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Colonization and the Origins of Humanitarian Governance: Protecting Aborigines Across the Nineteenth-Century British Empire
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Regina Ganter
Aboriginal History, vol. 38, 2014, pp. 187-188
Description
Book review of: Colonization and the Origins of Humanitarian Governance by Alan Lester and Fae Dussart.
Scroll down to page 187 to read review.
The Colonization of Mi'kmaw Memory and History, 1794-1928: The King v. Gabriel Sylliboy
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Julie Zatzman
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 34, no. 1, 2014, pp. 234-237
Description
Book review of The Colonization of Mi'kmaw Memory and History, 1794-1928 by William C. Wicken.
Comanches and Texans in the Making of the Comanche Nation: The Historical Anthropology of Comanche-Texan Relations, 1803-1997
Theses
Author/Creator
Andrew McKee Jones
Description
Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Madison-Wisconsin, 1997.
A Combination of Perspectives on Caddo Indian Health
Theses
Author/Creator
Dorothy Thompson Lippert
Description
Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Texas at Austin, 1997.
Coming Full Circle: White, Euro-Canadian Teachers' Positioning, Understanding, Doing, Honouring, and Knowing in School-Based Aboriginal Education
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Brooke Madden
In Education, vol. 20, no. 1, Summer, 2014, pp. 57-81
Description
Presents a narrative study that explores the research question: "What are the decolonizing processes of practicing teachers involved in a provincially funded initiative to improve schooling for urban Aboriginal students?"
Coming Home
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Cheryle Partridge
Native Social Work Journal, vol. 9, Special Edition In Celebration of the 25th Anniversary of the School of Indigenous Relations, February 2014, pp. 41-55
Description
The author discusses journey as a student in the Indigenous Social Work Program to a professor in the School of Indigenous Relations.
Entire issue on one pdf. Scroll down to page 41 to read article.
A Comment on Zedeño et al.
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Alice B. Kehoe
Current Anthropology, vol. 55, no. 6, December 2014, p. 813
Description
Response to an article that suggested drive lanes to bluff chutes (used for funneling bison into corrals) should be thought of as monumental construction.
A Commitment to First Nations Data Governance: A Primer for Health Librarians
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kevin Read
Gail McDonald
Brad Mackay
Eugene Barsky
Journal of the Canadian Health Libraries Association, vol. 35, no. 1, Special Issue on Aboriginal Health Information, April 2014, pp. 11-15
Description
Discusses the principles of Ownership, Control, Access, and Possession (OCAP) which define how information can and should be used by researchers, governments and corporations.
Commodifying Sámi Culture in an Indigenous Tourism Site
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Helen Kelly-Holmes
Sari Pietikäinen
Journal of Sociolinguistics, vol. 18, no. 4, Special Issue: Sociolinguisitics and Tourism , September 2014, pp. 518-538
Description
Examines the problem of providing an authentic, reliable and repeatable tourism experience on a reindeer farm due to language barriers. Suggests the use of scripted narratives as a solution.
Common Genomic Variants Associated With Variation in Plasma Lipoproteins in Young Aboriginal Canadians
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robert A. Hegele
Philip W. Connellly
Anthony J.G. Hanley
Fang Sun
Stewart B. Harris
Bernard Zinman
Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology, vol. 17, no. 6, June 1997, pp. 1060-1066
Description
The study found that allelic variants of 4 genes are associated with variation in plasma lipoprotein traits in young aboriginals from Sandy Lake.
Common Genomic Variation in the APOC3 Promoter Associated With Variation in Plasma Lipoproteins
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robert A. Hegele
Philip W. Connelly
Anthony J.G. Hanley
Fang Sun
Stewart B. Harris
Bernard Zinman
Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology, vol. 17, no. 11, November 1997, pp. 2753-2758
Description
Results from study of 509 adult aboriginal Canadians, from an isolated Northern Ontario community, which tested for genotype associations with plasma lipoproteins.
