Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 26, no. 1, January/February 2002, pp. 14-19
Description
Looks at conference theme, "A United Pathway - The SA (South Australia) Way" which involved examining the future path of the Aboriginal health worker profession in South Australia.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 26, no. 5, September/October 2002, pp. 30-31
Description
Service manager of the service explains the programming that has been developed after more than two years of consultations with Aboriginal communities along Australia's South Coast.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 26, no. 3, 2002, pp. 1-24
Description
Examines reading and writing as separate skills; how writing enables communication to travel up the hierarchy and how historically the Southern Paiutes historically used their new writing abilities.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 22, no. 2, 2002, pp. 239-267
Description
Findings from the 1996 Census revealed that while Aboriginal peoples are not segregated, they do occupy poorer quality neighbourhoods at a higher rate than non-Aboriginal people in the Toronto Census Metropolitan Area
Native Studies Review, vol. 5, no. 2, 1989, pp. 200-202
Description
Book review of: Special Issue: American Indian Governments in the Reagan Era, American Indian Culture and Research Journal, 10, No. 2, 1986. Guest editor, Joseph Jorgensen.
Research Highlight (Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation)
Research Highlight. Socio-economic Series ; 55-10
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Peter Spurr
Ian Melzer
John Engeland]
Description
Statistics for living in housing below and above standards of adequate condition, appropriate size, and affordability.
Estimates were subsequently revised due to overestimation.
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 61, no. 4, 2002, pp. 341-351
Description
Concludes that there is no evidence of altered folate metabolism and it is essential that culturally appropriate public health efforts continue to increase the intake of folic acid to reduce spina bifida.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 14, no. 4, Winter, 2002, pp. [1]-17
Description
Discussion on postmodernist theory and the idea of "late capitalism" as they relates to American Indian perspectives.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
From a series of interviews about health, this article reveals one woman's struggle with mental illness and discusses some differences between medical treatment and traditional healing.
Provides an exposure scenario that may help improve the risk assessment of tribal communities whom practice a traditional subsistence lifestyle and diet.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 8, no. 2, Spring, 1984, pp. 103-1115
Description
Historical overview of the effects on Indigenous people and culture from the distribution of firearms to Indigenous people across North America during periods of European warfare and trade.
CBC reports on Ottawa's compensation for benefits and assistance denied veterans after their military service and veterans response to the announcement. Broadcast date: June 21. 2002. Includes link to accompanying printer-friendly page.
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 9, no. 1, 1989, pp. 33-53
Description
Investigates the deficiencies in service provided to Métis families in Manitoba by mainstream child and family service agencies and seeks to understand reasons for the disparity.