Journal of Aboriginal Health, vol. 1, no. 1, Governance of Aboriginal Health, January 2004, pp. 68-78
Description
Examines initiatives developed and managed jointly by the Manitoba First Nations Centre for Aboriginal Health Research and the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs Health Information and Research Committee.
Primrose Lake Air Weapons Range Report II: Joseph Bighead First Nation Inquiry, Buffalo River First Nation Inquiry, Waterhen Lake First Nation Inquiry, Flying Dust First Nation Inquiry (French Version)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description
Final Report examines historical background and submission to Indian Claims Commission (ICC) regarding loss of traditional land use when Canada created the bombing range; breach of Treaty by the Crown and failure to provide economic compensation. ICC recommended the claim be negotiated under the Specific Claims Policy except for the Joseph Bighead First Nation whose claim had been properly rejected by the Minister. (French language version) Commissioners include: Daniel J. Bellegarde and P.E.
Chronic Diseases in Canada, vol. 16, no. 4, Autumn, 1995, pp. [175-177]
Description
Summarizes several large studies examining use of exercise in preventing non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) and describes a project for pregnant Aboriginal women in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
Positive Self-Reported Health might be an Important Determinant of Students’s Experiences of High School in Northern Sweden
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Hanna Forsberg
Heidi Carlerby
Annika Norstrand
Anitha Risberg
Catrine Kostenius
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 78, no. 1, 2019
Description
Study used data from the health dialogue questionnaire which surveyed 5035 students between 2013 and 2016; results were analyzed to determine associations between positive self-reported health and student experience. It was found that positive health is associated with positive experiences of school.
Canadian Journal of Public Health , vol. 110, no. 4, August 2019, pp. 440-452
Description
Uses data from the 2006 Canadian Maternity Experiences Survey (MES) to examine the risk factors for postpartum depression (PPD) among different demographic groups in Canada. Findings indicate differing factors for different groups; authors suggest tailored approaches to preventing PPD could better protect the mental health of mothers in Canada.
Repatriation and Protection of First Nations Culture in Canada
Part III: Repatriation and Protection of First Nations Culture in Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Gloria Cranmer Webster
University of British Columbia Law Review, Special Issue: Material Culture in Flux: Law and Policy of Repatriation of Cultural Property, 1995, pp. [137]-141
Description
Description of negotiations involved in repatriating ceremonial objects seized under the anti-potlatch law and sold to the Royal Ontario Museum, the Museum of Man and the Museum of the American Indian.
Report draws seven conclusions from the data collected and presents recommendations that seek to continue the work that was started by the PoP project.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 26, no. 1, 2006, pp. 25-52
Description
Looks at at strategies used to create a cultural identity and empowerment in Aboriginal newspapers and media. Examples from the First Nations Messenger and the Anishinabek News.
Tracks progress in policies, programs and regulations that impact energy systems at the federal, provincial, territorial, regulatory and utility levels. Each section includes information on jurisdiction's total number of communities, and population and diesel consumption as a percentage of national total. Based on the most recent data available in the Remote Communities Energy database.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 18, no. 4, Winter, 2006, pp. 63-87
Description
Focuses on the life and activist work of Harris who devoted her life to her people, playing a critical role in shaping American Native policy working with the nonprofit advocacy organization she founded, Americans for Indian Opportunity (AIO).
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 63.
Indigenous Policy Journal of the Indigenous Studies Network, vol. 17, no. 2, Summer, 2006, p. [?]
Description
Examines the similarities between traditional tribal thought as expressed in the writer's work and religious, philosophical and scientific developments in the ecology movement today.
Access through table of contents.