Saskatchewan First Nations Family and Community Institute
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Includes comprehensive literature review and results from engagement process which involved seven participant groups, key informant interviews and 24 focus groups. Five themes emerged: programs and services (family centered), honouring youth (child centered), capacity building (community centered/stewardship), practice approach (guardianship), and systemic factors (all functions).
Survey showed that half of respondents were HIV positive, many of whom did not seek medical treatment because of discrimination.
Access Voices of Two-Spirited Men [Part 2].
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 41, no. 4, 2017, pp. 1-21
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Discusses case law pertaining to Section 5 of the Act, which prohibts practices which deny the right to vote as well as those that dilute the power of voters to elect representatives of their choice.
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 8, no. 2, Reconciling Research: Perspectives on Research Involving Indigenous Peoples-Part 1, April 2017, pp. 1-20
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Discusses experience of researchers that apply community based research practices (CBPR) with First Nations people in a Canadian community.
Journal of American Studies, vol. 35, no. 3, December 2001, pp. 371-410
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Contrasts Aboriginal concepts of war, in which generalizations are avoided, to that of Western thought, in which there is an attempt to be precise, categorize, and create a unified theory.
Australian Journal of Teacher Education, vol. 26, no. 1, 2001, pp. 1-8
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Argues that creating space involves more than simply allocating positions and places to those who identify as Indigenous. It also includes recognition of world-views and knowledge bases that are distinctly Indigenous.
Canadian Journal of Aboriginal Community-based HIV/AIDS Research , vol. 8, Winter, 2017, pp. 44-59
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Details the methods used by project's research team for engaging communities and individuals affected by Hepatitis C in the development of leadership and health management strategies.
Looks at a project that brought together low-income mothers of preschool-aged children who wanted to learn more about making their community a healthier place to live.
Published by the Prairie Women's Centre for Excellence.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 41, no. 2, 2017, pp. 23-42
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Discusses the controversy surrounding Disney's casting of Depp in the role of Tonto and Comanche activist Ladonna Vita Tabbytite Harris's decision to customarily adopt the actor.
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 51, no. 2, Spring, 2017, pp. 434-460
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"This article traces the transformation of the Muskego Cree and the Métis peoples of the district from independent traders, hunters, and wage labourers to a colonized people with diminished economic opportunities."