Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 18, no. 1, January/February 1994, p. 21
Description
Shows how the mental health of Aboriginal people is a direct result of landlessness, poverty, welfare dependency, vulnerability and the breakdown of Aboriginal law, values and family caused by past and present government policies.
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, [Monograph No. 4, pp.235-249]
Calling From the Rim: Suicidal Behavior Among American Indian and Alaska Native Adolescents
[Centers for American Indian and Alaska Native Health] ; Monograph 4
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Norma E. Forbes
Description
Comments on the need for a person-by-situation approach to suicide prevention and the further observation of adolescents in the Arctic compared to adolescents in Western industrialized societies.
"Selected images of Native clothing, musical instruments, and games and toys from the collections of the Canadian Museum of Civilization" arranged by First Nation and community groups as well as by category of image.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 8, no. 3, Series 2, Fall, 1996, pp. [13]-35
Description
Author uses several different texts to highlight some of the difficulties in cross-cultural communication.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
Studies in American Literatures, vol. 5, no. 1, Series 2, Spring, 1993, pp. 6-24
Description
Discusses how Silko manages to employ oral traditions through a multiplicity of storytellers in her novel, Storyteller.
Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 20, no. 2, March/April 1996, pp. 53-55
Description
Overview of funding of health and substance misuse services and hearing and mental health and agreements being negotiated between the Commonwealth and each State and Territory.
Note: The title of this document uses wording that was common to mainstream society of that time period in history. As such, it contains language that is no longer in common use and may offend some readers. This wording should not be construed to represent the views of the Indigenous Studies Portal or the University of Saskatchewan Library.
A photograph of the North West Half-Breed Claims Royal Commission members in 1885. (l to r); W.P.R. Street QC Chairman; Roger Goulet Secretary; N.O. Cote; A.E. Forget.
TDR [The Drama Review], vol. 37, no. 1, Spring, 1993, pp. 9-17
Description
Letter to the editor regarding the article Weesageechak Begins to Dance: Native Earth Performing Arts Inc. (published in vol. 36 , no.1, 1992) as well as several letters in rebuttal.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 17, no. 3, Special Issue on Encounter of Two Worlds: The Next Five Hundred Years, 1993, pp. 131-139
Description
Exposes the problems of intrusive research on Aboriginal peoples and the publication of information people within the communities do not wish disseminated to the general public.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 17, no. 4, 1993, pp. 99-105
Description
Study found a positive correlation between the number of hospital beds and suicide and homicide rates among United States Indian Health Service (IHS) areas. This study puts into question previous studies which found a negative correlation between the same variables.
Culture & Mental Health Research Unit Report ; no. 1
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Laurence J. Kirmayer
Culture & Mental Health Research Unit Report
Description
Looks to situate the problems of Aboriginal peoples within the larger context of suicide in Canadian society.
"A Report Prepared for the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples".