Progress in Community Health Partnerships, vol. 5, no. 4, Winter, 2011, pp. [405-415]
Description
Looks at the Canadian First Nations Diabetes Clinical Management Epidemiologic (CIRCLE) study which was conducted in partnership with 19 First Nations communities.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 14, no. 8, August 2011, p. 10
Description
Presentation of letters written by incarcerated men, including ideas to stop people from becoming repeat offenders.
Article found by scrolling to page 10.
Documentary directed by Michelle Derosier about 22-year-old Fort Hope (Eabametoong First Nation) resident Doris Slipperjack and her struggle to overcome her addiction to Oxycontin.
Duration: 34:15.
Educational Resource.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 14, no. 2, February 2011, p. 13
Description
Discussion of a study led by Paul Hackett to better understand the increase of Type 2 diabetes in First Nations communities.
Article found by scrolling to page 13.
General comments: This interview was very common. There was no additional information given. The answers given were always yes and no. No index terms were provided.
Covers issue and causes of disengagement with educational system, types of programs and the effective elements they incorporate, and summary and proposed future directions.
Video follows Dave Arden, an Indigenous Australian musician/songwriter and a group of Indigenous people called "Parkies' who congregate in the park.
Duration: 26:06.
She was born on the Little Pine Reserve, the first girl from that reserve to attend high school. She tells of some childhood memories; naming ceremonies; significance of Indian names; the training of children, especially girls; menarche seclusion; women: influence of, in religion and ceremonialism, pregnancy; her education: traditional; experiences in Anglican boarding school (integrated) in Saskatoon; training for roles as wife and mother.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 14, no. 9, September 2011, p. 17
Description
Description of the chain of events that led to the Chief of the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations resignation.
Article located by scrolling to page 17.
An exterior photograph of Long Walk participants in front of the Saskatoon Correctional Centre on 16 August 1983. The man in the centre is Jake Badger (died in the mid-1980s) and the man in the wheelchair is elder Philip Nicotine.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 14, no. 8, August 2011, p. 6
Description
Comments on the Natural Resources Transfer Agreement and particularly the provision known as the game laws paragraph.
Article found by scrolling to page 6.