Michael Fredericks discusses her company's philosophy and first project using a participate design concept at the Alaska Native Science and Engineering Facility at the University of Alaska Anchorage.
Duration: 47:37.
Public Health Reports, vol. 125, Supplement 4, 2010, p. 43–50
Description
Study identified sociocultural factors that contribute to rapid advancement of the disease; discusses the need for traditional healing practices to be included in treatment regimens.
Ethnicity & Health, vol. 1, no. 3, September 1996, pp. 261-267
Description
Concludes that Native American adolescents have higher risk prevalence across indices of anitsocial behavior and substance abuse, with females presenting the highest.
Native Social Work Journal, vol. 7, Promising Practices in Mental Health: Emerging Paradigms for Aboriginal Social Work Practices, November 2010, pp. 109-137
Description
Looks at how the concepts of ‘Kijigabandan’ and ‘Manadjitowin’ can assist Aboriginal social work to address two key barriers that often impede Aboriginal-specific harm reduction discussions, widespread support for abstinence and prohibition, and the belief that harm reduction and Aboriginal culture are incompatible.
Native Social Work Journal, vol. 7, Promising Practices in Mental Health: Emerging Paradigms for Aboriginal Social Work Practices, November 2010, pp. 87-107
Description
Discusses the role of an Elder in counseling sessions with Aboriginal clinicians trained in Western healing intervention, providing insight into their problems both from an Aboriginal perspective as well as from a western clinical perspective.
Brief discussion of the impact of colonialism, factors which place individuals at risk for homelessness, common life experiences of the majority of the population, government responses, and list of practices needed in the continuum of care.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 20, no. 2, 1996, pp. 127-154
Description
Examines key potests and conflict leading up to the occupation of Wounded Knee of 1973, the evolution of the American Indian Movement (AIM), and more recent disputes concerning assets from gambling.
Traces Pete Standing Alone's last round up of his horses and how his life has changed in the last twenty years. Accompanying material: An Integrated Educator's Guide.
Duration:18:02.
Canadian Political Science Association Annual Conference; 82nd, 2010
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Peter H. Russell
Description
Argues that while RCAP may be seen as a failure in terms of its recommendations being implemented, as an attempt to establish consensual understanding of the relationship between Aboriginal people and other Canadians, it was a success.
Revised edition of article published by IWGIA in Challenging Politics: Indigenous People's Experiences with Political Parties and Elections edited by Kathrin Wessendorf.
Also published as no. 2, 2007 of the journal Gáldu Čála.
Native American writers such as Leslie Marmon Silko, Gerald Vizenor, and Louise Erdrich, explore the role of traditional gambling practices in the modern world and the rise of high stakes reservation gambling.
Acta Borealia, vol. 27, no. 1, June 2010, pp. 66-90
Description
Compares political involvement of Sami to the general Norwegian population and finds a high degree of participation with little marginalization or political segregation.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 13, no. 12, December 2010, p. 1,14
Description
Comments on the investiture of a Métis sash during at ceremony at the Saskatchewan Legislature to celebrate 2010 as Year of the Métis.
Article found on page 1 and continued by scrolling to page 14.