Justice as Healing, vol. 1, no. 4, Winter, 1996, p. [?]
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Perspective on maintaining or regaining balance discussed in relation to individual as well the relationship between tradition and the administration of justice in Canada.
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Discusses historical and contemporary factors which contribute to high rate of homeless found in the Indigenous population and looks at 12 different dimensions: historic displacement, contemporary geographic separation, spiritual disconnection, mental disruption and imbalance, cultural disintegration and loss, overcrowding, relocation and mobility, nowhere to go, escaping or evading harm, emergency crisis, and climatic refuge,
Looks at experiences of social workers in agencies providing guardianship and protective services to children and families within and outside Indigenous communities and reports how current funding arrangements affect availability of supports.
CMAJ, vol. 189, no. 45, November 13, 2017, pp. e1377-e1378
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Discusses health care disparities in remote communities and argues that a more comprehensive concept of primary care is needed to deal with social determinants of health.
Seven photocopied newspaper articles relating to the Dene Declaration passed in 1975. Article subjects include a draft of the Dene Declaration, the Dene Manifesto, and a statement from Chief Frank T'seleie of Fort Good Hope, NWT.
American Quarterly, vol. 48, no. 4, 1996, pp. 653-679
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Chronicles the life of the author of the first full length autobiography done by a Native American, with special focus on Methodist religious influences and his civil activism efforts.
Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, vol. 24, no. 3, June 1996, pp. 217-221
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Compares 1988 and 1980 data gathered by the Medical Services Branch, from the Pacific Region of Health Canada and the recent B.C. Children's Health Survey.
Looks at two examples in which community requests for formal education were ignored by the federal government until 1955, when integrated schooling was introduced.
Highlights mercury pollution of the Wabigoon-English river system.
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Court case involved sex-based discrimination in the Indian Act with respect to status entitlement. Includes chronological list of federal legislation concerning Indian status and summary of issues in the case.
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 51, no. 1, Destabilizing Canada / Le Canada déstabilisé, Winter, 2017, pp. 153-185
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General discussion of consultation and consent, and analysis of recent legal cases which illustrate how Indigenous peoples in Alberta have been excluded from decision-making involving the oil industry.
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 8, no. 1, January 2017, pp. 1-4
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Book review of: Determinants of Indigenous Peoples' Health in Canada edited by Margo Greenwood, Sarah de Leeuw, Nicole Marie Lindsay and Charlotte Reading.
Discusses a framework for capacity building including principles and recommendations relating to human resource development, data management, accountability, and institutional development.
Journal of School Health, vol. 66, no. 9, November 1996, pp. 322-327
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Discusses culturally sensitive approach to curricula development based on three critical processes: selection of integrative theory, use of ethnographic methodology and use of process and outcome evaluations.
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 87, no. 5, September/October 1996, pp. 325-328
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Investigates the prevalence of diabetes, finding adult females with Saulteaux or Sioux ancestry and living on southern reserves are more likely to run the risk of developing diabetes.
English Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of British Columbia, 1996.
Includes discussion of Slash by Jeanette Armstrong and Green Grass, Running Water by Thomas King.