Views on Cervical Cancer, HPV and the HPV Vaccine in Alaska
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Author/Creator
Melissa Kemberling
Kyla Hagan
Jessica Leston
Sassa Kitka
Ellen Provost
Thomas Hennessy
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 70, no. 3, 2011, pp. 245-253
Description
Study's objective was to evaluate knowledge levels, attitudes and perceptions of female adolescents aged 11 to 18. Sample consisted of 79 individuals from 4 communities.
Native Studies Review, vol. 20, no. 2, 2011, pp. 91-135
Description
Study's interview data identified main issue was cultural appropriateness in areas such as communications, relations, involvement and logistics. Authors include six propositions based on analysis of information gathered.
South Atlantic Quarterly, vol. 110, no. 2, Sovereignty, Indigeneity, and the Law, 2011, pp. 385-401
Description
Overview of settlement which transferred title to lands to for-profit corporations, changing communal lands into corporate property and ending Aboriginal fishing and hunting rights.
Ed Broome was a government employee at the time the CCF government took power. He talks about the NDP programs in northern Saskatchewan, particularly government trading posts, the conversion of trading posts into cooperatives and his brief impressions of Norris and Brady.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 18, no. 4, 1994, pp. 25-32
Description
Argues that the Alcatraz event was mainly a civil rights movement protest against the very oppressive conditions faced by Native Americans, somewhat like the Ku Klux Klan gathering in 1957 was for the African-American population.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 18, no. 4, 1994, pp. 131-134
Description
Argues that the occupation of Alcatraz Island set the stage for Native American peoples spiritual rebirth and was the beginning of the reclaiming of pride and dignity for all Indian nations.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 18, no. 4, 1994, pp. 59-74
Description
Gives different perspectives on the Alcatraz story, including insider-outsider and Native-Non-Native. The author comments how the occupation is still told like a legend or a folk tale would be.
Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly, vol. 29, no. 4, Women and Alcohol: Multi-disciplinary Perspectives, 2011, pp. 379-402
Description
Examines the problem of cultural competence in substance abuse services and how gender plays within psychotherapeutic interventions in two community based programs.
Mr. Bishop is a long time resident of Green Lake, Saskatchewan He talks about problems in the area, his work for the Metis people and his impressions of Malcolm Norris and Howard Adams.
Consists of an interview where he tells of legends concerning the arrival of white men in North America; Parallels to the Norse (Viking) sagas -- (Is this possibly an example of the oral tradition presenting the Indian view early Viking settlement?). He tells of prophecies concerning the arrival of white men and the eventual return of Indian ways; describes the role of women in pre-Columbian America; and gives accounts of native medical practices and the linguistic evolution.
Exhibition was part of the Mendel Art Gallery's Post-Colonial Landscape series, featured 60 paintings from 1960-1990 selected from the Thunder Bay Art Gallery's retrospective The Art of Alex Janvier: His First Thirty Years, 1960-1990.
Art History, vol. 34, no. 3, June 19, 2011, pp. 536-561
Description
Discusses three influences on his work; his teacher, Carlo Altenburg, an abstract painter, Dene methods of mapping trails, and the effect of being isolated from traditional lands.
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 31, no. 2, 2011, pp. 209-210
Description
Book review of: Algonquian and Iroquoian Linguistics, Memoir 21, 2010 exactly as told by Cecilia Masuskapoe, in a critical edition by H.C. Wolfart, Freda Ahenakew.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 3, no. 2, 1983, pp. 311-320
Description
Describes differences in the hunting territory between the Eastern James Bay Area and Southern Labrador and also notes distinctions regarding land tenure and rights.
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 102, no. 2, March/April 2011, pp. 90-96
Description
Comments on a study that concludes higher rates of mortality are found in Aboriginal Canadians after starting highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) compared to non-Aboriginals.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 35, no. 2, 2011, pp. 161-172
Description
Discussion on the linguistic imperialism of purism and monolingualism; and looks at the ideological transformation needed to preserve, revitalize, and reclaim heritage languages.
Continuing Poundmaker & Riel's Quest: Presentations Made at a Conference on Aboriginal Peoples and Justice
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Author/Creator
James Youngblood Henderson
pp. 423-432
Description
Article from 1993 Conference proceedings, provides some concluding remarks on the Conference discussions of the justice system, its failing of Aboriginal peoples and the necessary reform and commitment to change required.
Excerpt from Continuing Poundmaker & Riel's Quest: Presentations Made at a Conference on Aboriginal Peoples and Justice compiled by Richard Gosse, James Youngblood Henderson, Roger Carter.
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 23, no. 6, July-August 1994, p. 14
Description
First Nations Justice System provides future opportunity to apply alternative forms of treatment in correcting the behaviour of First Nations people who violate Provincial Wildlife Regulations/Law.
Canadian Journal of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, vol. 35, no. 2, Service Delivery to First Nations, Inuit and Métis in Canada: Part 1, Summer , 2011, pp. 144-158
Description
"This article focuses on content analyses of S-LPs responses to open-ended questions in which they expanded upon their ratings, explaining their views of the need for distinctive areas of emphasis when S-LPs work with Indigenous children".
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 23, no. 1, Spring, 2011, pp. [96]-125
Description
Focuses on the seventeenth-century historian's arguments that the civilization of the Nahua peoples of Mexico was comparable to those of the West.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to page p. 96.
Saskatchewan History, vol. 63, no. 2, Women of Influence, Fall, 2011, pp. 14-33
Description
Details the 1919 trip taken by Christina Henry and Annie ‘Nan’ McKay to The Pas, MB and back. The two women took holidays from their positions at the University of Saskatchewan and travelling by canoe, wagon and train made their way to The Pas, via Prince Albert, Montreal Lake, La Ronge, and Pelican Narrows.
Entire Issue on one .pdf, scroll to page 14.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 14, no. 6, June 2011, p. 20
Description
Looks at the Transitions to Trades program and the success it has had for a Saskatchewan woman working towards stabilizing her life.
Article located by scrolling to page 20.