Canadian Bulletin of Medical History, vol. 18, no. 1, Spring, 2001, pp. 85-107
Description
Examines the death registers from the Office of Indian Affairs, and the higher crude death rates, which were the highest rates compared to entire population of USA.
AlterNative, vol. 13, no. 3, Fostering Cultural Safety Across Contexts, September 2017, pp. 142-151
Description
Looks at links between historic and contemporary rationales for interfering with Indigenous families and discusses how literary arts can foster cross-cultural and cross-generational understanding.
Outlines two projects that focused on establishing mechanisms to apply Aboriginal knowledge to industrial forest management by providing community training and involvement.
Develops ethical policies and procedures for First Nations' to present their history and culture in conjunction with cultural institutions.
3rd edition.
Looks at four periods: 1900 to 1945, 1945 to 1969, 1969 to 1989, and 1989 to 2006. Sources include records of Aboriginal Nurses Association of Canada, National Archives of Canada, secondary literature, and personal recollections.
Comments on a group of Indigenous teenagers who use square dancing to help heal from the trauma of a suicide epidemic and bullying in their remote community.
Duration: 16:31.
Transmotion, vol. 3, no. 2, December 6, 2017, pp. 168-175
Description
Literary Criticism article examines Love Beyond Body Space and Time: An Indigenous LGBT Sci-fi Anthology edited by Hope Nicholson and Asegi Stories: Cherokee Queer and Two-Spirit Memory by Qwo-Li Driskill and how the speculative nature of the texts helps to reclaim IndigiQueer and LGBTQ identities.
Aboriginal History, vol. 41, December 2017, pp. 121-149
Description
Article draws on the journals of Guardian of Aborigines William Thomas in New South Wales to describe and examine corroborees (Indigenous spiritual ceremonies) taking place in the early 1850s. Author considers the role of syncretism in Indigenous peoples’ process of understanding European systems of belief.
United Chiefs and Councils of Manitoulin (U.C.C.M.) Tribal Council's regional police service is comprised of six First Nation communities on Manitoulin Island, Ontario.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 18, no. 3, Summer, 1994, pp. 349-368
Description
Article defines “plenary power” and examines its roots and use by the United States Government against Indigenous peoples in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Pacific Health Dialog, vol. 8, no. 2, Health of the Hawaiians, 2001, pp. 401-406
Description
Discusses the development and implementation of a Traditional Hawaiian Diet (THD) program as a culturally appropriate community intervention for improving the health status of Native Hawaiians.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 24, no. 2, March/April 2000, pp. 12-15
Description
Describes an early detection renal disease program in a remote community of South Australia. Aboriginal Australians are six times more likely to suffer from advanced kidney disease than non-Aboriginal Australians.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 13, no. 4, Series 2, Winter, 2001, pp. [1]-23
Description
Discusses what is needed in terms of eradicating racism, literature's role in this transformation, and how Edrich's novel deals with the concept of "whiteness".
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 37, no. 2, 2017, pp. 61-86
Description
Authors examines the (neo)colonial narratives present the English print media coverage of the Glenbow Museum’s 1988 exhibit The Spirit Sings. The exhibit, a headliner of the 1988 Winter Olympic Arts Festival in Calgary, is often considered to be the “catalyst for Canada's Task Force on Museums and First Peoples (1992).”