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Western Medicine and Australian Indigenous Healing Practices
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Author/Creator
Don Gorman
Anne-Maree Nielsen
Odette Best
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 30, no. 1, January/February 2006, pp. 28-29
Description
Studies the outcomes of patients treated by both western and Indigenous forms of medicine.
What Are Our Expectations Telling Us?: Encounters with the NMAI
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Gwyneira Isaac
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 30, no. 3/4, Summer/Fall, 2006, pp. 574-596
Description
Describes four viewpoints about the National Museum of the Native American (NMAI) garnered through two personal visits and the others through newspaper articles and discussions.
What Causes Canadian Aboriginal Protest? Examining Resources, Opportunities and Identity, 1951-2000
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Howard Ramos
Canadian Journal of Sociology, vol. 31, no. 2, Spring, 2006, p. 211
Description
Analyzes whether protest can be explained by resource mobilization, political opportunities or the construction of PanAboriginal collective identity.
What Good Condition? Reflections on an Australian Aboriginal Treaty 1986-2006
Alternate Title
Aboriginal History Monograph ; 13
E-Books
Author/Creator
Peter Read
Steven Churches
Ravi de Costa
William Jonas
Roderic Pitty ... [et al.]
Aboriginal History Monograph
“What is the proper word for people like you?”: The Question of Métis Identity in In Search of April Raintree
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sharon Smulders
English Studies in Canada , vol. 32, no. 4, December 2006, pp. 75-100
Description
Discusses the significance of identity in the novel due to varying definitions of the term Métis.
What Nurses Should Know When Working in Aboriginal Communities
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Caroline H. Foster
Canadian Nurse, vol. 102, no. 4, April 2006, pp. 28-31
Description
Argues that nurses need to understand the specific history, culture and the concept of respect, in Aboriginal terms, within a particular community and then apply this knowledge to their relationships in that community.
What's the Score?: A Survey of Cultural Diversity and Racism in Australian Sport
E-Books
Author/Creator
Paul Oliver
What Works: Effective Policies and Programs for Aboriginal Peoples of Canada: Final Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Natasha Caverley
Description
Overview of a project intended to identify effective human resource management strategies, practices and programs (specifically, within the areas of recruitment and career development).
What Works: The Work Program, Improving Outcomes for Indigenous Students: Successful Practice
Alternate Title
Successful Practice
E-Books
Author/Creator
Geoff Ainsworth
David McRae
What Writer Would Not Be an Indian for a While?: Charles Alexander Eastman, Critical Memory, and Audience
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Gale P. Coskan-Johnson
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 18, no. 2, Summer, 2006, pp. 105-131
Description
Contends that the work of Sioux writer Alexander Eastman reflects not only an assimilationist perspective but also examines Native Americans within the oppressive socio-cultural context of 19th and 20th century.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 105.
When a Native "Goes Researcher" : Notes from the North American Ingenious Games
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Michelle M. Jacob
American Behavioral Scientist, vol. 50, no. 4, Indigenous Peoples: Canadian and U.S. Perspectives, December 2006, pp. 450-461
Description
Discusses how an Aboriginal researcher analyzes the effects of "authentic Indianness" and "white privilege" on the research process.
When Love Medicine Is Not Enough: Class Conflict and Work Culture on and off the Reservation
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Reginald Dyck
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 30, no. 3, 2006, pp. 23-43
Description
Essay arguing for a way of reading responsibly that takes into account socioeconomic realities. The essay further argues that the roles of reader and critic must also become that of active teacher and citizen to become agents for change.
When Love Medicine is Not Enough: Class Conflict and Work Culture On and Off the Reservation
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Reginald Dyck
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 30, no. 3, 2006, pp. 23-43
Description
Authors comments on the inequities that exist due to the Euro-American conquest of Native Americans by an analysis of Erdrich's Love Medicine.
When the Women Heal: Aboriginal Women Speak About Policies to Improve the Quality of Life
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Carolyn Kenny
American Behavioral Scientist, vol. 50, no. 4, December 2006, pp. 550-561
Description
Discussion of the dilemmas when conducting research that is culturally appropriate.
When You Sing It Now, Just Like New: First Nations Poetics, Voices, and Representations
E-Books
Author/Creator
Robin Ridington
Jillian Ridington
Which Place, What Story? Cultural Discourses at the Border of the Blackfeet Reservation and Glacier National Park
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Donal Carbaugh
Lisa Rudnick
Great Plains Quarterly, vol. 26, no. 3, Summer, 2006, pp. 167-184
Description
Looks at the ways place-naming and storytelling work together to create a sense of place.
