Canadian Studies in Population, vol. 31, no. 2, 2004, pp. 179-196
Description
Looks at trends in the fertility rates for North American Indians, Registered Indians, Métis and Inuit peoples and the merging of age patterns between different groups over the past 30 years.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 28, no. 2, March/April 2004, p. 23
Description
Media release reports on two year funding arrangement that includes incentives for general practitioners working in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.
Contends that nature of the relationship between Native American students and their teacher, along with cultural context, can be important factors in academic success and retention .
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 28, no. 3, May/June 2004, pp. 5-7
Description
Describes a collaborative project that gathered Australian Aboriginal peoples' experiences involving the start up of Aboriginal health services in Victoria.
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 16, no. 2, Tribal College Research, Winter, 2004
Description
Book review of: Night is Gone, Day is Still Coming: Stories and Poems by American Indian Teens and Young Adults edited by Annette Piña Ochoa, Betsy Franco and Traci L. Gourdine.
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 63, no. 4, Special Issue: eHealth, 2004, pp. 448-449
Description
Brief article about National Institute of Health of the United States and the Canadian Institute of Health Research signing a joint agreement to cooperate on issues related to health research.
American Indian Art Magazine, vol. [29], no. [4], Autumn, 2004, pp. 86-105
Description
Discusses George Heye's collection of Northwest Coast metal objects which included masks, rattles, feast spoons, and daggers created for sale as "curios".
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 16, no. 2, Summer, 2004, pp. 65-73
Description
Discusses elements of Nora Dauenhauer's Life Woven With Song which uses a variety of genres including memoir, essay, fiction, poetry, and autobiographical to reflect the relationship between the Tlingit people and their landscape.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 65.
Current Anthropology, vol. 24, no. 4, August-October 1983, pp. 443-470
Description
A gender mixing phenomenon in which individuals, usually male, adopt some of the social characteristics, occupational roles, clothing and sexual behaviours of the opposite sex.
Canadian Journal of Archaeology, vol. 28, no. 2, 2004, pp. 254-280
Description
Argues data collected from the late 18th through early 20th century shows correlation between spatial and social organization of households and presents evidence of changes in subsistence economics.
Encyclopedia of Medical Anthropology: Health and Illness in the World's Cultures
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Author/Creator
Peter H. Stephenson
Steven Acheson
Description
Focuses on the peoples of the northern area of the Northwest Coast including Alaska, Washington, Oregon and British Columbia.
Chapter from Volume 2 of Encyclopedia of Medical Anthropology: Health and Illness in the World's Cultures edited by Carol R. Ember, Melvin Ember.
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 3, no. 1, 1983, pp. 117-129
Description
Argues that the 13 Scrip Commissions that heard Métis claims in Manitoba and the Northwest Territory during 19th and 20th centuries represented a policy change that was inappropriate for the Métis.