Arctic, vol. 61, no. 5, suppl. 1, 2008, pp. iii-xi
Description
Looks at the challenges of climate change being witnessed in Arctic marine and coastal areas and the impact of those changes on the coastal communities.
Maclean's, vol. 116, no. 3, January 20, 2003, p. 46
Description
Trapper who threatened an Inuit community was shot, which resulted in the first criminal trial in the eastern Arctic and ultimately, a tuberculosis epidemic.
Anglican Journal, vol. 134, no. 7, September 2008, p. 9
Description
Introduces topics discussed at the synod of the diocese of the Arctic meeting in Iqaluit, Nunavut from May 27 to June 3, 2008. Topics included same-sex unions, welfare of youth, and housing issues.
International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health, vol. 206, no. 4-5, 2003, pp. 351-362
Description
States that scientific findings from research have influenced government policy, including those issues that involve Arctic Indigenous health and the disparities that exist in this region.
Encyclopedia Arctica. Transportation and Communications
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Author/Creator
Howard A. Chapelle
Description
Looks at umiak (open boats) and kayak (decked hunting canoe) used by Inuit in Canada, Greenland, Alaska and Asia and compares them to the Irish curraghs.
Digitized copy of typescript is part of the unpublished reference work on the Northern Arctic and subarctic regions. Project ran from 1947-1951.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 23, no. 1, 2003, pp. 113-133
Description
Argues that gender specific strategies must be used, looks at the frequency of local health care visits and finds three major problems in the health care system including lack of confidentiality.
Center will focus on research, community outreach and information dissemination and training and program will involve collaboration between community representatives and health professionals.
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 28, no. 1, 2008, pp. 1-32
Description
Uses the art of Arthur Renwick as an illustration of the environment, attitudes and efforts to resist colonization of other Aboriginal artists, including Alfred Young Man.
Health Care For Women International, vol. 24, no. 4, April 2003, pp. 340-354
Description
Presents unstructured interviews of the lives, backgrounds, and traditional healing practices of six Ojibwa and Cree women healers from Canada and the United States.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 11, no. 7, July 2008, p. 19
Description
Introduces an art program that involves displaying art and sharing stories door to door in Regina's north end with the hope of engaging the residents in the arts.
Article located by scrolling to page 19.
Biography, vol. 31, no. 3, Summer, 2008, pp. 397-428
Description
Looks at the journal by Mary Ellicott Arnold and Mabel Reed recounting colonial contact between whites and Indigenous people in the Klamath River Indian Country in 1908–09.
Provides overview of society including spirituality, organization. kinship, culture, customs, ceremony, ritual, and law.
Chapter 2 from: Aboriginal Benchbook for Western Australia Courts by Stephanie Fryer-Smith.
Chapter 2 located by scrolling to page 2:1.
Reports on military and political developments in the Philippines regarding Indigenous and separatist groups.
To access this article scroll down to page 10.
Examines the results of a study on security reclassification, concluding that reclassification recommendations were related to relevant constructs of risk and need, for both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal offenders.
Looks at a holistic model of assessment to evaluate language revitalization program developed by the Cherokee Nation in Oklahoma.
Chapter from Nurturing Native Languages edited by Joh Reyhner, Octaviana V. Trujillo, Roberto Luis Carrasco and Louise Lockard.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 27, no. 3/4, Urban American Indian Womens Activism, June 1, 2003, pp. 548-565
Description
Discussion of the Anishinabequek organization that provided services for women and children in an atmosphere that emphasized cultural retention and Indigenous pride.
Cardiovascular Diabetology, vol. 7, no. 5, March 2008, p. 5
Description
Study results of Canadians of South Asian and Chinese descent, Oji-Cree and Inuit (Greenland) indicated that the association between FTO gene associated with obesity extends to non-Caucasian subjects.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 27, no. 5, September/October 2003, pp. 20-22
Description
Describes one of twenty five Asthma Innovative Management (AIM) projects and only one of four projects undertaken in Australian Indigenous communities.