Chronic Diseases in Canada, vol. 31, no. 1, December 2010, pp. 22-26
Description
Discusses the need for program planning and identification of new priorities to aid in arthritis care in Aboriginal populations, due to high prevalence.
Multi-media artist speaks about the various series he has created. Presented as part of the It's Complicated: Art about Home exhibition. Followed by question and answer period.
Duration: 1:09:58.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 12, no. 1, Series 2; Children’s Literature, Spring, 2000, pp. [83]-85
Description
Book review of: My Heart is on the Ground: The Diary of Nannie Little Rose by Ann Rinaldi.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
Looks at impact on students and teachers of the Learning Through the Arts (LTTA) program regarding positive gains by students in cultural pride, capacity to focus, engagement and success in learning.
American Indian & Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 17, no. 1, 2010, pp. 25-48
Description
Outlines the results of a study, using the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey, which suggests physical activity greatly improves overall health.
Navajo Nation Human Rights Commission assessment of border town relations and summary of public hearing testimonies held in Arizona, Utah, Colorado and New Mexico. Concludes with recommendations .
Atlantic Aboriginal Economic Development Integrated Research Program, AAEDIRP
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Lori Ann Roness
Description
Five components: literature review, surveys of Aboriginal service providers and employees/non-employees and non-Aboriginal employers, data review of strategies/programs, best practices, and evaluation and recommendations.
FORUM on Corrections Research , vol. 12, no. 1, Aboriginal People in Corrections, January 2000, pp. 57-60
Description
Discussion of the Community Intervention Scale (CIS) and Community Risk/Needs Management Scale (CRNMS) which were primarily designed for use with male and Caucasian prison population.
Tribal Colleges and Universities: Advancing Native Knowledge
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Anne Marie Karlberg
Description
Guide to measuring learning outcomes and demonstrating accountability using three types of information: direct and indirect indicators, and institutional.
Discusses how the radiation exposure experienced by Native American Communities near the Nevada Test Site during the 1950s and 1960s were not properly represented in dose reconstructions due to diet variables.
Compares characteristics and performance of clients and non-clients of Aboriginal Business Canada. Key elements of comparison are survival rate after one, five and ten years of operation, profitability and employment creation record, outlook for sales growth and employment creation, and level of management skills, innovation and export-orientation.
Reviews Where are the Children? mounted at National Archives of Canada and Kootenay: An Exploration of Historic Prejudice and Intolerance at Fort Steele Heritage Town.
Discusses the early years of Russian occupation and education on Kodiak Island, and the suppression of language and culture by the American education system.
Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, vol. 108, no. 3, 2000, pp. 279-303
Description
Looks at the history of the Hampton institute and examines opinions towards interracial marriages and the practice of using boarding schools to assimilate Native Americans.
Originally published as the Forty-Sixth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology. This edition published with a new introduction by David Reed Miller.
American Review of Canadian Studies, vol. 32, no. 3, Autumn, September 1, 2002, pp. 496-8
Description
Book review of: The Assiniboine by Edwin Thompson Denig (1812-1858), edited by J. N. B. Hewitt, with a new introduction and index by David R. Miller. Originally published as Forty-sixth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution 1928-1929.
Presents seventy-five recommendations based on education, outreach, social determinants, harm reduction, accessible treatment services and support for research.