Northern Review, no. 50, Law in the Canadian North, April 07, 2020, pp. 109-135
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Article describes the Arctic Counsel as a “high-level international intergovernmental forum founded by the Ottawa Declaration of 1996” and examines its role in supporting and contributing to international laws that pertain to the arctic.
Maclean's, vol. 116, no. 3, January 20, 2003, p. 46
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Trapper who threatened an Inuit community was shot, which resulted in the first criminal trial in the eastern Arctic and ultimately, a tuberculosis epidemic.
Argues that the values, approaches and conclusions grounded in traditional knowledge, should be incorporated into the negotiation and implementation of international agreements and decision-making processes.
International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health, vol. 206, no. 4-5, 2003, pp. 351-362
Description
States that scientific findings from research have influenced government policy, including those issues that involve Arctic Indigenous health and the disparities that exist in this region.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 23, no. 1, 2003, pp. 113-133
Description
Argues that gender specific strategies must be used, looks at the frequency of local health care visits and finds three major problems in the health care system including lack of confidentiality.
Center will focus on research, community outreach and information dissemination and training and program will involve collaboration between community representatives and health professionals.
[Microbehavior and Macroresults:Proceedings of the Tenth Biennial Conference of the International Institute ofFisheries Economics and Trace
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
David C. Natcher
Description
Discusses a self-improving management system which is facilitating an assessment of forest management as it relates directly to Little Red River/Tall Cree culture and their continued land use needs.
Health Care For Women International, vol. 24, no. 4, April 2003, pp. 340-354
Description
Presents unstructured interviews of the lives, backgrounds, and traditional healing practices of six Ojibwa and Cree women healers from Canada and the United States.
Reveals an action plan in response to the serious threat that HIV/AIDS poses for First Nations people and their communities.
Reproduction is a copy of an official work that is published by the Government of Canada and it is reproduced in affiliation with, or with the endorsement of the Government of Canada.
Reports on military and political developments in the Philippines regarding Indigenous and separatist groups.
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Research Report (Saskatchewan School Boards Association) ; no. 09-07
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Joan Bellegarde
Description
Looks at historical reasons behind the tax exempt status provided through the Indian Act, and the applications and impacts on recruitment of First Nations teachers and other staff.
Includes: interview list, explanation and results of provider and entrepreneurs surveys, focus group responses, list of programs and information tools,, evaluation of Aboriginal Business Services Network, regional analysis and information on Aboriginal learning styles.
Discusses a study conducted by the Community Economic Development Centre at Simon Fraser University to determine the business information needs of Aboriginal entrepreneurs and service providers in British Columbia.
BC Institute for Co-operative Studies Occasional Papers, 2001
Description
Case study illustrates how combining ethnobotanical knowledge and the co-operative model can provide a viable method of sustainable community economic development.
Looks at a holistic model of assessment to evaluate language revitalization program developed by the Cherokee Nation in Oklahoma.
Chapter from Nurturing Native Languages edited by Joh Reyhner, Octaviana V. Trujillo, Roberto Luis Carrasco and Louise Lockard.
Assessing the Research on Early Childhood Home Visiting Models Implemented with Tribal Populations; Part 2: Lessons Learned about Implementation and Evaluation