Symposium on American Indian Studies, January 1977
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Russell Thornton
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 2, no. 3-4, January 1, 1978, pp. 10-19
Description
Discusses development of American Indian Studies as a distinct entity within academic institutions by examining criticisms leveled against it and possible directions it might follow.
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 22, no. 2, 2015, pp. 41-68
Description
Study results indicate that substance abuse programs vary widely and that more research is needed to in order to incorporate appropriate cultural elements.
American Indians and Crime: A Bureau of Justice Statistics Statistical Profile, 1992-2002
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Steven W. Perry
Description
Findings reveal that the rate of violent crime from self reported victimizations for Native Americans and Alaska Natives is more than twice the national average.
Review of Reports and Recommendations on Violence Against Indigenous Women in Canada
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Pippa Feinstein
Megan Pearce
Description
Compilation of recommendations from reports dealing with missing and murdered Aboriginal women and assessment of actions taken in response to them.
Related documents:
Master List of Recommendations.
Executive Summary.
Study examines disparities in quality of life between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal peoples and how this relates to the housing sector. Report forms part of the Bridges and Foundations Project on Urban Aboriginal Housing.
Looks at the reliability and technical issues derived from the retrieval of the data relating to population, education, labour force, employment, and employment earnings.
Legal Strategy Coalition on Violence Against Indigenous Women (LSC)
Description
Argues that methods of keeping and gathering statistics on crime may cause the nature of violence against Aboriginal women to be misunderstood and that the numbers continue to underestimated.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 24, no. 2, 2004, pp. 403-423
Description
Describes Mi'kmaq life just before European contact, based on oral history related by a Mi'kmaq shaman, Arguimaut, to Father Pierre Maillard about 1740.
Anishinaabe Bimaadiziwin Research Program: A Joint Initiative of Sioux Lookout Meno Ya Win Health Centre and Sioux Lookout First Nations Health Authority: Research Compilation, vol. 3
Community-Based Emergency Care: An Open Report for Nishnawbe Aski Nation
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Sioux Lookout Meno Ya Win Health Centre
Sioux Lookout First Nations Health Authority
Description
Material is full text of peer-reviewed literature.
Documents Aboriginal women's stories about their experiences with the health care system and discusses how the results show that Aboriginal women face health problems that are not common to non-Aboriginal women.