Journal of Social Work Values & Ethics, vol. 6, no. 3, Fall, 2009
Description
Looks at the longstanding over-representation of First Nations children in care, and discusses a new social work theory rooted in First Nations ontology.
Canadian Studies in Population, vol. 36, no. 3-4, pp. 325-345
Description
Information from the Canadian National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth looks at family income, neighborhood environment, and demographic characteristics and parental preferences.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 4, no. 1, Series 2 , Spring, 1992, pp. 28-48
Description
Explores how Erdrich transforms her Chippewa oral traditions to create a female character who is able to transform between human and animal in her novel Tracks.
Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
Looking to the Future: Papers from the Seventh Inuit Studies Conference, 19-23 August, 1990
Regard sur l'avenir: Communications du Septième Congrès D'études Inuit, 19-23 Août, 1990
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Jørgen Thorslund
Description
Paper from Looking to the Future: Papers from the Seventh Inuit Studies Conference, 19-23 August, 1990 edited by Marie-Josée Dufour and François Thérien.
American Theatre, vol. 26, no. 3, March 2009, p. 23
Description
Brief discussion of the play Battles of Fire and Water by Dave Hunsaker. The playwright used oral and written histories about battles (in 1802 and 1804) fought by Russians and the Tlingits over land, as the basis for the play.
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 19, no. 2, Our Story, Our Way, Winter, 2007
Description
Describes stories told to the author by her mother and father in Diné and English and comments on the necessity of preserving both languages and stories.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 19, no. 2, Summer, 2007, pp. 83-103
Description
Contends that humorist Will Rogers, who was a member of the Cherokee Nation, was appropriated and mainstreamed as a mythic American figure and consequently has been denied a prominent place in Native American literary history.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 83.
British Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 20, no. 1, May 2007, pp. 168-169
Description
Two Book reviews: Will the Circle be Unbroken? by J. Dickson-Gilmore and C. La Prairie.
First and Other Nations edited by M. Shackleton and V. Supinen.
Canadian Public Policy, vol. 35, no. 1, March 2009, pp. 121-137
Description
Discusses the current condition of Internet gambling in Canada and how the Kahnawake Mohawk Nation in Quebec is one of the largest online gambling sites in the world.
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 31, no. 6, November/December 2007, pp. 6-8
Description
Presents abbreviated version of paper from World Health Organization (WHO) Commission on the Social Determinants of Health's International Symposium on Indigenous Health.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 21, no. 3, Fall, 2009, pp. 90-94
Description
Reflects on lessons learned from the authors' grandmother, such as watching and learning from spiders.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 90.
American Literature, vol. 64, no. 1, March 1992, pp. 49-70
Description
Reviews Native American elements in The Narrative of the Life of Mrs. Mary Jemison identifying perspectives that Seaver (the editor) and Jemison disagreed on.
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, vol. 34, no. 5, May 2007, pp. 1-11
Description
Reviews causes, transmission and prevention programs for chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis and HIV/AIDS. Recommends incorporating frameworks of existing health and healing into prevention programs, increasing local involvement and cultural content and further research for STDs.
Book reviews of:
The Wollaston Journals edited by Helen Walker Mann.
Refuge on the Roper by Murray Seiffert.
Footprints by Simon Flagg and Sebastian Gurciullo.
Reviews located by scrolling to page 284.
Book review of: Wolverine Myths and Visions: Dene Traditions from Northern Alberta compiled by the Dene Wodih Society, edited by Patrick Moore and Angela Wheelock.
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 31, no. 1, Passing the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Spring, 2007
Description
Describes the petition, against the United States, Sheila Watt-Cloutier is taking to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, regarding greenhouse gas emissions.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 4, no. 1, Series 2, Spring, 1992, pp. 49-64
Description
Examines the character of Pauline in Tracks and how the reader discovers how she becomes Sister Leopolda of Love Medicine.
Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
Whispering Wind, vol. 38, no. 5, May-June 2009, pp. 29-[?]
Description
Book reviews of: Choctaw Women in a Chaotic World by Michelene E. Pesantubbee.
Meet Lydia: A Native Girl From Southeast Alaska by Miranda Belarde-Lewis.
International Handbook of Research on Indigenous Entrepreneurship
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Solveig Joks
Description
Discusses some of the problems caused by the focus on meat production and on reindeer husbandry as a one-man job.
Chapter 20 from International Handbook of Research on Indigenous Entrepreneurship edited by Léo-Paul Dana and Robert B. Anderson.
Entire e-book on one pdf. To access chapter, scroll to page 246 or select chapter 20 on side bar.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 16, no. 3, Summer, 1992, pp. 381-395
Description
Author summarizes, reviews, and compares several children’s literature books with Indigenous content, highlighting the elements of each book that contribute to a faithful or an inaccurate portrayal of the Indigenous peoples and cultures.
Australasian Psychiatry, vol. 15, no. 1, Supplement, February 2007, pp. S80-S84
Description
Looks at a learning needs analysis which revealed adolescent mental health workers ranked their learning needs as high and their knowledge and skills in working with depression and other disorders as low.