Aboriginal History, vol. 19, no. 2, 1995, pp. 197-199
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Book review of: The Essence of Singing and the Substance of Song edited by Linda Barwick, Allan Marett and Guy Tunstill.
Article located by scrolling to page 197.
Provides guidelines for establishing community cultural centres where Aboriginal peoples can provide their own perspectives on history, practices, beliefs, and material culture.
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology, vol. 43, no. 2, August 2010, pp. 199-222
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Looks at review of research that has attempted to measure levels of rape and examines National Crime Victimization Survey for context of differences between ethnicities.
Report commissioned to assess the social, political, economic and cultural ramifications of a new set of laws governing membership in the Anishinabek Nation of Ontario.
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The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 5, no. 2, 1985, pp. 167-175
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Reviews the historical accuracy of short stories by Simon Ortiz and Leslie Silko that are both based on the same murder case involving a policeman and two brothers from Acoma Pueblo Reservation in New Mexico in 1952.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 19, no. 4, 1995, pp. 1-124
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When law suits arose claiming that there had been damage done to Native culture by the March 1989 oil spill, the Exxon Corporation responded that Aboriginal culture had already been "smashed" and that the small differences between Natives and non-Natives in the spill area were "ethnic" and not cultural in nature.
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 26, no. 2, 2002, pp. 124-133
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Description of information gathered in northern Alberta and Saskatchewan and discussion of why northern educators are reluctant to exchange local initiatives.
Journal of Anthropological Archaeology, vol. 21, no. 3, September 2002, pp. 301-328
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Argues there is storage evidence in archaeological cache pits and that there was practical food storage among the Beothuk of Newfoundland and the early historic Innu and Inuit of the Labrador–Quebec peninsula.
Social Science History, vol. 34, no. 2, Summer, 2010, pp. 113-128
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Examines the study of ethnographic cultures and Indigenous customs as it developed in the American Indian communities in the era of the Indian Claims Commission.
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 26, no. 1, Exemplary Indigenous Education, 2002, pp. 62-64
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Summary of the achievements of a teacher who taught at the Native Indian Teacher Education Program (NITEP) at the University of British Columbia (UBC) for 20 years.
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 15, no. 1, 1995, pp. 113-127
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Earlier Euro-centric views caused Northwest Coast Aboriginal Art to be viewed as a "quaint variant of 'real' art." This art is finally being recognized as art in itself, which has its own inherent value.
Pilot project called Looking Out for Dementia involved production of a 16 minute DVD in English and three Indigenous languages (Warlpiri, Kriol, Djambarrpuyngu), an accompanying flip chart in plain English, and a poster publicizing the resource. Evaluation carried out through observation, focus groups and telephone interviews with participants and coordinators of aged services.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 19, no. 3, May/June 1995, pp. 14-15
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Reports on information day held at Barmah State Forest for community representatives, youth, elders and health workers on the latest HIV/AIDS prevention and health promotion education.