American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 21, no. 1, 2014, pp. 35-58
Description
Study provides results that suggest DARTNA would be useful for all American Indian/Alaska Natives with substance use disorders and the results can be used to finalize a treatment manual.
Defines the level of consultation that the Crown is responsible for when dealing with a treaty First Nation and the obligations to implement treaty promises.
Policy Brief (Ivey Business School) ; September 2014
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Guy Holburn
Margaret Loudermilk
Andre Wilkie]
Description
Overview of the development of Aboriginal rights beginning with the Royal Proclamation of 1763 and general discussion of consultation practices in Canada.
Book reviews of:
Dwoort Baal Kaat retold by Kim Scott, Russell Nelly and Wirlomin Nongard Language and Stories Project, with artwork by Helen (In) Hall. Inspired by the story Bob Roberts told Gerhardt Laves in 1931 at Albany in Western Australia.
Yira Boornak Nyininy retold by Kim Scott, Hazel Brown, Roma Winmar and the Wirlomin Noongar Language and Stories Project, with artwork by Anthony (Troy) Roberts. Inspired by the story Bob Roberts told Gerhardt Laves in 1931 at Albany in Western Australia.
Scroll down to page 205 to read review.
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 10, no. 1, January 1980, pp. 26-27
Description
Analysis of drawbacks of the educational assistance for post-secondary students (E-12) designed by Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development.
Describes the "naming" system created by federal government that assigned a number to each Inuit person, for purposes of census and birth registration of each Inuit person.
Mount Royal Undergraduate Humanities Review, vol. 2, December 2014, pp. [20]-37
Description
Discusses government's and churches' goals for female students, and their failure to achieve them. Focuses on schools located in Fort Qu'Appelle and North Battleford, Saskatchewan, and High River, Alberta.
Policy brief taken from the article Aboriginal Early Childhood Education in Canada: Issues of Context published Journal of Early Childhood Research, Vol. 10, No. 1, 2012.
Arctic Anthropology, vol. 51, no. 1, 2014, pp. 101-117
Description
Studied the occurrence of human, dog, and bird lice. Through analysis of distribution of remains and Inughuit myths and legends, concludes that patterns are a result of delousing practices. Discusses the potential for studying Inuit hygiene.
Review of Social Economy, vol. 58, no. 3, September 1, 2000, pp. 295-317
Description
Overview of studies comparing earning differentials by ethnicity and gender; very significant difference in the raw earnings gap for First Nations females, which is 51% less than the national average; for males, earnings are 85% less than the national average.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 26, no. 1, Spring, 2014, pp. 81-109
Description
Illustrates how two songs from a Indigenous philosophical framework serve as lessons for ethical behaviour.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 81.
Social Science & Medicine, vol. 114, August 2014, p. 200–203
Description
Discusses the problems with statistical analysis done by Stephen Whelan and Donald J. Wright on health services use and lifestyle choices of Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians.
Saskatchewan History, vol. 33, no. 1, Winter, 1980, pp. 13-24
Description
Describes Dewdney’s policies and action while acting as the Indian Commissioner for the North-West Territories under Sir John A. Macdonald’s government.
Entire issue on one .pdf, scroll to p.13.
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 53, no. 2, 2014, pp. 85-103
Description
Discusses the Indigenous Youth Empowerment Program located in Lansing, Michigan. Outlines each component of curriculum, discusses it's significance, and provides example of how it is applied.
Consists of an interview where she discusses Medicine Men and their purported powers. She briefly mentions Indian superstitions (being born with a caul on her face; being the seventh daughter of a seventh daughter).