The Common Law and the Justices of the Supreme Court of the North-West Territories, 1887-1907
Theses
Author/Creator
Roderick Graham Martin
Description
History Thesis (M.A.)--University of Calgary, 1997.
Commons, Enclosure, and Resistance in Kahnawá:ke Mohawk Territory, 1850–1900
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Daniel Rueck
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 95, no. 3, September 2014, pp. 352-381
Description
Describes how the Department of Indian Affairs attempted to undermine leaders and gain control of lands by subdividing the reserve into plots which would be individually-owned, with the ultimate goal of dispersing the community.
The Commonwealth Aboriginal Substances Misuse Program
Articles » General
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 21, no. 2, March/April 1997, p. 27
Description
Announces review of program and issues a call for input from Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people regarding substance abuse in their communities.
Communal Ritual and Faunal Remains: An Example from the Dolores Anasazi
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
James M. Potter
Journal of Field Archaeology, vol. 24, no. 3, Autumn, 1997, pp. 353-364
Description
Argues that these animal remains are complimentary evidence of communal ritual which operated as a force of social integration and distinction.
Communal Ritual, Feasting, and Social Differentiation in Late Prehistoric Zuni Communities
Theses
Author/Creator
James Michael Potter
Description
[Anthropology?] Thesis (Ph.D.)--Arizona State University, 1997.
Communications, Infrastructure and Transportation Systems in the Canadian North: Recent Advances and Remaining Knowledge Gaps and Research Opportunities
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Canadian Polar Commission
Description
Looks at infrastructure systems, telecommunications, and maritime, aviation and ground transportation in the Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Nunavik and Nunatsiavut .
Community and Economic Development in Arctic Canada (CEDAC): A Qualitative Study of Resource Development Impacts on Economic and Social Systems in Pond Inlet, Nunavut
Theses
Author/Creator
Roger Ritsema
Description
Geography Thesis (M.A.)--University of Ottawa, 2014.
Community-Based Archeology: Research With, By and For Indigenous and Local Communities
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Elise Huffer
AlterNative, vol. 10, no. 3, 2014, pp. 314-316
Description
Book review of: Community-Based Archeology by Sonya Atalay.
A Community Based Study: People With Diabetes
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Anthony Watego
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 21, no. 3, May/June 1997, pp. 25-28
Description
Explains the subtypes of diabetes and risk factors. The study looked at 23 male Indigenous patients in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia and concluded that the need for skilled health workers is greater than ever.
Community-Based Surveillance and Case Management for Suicide Prevention: An American Indian Tribally Initiated System.
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mary F. Cwik
Allison Barlow
Novalene Goklish
Francene Larzelere-Hinton
Lauren Tingey ... [et al.]
American Journal of Public Health, vol. 104, no. S3, June 2014, pp. e18-e23
Description
Overview of system developed by the White Mountain Apache Tribe with assistance from John Hopkins Center for American Indian Health.
Community Consultation Rapid Scoping Project among Aboriginal People Who Inject Drugs for the New South Wales Users and AIDS Association
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
James Ward
Description
Study involved focus-groups at both urban and regional sites, with a total of 70 individuals. Findings are discussed under three themes: drug use and local contexts; knowledge, information and support; and improving existing health and health-related services. Concludes with five recommendations.
Community Development at the Department of Indian Affairs in the 1960's: Much Ado About Nothing
Theses
Author/Creator
Robert Craig Cunningham
Description
Sociology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Saskatchewan, 1997.
The Community Development Quota Program: Inequity and Failure in Privatization Policy
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kacy Collons Keys
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 21, no. 1, 1997, pp. 31-71
Description
Uses the program implemented in the Aleutian Islands to illustrate privatization policies are both insufficient and inequitable.
Community, Identity, Wellbeing: The Report of the Second National Indigenous Languages Survey
E-Books
Author/Creator
Doug Marmion
Kazuko Obata
Jakelin Troy
Description
Accompanying documents:
Language Attitude Questionnaire.
