Proceedings of the 2017 Northern, Rural, and Remote Health conference
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Michael Jong
Ivar Mendez
Robert Jong
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 78, no. 2, Collaborative approaches to wellness and health equity in the Circumpolar North..., 2019
Description
Authors assert that the Telehealth communication technologies could facilitate higher quality health services delivery in rural and remote communities while reducing costs of service provision; suggest increasing use and provide recommendations for doing so.
Midcontinental Journal of Archeology, vol. 24, no. 2, Fall, 1999, pp. 153-?
Description
Describes shards found in the Birch Hills - Muskoday area, compares them to pottery of the east and southeast and proposes a cultural context for their uncommon occurrence in southern Saskatchewan.
Duncan's First Nation Inquiry, 1928 Surrender Claim (French Version)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description
Historical background and submissions to Indian Claims Commission (ICC) regarding eight reserve surrenders, IR 151 and 151B-151H, under section 51, 1927 Indian Act. ICC determined Canada breached its fiduciary obligations regarding IR 151E and the claim be accepted for negotiation under the Specific Claims Policy. (French language version) Commissioners include: Daniel J. Bellegarde, P.E. James Prentice, Carole T. Corcoran, and Roger J. Augustine.
[These files were created and compiled by the ICC and provided to the Indigenous Studies Portal in 2009 to make widely available in online format.]
Annual Meeting of the International Conference on Sustainable Development ; 2019
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Lateisha Ugwuegbula
Darlene Coyle
Alexander Wightman
Description
Argues that fragmentation of jurisdiction and lack of coordination over different levels of government has led to gaps, uncertainty about responsibility, problems with accountability, and failure to protect source water. Further argues that the current model of using watershed management agencies is inadequate and government should be moving to Integrated Water Resource Management, which is a more inclusive and holistic approach.
Arctic, vol. 72, no. 3, September 10, 2019, pp. 215-228
Description
Community-centered project which investigates the effects of the rapidly changing Arctic environment on Iñupiaq and Yupik language speakers and the language itself.
Included five information gathering activities: review of peer-reviewed and grey literature web-based public information; review of federal funding grants awarded between 2014 and 2019; key informant interviews; participation at the Tribal Opioid Conference in 2019; and roundtable session with the Center for Disease Control's Center for State, Tribal, Local and Territorial Support tribal recipients.
Journal of Communication, vol. 27, no. 4, December 1977, pp. 166-172
Description
Satellite delivered TV programming for education aimed at children in remote areas of Alaska, Appalachia and Rocky Mountains states; focus of programs was basic oral language development and health.
Includes Saskatoon City Council minutes from a meeting on Monday, January 24, 1977 regarding a motion to establish a Community Liaison Committee to highlight issues of importance to understanding and co-operation between the Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal communities in Saskatoon.
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education , vol. 30, no. 3, The Community Garden, Spring, February 17, 2019, p. [?]
Description
Profiles the College of the Muscogee Nation’s (CMN’s) focus on sustainable food sovereignty, its community garden, and it’s programming to teach traditional agricultural practices.
AlterNative, vol. 15, no. 3, September 2019, pp. 243-252
Description
Author argues that Indigenous ethics education in Solomon Islands focuses on shaping and sustaining the character of people as members of a family and clan; suggests that character embedded ethics include a strong sense of clan-based citizenship, temperance, and spiritual existence.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 23, no. 1, 1999, pp. 191-205
Description
Review of three books:
Postethnic America: Beyond Multiculturalism by David Hollinger.
That the People Might Live: Native American Literatures and Native American Community by Jace Weaver.
When Nickels Were Indians: An Urban Mixed-Blood Story by Patricia Penn Hilden.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 23, no. 3, Special Issue on Disease, Health, and Survival Among Native Americans, 1999, pp. 155-184
Description
Investigates differences in perceptions, by health care providers and their Aboriginal clients, which led the author to believe that the differences were due, in part, to attempts by health professionals to assert authoritative control.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 43, no. 1, Winter , 2019, pp. 74-100
Description
Uses Elizabeth Archuleta’s (Yaqui) “ethos of responsibility” as a framework for considering the #NoDAPL Movement; discusses the relationships between Indigenous women water protectors, Indigenous feminisms, Indigenous rhetorics, and Dakota/Lakota/Nakota history and worldviews.
Journal of Indigenous Social Development, vol. 8, no. 1, 2019, pp. 1-18
Description
Discusses the absence of Indigenous ways of knowing and Indigenous worldviews in contemporary initiatives to lower the number of Indigenous children in the child welfare system. Presents two examples of Indigenous led initiatives and the evaluation of their impacts; stresses the need for intercultural, collaborative research that engages Indigenous communities.
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 26, no. 1, 2019, pp. 1-32
Description
Report uses qualitative, community-based participatory research method to evaluate a program designed to empower Indigenous youth. Highlights social, familial, and cultural aspects of the program that were found to be most impactful; recommends extending similar programming to other Indigenous communities.
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 78, no. 1, 2019
Description
Study of 20 participants assesses the effectiveness of a telemedicine programme in managing the remote diagnosis, treatment, and recovery of concussion patients. At the study’s conclusion 90% of participants met criteria for clinical recovery and close to $41 000 of treatment cost had been avoided.
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 26, no. 3, 2019, pp. 1-20
Description
Study examines the outcomes of a strengths-based Entrepreneurship Education program conducted with Aboriginal youth and articulates how a participant’s baseline socio-demographic, socio-cultural, and family/household characteristics are shown to influence outcomes.
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 15, no. 1, October 1975, pp. [4-7]
Description
Evaluation of a 2-week Institute designed to improve student retention through changes in curriculum, extra-curricular activities, and physical surroundings.
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 14, no. 1, Physical Activity and Cultural Safety, May 28, 2019, pp. 29-41
Description
Study uses a survey and a focus group to assess the effectiveness of the Indigenous Relationship and Cultural Safety (IRCS) courses mandated for Indigenous Services Canada (ISC) nurses; and the online, modulated format for its delivery.
Looks at different sources of market and government capital made available to Indigenous economies from 1975 to 2013. Research shows that conventional market sources of capital have overtaken government transfers as main source of economic development capital.