First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 5, no. 2, 2010, pp. 45-52
Description
Discusses the history of the American Indian women who initiated legislative changes to the Indian Child Welfare Act, and looks at recommendations to address the problems associated with the lack of compliance to current legislation across Canada and the United States.
Hamlet of Cape Dorset: Project Number: CT-411-NT/32-NT
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Kevin Barlow
Description
Description and evaluation of healing and training project which involved weekly talking circles for women and girls, workshops, individual counselling, and on-the-land camps. Sources of information include project files, Aboriginal Healing Foundation Process Evaluation Survey, key informant interviews with healing team and service providers, and documents and data collected by community support coordinator.
Rural and Remote Health, vol. 10, no. 3, August 6, 2010, p. article no. 1383
Description
Reviews current services, initiatives & challenges to the delivery of safe maternity services for Aboriginal women in rural and remote areas of Australia.
Open Women's Health Journal, vol. 4, no. 1, What We Have Known About Community Characteristics, Birth Outcomes and Infant Mortality among Aborig, January 2010, pp. 32-38
Description
Determines there is a need for more effective perinatal and infant care programs in remote First Nations communities to reduce mortality rates.
[United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women]
E-Books
Author/Creator
Government of Canada
Description
Government's response to Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women's recommendation about investigation of cases of missing or murdered Aboriginal women.
Presents a selection of papers presented April 29-30, 2009, Faculty of the VCA and Music, The University of Melbourne about the business of Indigenous performing arts, its history and its future.
Provides examples for health and social service providers in Ontario to help pregnant women create a support system. Includes list of resources for programs and services.
Project (Prairie Women's Health Centre of Excellence) ; no. 56
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Margaret Haworth-Brockman
Project (Prairie Women's Health Centre of Excellence)
Description
Examines some of the steps taken, and the successes and challenges of making midwifery care available to women, particularly for those who live outside of Winnipeg.
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 101, no. 1, January/February 2010, pp. 101-105
Description
Discusses the diagnosis of primary invasive breast cancer between First Nations and non-First Nations women, and the need for screening programs aimed at detecting breast cancers earlier.
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 61, no. 3, 2002, pp. 254-259
Description
A five-year study found in participants aged 35 and over, that First Nations males and pregnant females were twice as likely to be hospitalized as other males and other pregnant females.
Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies, vol. 23, no. 2, 2002, pp. 135-149
Description
Argues that there are American Indian authors, writers, and poets, often unrecognized, and that there are very few courses to take that cover their works.
Post Script , vol. 29, no. 3, Indian Cinema, Summer, 2010, pp. 27-[?]
Description
Discusses impact two women filmmakers have had on the National Film Board of Canada's productions and their re-imagining of western cinematic traditions.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 26, no. 6, November-December 2002, p. 10
Description
Reports on a project that provides a culturally safe environment where women could recover from mental illnesses and substance abuse by employing art therapeutically.
Book review of:
Dreams and Thunder by Zitkala-Sa.
Native American Women's Writing 1800-1924 edited by Karen L. Kilcup.
Sarah Winnemucca by Sally Zanjani.
CCPA Monitor, vol. 17, no. 3, July/August 2010, p. 16
Description
Professor discusses her philosophy of action education and education for social change, which involves a responsibility to make a difference in the community.
Indigenous Affairs , no. 1-2, Development and Customary Law, 2010, pp. 22-27
Description
Examines the evolution and adaptation of customary law for use by African women in their communities to advance their own positions. To access this article, scroll down to page 22.
Report that follows the Honoring Native Women by Stopping the Violence Against Them Conference discusses the prevalence of the violence, the issues that make law enforcement difficult, seeks solutions, and makes recommendations.