Language Activity Survey
Community Perceptions of the Regina Police Service, 2013
Alternate Title
Community Perceptions of the RPS 2013
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Nicholas A. Jones
Rick Ruddell
Description
Results of telephone survey of 450 residents conducted between September 17 and October 2, 2013.
Community Resilience Factors Among Indigenous Sámi Adolescents: A Qualitative Study in Northern Norway
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kristine Nystad
Anna Rita Spein
Benedicte Ingstad
Transcultural Psychiatry, vol. 51, no. 5, Indigenous Youth Resilience in the Arctic, 2014, pp. 651-672
Description
Looks at the connection to environment, Sámi language competence, and reindeer husbandry as factors in community resilience.
Community Space for Decolonization and Resistance: Kodiak Alutiiq Language Club Participant Perspectives
Theses
Author/Creator
Michael James Bach
Description
Thesis (M.A.)--University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2014.
Community Well-Being Index: Summary of Trends in First Nations Communities, 1981-2011
Alternate Title
[Strategic Research Directorate Research Brief (Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada)]
E-Books
Author/Creator
[Strategic Research Directorate
Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development AANDC)]
Description
Ratings determined by income level, educational attainment, housing conditions and labour force participation.
The Community Well-Being Index: Summary of Trends in Inuit Communities, 1981-2011
Alternate Title
[Strategic Research Directorate Research Brief (Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada)]
E-Books
Author/Creator
[Strategic Research Directorate]
Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada (AANDC)
Description
Ratings determined by income level, educational attainment, housing conditions and labour force participation.
Comparative Indigeneities of the Américas: Toward a Hemispheric Approach
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Mario N. Castro
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 26, no. 1, Spring, 2014, pp. 127-131
Description
Book review of: Comparative Indigeneities of the Américas edited by M. Bianet Castellanos, Lourdes Gutiérrez Nájera, and Arturo J. Aldama.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 127.
[Comparative Indigeneities of the Américas: Toward a Hemispheric Approach]
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Brenden Rensink
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 38, no. 2, Spring, 2014, pp. 277-280
Description
Book review of: Comparative Indigeneities of the Américas edited by M. Bianet Castellanos, Lourdes Gutiérrez Nájera, and Arturo J. Aldama.
Comparative Models of American Indian Economic Development: Capitalist Versus Cooperative in the United States and Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Samuel Rose
Critique of Anthropology, vol. 34, no. 4, December 2014, pp. 377-396
Description
Evaluates the different economic development practices of Native American peoples in the United States and Canada.
A Comparative Study of Native Residential Schools and the Residential Schools for the Deaf in Canada
Theses
Author/Creator
Margaret Fern Elgar
Description
Sociology and Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--Carleton University, 1997.
Comparative Thoughts on the Politics of Aboriginal Assimilation
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rebecca Bateman
BC Studies, vol. 114, Summer, 1997, pp. 59-83
Description
Discussion on historical and current government attitudes and policies toward Native issues.
Comparing Histories of Education for Indigenous Peoples
Alternate Title
Indian Subjects: Hemispheric Perspectives on the History of Indigenous Education
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Brenda J. Child
Brian Klopotek
Description
Presents introduction to the essays in Indian Subjects: Hemispheric Perspectives on the History of Indigenous Education edited by Brenda J. Child and Brian Klopotek.
Comparing the Lived Experience of Urban Aboriginal Peoples with Canadian Rights to Quality of Life: Final Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Isobel M. Findlay
Joe Garcea
John G. Hansen
Rose Antsanen
Jethro Cheng
Bill Holden
Description
Determines six factors in need of improvement for quality of life (QoL): education and training, justice system, understanding of culture and rights, employment opportunities, community funding, spiritual spaces.
Comparison Analysis of "Custer Died for Your Sins" and "Killing the White Man's Indian"
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Dee Ansbergs
Description
Compares two books, written more than twenty years apart, for their strengths, weaknesses, biases, and value to Native American Studies.
