Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 29, no. 5, September/October 2005, pp. 13-14
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Reports on a workshop to enhance understanding of women's health and help health workers provide education and promotion of women's health issues in their own community.
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 26, no. 1, Exemplary Indigenous Education, 2002, pp. 62-64
Description
Summary of the achievements of a teacher who taught at the Native Indian Teacher Education Program (NITEP) at the University of British Columbia (UBC) for 20 years.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 29, no. 3, 2005, pp. 59-79
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Looks at the Messages for Health community-based research project which focuses on cervical cancer on the Apsáalooke Reservation. The objectives of the study include: decreasing screening barriers, increasing cervical cancer knowledge and increasing the proportion of young women who receive Pap tests.
Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, vol. 30, no. 3, 2002, pp. 335-341
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Contends that 50% of the HIV-positive youth were Aboriginal and comments on the urgent need to develop gender and culturally appropriate youth specific programs.
Journal of Postcolonial Writing, vol. 40, no. 1, 2002/2003, pp. 115-124
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Examines the autobiographical collection American Indian Stories by Native American women writer Gertrude Bonnin and considers various strategies of resistance to assimilation.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 17, no. 3, Fall, 2005, pp. 67-84
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Demonstrates how this Chickasaw writer uses ecofeminist heuristics to demonstrate the interconnectedness between tribal cultures and the natural landscape.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 67.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 17, no. 2, Special Issue: Honoring A. Lavonne Brown, Summer, 2005, pp. 87-88
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Comments on the ability of A. Lavonne Brown Ruoff to understand American Indian literatures despite being non-native.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 87.
The Journal of American History, vol. 92, no. 1, June 2005, pp. 19-46
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Discusses captured and enslaved Indian women used as currency by Mexican Spaniards, Frenchmen from south Illinois and Canada and Apaches, Comanches and Wichitas in north-central Texas.
Excerpt from: Educational Mosaics: Sharing Our Work and Findings: Moving into the Mosaic: Research, Curriculum, and Pedagogy: Exploring Applications edited by Zana M. Lutfiyya, Karen E. Smith, and Stan B. Straw.
A grandmother, mother and daughter talk about three life stages.
Entire book on one pdf. To access paper, scroll to p. 65.
Place and Memory in Canada: Global Perspectives=Lieu et Mémoire au Canada: Perspectives Globales
[Congress of Polish Association for Canadian Studies ; 3rd]
[International Conference of Central European Canadianists ; 3rd]
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Author/Creator
Magdalena Paluszkiewicz-Misiaczek
Description
Traces changes from the 16th century when women (both immigrant and First Nations) had significant power and autonomy, through fur trade relationships, to influx of British immigrants which brought with it a paternalistic and patriarchal model.
Conference paper from: Place and Memory in Canada: Global Perspectives: 3rd Congress of Polish Association for Canadian Studies and 3rd International Conference of Central European Canadianists, April 30-May 3, 2004, Cracow, Poland edited by Magdalena Paluszkiewicz-Misiaczek, Anna Reczyńska, and Anna Śpiewak.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 17, no. 2, Summer, 2005, p. 3
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Introduces the special issue honouring A. LaVonne Brown Ruoff for her work in Native American literary studies.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 3.
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 96, no. Supplement 1, Aboriginal Health Research and Policy: First Nations-University Collaboration in Manitoba, January/February 2005, pp. S22-S27
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Survey found that perceptions of health centred around physical issues, while well-being was a more holistic concept.