Open Women's Health Journal, vol. 4, no. 1, What We Have Known About Community Characteristics, Birth Outcomes and Infant Mortality among Aborig, January 2010, pp. 32-38
Description
Determines there is a need for more effective perinatal and infant care programs in remote First Nations communities to reduce mortality rates.
Indigenous Law Journal, vol. 8, no. 1, 2010, pp. 1-6
Description
Ojibwe Traditional Elder briefly discusses the pipe ceremony, language, clan system, legends/stories, code of conduct, beginning of man and womanhood, and the eagle feather.
Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology, vol. 25, no. 4, December 2010, pp. 343-354
Description
Looks at a study identifing the most prevalent chronic conditions, indicating that older American Indians experience higher rates of hypertension, diabetes, back pain, and vision loss compared to national statistics of older adults.
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 91, no. 2, June 2010, pp. 355-359
Description
Book reviews of: Compact, Contract, Covenant: Aboriginal Treaty-Making in Canada by J.R. Miller and The Power of Promises: Rethinking Indian Treaties in the Pacific Northwest edited by Alexandra Harmon.
Purpose of brief compilation is to provide historical and current context for Aboriginal health status. Lists significant legislation and events chronologically, as well as discusses benefits, social determinants of health, gaps in services, etc.
New edition of report provides overview of original and looks at relevant issues in the same countries including demographics, policy, fiscal information, legal framework, land rights and other important issues.
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 22, no. 2, January 1983, pp. [17-22]
Description
Compares attitudes of Swampy Cree students in a remote public school in Teulon, Manitoba, with Plains Cree and Saulteaux students from Peguis First Nation attending a locally controlled school.
Review of the significant growth in Indigenous post-secondary education enrolment as a result of establishing interest-free loans and the lifting of enrolment caps.
Abstracts of works in the Research Series.
Aboriginal Sexual Offending in Canada by John H. Hylton.
Mental Health Profiles for a Sample of British Columbia's Aboriginal Survivors of the Canadian Residential School System by Raymond R. Corrado, Irwin M.
Lists title, location of research, principal investigator, etc. for over ninety projects. Divided by topic area: health related, physical science, social science and traditional knowledge
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 26, no. 1, January/February 2002, pp. 3-5
Description
Describes the Health Care Complaints Commission which is in place in New South Wales, Australia to offer recourse to patients who have received less than satisfactory health care.
Results of qualitative survey conducted in response to amendments to the Youth Protection Act which gives courts the power to issue permanent placement orders outside of the immediate family.
Arctic, vol. 36, no. 4, December 1983, pp. 356-360
Description
Examines materials from an anaerobic environment at a washed out site belonging to ringed, bearded and harbour seals, caribou and beluga and baleen whales.
International Dental Journal, vol. 60, no. 3 suppl.2, June 2010, pp. 245-249
Description
Comments on an intervention that did not produce any significant change in oral health behaviours, clinical measures of oral hygiene, or community programs promoting oral health.
Summarizes findings from meetings with elected leaders, elders, community members, and representatives of agencies, government and industry. Makes recommendations in the areas of collaboration, coordination, community, capacity, communication and commitment.
Follow-up Report.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 14, no. 4, Series 2, Winter, 2002, pp. [79]-80
Description
Brief short story titled Conquistadors by Stephen Graham Jones, which is told in one very long sentence.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
Literature review identifies secondary information in these areas: barriers to employment, career aspirations, rates of success and factors associated with them, and comparison to non-Aboriginal youth.
Presents updates from Early Childhood Development Working Group by region and looks at items from the National Inuit Early Childhood Education Gathering.