Argues that Western individualized medical and social models are incongruent with the Mäori worldview, and that a wholistic, culturally appropriate approach is needed.
A Whanau Ora Journey of Maori Men With Chronic Illness: A Te Korowai Analysis
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jacquie Kidd
Veronique Gibbons
Erena Kara
Rawiri Blundell
Kay Berryman
AlterNative, vol. 9, no. 2, 2013, pp. 125-141
Description
Research looked at the development of a local conceptual framework exploring the views of men and their families in relation to their healthcare and healthy families.
AlterNative, vol. 15, no. 2, June 2019, pp. 168-179
Description
Article draws on author’s work with youth who are learning new ways to practice Indigenous Ainu culture in an urban center in Japan; focuses on cultural practice and revitalization, decolonization and self-determination.
Proceedings of the 15th International Congress on Circumpolar Health
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Dinghy Kristine B. Sharma
Ellen D. S. Lopez
Deborah Mekiana
Alaina Ctibor
Charlene Church
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 72, Supplement 1, 2013, p. article no. 21180
Description
Findings from 6 focus groups conducted with 26 Alaska Native college students, identified 8 quality of life domains which will be integrated into programing promoting academic success.
Report (Conference Board of Canada) ; October 2013
[Conference Board of Canada Publication ; 14-091]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Alison Howard
Jessica Brichta
Description
Examines why food literacy matters, the state of food literacy in Canada, current efforts to develop food literacy, and recommends strategies to further improve Canadian household attitudes, skills, and knowledge about food.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 43, no. 4, Fraud in Native American Communities: Essays in Honor of Suzan Shown Harjo, 2019, pp. 41-54
Description
A re-evaluation of Jimmie Durham's work, taking into account the artist's fraudulent claims to Cherokee ancestry and discussion of the implications for scholars, art critics, collectors, and viewers of his works.
Journal of Indigenous Wellbeing - Te Mauri: Pimatisiwin, vol. 2, no. 2, September 2017, pp. 16-32
Description
Looks at the common themes which emerged from the project including the need for self determination and local leadership, the need to consider the social determinants of health, and more.
Book review of What We Learned by Helen Raptis with members of the Tsimshian Nation.
Entire review section on one pdf. To access this review scroll to p. 217.
Recasting Commodity and Spectacle in the Indigenous Americas
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Yvette Nolan
Description
Playwright discusses her experience developing and mounting Death of a Chief, Native Earth Performing Arts' adaptation of Julius Caesar.
Chapter 12 in: Recasting Commodity and Spectacle in the Indigenous Americas edited by Helen Gilbert and Charlotte Gleghorn.
File contains a photocopy of Arthur O. Wheeler's daily diary from March to July, 1885. Wheeler served in the Survey (scout) Corp for the Government, and was present during some of the battles of the 1885 rebellion.
Disinformation and Digital Democracies in the 21st Century
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Elisha Corbett
Description
Argues that the way women are framed in mainstream news suggests that they are to blame for the violence against them because they indulge in "high-risk" lifestyles and discusses how initiatives like #MMIWG are combating stereotypical representations and raising awareness.
Paper from Disinformation and Digital Democracies in the 21st Century edited by Joseph McQuade, Tiffany Kwok, and James Cho.
Entire book on one pdf. To access paper scroll to p. 19.
Arctic, vol. 72, no. 2, June 19, 2019 , pp. 116-130
Description
Article identifies and examines the social and geopolitical factors and questions which contribute to the prominence of the idea of an international Arctic governance treaty over time; author traces the evolution of the Arctic treaty debate from 1970 to the current moment.
AlterNative, vol. 15, no. 2, June 2019, pp. 111-120
Description
Author examines the multiple factors at play in defining the term indigeneity. Considers the right of people to self-identify, the legal implications and complications that result based on the definition, and the gap between the legal definition and the sociocultural practice thereof. Discuss both United States contexts and global ones.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 31, no. 1-2, Spring-Summer, 2019, pp. 83-114
Description
Literary criticism article that gives close readings of work from Chrystos's Not Vanishing; argues that Chrystos’s poetry work combat the rhetorical invisibility experience by two-spirit and queer Indigenous people in contemporary feminist movements.
Overview of project which explored practices across Canada and the United States in order to support scholars in ways which would also benefit Indigenous communities. Eleven studies were undertaken by academic libraries with direction from Indigenous scholars and librarians. Provides details on how initiative was developed, designed, and fielded, and highlights key themes which emerged.
Authors examine government policies and a range of community, education, business, health, and media initiatives that variously support or hinder efforts to maintain or revive the use of Indigenous languages. Compares the effects of language devaluation in two different colonized nations.