Evidence-based Practice Knowledge, Use, and Factors that Influence Decisions: Results from an Evidence-based Practice Survey of Providers in American Indian / Alaska Native Communities
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Angela Sheehan
Christine Walrath-Greene
Sylvia Fisher
Shannon Crossbear
Joseph Walker
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 14, no. 2, 2007, pp. 29-48
Description
Found that providers affiliated with American Aboriginal communities were similar to their non-Aboriginal counterparts in terms of familiarity, knowledge and use of evidence-based practices.
Kekina’muek: Learning about the Mi’kmaq of Nova Scotia
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
[Confederacy of Mainland Mi'kmaq]
Description
An overview of the traditional forms and philosophies of education in Native communities in Nova Scotia, and the changes that have occurred since pre-contact and colonization to the present. Chapter Four of Kekina’muek: Learning about the Mi’kmaq of Nova Scotia
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 19, no. 2, 1999, pp. 289-319
Description
Examines four Native Studies programs, in four provinces, and how each University has increased its responsiveness to First Nation needs since the 1960s.
Alberta Journal of Educational Research, vol. 55, no. 3, Expanding Knowledge Systems in Teacher Education, Fall, 2009, pp. 298-318
Description
Looks at local ideas about traditional herbal medicine, uses and applications and how they apply to cultural, social, political, spiritual and physical areas of society.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 10, no. 2, February 2007, p. 10
Description
Comments on Heart and Stroke month, symptoms of ovarian and prostrate cancer, and packing an emergency kit in the trunk of your car.
Article located by scrolling to page 10.
University of Saskatchewan Undergraduate Research Journal, vol. 3, no. 2, April 2017, pp. 1-10
Description
Looks at flow of foodstuffs between Hudson's Bay Company men and the James Bay Cree who lived near the Fort. Argues that traders were consistently reliant upon provisions supplied by Indigenous trappers, hunters, and fishers.
Looks at the transformation of a school in Aklavik, Northwest Territories serving Métis, Inuvialuit and Gwichin residents.
Scroll down to page 1 to read article.
Early Education and Development, vol. 18, no. 3, Special Issue: The Early Development Instrument, 2007, pp. 473-495
Description
Presents research using the 2001 Canadian Census to measure neighborhood environment and the Early Development Instrument (EDI) to measure school readiness in British Columbia.
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 48, no. 2, 2009, pp. 33-54
Description
Uses the Miller Brickman Model to look at how future academic, career, and family goals of American Indian students are affected by sociocultural support.
Looks at several authors: Sherman Alexie, Janet Campbell Hale, Simon Ortiz, James Welch, and Gerald Vizenor.
Accompanying material.
Presentation compiled for conference Revisiting Indian Nations: Transatlantic and Transcultural Perspectives in Native American History, Tutzing, February 6-8, 2009.
Great Plains Quarterly, vol. 37, no. 2, Spring, 2017, pp. 131-144
Description
Review essay of:
Red Bird, Red Power: The Life and Legacy of Zitkala-Sa by Tadeusz Lewandowski.
A Warrior of the People: The Indomitable Courage of Susan la Flesche - America's First Indian Doctor by Joe Starita.
Medicine Woman directed by Christine Lesiak and Princella RedCorn.
American Indian Women by Patrick Deval and translated by Jan-Marie Todd.
Canadian Journal of Education , vol. 32, no. 4, 2009, p. [817]‐849
Description
Surveyed 30 graduates of the Indian Teacher Education Program at the University of Saskatchewan for their views on the adequacy of preparation for teaching and improvements that could be made to the program.