American Indian and Alaska Native Health Research, vol. 24, no. 3, 2017, pp. 63-87
Description
Describes how a sample of adolescents interpreted and acted upon disclosures of depressive symptoms and suicidal ideation on Facebook or Twitter and what resources they felt were needed.
Ontario Federation of Indian Friendship Centres (OFIFC)
Description
Discusses areas needing attention in order to provide services tailored to the care of Indigenous seniors in the urban context. Looks at relevant social determinants of health outcomes such as racism and discrimination, poverty, housing food security, transportation, urban and off-reserve migration, and the residential school experience.
Justice as Healing, vol. 8, no. 1, Spring, 2003, p. [?]
Description
Comments on developments and how the YCJA is intended to be inclusive by shifting from the power to punish to the power to heal.
This sample article appears courtesy of the Native Law Centre; subscriptions are available from the Native Law Centre of Canada.
Journal of College Student Retention, vol. 5, no. 2, 2003-2004, pp. 175-203
Description
Study surveyed students about the use and quality of their experiences with the NASARI (Native American Studies Academic and Retention and Intervention) Program, as well as other Native and non-Native programs.
Hypatia, vol. 18, no. 2, Special Issue: Indigenous Women in the Americas, May 2003, pp. 32-57
Description
Analyzes effects of western ideas of self, other and feminism on women who migrate between altered states of consciousness in order to heal and mediate with the spirit world (Machi).
Western Social Science Association Meeting, San Francisco, April 12-15, 2017
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Stephen M. Sachs
Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 28, no. 2, Fall 2017, p. [?]
Description
Provides suggestions for repairing fractured communities: reinstating traditional inclusiveness, help to heal tribal member from historical trauma and destructive behaviors, renew traditional knowledge, support tribal development and inclusive communication.
Looks at the four Methodist missionaries, who had been hired by the Hudson Bay Company to educate the Aboriginal people in Rupert's Land. Focuses on James Evans, his relationship with the Hudson Bay, circumstances surrounding his recall and charges against him by three Rossville Aboriginal women.
Alberta History, vol. 65, no. 1, Winter, 2017, pp. 2-12
Description
Discusses the Methodist minister, his close relationship with the Stoney Nakoda and their participation in Banff Indian Days, and describes the Duke's adoption ceremony.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 9, no. 1, 1985, pp. 66-71
Description
Book reviews of:
Nee Hemish: A History of Jemez Pueblo by Joe Santo.
Noon Neemepoo by Allen P. Slickpo Sr. and Deward E. Walker Jr.
Our Home Forever: A Hupa Tribal History by Bryan Nelson.
Walker River Paiutes: A Tribal History by Edward C. Johnston.
The Southern Utes: A Tribal History by James Jefferson.
Ogaxpa by Joy Reed.
American Review of Canadian Studies, vol. 33, no. 2, Summer, 2003, pp. 261-272
Description
Books reviewed:
A People's Dream: Aboriginal Self-Government in Canada by Dan Russell,
Aboriginal Autonomy and Development in Northern Quebec edited by Colin H. Scott,
Prospering Together: The Economic Impact of the Aboriginal Title Settlements in B.C. edited by Roslyn Kunin,
Aboriginal Education in Canada: A Study in Decolonization edited by K.P.
Focuses on funding agreements used in different levels of government including: land claims/modern treaties, territorial formula financing, international agreements and treaties, block funding, transfer payments, municipal transfer payments, and institutional authorities.
Found that 60% of unexpected deaths were accidental (motor vehicle crashes, overdose, downing and fire), 33% were due to suicide, and 5% were the result of homicide. Identified three key areas to prevent deaths and support wellness and well-being: connectedness to peers, family, community and culture; access to services; and culturally safe and trauma-informed care.
BMJ, vol. 327, no. 7412, August 23, 2003, pp. 419-422
Description
Medical journal articles were studied to determine whether there had been adequate research into Aboriginal health needs. Findings revealed research coverage lacking in several areas.
Western Folklore, vol. 62, no. 3, Summer, 2003, pp. 228-230
Description
Book review of: Karl Bodmer's Art: The Newberry Library Bodmer Collection by W. Raymond Wood, Joseph C. Porter, and David C. Hunt, Reimagining Indians: Native Americans Through Anglo Eyes, 1880-1940 by Sherry L. Smith, Selling the Indian: Commercializing and Appropriating American Indian Cultures edited by Carter Jones Meyer and Diana Royer.
Revisiting the Native Land Question / Commentaries / Reply
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Cole Harris
Jo-Anne Fiske
Gordon Gibson
BC Studies, no. 138/139, Native Geographies, Summer, 2003, pp. 137-163
Description
Review of Cole Harris's recent book, Remaking Native Space paying particular attention to the reserve system, dispossession and land issues.
To access this review, scroll to page 137.
Biography of an artist whose exhibition was mounted at the National Museum of the American Indian's George Gustav Heye Center from November 8, 2003-February 1, 2004.
Government of Saskatchewan promotional pamphlet presenting passages from Louis Riel's 1885 Diary in French and English. Released in commemoration of the 1985 Centennial of the Northwest Resistance.
Pamphlet for the major eastern Canadian Riel conference, held at the University of Guelph, Ontario, 14-16 November 1985. Goals for the conference were to re-evaluate the presence of Louis Riel and other key figures in the Red River and Northwest Resistances, in Canadian cultural expression avenues such as newspapers, school textbooks, novels, poems and plays.
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 51, no. 3, Autumn, 2017, pp. 697-724
Description
Author explores the response from French-Canadian peoples living in the United States in the mid-1870s to the execution of Louis Riel; argues that the reaction can help to understand religious and ethnic transnationalism, and resistance to social and political forces in the Canada and the U.S. in the late nineteenth century.
Indigenous Affairs, no. 4, Indigenous Peoples in Africa, 2003, pp. 38-46
Description
Historical overview of land management, ownership and programs for villages and discusses new opportunities for pastoral communities arising from land policy and legislation.
To access this article, scroll down to page 38.
Indigenous Affairs, no. 3, Indigenous Poverty: An Issue of Rights and Needs, 2003, pp. 36-39
Description
Comments on various approaches that impact implementation of policies concerning Indigenous or non-Indigenous citizens.
To access this article scroll down to page 36.
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 168, no. 1, January 7, 2003, pp. 19-24
Description
Sample included 230 Aboriginal people who were seronegative at beginning of study. Findings showed Aboriginal drug users were twice as likely to be HIV positive as non-Aboriginal peoples.