INALCO 2009, Proceedings of the 15th Inuit Studies Conference, Orality (Paris, 2006)
Orality in the 21st Century: Inuit Discourse and Practices. Proceedings of the 15th Inuit Studies Conference
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Sarah Bonesteel
Description
Explores how Inuit Qaujimajatiqamgot has been used to implement traditional social and cultural practices as operational policy.
Paper from Orality in the 21st Century: Inuit Discourse and Practices. Proceedings of the 15th Inuit Studies Conference edited by B. Collingnon and M. Therrien.
Examines a cultural sensitive and responsive framework, developed as a resource for health workers to promote Aboriginal health, which considers factors and approaches, builds on Aboriginal strengths, and reflects on values, assumptions and feedback.
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 4, no. 2, 2009, pp. 10-17
Description
Discussion of how narratives of frontline child protection social workers with Cree First Nation worldviews and Western perspectives can be used to help improve child welfare services.
Canadian Journal of Nursing Research, vol. 40, no. 3, Chronic Illness Management, 2008, pp. 16-36
Description
Focus of the article is the expansion of understanding diabetes within a specific cultural context by connecting philosophical, epistemological, and methodological orientations to research.
International Journal of Multiple Research Approaches, vol. 3, no. 2, August 2009, pp. 191-202
Description
Studies four communities in southern Australia using Tregenza's adaptation to the Cost of Living methodology to create a connection between poverty and health.
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 4, no. 1, 2009, pp. 38-46
Description
Discusses use of the study by First Nations child welfare agencies to identify ways of making the agencies more useful to First Nations decision-makers.
INALCO 2009, Proceedings of the 15th Inuit Studies Conference, Orality (Paris, 2006)
Orality in the 21st Century: Inuit Discourse and Practices. Proceedings of the 15th Inuit Studies Conference
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Vladimir Randa
Description
Examines the connection between human speech and animals among the Inuit.
Paper from Orality in the 21st Century: Inuit Discourse and Practices. Proceedings of the 15th Inuit Studies Conference edited by B. Collingnon and M. Therrien.
Pediatric Clinics of North America, vol. 56, no. 6, Health Issues in Indigenous Children: An Evidence Based Approach For the General Pediatrician, December 2009, pp. 1263-1283
Description
Reviews literature, government reports and immunization guidelines from Australia, Canada, New Zealand, an the United States.
Canadian Journal of Nursing Research, vol. 40, no. 1, In-home and Community Care for Seniors / Le soin des ainés à la maison et dans la communauté, 2008, pp. 112-125
Description
Based on interviews with 103 women, study supports need for primary health professionals to offer postnatal screening for women who may be at risk for postpartum depression .
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 32, no. 4, Autumn, 2008, pp. 412-442
Description
The author explores different expressions of conversion to Catholicism in the daily practices of the different Indigenous peoples in the San Francisco Bay area; considers where people chose to give birth or die and the practice of various traditional protocols.
Presents a brief synopsis and interpretation of the issues presented at the inquest, the verdict, and recommendations made by the jury. The two men died while in custody on January 8, 2006, when a fatal fire broke out in the cellblock area of the Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service ("NAPS") detachment in Kashechewan.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 12, no. 11, November 2009, p. 26
Description
Outlines the varied career of Lorne Cardinal, the first Aboriginal graduate in performing arts from the University of Alberta.
Article located by scrolling to page 26.
ViBES: Viable Business Enterprises for Rural Alaska
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Virginia Fay
Cami Woolam
Sharman Haley
Jane Angvik
Linda Leask ... [et al.]
Description
Purpose of research was to examine needs of existing businesses, challenges faced by prospective owners and make recommendations to facilitate increase in number and diversity of enterprises.
Access to Volume II.
Access to Volume III.
ViBES: Viable Business Enterprises for Rural Alaska
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jane Angvik and Associates
Description
Provides information about business history and management, economic and community impact, and challenges and lessons learned for 23 businesses.
Access to Volume I.
Access to Volume III.
Guide to assist tribal governments with laws regarding the safety of Aboriginal women and children. Written so that revised tribal laws reflect tribal values. Provides examples from different tribal codes.
Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal, vol. 27, no. 3, September 2009, pp. 205-215
Description
Examines whether the restrictive scoping applied in this process which led to the approval of a mine addressed the needs of First Nations located southeast of the mine.
Native Studies Review, vol. 17, no. 1, 2008, pp. 1-23
Description
Examines how, in spite of increasingly hostile Colonial, then Canadian government relations toward First Nations people, they still maintained a strong attachment to the monarchy.
Looks at how videoconferencing and the supporting broadband infrastructure can be used to connect communities working on sustainable development priorities.
Study involved interviews, observations, written surveys, meetings, and other consultations. Sample drawn from residents of Wabasca, Fox Lake, Ft. Mckay, and Fort Chipewyan in 2007-2008.
The Forestry Chronicle, vol. 85, no. 5, October 2009, pp. 789-801
Description
Presents a study where interviews were conducted with members of 6 northern Ontario Aboriginal communities to obtain their views on how to define and protect Aboriginal values during forest management.
Northern Review, no. 28, Spring, 2008, pp. 246-260
Description
Study findings found villages with a VPSO generally had similar crime rates to those without. These results indicate that violent crime rates are partly a function of having a person to report a crime to.