Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 26, no. 6, November-December 2002, pp. 25-26
Description
Describes the various research projects underway at the Indigenous-led program with Indigenous students in Masters and PhD programs at the Brisbane, Australia institution.
Reports results from a survey of 135 housing providers to check status of Indigenous employment, obtain information on training experiences, and gauge how organizations were coping as housing agreements expired.
Includes 11 case studies: Lloydminster Métis Housing Group; Tawaak Housing Association; Native People of Sudbury Development Corporation; Native Inter-Tribal Housing Co-operative; Kinew Housing Incorporated; Namerind Housing Corporation; Centre d’Amité Autochtone de Val d’Or; Metis Urban Housing Corporation; Cariboo Friendship Society; Grey Mountain Housing Society; and Skigen-Elnoog H
Looks at the high rates of incarceration of Indigenous Australians and the economic and social costs of imprisonment, advocates for a holistic approach to reduce over-representation in the criminal justice system, and discusses possible initiatives and their cost.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 23, no. 2, 2003, pp. 207-226
Description
Critique of social science research that has an "other" as an object of research or Indigenous insider and the dilemma this causes for academic researchers.
SAIL Special Section: Indigenous Intersections in Literature: American Indians and Chicanos/Chicanas
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Inés Hernández-Avila
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 15, no. 3-4, Series 2; [Indigenous Intersections], Fall-Winter, 2003-2004, pp. 1-6
Description
Introduction to special themed issue on American Indian and Chicana/o literature.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate article.
The Forestry Chronicle, vol. 78, no. 6, Nov/Dec 2002, pp. 833-836
Description
Discusses potential opportunities for aiding in the re-establishment of sustainable Aboriginal relationships with forests through the inclusion of Indigenous Knowledge in sustainable forest management.
Prairie Forum, vol. 29, no. 1, Spring, 2004, pp. 1-24
Description
Explains how the authors used Métis genealogy to search for ancestors and trace them back to a French fur trader who lived in the mid-eighteenth century.
Social and Economic Dimensions of Global Environmental Change
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Douglas Nakashima
Marie Roué
Description
Chapter in book: Social and Economic Dimensions of Global Environmental Change, Volume 5 edited by Peter Timmerman.
Part of Encyclopedia of Global Environmental Change edited by Ted Munn.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 28, no. 3/4, Summer/Autumn, 2004, pp. 634-648
Description
Discussion of aboriginal efforts to improve their socioeconomic status through entrepreneurship and business development fuelled by land claims settlements.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 37, no. 1, 2017, pp. 175-199
Description
Looks at barriers preventing Indigenous people from entering the field and offers solutions. Author shares responses to questionnaires issued to Indigenous librarians across Canada.
For each title there is an annotation as well as information on related titles, terms and key concepts, sensitivities, themes and topics at a glance, recommended grade level, and project, ideas and activities. Although developed to be used with Alberta curriculum, most information is applicable elsewhere.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 28, no. 3/4, The Recovery of Indigenous Knowledge, Summer/Autumn, June 1, 2004, pp. 411-434
Description
Explains the relationship between nutrition and geographic distribution of diseases, increase in obesity rates and diet-related diseases and impact of physical activity on obesity prevention.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 28, no. 3/4, The Recovery of Indigenous Knowledge, Summer/Autumn, 2004, pp. 604-617
Description
Explores the difficulties in incorporating oral traditions into classrooms where learning is primarily textual and presents a model which brings first hand learning to course work.
Presented to the Indian Taxation Advisory Board and the Research and Analysis Directorate, Policy and Strategic Direction Branch of the Department of Indian Affairs.
Mining, Minerals and Sustainable Development ; no. 57
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Theodore E. Downing
Jerry Moles
Ian McIntosh
Carmen Garcia-Downing
Description
"This report addresses the most critical sustainability in an encounter between indigenous peoples and the industry, as well as governments, financiers and non-governmental organizations".
Topics include guiding principles, communicating about research, roles and responsibilities and preparing a health research agreement.
Draft for comments.
Indigenous Affairs, no. 1, Indigenous Poverty: An Issue of Rights and Needs, 2003, pp. 40-46
Description
Analyzes the Danish government's aid policy which emphasizes indigenous people's right to self-determination.
To access this article scroll down to page 40.
Discussion based on cases decided under the Optional Protocol to the Convent, on the Human Rights Committee's general comments and consideration of periodic report by States parties. Focuses on Article 1: the right of all peoples to self determination; and Article 27: the protection afforded under the notions of 'culture' and 'minority'.