American Journal of Physical Anthropology, vol. 126, no. 4, April 2005, pp. 404-412
Description
Study examines postmarital residence at two ancestral Tewa Indian pueblos located in north-central New Mexico as well as the genetic relationships among pueblos.
Creating a Healthy, Just, Prosperous and Safe Saskatchewan: A Response to the JRC
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Author/Creator
Government of Saskatchewan
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Province believes JRC contributed to understanding justice from First Nation and Métis perspectives, and factors contributing to the relationship between Aboriginal peoples and the mainstream justice system. Province's action plan will address socioeconomic issues, crime reduction and victimization.
International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship, vol. 7, no. 1, January 2010, p. article no. 22
Description
Examines pre- and post-survey study results of high school students attending a week long residency program by looking at student perception between those on reserve and those off reserve.
Provides examples for health and social service providers in Ontario to help pregnant women create a support system. Includes list of resources for programs and services.
Discusses the human right and legal issues related to privacy, confidentiality, and the disclosure of health information for Aboriginal people living with HIV/AIDS.
Public Health Report Series 3 on Diabetes: Cree Board of Health and Social Services of James Bay
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Author/Creator
Elena Kuzmina
Pierre Lejeune
David Dannenbaum
Jill Elaine Torrie
Description
Annual report discusses the goals of CDIS, methodology of data sources, definitions of terms, prevalence of diabetes, incidence of diabetes, and duration of the illness.
Discussion by Elders who express regrets at loss of traditional customs and values and desire a return of schools on reserves ; a need to preserve Indian ceremonies and Indian medicines ; concerns about problems with alcohol recur throughout.
Elders discuss contemporary problems. Recurring themes are: problems with alcohol; education by whites from an early age; need to return to traditional teaching by elders in combination with white education.
Elders discuss concerns regarding: loss of Indian culture and traditions; failure to educate young Indians in traditionalways; young well-educated chiefs who will not take advice from elders.
Elders speak of their concerns regarding leadership on the reserves; new young leaders with education but no experience who ignore the elders and their advice; the failure to educate the young in traditional Indian ways.
Discussion of the educational system: relative merits of day schools, residential schools, integrated schools, etc.; need for inclusion of Indian culture into the curriculum at all levels ; the role of the elder as teacher.
Discussion of Indian ceremonies: how these are passed on from generation to generation; the role of women. Tipis: particular kinds of tipis; decorated tipis; tipis inrelation to death customs. No date given but probably January 1974, same as the others in this series.
The West and Beyond: New Perspectives on an Imagined Region
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Author/Creator
Winona Wheeler
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Discusses the importance of Elders as storytellers and oral historians.
Chapter from The West and Beyond: New Perspectives on an Imagined Region edited Alvin Finkel, Sarah Carter, and Peter Fortna.
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Discussion of: Role of elders in setting young people on the right road ; Importance of breast-feeding and giving up alcohol ; Need for a tipi on each reserve, to be kept for prayer, pipe ceremonies and the counselling of the young.
Native Social Work Journal, vol. 7, Promising Practices in Mental Health: Emerging Paradigms for Aboriginal Social Work Practices, November 2010, pp. 139-161
Description
Discusses various aspects of the Medicine Wheel, including knowledge about human development from the mainstream paradigm and Indigenous wisdom and ways of knowing from an ecological position, thus linking human development concerns to a wholistic view.
Native Studies Review, vol. 12, no. 2, Aboriginal Peoples and National Rights Issues in Quebec, 1999, pp. 115-120
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Grand Chief of the Grand Council of Crees discusses the stance of the James Bay Cree with respect to the right to determine their own political future whether or not Quebec decides to separate.
Ethnohistory, vol. 21, no. 2, Spring, 1974, pp. 95-122
Description
Examines the ethnic, linguistic, territorial, cultural and societal aspects of each group and the alliances, intermarriage and fused identities among groups.
Describes Inuit Tapiriit Kanatmai (ITK) president Jose Kusugak's national speaking campaign between May 2004 and early 2005 to raise Canadian public awareness about Inuit issues.
Shows how processes and restrictions of government affected the inclusion/exclusion of certain information based on interviews of both Indigenous and non-Indigenous people who worked for the Commission.
Atlantic Aboriginal Economic Development Integrated Research Program, AAEDIRP
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Author/Creator
Tom Cooper
Terry Hickey
Leon Sock
Gerald Hare
Description
Purpose of study is to help guide First Nations communities in developing policies, procedures and controls that will ensure effective fisheries management.
Report (Northern Labour Market Information Clearinghouse) ; no. 68
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Description
Brief document outlines some of the conflicts that can occur between Aboriginal workers and non-Aboriginal employers, and makes suggestions as to how colleges could help to facilitate interactions.