Covers the past 100 years of contact between First Nations farmers and non-Aboriginal farmers which in many circumstances depended on the level of respect they had for each other.
Public Health Reports, vol. 118, no. 6, November-December 2003, pp. 518-530
Description
Compares mortality patterns between Alaskan Native and Non-Native population between 1989 to 1998 and trends for period between 1979-1998. Uses data from the Indian Health Service and 1990 Census.
Alternatives Journal, vol. 29, no. 1, Winter, 2003, pp. 58-61
Description
Book review of: Take My Land, Take My Life: The Story of Congress's Historic Settlement of the Alaska Native Land Claims, 1960-1971 by Donald Craig Mitchell.
Rural and Remote Health, vol. 3, no. 156, February 8, 2003, pp. 1-10
Description
Study identifies risk factors for adult renal disease through a screening program known as the Umoona Kidney Project. Information will be used by Aboriginal health workers.
Historical background and submissions to Indian Claims Commission (ICC) concerning the federal Crown's granting of three rights of way to Calgary Power on Alexis IR133 during 1950s and 1960s. ICC concluded no effort was made to provide annual payments to the Band and recommended the claim be accepted for negotiation under Canada's Specific Claims Policy. Commissioners include: Roger J. Augustine, Daniel J. Bellegarde, Sheila G. Purdy. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 20, no. 3, Special Issue on The Shadow Catcher: The Uses of Native American Photography, 1996, pp. 15-32
Description
Argues that the founder of California Indian Studies was also an important ethnographic photographer.
Examines the controversy over the question of the author's Aboriginality and ethnicity.
Excerpt from Disability Studies & Indigenous Studies.
Entire book on one pdf. To access paper, scroll to p. 108.
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 12, no. 4, Winter, 1997, pp. 3-9
Description
Contends that while the past 50 years of exhibits have been molded by collectors, promoters and merchants, the next 50 years will benefit from the involvement of Inuit artists and others.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 3.
Journal of Legal Pluralism and Unofficial Law, no. 36, Popular Justice: Conflict Resolution within Communities, 1996, pp. 125-157
Description
Argues that there must be internal community development of structures and institutions before initiatives can be effectively carried out. In addition, the article discusses four specific programmes in: Indian Brook, Nova Scotia, Sandy Lake and Attawapiskat in Northern Ontario, and Metropolitan Toronto.
Native Social Work Journal, vol. 5, Articulating Aboriginal Paradigms: Implications for Aboriginal Social Work Practice, November 2003, pp. 299-313
Description
Looks at the philosophy of social work that is based upon the values of humanitarianism and egalitarianism, its values, and its practices; and examines Indigenous-based helping philosophies, theories, approaches and practices.