White Images in the Indian Mind: A Study of the American Indian Novel
Theses
Author/Creator
Janet Zimmerman Marsh
Description
English Thesis (Ph.D.)--Northern Illinois University, 2006.
Discusses works by S. Alice Callahan, Mourning Dove (Christal Quintasket), D'Arcy McNickle, Anna Lee Walters, Thomas King and Sherman Alexie.
White Writing Black: Issues of Authorship and Authenticity in Non-Indigenous Representations of Australian Aboriginal Fictional Characters
Theses
Author/Creator
Linda Miley
Description
Creative Writing and Cultural Studies Thesis (M.A.)--Queensland University of Technology, 2006.
Who Are Indigenes: A Comparative Study of Canadian and American Practices
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Bruce Granville Miller
American Behavioral Scientist, vol. 50, no. 4, Indigenous Peoples: Canadian and U.S. Perspectives, d 2006, pp. 462-477
Description
Looks at policies regarding unrecognized Aboriginal communities and how they are assessed for recognition.
Who Owns Native Culture?
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Jason Baird Jackson
Journal of American Folklore, vol. 119, no. 474, Fall, 2006, pp. 492-493
Description
Book review of: Who Owns Native Culture? by Michael F. Brown.
"Who Were These Mysterious People? çəsna:m, the Marpole Midden, and the Dispossession of Aboriginal Lands in British Columbia
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Susan Roy
BC Studies, no. 152, Past Emergent, Winter, 2006/2007, pp. 67-95
Description
Traces the history of archaeological digs and subsequent Western theories about the identity of the peoples who inhabited the Lower Fraser River area of BC.
The Widow and the Child
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jack Brook
Aboriginal History, vol. 12, no. 1, 1988, pp. 63-79
Description
Follows the life of an Aboriginal girl from early childhood until her passing circa 1867.
Will Pastoral Legislation Disempower Pastoralists in the Sahel?
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Ced Hesse
Brigitte Thébaud
Indigenous Affairs, no. 1, Africa and the Millennium Development Goals, 2006, pp. 14-23
Description
Reviews new legislation that will provide improved range land management and the possibility of further marginalization of pastoral people.
To access this article, scroll to page 14.
William Apess, Elias Boudinot, and Samuel Cornish: Native Americans and African-Americans Looking for Freedom of Expression, Representation, and Rhetorical Sovereignty during the Age of Jackson
Theses
Author/Creator
Kevin R. Kemper
Description
Journalism Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2006.
Willy Hodgson
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Cheryl Petten
Windspeaker, vol. 24, no. 8, November 2006, p. 26
Description
Chronicles the life of the 1994 Saskatchewan Order of Merit recipient who advocated on behalf of equality for Aboriginal people within the justice system.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.26.
Wisdom of the Elders: Native Traditions of the Northwest Coast
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Gloria Cranmer Webster
BC Studies, no. 79, Summer, 1988, pp. 80-82
Description
Book review of: Wisdom of the Elders by Ruth Kirk.
With Good Intentions: Euro-Canadian and Aboriginal Relations in Colonial Canada
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Katie Pickles
American Review of Canadian Studies, vol. 36, no. 3, Autumn, 2006, pp. 521-522
Description
Book review of: With Good Intentions: Euro-Canadian and Aboriginal Relations in Colonial Canada edited by Celia Haig-Brown and David A. Nock.
With Good Intentions: Euro-Canadian and Aboriginal Relations in Colonial Canada
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Theodore Binnema
BC Studies, no. 150, Aquaculture, Summer, 2006, pp. 116-118
Description
Book review: With Good Intentions edited by Celia Haig-Brown and David A. Nock.
To access this review, scroll to page 116.
Women at Greatest Risk: Reducing Injection Frequency Among Young Aboriginal Drug Users in British Columbia
Theses
Author/Creator
Margo Elaine Pearce
Description
Public Policy Project (MPP)--Simon Fraser University, 2006.
"Women Don't Talk": Gender and Codemixing in an Evangelical Tzotzil Village
Theses
Author/Creator
Akesha L. Baron
Description
Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Washington, 2006.
