Child Welfare: Connecting Research, Policy, and Practice
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Brad McKenzie
Elsie Flette
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Chapter from Child Welfare: Connecting Research, Policy, and Practice edited by Kathleen Kufeldt and Brad McKenzie.
Material presented as exhibit 131 from the Phoenix Sinclair Inquiry.
Discusses healing in Aboriginal communities and argues that the traditional concept of social security does not work with Aboriginal communities and must be revised to suit their needs.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 19, no. 5, September/October 1995, pp. 32-33
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Comments on topics for future priorities regarding policy development identified by the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Standing Committee and the Emotional and Social Well Being working party's role in mental health well being.
Text of lecture given by the Canada Research Chair in Native -Newcomer Relations. Examines the Native-newcomer relationship, including treaty negotiations from first contact forward.
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 22, no. 2, January 1983, pp. [17-22]
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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.
Journal of the American Dietetic Association, vol. 103, no. 9, September 2003, pp. 1191-1194
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Survey findings indicated a marked increase in the intake of beverages with white-sugar; overall food intake is a complex matter, but the need for more nutrition education about newly available food items is evident.
Presents an assessment of directions, goals, and achievements in higher education for Aboriginal people in Taiwan, with comparisons to Indian higher education in Canada.
Article is from the book, "Culture and the State: Alternative Interventions."
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.
Arctic, vol. 36, no. 4, December 1983, pp. 356-360
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Examines materials from an anaerobic environment at a washed out site belonging to ringed, bearded and harbour seals, caribou and beluga and baleen whales.
Human Rights Quarterly, vol. 17, no. 1, February 1995, pp. 48-71
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Looks at the United Nations and other international initiatives designed to protect minorities and discusses how they may appear to be in conflict with other human rights efforts aimed at all individuals.
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 37, no. 2, Winter, 1998, pp. [21-33]
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Discusses the process used by the American Indian Higher Education Initiative to develop methods to enable institutions to meet better meet student needs.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 22, no. 1/2, Winter-Spring, 1998, pp. 125-133
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Article introduces the second section of this is issue of AIQ and the articles contained therein. Focuses on issues of identity, cultural hybridity and marginality.