Diabetes
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Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 13, no. 3, September 1989, pp. 12-14
Description
Fact sheet on Diabetes.
Introduction and two archival items on social and economic conditions of Aboriginal people. The first report is on the socio-economic conditions that contributed to the spread of tuberculosis, and the economic measures needed to be taken to improve the lives of the Swampy Cree Indians. The second report is an account of the socio-economic conditions of Aboriginal people and recommendations for improving their health status.
Focuses on the Treaty Alliance of North American Aboriginal Nations which is a mutual defense pact. Includes supportive commentaries.
Analysis of two short stories, Joe the Painter and the Deer Island Massacre and One Good Story, That One, commenting on King's use of irony and humor.
Historical note:
Harold Nelson Woodsworth served as an Indian Agent at a number of agencies in Saskatchewan.