Identifies community-level research initiatives and demonstrations of cultural and practice-based strategies for prevention and intervention. Findings are organized around models, and strengths and challenges are listed for each model.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 23, no. 2, Digital Technologies and Native Literature, Summer, 2011, pp. [25]-47
Description
Provides background to the author's multimedia project which was designed to contextualize the novel for students.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p. 25.
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 100, no. 2, June 2019, pp. 182-201
Description
Argues that teaching the history of residential schools in Canada requires an examination of how that history has been recorded and preserved; that this examination reveals an incompatibility between the colonial frameworks in archival institutions and structures of Indigenous knowledges. Discusses the impact of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) on Canadian archival practices.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 35, no. 2, 2011, pp. 135-160
Description
Discusses how the myaamia language continues to exist in the repertoire of the Miami people, and discusses how linguistic practices have made the language different than in the past.
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 31, no. 1, 2011, pp. 17-42
Description
Explores the relationships, through policy, between the Canadian state and urban Aboriginal peoples focusing on the cities of Thompson and Brandon, Manitoba.
Rethinking the Great White North: Race, Nature, and the Historical Geographies of Whiteness in Canada
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Jessica Dempsey
Kevin Gould
Juanita Sundberg
Description
Advocates for promotion of private property ownership as opposed to collective ownership as the path to poverty reduction.
Chapter 12 from Rethinking the Great White North: Race, Nature, and the Historical Geographies of Whiteness in Canada edited by Andrew Baldwin, Laura Cameron and Audrey Kobayashi.
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 23, no. 2, Climate Commitment, Winter, 2011
Description
Report titled "Climate Change and Pacific Rim Indigenous Nations" presents findings indicating that Native Communities feel the impacts of climate change first.
Public Health Reports, vol. 126, no. 6, November-December 2011, pp. 816-825
Description
Study shows three patterns in hospitalization rates for AI/AN population: a decrease for hepatitis A, no change for hepatitis B, large increase for hepatitis C.
Survey results of program assessment found that programs serving students and communities lacked strategic planning for activities, causing concern for quality and effectiveness in future programming. Includes recommendation from the Task force.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 43, no. 4, Fraud in Native American Communities, 2019, pp. 37-40
Description
The author examines the creation of the Jimmie Durham: At the Center of the World exhibit at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles, California, his supporters questioning of tribal denial of his claim to Cherokee ancestry and its importance regarding Indigenous identity and sovereignty.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 2, no. 4, Winter, 1975-1976, pp. 347-361
Description
An examination of the negotiations to remove the Western Cherokee from their homeland in Arkansas through the 1828 Treaty of Washington to the area known as Lovely's Purchase. Lovely's Purchase was named after William Lovely who secured the land from the Osages for the Cherokee people to use as a hunting ground.
Loyal till Death: Indians and the North-West Rebellion
Images » Photographs
Description
Sketch of Chief Red Pheasant aiding in the escape of John Applegarth, Farm Instructor, and Applegarth's wife from Red Pheasant reserve. Caption: "Chief Red Pheasant and his brother tried to prevent further bloodshed in the Eagle Hills district by warning local Indian officials to flee south to safety."
From the book Loyal till Death: Indians and the North-West Rebellion by Blair Stonechild and Bill Waiser.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 35, no. 2, Spring, 2011, pp. 192-214
Description
Analyzes a speech given by Duwamish and Suquamish Indian Chief Sealth or Seattle, along with Henry Smith's account, concerning the concession of native lands to the settlers and a plea for respect of Native American rights and environmental values.
Subtitled: "Entered according to act of Parliament of Canada, in the year 1885 by Prof. Buell in the office of the ministry of agriculture." Image of Lt. Gov. Dewdney and a troop of military men in uniform. In the foreground are 6 chiefs.
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 31, no. 1, 2011, pp. 1-16
Description
Contends that childcare is an essential service needed in post-secondary institutions and should be considered as important as other tools for learning.
Looks at key themes which emerged from year long consultations with Aboriginal communities, Aboriginal Children's Aid Societies, service providers and organizations.
Looks at areas of concern that directly impact the well-being of Aboriginal children and highlights the discrimination experienced by children that are not common to children in other parts of Australia.