Great Plains Quarterly, vol. 31, no. 3, Summer, 2011, pp. 205-222
Description
Looks at the role of short term relief efforts that were put into place by the Roosevelt administration to help with lose experienced by rural Americans due to the Depression.
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.
Making Education Work (MEW) Implementation Report 2011
Documents & Presentations
Description
Overview of project implementation to evaluate supports offered to grade 10 to 12 students to stay in school and meet requirements for post secondary education.
Summarizes published materials on commercial exploitation in Canada and the U.S. and discusses issues related to legal protection and victim support systems.
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 .
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 35, no. 2, Building on Indigenous City, Summer, 2011
Description
Comments on a volunteer group which works together to restore health and wellbeing by eating traditional foods and taking part in traditional activities.
File contains 2 negatives from a ceremony held at the Prince Albert Indian Metis Friendship Centre to commemorate the official opening of the Iskwew program for abused women.
New Relationships with Aboriginal People and Communities in British Columbia
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ministry of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation [British Columbia]
Description
Measures and reports on five keys areas: improving Crown - Aboriginal relationships, education, housing and infrastructure, health and economic opportunities. Includes data for Métis and urban Aboriginal people.
Related material: Annual Report on Progress, 2010-2011.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 14, no. 7, July 2011, p. 19
Description
Reports the publication of a children's story about a Métis grandmother and her granddaughter and a book about iconic Métis figure Gabriel Dumont.
Article located by scrolling to page 19.
Discusses the history and structure of the Nunavut Sivuniksavut (NS), a college program designed to facilitate the transition from high school to the workforce or post-secondary education.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 35, no. 2, Spring, 2011, pp. 274-275
Description
Book review of: New World of Indigenous Resistance: Noam Chomsky and Voices from North, South, and Central America edited by Lois Meyer and Benjamin Maldonado Alvarado.
Looks at design on memorial give away from the Nez Perce reservation. General discussion about bags using elk and flora patterns. Includes photographs.
Nga Kai Para i te Kahikatoa: Maori Filmmaking, Forging a Path
Theses
Author/Creator
Angela Moewaka Barnes
Description
Film, Television and Media Studies Thesis (Ph.D)--University of Aukland, 2011.
Focuses on films by Don Selwyn (Te Tangata Whai Rawa o Wēniti - Māori Merchant of Venice), Merata Mita (Mauri) and Barry Barclay (Ngati).
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.
Dancing on Our Turtle's Back: Stories of Nishnaabeg Re-creation, Resurgence and a New Emergence
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Leanne Simpson
Description
Author's personal reflections on identity, resistance and cultural revival.
Chapter from Dancing on Our Turtle's Back: Stories of Nishnaabeg Re-creation, Resurgence and a New Emergence by Leanne Simpson.
Looks at the concepts terroir (earth), taste, and taste of place and how they shape the cultural identity of the Osoyoos Indian Band who own and manage a winery in the Okanagan Valley.
Found that most municipalities were not meeting the Northern Municipalities Act's financial management and governance requirements. Data for report gathered through interviews with administrators, elected officials, representatives from the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and the NMTA Board.