Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 15, no. 5, September/October 1991, pp. 17-18
Description
Looks at opportunities in the areas of physiotherapy, speech therapy, occupational therapy, rehabilitation counseling, health information management, and nursing.
Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, vol. 21, no. 2, April 1993, pp. 102-107
Description
Compares 1980, 1984 and 1988 dental health surveys conducted on children ages 5, 7, 9, 11, 13 and 15 years of age by the Medical Services Branch of Health and Welfare Canada.
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 8, no. 4, Winter, 1993, pp. 34-42
Description
Looks at an artist who uses art as a form of therapy after losing his wife and two children in a house fire.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 34.
Northern Perspectives, vol. 19, no. 1, Spring, 1991, pp. [3-29]
Description
Looks at the resettlement of seven families from northern Quebec and three families from Pond Inlet to Resolute Bay on Corwallis Island and Grise Fiord on Ellesmere Island and the lack of recognition and apology for contributions made to arctic sovereignty.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 41, no. 3, Summer, 2017, pp. 250-286
Description
Study involved interviews with 10 individuals who had served in the legislature or on county councils about their experiences running for, and serving in, political office given that the state is considered to be highly racialized.
Discusses the creation and accomplishments of the Kitsaki Development Corporation, an economic development and investment arm of the La Ronge Indian Band.
Discusses five key elements needed for self-sufficiency: land and natural resources, capital and financing, human resource development, governmental environment, cultural and social environment, and organizational structure. Concludes with recommendations.
Alberta Journal of Educational Research, vol. 63, no. 1, Spring, 2017, pp. 1-20
Description
Using interviews with Indigenous high school students to discuss the influences to the their educational experiences and what can be learned from those students' voices.
CMAJ, vol. 189, no. 44, November 06, 2017, pp. e1352-e1359
Description
Study interpretation concluded that deaths were occurring at an alarming rate, particularly young women or those using injection drugs. Argues that these results reflect intersections of current and historical injustices, substance use and barriers to care.
Investigation examined RCMP members' conduct in six areas: public intoxication, cross-gender searches, missing persons reports, domestic violence reports, use of force, and handling of files involving youth.
Appendices include interim report and RCMP Commissioner's preliminary review and response.
Arctic Anthropology, vol. 54, no. 2, 2017, pp. 40-51
Description
Author challenges mainstream narratives about the Nenet cultural and historic practice of reindeer herding on the Yamal peninsula; suggests a system of herding based on movement, traditional herd navigation and laws of Nenet-land relationship.
Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada
Description
Agreement between the First Nations, the Government of Canada, and the Government of the Yukon signed in 1993; includes self-government, remedies, application of law, legal status of First Nation, transition provisions, legislative powers, services etc.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 5, no. 3, Series 2, Fall, 1993, pp. 13-22
Description
Looks at how the mythic process is a part of everyday reality in Vizenor's works.
Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
Un changement de sujet : Perspectivisme et multinaturalisme dans les représentations inuit des transformations interespèces
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sean P.A. Desjardins
Études Inuit Studies , vol. 41, no. 1-2, Bestiaire inuit = Inuit Bestiary, 2017, pp. 101-124
Description
Article argues that two pre-contact Inuit artifacts, recovered from the Pingiqqalik site, depict interspecies transformation; author argues that this is evidence that interspecies relations were influenced by a cosmology rooted in multinaturalism.
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 24, no. 1, 2017, pp. 127-140
Description
Sample of 36 elders participated in six-week study which compared results from monitoring with pedometer only to pedometer plus instruction in setting weekly step-count goals.
American Review of Canadian Studies, vol. 47, no. 2, Makippugut (We Are Standing Up): Public Policy and Self-Determination in Nunavik, 2017, pp. 162-175
Description
Looks at the evolution of Nunavik status as a member of the circumpolar and Canadian world, as well as the need for Quebec to adopt an Arctic policy after a history of neglect.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 15, no. 3, American Indian Family History, Summer, 1991, pp. 339-358
Description
Author challenges the assumption that population growth among Indigenous people during the early reservation period was an indicator of the success of the reservation health care system. Argues that maternal/infant health is a better indicator and considers the Northern Cheyenne people as an ethnohistorical example.
Topics include definition of relationship, jurisdiction, intergovernmental fiscal relationships, wealth creation, and future actions to close the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Canadians.
Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, vol. 168, no. 2, February 1993, pp. 307-315
Description
Metal samples studied to distinguish between those with European and North American origins so cultural impact of earliest aboriginal -European contact could be assessed.