Women Elders' Life Stories of the Omaha Tribe: Macy, Nebraska
Theses
Author/Creator
Wynne L. Summers
Description
English Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Nebraska, 2006.
Women Leaders on Leadership: Much to Laud, Much to Lament
Alternate Title
Executive Action (Conference Board of Canada) ; June 2006
[Conference Board of Canada Publication ; 014-07]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Conference Board of Canada
Description
Discussion on issues of poverty, health care, education, skills training and the labour shortage, foreign policy, and the environment.
The Word That Waits To Be Heard
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Coral Pombo-Campbell
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 30, no. 4, July/August 2006, p. 18
Description
Poem about the Stolen Generation regarding removal by authorities of five young children from a family and the efforts to recover them.
Working Definitions: Race, Ethnic Studies, and Early American Literature
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Joanna Brooks
Early American Literature, vol. 41, no. 2, June 2006, pp. 313-320
Description
Looks at the importance of reading Indigenous texts on their own terms and viewing them as communities in early America.
Working Together: Two Cultures, One Film, Many Canoes
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Therese Davis
Senses of Cinema, no. 41, November 2006, p. [?]
Description
Discusses films produced by Rolf de Heer: Ten Canoes and The Balanda and the Bark Canoes.
A World of Contradiction: Race and Redemption in Puritan New England
Theses
Author/Creator
Richard Allan Bailey
Description
[History] Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Kentucky, 2006.
Wounding the Spirit: Discrimination and Traditional American Indian Belief Systems
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Carol Locust
Harvard Educational Review, vol. 58, no. 3, August 1988, pp. 315-331
Description
Discusses how different belief systems can affect educational practice and how lack of understanding by the U.S. educational system has led to unfair treatment of students.
Writing Africa, Writing Canada: Anti-Imperialism and Feminism in the Work of Margaret Laurence
Theses
Author/Creator
Laura Katherine Strong Davis
Description
English and Film Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Alberta, 2006.
Writing Ourselves 'Home': Biographical Texts: A Method for Contextualizing the Lives of Wahine Māori: Locating the Story of Betty Wark
Theses
Author/Creator
D. Helene Connor
Description
Arts Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Auckland, 2006.
Wunnaumwáyean: Roger Williams, English Credibility, and the Colonial Land Market
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jeffrey Glover
Early American Literature, vol. 41, no. 3, 2006, pp. 429-453
Description
Discusses land sales by Narragansett sachems to Antinomian settlers in the Narragansett Bay region during the 1600's.
'Yet in a Primitive Condition': Edward S. Curtis's The North American Indian
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Shannon Egan
American Art, vol. 20, no. 3, 2006, pp. 58-83
Description
Analysis of photographs shows how the project's intent changed over time from stylistic and thematic unity to changes in aesthetic and political attitude.
You Are Here: The NMAI as Site of Identification
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mario A. Caro
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 30, no. 3/4, Decolonizing Archaeology, Summer/Fall, 2006, pp. 543-557
Description
Comments on the relationship between the site of the National Museum of the American Indian and cultural products on display, arguing that the Museum itself is an object of display.
Youth and Adult Community Member Beliefs About Inupiat Youth Suicide and its Prevention
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lisa Wexler
Brenda Goodwin
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 65, no. 5, 2006, pp. 448-458
Description
Looks at perceived causes and possible preventative steps to address the high Inupiat youth suicide rates in Northwest Alaska.
Youth Apprenticeship Programs for Aboriginal Youth in Canada: Smoothing the Path From School to Work
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Susan Brigham
Alison Taylor
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 29, no. 2, 2006, pp. 165-181
Description
Examines one school to work transition program, called the Aboriginal Youth Career Pathway, which operates in Alberta.
Youth Networking, Education and Communications Channels Across the Circumpolar Region: A Preliminary Exploration
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Heather Creech
Dolma Dongtotsang
Description
Investigates media channels, training programs, and interviews with youth leaders on communication and networking interests.
Yukon First Nations and the Alaska Highway Gas Pipeline
Articles » General
Author/Creator
David Roddick
Indigenous Affairs, no. 2-3, Arctic Oil and Gas Development, 2006, pp. 12-19
Description
Overview of pipeline project and analysis of its economic impacts.
To access this article, scroll down to page 12.
The Zuni: Indians of North America
Alternate Title
Indians of North America Series
E-Books
Author/Creator
Nancy Bonvillain
Description
Heritage Edition.
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