Medical Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Alberta, 2005.
Study of prediabetes and metabolic syndrome, findings indicate highest prevalence in North America found in Métis and First Nation communities in Alberta.
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 32, no. 1, 2012, pp. 87-99
Description
Discusses the socio-political history of archaeology, and the emergence of alternative approaches that emphasize community engagement and heritage stewardship.
Plain language version of Breaking Ice: Renewable Resource and Ocean Management in the Canadian North edited by Fikret Berkes, Rob Huebert, Helen Fast, Micheline Manseau, and Alan Diduck.
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 71, 2012, p. article no. 19155
Description
Reviews current literature and reports on the trends in incidence and cause including health and lifestyle conditions and increases in environmental contaminants.
Reports on the relations between police officers and Aboriginal residents in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. The article also discusses how one Theatre Company is trying to improve this strained relationship.
Reports on public discussions which took place to gather recommendations with respect to changes in police practices and new police initiatives to protect vulnerable and marginalized women.
Goal of the program was to provide early intervention services which prevent entry and escalation of families in the statutory child protection system.
Native Social Work Journal, vol. 1, no. 1, Inaugural Edition, May 1997, pp. 87-101
Description
Brief historical background of the Nishnawbe-Aski Nation; looks at the social and economic change in remote hunting and trapping communities in Northwestern Ontario; and examines how the First Nations have increased the ability to address health and social service problems locally by assuming control of their health services.
Participants in the National Museum of the American Indian Artist Leadership Program from Canada, United States and Peru discuss their work and participate in a panel discussion.
Duration: 1:39:43.
Brief article on the young cast of Forever To Say Good-Bye who performed at the Labrador Creative Arts Festival in Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Newfoundland.
Documentary from the report, Bringing Them Home: Separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children From Their Families. Survivors speak about their experiences.
Duration: 32:29.
Cultural and Social History, vol. 9, no. 4, 2012, pp. 497-525
Description
Looks at conflicts over land owned by the Haudenosaunee and the backgrounds of John Brant and Robert Johnson Keer as negotiators for the Grand River Six Nations.