Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 5, no. 2, June 1981, pp. 46-47
Description
Self described rehabilitating alcoholic describes his family's struggle to achieve home ownership by his encounters with the various additional costs to acquiring a house.
Research and Development Highlights (Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation). Socio-economic Series ; no. 21, 1995
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC)
Research and Development Highlights (Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation). Socio-economic Series
Description
Uses data from the 1991 Census and applies the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation's core housing need model. Compares Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal households.
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 3, no. 1, 1983, pp. 23-37
Description
Traces the historical and social aspects of a housing site initially built by employees of the Hudson Bay Company post, which became a Metis settlement.
Interview takes place after the funeral of Dudley George, who was killed during the confrontation at Ipperwash Provincial Park. Chief says that a new method must be found to deal with disputes. Includes synopsis.
Duration: 6:46.
Overview of project which gathered information from traditional knowledge holders to identify concepts and information needed to define Inuit food security and overarching drivers of security and insecurity.
Discusses how Oscar Howe has created a liner abstract design concept that utilizes the formal elements of line, color and space to bridge the gap between traditional Indian values and the world of contemporary art.
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 25, no. 3, Preserving and Protecting Knowledge, Spring, 2014, pp. 20-23
Description
Discusses teaching and learning about cultural knowledge as a community endeavor that can facilitate the preservation of Tohono O'odham culture and tradition.
Recommendations for improving food security through increasing hunting capacity, food processing and distribution capabilities and awareness about traditional foods.
Journal of Indigenous Social Development, vol. 3, no. 1, August 2014, pp. 1-15
Description
Discusses how western colonial ideals, that form the basis of the current education system, must be replaced with Indigenous philosophical systems as a foundation.
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 5, no. 1, March 1981, pp. 16-19
Description
Explains the symptoms and causes of the disease and how the extended Australian Aboriginal family unit is better equipped to support suffers of the disease.
Body Image, vol. 11, no. 3, June 2014, pp. 318-327
Description
Women identified the following themes: accepting everything about your body; who you are and how you show it; connection to culture; being healthy; and being thankful to be Indigenous.
Western Historical Quarterly, vol. 26, no. 2, Summer, 1995, pp. 168-183
Description
Looks at relationships between Aboriginal people and Euro-Americans on the northern coast of Washington Olympic Peninsula and the trial of Mary Phillips, Xwelas, for killing her husband George Phillips.
Findings from national research project to get a better understanding of how Indigenous societies use of their own legal traditions and identify legal principles.
Canadian Journal of Communication, vol. 20, no. 2, [Economics, Communication and Worldview], Spring, 1995, pp. [197-212]
Description
Argues that local aspirations are not met in mainstream programing and there is a need for creative policy options in order to use technology for empowerment.
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 5, no. 2, The Governance of Indigenous Information, 2014, pp. 1-32
Description
Looks at the efforts to improve the governance of data between governments and Indigenous organizations and communities and presents a selection of initiatives undertaken in Canada, the United States and Australia.