Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 17, no. 3, May/June 1993, pp. 22-24
Description
Looks at the Streetwize Comic series, Gotta Know which deals with the issue of addiction and drug use, HIV/AIDS prevention, education, treatment, and care.
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 92, no. 2, June 2011, pp. 351-353
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Book review of: Bridging National Borders in North America: Transnational and Comparative Histories edited by Benjamin H. Johnson and Andrew R. Graybill.
Arctic Anthropology, vol. 56, no. 1, 2019, pp. 18-38
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Article uses archaeological, ethnographic, and oral history accounts to examine several masks and fragments recently recovered from the Nunalleq archeological site. Findings demonstrate strong pre-contact traditions of ceremonial mask making that continued post contact.
Outlines the context in the 15 years prior to the Act in terms of the legal regime, funding, and the roles of the Role of the Expert Panel on Safe Drinking Water for First Nations and the Senate Standing Committee on Aboriginal Peoples. Followed by discussion of aspects of the Act including regulatory scope, lack of consultation, third party involvement, capacity, and potential for erosion of First Nations constitutional rights.
National Centre for First Nations Governance Research Staff
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Highlights provisions made in treaties and agreements ranging from the Peace and Friendship Treaties to the Charlottetown Accord and lists important court cases in chronological order.
Article investigates the new/media discourses and narratives surrounding Indigenous women, specifically those living in Downtown Eastside in Vancouver, BC
Eagle Feather News, vol. 14, no. 6, June 2011, p. 12
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Looks at a comedy program recorded by the CBC for National Aboriginal Day designed to look at the brightside of hardship and suffering.
Article located by scrolling to page 12.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 43, no. 2, Spring, 2019, pp. 168-203
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Critical essay in which the author argues that Coups’s autobiography, originally published in 1930 as American: The Life Story of a Great Indian, Plenty- coups, Chief of the Crows is best read as multivocal text that presents both human and more-than-human voices and perspectives.
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 78, no. 2, Collaborative approaches to wellness and health equity in the Circumpolar North..., 2019
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Study uses survey data from 207 males and 279 females from 2 Ontario First Nations to examine whether or not social support can offset the negative results of perceived racism, historical trauma and loss on depression and/or anxiety.
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. 136-143
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Identifies information important for a non-Aboriginal professional to know before working with Aboriginal peoples.
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 14, no. 1, Physical Activity and Cultural Safety, May 28, 2019, pp. 107-125
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Describes the research process and results of a participatory project on how Indigenous girls and the female family members that care for them. Results show that flexible design that allows for intergenerational involvement can prove beneficial for both participants and for researchers.
Proceedings of the 2017 Northern, Rural, and Remote Health conference
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Polina Anang
Elizabeth Haqpi Naujaat Elder
Ellen Gordon
Nora Gottlieb
Maria Bronson
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 78, no. 2, Collaborative approaches to wellness and health equity in the Circumpolar North..., 2019
Description
Describes the process used by researchers, Inuit youth, and a Naujaat Elder to create a resiliency based community youth project designed increase protective factors against youth suicide.
Article reframes the discussion surrounding mental health recognizing that Indigenous peoples have a holistic view of health that encompasses the physical, mental, emotional, and environmental spectrum of wellbeing. Notes implications for government policy and for frontline practice.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 14, no. 7, July 2011, p. 9
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Discusses the donors responsible for raising money to build a community center which will house, among other things, a grocery store, Kids First program and a multi-purpose room.
Article located by scrolling to page 9.
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 10, no. 3, June 25, 2019
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Conceptual article argues that Indigenous sovereignty remains valid throughout the Americas and that the settler colonial laws are therefore illegitimate and illegal; all systems that function on the assumption of settler colonial sovereignty must be re-centered around Indigenous laws and ethics.
TESL Canada Journal, vol. 28, Special Issue 5, Summer, 2011, pp. 53-71
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Explores three interrelated ethical issues: current spoken dialect and ancestral language, implications for classroom, and issues for researchers working in Aboriginal fields.
Looks at issues in the context of remote locations as expressed by the women living there. Concludes with recommendations in the areas of health and social services, education, politics and leadership, justice and culture.