American Indian Language Development Institute: Thirty Year Tradition of Speaking From Our Heart
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Teresa L. McCarty
Mary Eunice Romero-Little
Larisa Warhol
Ofelia Zepeda
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Study of five Native American languages and three language families over a period of five years.
Chapter from American Indian Language Development Institute: Thirty Year Tradition of Speaking From Our Heart edited by Candace K. Galla, Stacey Oberly, G.L. Romero, Maxine Sam, Ofelia Zepeda.
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 5, no. 2, 2010, pp. 23-33
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Looks at why the author's daughter was drawn to her Aboriginal identity; and examines the use of alternative methods of education focusing on Indigenous knowledge and peace building activities that encourage healing, and reconciliation for Aboriginal youth.
Open Women's Health Journal, vol. 4, What We Have Known About Community Characteristics, Birth Outcomes and Infant Mortality among Aborig, 2010, pp. 18-24
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Discusses the need to improve socioeconomic conditions as well as perinatal and infant care for Aboriginal peoples in Quebec.
Historical Studies in Education, Fall, 2010, pp. 58-74
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Looks at nuns who staffed two schools in located in northern Alberta (St. Martin school and St. Bruno school) and their lack of education and teacher training.
International Journal of Epidemiology, vol. 33, no. 6, December 2004, pp. 1252-1259
Description
Study of 877,925 live births in British Columbia showed a steady decline in mortality rates in rural areas, but a rise-and-fall pattern in urban areas.
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 5, no. 2, 2010, pp. 96-106
Description
The author examines his life-work of community development and healing work in northern Aboriginal communities of Ontario in a reflective and narrative way.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 24, no. 1, 2004, pp. 91-127
Description
Comparative study of the employment specialization and diversity of First Nations Communities (FNCs) on the Canadian prairies to employment structures of five similar settlements within the local region.
Canadian Studies in Population, vol. 37, no. 1-2, 2010, pp. 151-174
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Study shows that when children and parents belong to the same ethnic group, children will take their parents identity and in Aboriginal/non-Aboriginal unions, children will favor Aboriginal identities.
Native Social Work Journal, vol. 7, Promising Practices in Mental Health: Emerging Paradigms for Aboriginal Social Work Practices, November 2010, pp. 63-85
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Presents a study that looks at links between personal homelessness and intergenerational trauma through a series of interviews with Aboriginal men.
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Journal of Research in Childhood Education, vol. 18, no. 4, Summer, 2004, pp. 249-260
Description
Looks at the high rates of educational failure for aboriginal schoolchildren and the relationship to differences in the patterns of home and school interaction.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 34, no. 4, Fall, 2010, pp. 475-497
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Comments on the exchange of cultures between American Indians and Scottish-Irish settlers and the positive transformation into an intertribal community that occurred.
Indigenous Affairs, no. 1-2, Indigenous Women, 2004, pp. 32-35
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Interview with Dr. Nina Pacari Vega Conejo, first Indigenous woman Foreign Secretary of the Republic of Ecuador.
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Post Script, vol. 29, no. 3, Indian Cinema, Summer, 2010, pp. 3-[?]
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Introduction to special issue celebrating Indigenous film in North America with examples of key films and filmmakers, approaches to studying and writing and interviews with filmmakers in Canada, Mexico and the United States.
International Dental Journal, vol. 60, no. 3, suppl.2, June 2010, pp. 212-215
Description
Overview revealed that inequalities exist and are on the rise in child and adult populations in the United States, Canada, Brazil, Australia and New Zealand.