Eagle Feather News, vol. 13, no. 6, June 2010, p. 24
Description
Comments on a research project, completed by Battlefords Tribal Council Indian Health and researchers from the University of Saskatchewan, looking at how Aboriginal women feel about their bodies.
Article found by scrolling to page 24.
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 34, no. 2, Technologies Créatives / Creative Technologies, 2010, pp. 39-59
Description
Examines the connection between body and technology and wellness. Also seeks understanding of why local residents consider traditional activities a solution to social problems such as substance abuse.
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 71, 2012, p. article no. 19155
Description
Reviews current literature and reports on the trends in incidence and cause including health and lifestyle conditions and increases in environmental contaminants.
Reports on public discussions which took place to gather recommendations with respect to changes in police practices and new police initiatives to protect vulnerable and marginalized women.
Participants in the National Museum of the American Indian Artist Leadership Program from Canada, United States and Peru discuss their work and participate in a panel discussion.
Duration: 1:39:43.
An Intersectionality-Based Policy Analysis Framework
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Gemma Hunting
Description
"Demonstrates the necessity and utility of interrogating and shifting the current FASD policy paradigm in order to strengthen the capacity of polity to promote health and social equity."
Chapter from An Intersectionality-Based Policy Analysis Framework edited by Olena Hankivsky.
Scroll down to page 93 to read chapter.
Statistics on frequency of cancers newly diagnosed during 2005-2007 and incidence of each of seven types: prostrate, breast, lung, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, uterine, ovarian and cervical.
Data sources: Métis Nation of Ontario Citizenship Registry and the Ontario Cancer Registry.
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 22, no. 2, Crossing Borders, Winter, 2010
Description
Comments and observations from a writer and photographer, who toured five tribal colleges in Montana, including noting a strong female presence in leadership roles and feeling very welcomed by all campuses.
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.
Actions taken by sister and friend of Sarah de Vries (one of Robert Pickton's victims), and well-known activist. Covers events from 1996 to August 4, 2010.
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.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 24, no. 3, Fall, 2012, pp. 115-137
Description
Author looks at her formative years, living with her parents and living in a Children's Home.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 115.
First Voices! First Women Speak! A Teach-in & Community Gathering
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Lee Maracle
Description
Writer/activist looks at the relationships between the land, other living beings and each other and suggests advise to reconnect.
Presents a video lecture, from First Voices! First Women Speak! A Teach-in and Community Gathering, given by a teacher and activist.
Duration: 54:47.
Sport in Society, vol. 15, no. 7, Indigenous People, Race Relations and Australia Sport, September 2012, pp. 987-996
Description
"This article examines the complexities of the Australian Aboriginal sporting experience including long entrenched racist barriers that denied Aboriginal participation on the sporting field".
[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.