Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 5, no. 1, March 1981, pp. 20-21
Description
Describes a course offered at Royal Newcastle Hospital, New South Wales, Australia that teaches the basic skills in caring for the disabled, particularly the older patients.
Guidebook developed for high school teachers with the intent to prevent the spread of TB and to encourage healthy behaviours through activities and lesson resources.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 16, no. 4, Special Issue: In Honor of Simon J. Ortiz, Winter, 2004, pp. 103-107
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Reflects on the fragility and wonder of newborn life as portrayed in the work of Acoma Pueblo author Simon Ortiz.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 103.
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 28, no. 1, Art et Représentation / Art and Representation, 2004, pp. 9-35
Description
Discusses collaboration between the Smithsonian Institution and the Alutiiq Museum in Kodiak in mounting the exhibit Looking Both Ways: Heritage and Identity of the Alutiiq People.
Looks at the familial relationships which developed in the community of Île à la Crosse as well as those established with representatives of the fur trade and the Church.
Introduction and Chapter 1 of: One of the Family: Métis Culture in Nineteenth-Century Northwestern Saskatchewan.
Canadian Literature, no. 180, Spring, 2004, pp. 127-129
Description
Review of: green girl dreams Mountains by Marilyn Dumont and Rainbow Dancer by Heather Harris.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 127.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 28, no. 2, 2004, pp. 1-23
Description
Discusses the tribal reaction to U.S. government termination policies, as somewhat polarized on and off-reservation, and the efforts to take control of their own affairs.
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.
Revisits the politics and controversy surrounding a controversial science initiative program called Man: A Course of Study (MACOS) which attempted tof teach American children what it was to be human.
Duration: 55:00.
Nicotine and Tobacco Research, vol. 6, no. 4, August 2004, pp. 689-692
Description
Rates of tobacco cessation agent usage appear to be less by First Nations peoples versus other Canadians, further research is recommended to discover the factors why.
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 33, no. 1, Connecting to Spirit in Indigenous Research, 2010
Description
Discusses the way in which the tobacco contributes to Indigenous research methodology and examines how Indigenous research can draw upon Indigenous ways of knowing by connecting individuals with the spiritual and physical world.
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 28, no. 2, Espaces-Lieux-Noms / Spaces-Places-Names, 2004, pp. 73-88
Description
Discusses the socio-linguistic conditions of aboriginal languages in Canada and Europe with an emphasis on recent efforts to develop programs that enhance and protect them.
Journal of Community Health, vol. 35, no. 6, December 2010, pp. [667]-675
Description
Study demonstrates that interventions to prevent excess adiposity in infants and toddlers are both feasible and acceptable to American Indian/Alaskan native peoples.