Canadian Issues, Journeys of a Generation: Broadening the Aboriginal Well-Being Policy Research Agenda, Winter, 2009, pp. 73-78
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Research shows Aboriginal Friendship Centres are effective in providing service towards the preservation of culture and identities and matters relating to wellness but less effective in employment services.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 73.
Looks at the efforts to bridge scientific knowledges from Indigenous and western worldviews for the purposes of science education, science research, science applications, and science outreach for youth and the community.
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 20, no. 4, Tribal College Leadership and Vision, Summer, 2009
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Presents an overview of the history of tribal colleges in the United States and of the American Indian College Fund, which has been helping students with limited financial means for 20 years.
Discusses problems, examples and the options available to communities dealing with issues of ownership, control and access to the cultural heritage of Indigenous peoples.
Canadian Journal of Urban Research, vol. 18, no. 1, Summer, 2009, pp. 118-139
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The author argues for the need for city leaders to change their perspective from working "on behalf of" Indigenous people to working with Indigenous people through partnerships and collaborations.
Canadian Studies in Population, vol. 37, no. 1-2, 2010, pp. 151-174
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Study shows that when children and parents belong to the same ethnic group, children will take their parents identity and in Aboriginal/non-Aboriginal unions, children will favor Aboriginal identities.
Document was created to provide background information for potential meetings of survivors. Includes self-assessment form and guide to interpreting results.
Native Social Work Journal, vol. 7, Promising Practices in Mental Health: Emerging Paradigms for Aboriginal Social Work Practices, November 2010, pp. 63-85
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Presents a study that looks at links between personal homelessness and intergenerational trauma through a series of interviews with Aboriginal men.
Legal Education Review, vol. 19, no. 2, 2009, pp. 237-255
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Looks at an Indigenous rights law class provided internationally via fully interactive live video-conferencing and also looks at the logistics of teaching online, the benefits of an internationally comparative Indigenous course, and some of the difficulties involved in this teaching mode.
The International Indigenous Policy Journal website contains editorials, book reviews and research. The journal also links to the most popular papers addressing issues pertaining to Indigenous peoples throughout the world.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 34, no. 4, Fall, 2010, pp. 475-497
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Comments on the exchange of cultures between American Indians and Scottish-Irish settlers and the positive transformation into an intertribal community that occurred.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 22, no. 1/2, Winter-Spring, 1998, pp. 104-115
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Abbott interviews film producer and director Sandra Sunrising Osawa about her work and how it relates to her family's history, her identity and her sense of place, and the larger cultural survivance and resurgence movements.
Jim Shot Both Sides, Head Chief of the Blood Reserve, Alberta tells his father's account of the signing of the Treaty #7and the promises made at that time.
A transcript of an interview with Chief Thomas Settee of Cumberland House, SK. Settee discusses everything from employment and culture to religion and politics.
Michael Tymchak interviews William Mckenzie. Files one through thirty are the audio transcriptions. Files thirty-one through thirty-three are the audio files (.mp3).
Interviews with 13 residents of the Chipewyan Lake area of northern Alberta.- Stresses need for establishment of a reserve in this area, and promises made to them about this.- Describe various lifestyles including farming, trapping and fishing.- Shows how settlement patterns in remote areas have been influenced by the location of schools and stores.