A Comparison between Passive and Active Case Finding in TB Control in the Arkhangelsk Region
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Vladimir N. Kuznetsov
Andrej M. Grjibovski
Andry O. Mariandyshev
Eva Johansson
Gunnar A. Bjune
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 74, 2014, p. article no. 23515
Description
Contends that in risk groups, active case finding allowed tuberculosis to be revealed earlier than passive case finding.
A Comparison of Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal Students on the Inter-Related Dimensions of Self-Concept, Strengths and Achievement
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jessica Whitley
Edward Rawana
Keith Brownlee
Brock Education , vol. 23, no. 2, Spring, 2014, pp. 24-46
Description
Looks at school related outcomes and self-concept from a sampling of grade 4 - 8 students in northwestern Ontario. Results indicate Aboriginal students have the same or higher self-worth and competence compared to non-Aboriginal students.
Comparison of Grief and Culture From Two Perspectives: As a Child Growing up on the Reserve and as a Licensed Funeral Director in a Small Rural Ontario Town
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Stella Dean
Description
Interview with an Aboriginal funeral director and his experiences with death, dying and grief.
Comparison of Polymorphic CYP2D6, CYP2C19 and CYP2A6 in Canadian Native Indian, Caucasian and Chinese Populations
Theses
Author/Creator
Maciej P. Nowak
Description
Pharmacology Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Toronto, 1997.
Competing Ideologies of Land Ownership and Usage: American Indian Resistance in the Southwest, 1850-2014
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Hannah Grace McClain
Description
Comments on the persistent and ongoing resistance that has been employed by Native Americans in the southwest including Tohono O'odham, Colorado Ute, Jicarilla Apache, Hopi and Navajo.
Sociology Bachelors Thesis (BA)--University of Arizona, 2014.
The Complete Inuttitut Vocabulary Collected by William Richardson ca. 1765-1771
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Marianne P. Stopp
Regional Language Studies - Newfoundland, no. 25, 2014, pp. 1-22
Description
Looks at one of the earliest Inuit vocabularies collected in English.
The Complexities of Accessing Care and Treatment: Understanding Alcohol Use by Aboriginal Persons Living With HIV and AIDS
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Renée Masching
Coleen Anne Dell
John P. Egan
Nancy Gros-Louis McHugh
David Lee
Tracey Prentice
Lyanna Storm
Cliff Thomas
Amy McGee
Hugh Dale-Harris
Canadian Journal of Aboriginal Community-Based HIV/AIDS Research, vol. 6, 2014, pp. 70-94
Description
Study examined both the perspectives of the health service provider and the Aboriginal person with HIV/AIDS. Almost 50% of patients reported that alcohol played a role in becoming HIV positive.
Compulsive Measures: Resisting Residential Schools at One Arrow Reserve, 1889-1896
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Trevor John Williams
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 34, no. 2, 2014, pp. 197-222
Description
Details the various tactics used by Indian Agent R.S. Mackenzie: coerced baptisms, arrests, police manhunts, and withholding rations.
Computer Simulation of Shawnee Historical Phonology
Theses
Author/Creator
Towhid Bin Muzaffar
Description
Linguistics Thesis (M.A.)--Memorial University of Newfoundland, 1997.
Concentrations of Blood and Hair Mercury and Serum PCBs in an Ojibwa Population that Consumes Great Lakes Region Fish
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Shawn L. Gerstenberger
Dale R. Tavris
Lori K. Hansen
Judy Pratt-Shelley
John A. Dellinger
Journal of Toxicology: Clinical Toxicology, vol. 35, no. 4, July 1997, pp. 377-387
Description
An exposure assessment found that concentrations in the 89 people tested were relatively low.
Concept Alignment For Sustainability: Relevance of the Mauri Model in Asmat, Southern Papu
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Elisabeth Veronika Wambrauw
Te Kipa Kepa Brian Morgan
AlterNative, vol. 10, no. 3, 2014, pp. 288-302
Description
Looks at using a Mauri decision-making framework model from New Zealand to assess equitable distribution of infrastructure development within the Asmat context.