Reports that partnerships are formed due to the shared need among healthcare providers to reduce barriers to equitable access of quality health care for all northerners.
Looks at the legacy of residential schools, colonization and how personal history of abuse could be a predictor to violent behavior.
On one pdf. Scroll down to page 19 to read article.
UBC Medical Journal, vol. 3, no. 1, September 2011, pp. 34-35
Description
Looks at program offered at the Whitehorse General Hospital which allows Aboriginal people to access traditional practices, which are merged with western healthcare.
Native Studies Review, vol. 20, no. 1, 2011, pp. 27-57
Description
Study focused on three questions: interpretations of health, social, visual and cultural contexts, and barriers and strengths. Sample was 20 individuals.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 22, no. 2, Summer, 2010, pp. 1-21
Description
Looks at Choctaw mythology involving self-discovery and the false divisions between this world and the spirit world in Louis Owens’s The Sharpest Sight.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 1.
Comments on the arrival of François Gravé du Pont and Samuel de Champlain in what is now Quebec, and the relationship between the French and First Nations.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 32, no. 1, Winter, 2008, pp. 43-69
Description
Interpretations about how Indigenous landscape painting differs from "mainstream/traditional" landscape, which the author argues is a tool of imperialism.
French Colonial History, vol. 11, 2010, pp. 109-129
Description
Examines how gender and race in the social, economic, and political structures played a role in the lives of Marie Josephe Le Borgne de Belisle and Marguerite Guédry.
Looks at the access to safe drinking water in Indigenous communities and how Source Water Protection can provide a means to deal with this issue in the long term.
Discussion Paper (Institute of Intergovernmental Relations) ; no. 15
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Norman K. Zlotkin
Description
Discussion paper topics include Aboriginal participation in constitutional reform, the Constitution Act of 1982, and the issues likely to be raised at the 1983 conference.
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 22, no. 3, Food Sovereignty, Spring, 2011, pp. 50-51
Description
Looks at the creation of a campus-wide book club with the the intent of encouraging reading, writing and conversation among students, faculty, administration and members of the community.
American Journal of Community Psychology, vol. 48, no. 3-4, 2011, pp. 426-438
Description
Presents a study which demonstrates that family life is essential to Inuit conceptions of well-being and that interventions for mental health promotion should be community-based and family centered.
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 69, no. 1, 2010, pp. 61-71
Description
Contends that a higher rate of hospitalization and mortality occurs in Aboriginal communities compared to non-Aboriginal communities in Newfoundland and Labrador.
[Teacher Resource Guide: English 12 First Peoples]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Starla Anderson
Jo-Anne Chrona
David Ellison
Nora Greenway
Stephen Naylor ... [et al.]]
Description
Developed for grade twelve students. Presented in six parts: Introduction, Novel Study I: (Halfbreed by Maria Campbell), Novel Study II: (In Search of April Raintree by Beatrice Culleton), poetry, drama and humour.
American Indian Language Development Institute: Thirty Year Tradition of Speaking From Our Heart
E-Books » Chapters
Description
Presents the resolution that was formulated and acted upon by the participants of the 30th American Indian Language Development Institute, Tucson, Arizona on the 2nd of July, 2009.
Chapter from American Indian Language Development Institute: Thirty Year Tradition of Speaking From Our Heart edited by Candace K. Galla, Stacey Oberly, G.L. Romero, Maxine Sam, Ofelia Zepeda.
Indigenous Affairs, no. 1-2, Climate Change and Indigenous Peoples, 2008, pp. 16-23
Description
Summarizes discussions that took place at the Permanent Forum, Seventh Session, April 21 - May 2, 2008 in New York. Theme of conference was climate change, bio-cultural diversity and livelihoods.
Brief article discusses U.S. interference in Bolivia's internal politics and its support of the country's right-wing factions.
Scroll down page to read article.
Gifted Child Quarterly, vol. 27, no. 2, 1983, pp. 90-92
Description
Assessment of program designed at Arizona State University for an eight year old Pima Indian boy with excellent reasoning abilities but lacking academic skills.
Website has links to a newsletter, information on self-declaration, program information, events and workshops, a photo and video gallery, a list of staff members, information on scholarships, and contact information.