CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 169, no. 8, October 14, 2003, pp. 759-763
Description
Estimate of the potential use of safer injecting site by local illicit drug users and evaluates potential impact of newly established Health Canada restrictions and police activities.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 5, no. 4, December 1981, pp. 15-17
Description
Comments on decline in birth rate after the family planning clinic in Bourke, Australia which prior to this had one of the highest Aboriginal birthrates in the world.
Bill was supposed to remedy the sexually discriminatory section 12(1)(b) of the Indian Act; deals with who is entitled to Status. Document covers issues such as reinstatement backlog and priorities, registration documentation, identification of father/illegitimate children, and funding issues (health, education, housing, child welfare) resulting from increase in status population.
Alexis First Nation Inquiry - TransAlta Utilities Rights of Way Claim Final Report (French language version)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description
Indian Claims Commission final report dated March 2003, French language version. Commissioners include : Roger J. Augustine, Daniel J. Bellegarde, Sheila G. Purdy.
Historical background and submissions to Indian Claims Commission (ICC) concerning the federal Crown's granting of three rights of way to Calgary Power on Alexis IR133 during 1950s and 1960s.
Chapter 7 from Nurturing Native Languages edited by Jon Reyhner, Octaviana V. Trujillo, Roberto Luis Carrasco and Louise Lockard.
Discusses Indigenous language education, language revitalization and the role of the Canadian Indigenous Languages and Literacy Development Institute.
Chief Commissioner Miles Richardson discusses the land issue in British Columbia and identifies governance, revenue sharing, and compensation as critical issues to make treaty negotiations more effective.
Duration: 18:53.
Canada. Parliament. Senate. Senate Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs
Description
Submission discusses the flaws of Bill C-6 regarding the unilateral nature of appointments which it was felt compromised the independence of the claims body.
Reproduction is a copy of an official work that is published by the Government of Canada and it is reproduced in affiliation with, or with the endorsement of the Government of Canada.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 27, no. 2, March/April 2003, pp. 4-8
Description
Suggests that certain factors occur with a greater frequency in the Indigenous Australian population such as obesity, diabetes and a lack of physical activity.
Pediatrics, vol. 112, no. 4, October 2003, pp. e328-e347
Description
Looks at the correlation between the emergence of type 2 diabetes mellitus in young people and the decrease in physical activity and balanced nutrition.
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 10, no. 3, September 1986, pp. 38-43
Description
Describes the, 'Milliya Rumurra' (Brand New Day) alcohol rehabilitation program offered in the Kimberly Region of Western Australia as being geared for not just the promotion of physical health, but for the total health of the person.
Canadian Journal of Diabetes, December 2003, pp. 464-475
Description
Discussion of diabetes in the Kanien'kehá:ka (Mohawk) community of Kahnawake and the Oji-Cree community of Ne gaaw saga'igan (Sandy Lake) in Northwestern Ontario.
Agreement enables First Nations to exercise control over their land and resources by replacing provisions of the Indian Act with the community's own Land Code.
Journal of Colonialism and Colonial History, vol. 4, no. 3, Winter, 2003
Description
Examines the public and the private in the lives of Ethel Brant Monture (1892-1977) and Bernice Loft Winslow (1902-1997?), two Mohawk performers who occupied places in both Aboriginal and non-Native communities.
Book reviews of:
The Prix Volney: Its History and Significance for the Development of Linguistic ResearchEarly Nineteenth-Century Contributions to General and Amerindian Linguistics ...Contributions to Comparative Indo-European, African, and Chinese Linguistics.
Historical reproduction of 19th century essay series.
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 84, no. 1, March 2003, pp. 95-99
Description
Book reviews of 2 books:
The Problem of Justice: Tradition and Law in the Coast Salish World by Bruce G. Miller.
A Sto:lo-Coast Salish Historical Atlas by Keith Thor Carlson.