36, no. 2, June 2017, pp. 171-191
Description
Discusses the crisis of the overrepresentation of Indigenous children in the child welfare system as a direct consequence of the residential school system.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 20, no. 3/4, To Hear the Eagles Cry: Contemporary Themes in Native American Spirituality (Parts 1 & 2), Summer/Fall, 1996, p. 515
Description
Discussion of the use of symbols and "Indianization" of Christianity, and the reclamationof Anishnaabe identity, which is a private matter.
Of those surveyed (69), 85% were Indigenous and 57% were Indigenous females; average age for youth experiencing homelessness for the first time was 18, and most common ages were 18 and 21, which coincides with "aging out of care".
Examines reasons for supporting Aboriginal participation in the management and development of surrounding land and resources for the economic sustainability of Aboriginal communities.
Human Organization, vol. 55, no. 3, Fall, 1996, pp. 324-333
Description
Argues that the generalist approach of an anthropologist is an advantage when conducting urban research and illustrates the point with five involvements: needs assessments, participation in social planning, health promotion, indicators of immigrant/refugee adaptation and informational needs of the visually impaired; all projects were carried out in Saskatoon.
Article describes the ways that colonial governments identified and signaled out “criminal tribes” in India, how the identity, language and culture of these tribes was stigmatized and consequently diminished. Describes present-day efforts to protect and revitalize these languages and cultures and provides commentary on the effectiveness of these efforts.
Indigenous Cultures and Mental Health Counselling: Four Directions for Integration with Counselling Psychology
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Terry Mitchell
Description
Looks at the effects of personal and collective trauma through a political lens.
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Chapter from Indigenous Cultures and Mental Health Counselling edited by Suzanne L. Stewart, Roy Moodley, and Ashely Hyatt.
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Opinion piece in which the author works to document their efforts to close the spatial distance between researcher and researched through a series of vignettes, and later reflects on the results of their work.
Anthropology of Consciousness, vol. 7, no. 3, September 1996, pp. 30-43
Description
Compares one child's experience of growing up in the Gitxsan/Witsuwit'en culture to that of a child adopted out of the community in terms of the cultural belief of rebirth of an Elder or relative in a baby.