Detailed article on the life of Honoré Joseph Jaxon, known as Louis Riel's secretary immediately before the Northwest Rebellion. The article also details the unfortunate trashing of Jaxon's papers upon his death in New York City in 1952.
Communique, Special Section: Indigenous Peoples: Promoting Psychological Healing and Well-Being, August 2010, pp. lx-lxiii
Description
Looks at Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) as an effective treatment model for parents who either have difficulty with appropriate parenting skills or children with behavioural problems.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page lx.
Looks at the recommendations that were generated by youth, researchers, practitioners and policy makers in four workshops during the seminar.
"November 7-8, 2009. Conference Report"
Looks at the key tools for working on horizontal outcome focused projects; at conducting a document analysis of the legislation, policies and practices related to each tool; and developing a framework and implementation strategy to identify how the horizontal tools could be applied to produce integrated services in support of First Nations community development.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 5, no. 2, June 1981, pp. 46-47
Description
Self described rehabilitating alcoholic describes his family's struggle to achieve home ownership by his encounters with the various additional costs to acquiring a house.
Research Highlight (Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation)
Research Highlight. Socio-economic Series; 04-019
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Policy and Research Division]
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC)
Description
Summary of study which conducted survey of service providers and facilities in select Canadian cities, and five individuals with the disease. Found that existing facilities were under-utilized and more culturally relevant options were needed.
Originally published in 2004, revised in 2010.
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 49, no. 1/2, 2010, pp. 7-27
Description
Concludes that "early childhood educators should encourage and support Indigenous parents', families', and communities' efforts to ensure that their children acquire their Indigenous languages and cultures by identifying, embracing and incorporating Indigenous perspectives on how children learn in early childhood programs and classrooms".
Scandinavian Studies, vol. 82, no. 3, Fall, 2010, pp. 313-336
Description
Documents the role of Danish painter and traveler, Emilie Demant (later Demant Hatt) who encouraged Johan Turi to write the narratives and provides explanations of Sámi culture and beliefs.
Canadian Journal of Development Studies, vol. 31, no. 1-2, 2010, pp. 189-207
Description
Uses Statistics Canada Aboriginal Peoples Survey to look at certain parts of economic and social well-being of people over 134 First Nations communities.
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 5, no. 1, March 1981, pp. 16-19
Description
Explains the symptoms and causes of the disease and how the extended Australian Aboriginal family unit is better equipped to support suffers of the disease.
Anglican Journal, vol. 126, no. 9, October 2000, p. 7
Description
Bishop declines to participate in campaign aimed at federal government urging resolution of residential schools issue because wording implied diocese directly involved.
Awarding-Winning Novelist on the Link Between Residential Schools and the Devastation of Native Suicide
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Joseph Boyden
Maclean's, vol. 123, no. 25/26, July 5, 2010, pp. 20-23
Description
Award-winning novelist believes that there is a direct correlation between the high Aboriginal youth suicide-rate and the legacy of residential schools.
Canadian Literature, no. 167, First Nations Writing, Winter, 2000, pp. 141-144
Description
Book reviews of:
I Knew Two Métis Women: The Lives of Dorothy Scofield and Georgina Houle Young by Gregory Scofield.
Red Blood: One (Mostly) White Guy's Encounters with the Native World by Robert Hunter.
The Visions and Revelations of St. Louis the Métis edited by David Day.
Canadian Woman Studies, vol. 28, no. 2/3, Spring, 2010, pp. 63-70
Description
Using the photovoice approach with twelve Aboriginal breast cancer survivors in Saskatchewan to argue the need for more research on the effects of race, gender, and class on cancer care and experiences.
Examines how the traditional activities of the Yukaghirs are determined by the landscape they inhabit and how their identity has managed to survive because of these traditional activities.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 24, no. 1, 2000, pp. 25-42
Description
Details a 1925 honorary ceremony held for Nellie Zelda Star Boy Menard on the occassion of her first menstruation, an event believed to control or direct one's future life path.
Identity, Prejudice and Healing in Aboriginal Circles: Models of Identity, Embodiment and Ecology of Place as Traditional Medicine for Education and Counselling
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kisiku Sa'qawei Paq'tism Randolph Bowers
AlterNative, vol. 6, no. 3, 2010, pp. 203-221
Description
Looks at healing of identity from an Aboriginal perspective using holistic models of wellbeing through the integration of emotional, physical, mental, and spiritual aspects of being.
Journal of the Canadian Historical Association, vol. 11, no. 1, New Series, 2000, pp. 87-108
Description
Discusses the Royal visit of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York (later George V and Queen Mary), the ceremonies held and review of the extensive related archival records.
Canadian Journal of Counselling and Psychotherapy, vol. 34, no. 1, Counselling First Nations People in Canada, 2000, pp. 43-53
Description
Looks at relations between researchers and James Bay Cree from northern Quebec based on an experiment conducted to uncover sources of negative reactions towards past psychological studies.
Psychology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2000.
Examines the relationship between culture and the clinical practice of psychological assessment.
Ethnicity & Health, vol. 5, no. 1, February 2000, pp. 47-57
Description
Discusses how individuals, with diabetes, reported activity limitations at work, home and in leisure activities.This same group were also at greater risk for suffering heart disease.
An overview of initiatives for Aboriginal and Northern communities under Canada’s Economic Action Plan with the inclusion of two community investment impact studies conducted in the spring and summer of 2010.
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 49, no. 1/2, 2010, pp. 50-68
Description
Discusses whether the program changed attitudes toward American Indians among young learners and therefore potentially improve interracial relationships among Native Americans and non-Native Americans.