Community

A Guide to Suicide Prevention For American Indian and Alaska Native Communities

Alternate Title
to Suicide Prevention - For American Indian and Alaska Native Communities
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
R. Dale Walker
Laura Loudon
Patricia Silk Walker
Linda Frizzell
Description
Response plan for tribal and community leaders, schools, religious institutions, health agencies and law enforcement to address suicides among American Indian, Alaska Native and First Nations communities across North America. Draft version.
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Guiding Principles for Aboriginal Economic Development

Alternate Title
The Purdy Crawford Chair in Aboriginal Business Studies
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Janice Esther Tulk
Description
Presents an overview of the major contributions to best practices and key factors literature in relation to Aboriginal economic development.
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H.B.C. Store

Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Institute for Northern Studies
Description
Photograph of the Hudson's Bay Company store in Rankin Inlet, [NU].
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Haida Art: Southern Villages [Part 1 and Part 2]

Alternate Title
Preserving the Past, Inspiring the Future Lecture Series
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
George MacDonald
Description
Discusses the architecture of houses and design style of totem Poles in the villages of Skidegate, Xaina, Skedans, Tanu, Skungwai and Chaatl Haida. Part 1 duration: 25:08. Part 2 duration: 32:08.
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The Haidas

Articles » General
Author/Creator
[George M. Dawson]
Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol. 65, no. 387, [August] [1882], pp. [401]-408
Description
Looks at the Haidas living on the Queen Charlotte Islands.
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Happiness as a Quality of Life Indicator

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Alberto Chirif
Indigenous Affairs, no. 1-2, Development and Customary Law, 2010, pp. 64-69
Description
Discusses measuring the concept of happiness by considering the indicators that national and international organizations use to measure poverty or development. To access this article, scroll down to page 64.
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Hauling Drinking Water

Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Institute for Northern Studies fonds
Description
Young boys hauling drinking water with a wheelbarrow. Île-à-la-Crosse, Saskatchewan.
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Havasupai Ethnography

Alternate Title
Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History ; v. 29 pt. 3
E-Books
Author/Creator
Leslie Spier
Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History
Description
Forms part of Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History, v. 29 (p.81-392).
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He waipuna koropupū: Taranaki Māori Wellbeing and Suicide Prevention

Alternate Title
He waipuna koropupū: Taranaki Maori Wellbeing and Suicide Prevention
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ngaropi Cameron
Leonie Pihama
Jocelyn Millard
Awhina Cameron
Bry Kopu
Journal of Indigenous Wellbeing - Te Mauri: Pimatisiwin, vol. 2, no. 2, September 2017, pp. 105-115
Description
Research project aimed to explore and share a knowledge base that could inform practice in relation to Taranaki Māori suicide.
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The Healing Lodge from Nekaneet’s Perspective

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Edie Dean and Eloise Mosquito
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 22, no. 3, March 1993, p. 5
Description
Reactions to the new Healing Lodge near the Nikaneet First Nation near Maple Creek, Saskatchewan.
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The Health and Well-being of Aboriginal People in British Columbia

Alternate Title
Report on the Health of British Columbians: Provincial Health Officer’s Annual Report 2001
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Office of the Provincial Health Officer [British Columbia]
Description
Looks at health status, community environments, healthy growth and development, physical environment, health services, and disease and injury prevention. Identifies areas where significant health benefits can be made. Related material: Pathways to Health and Healing (Second Report).
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Health Care For Fifteen Outstations

Articles » General
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 13, no. 2, June 1989, pp. 12-13
Description
Lists the outstations and why Aboriginal people live there.
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Health Inequities in First Nations Communities and Canada's Response to the H1N1 Influenza Pandemic

Alternate Title
Population and Public Health Ethics: Cases From Research, Policy, and Practice
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Donna Atkinson
Mona Shum
Chris Kaposy
Nicholas B. King
Description
Chapter in book: Population and Public Health Ethics: Cases From Research, Policy, and Practice by Canadian Institutes of Health Research - Institute of Population and Public Health. Scroll down to page 153 to read article.
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Health Information for Community Action

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Tarun Weeramanthri
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 16, no. 5, September/October 1992, pp. 10-12
Description
Discusses use of information on cause of disease to facilitate processes and outcome indicators for community strategy planning.
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Health Innovation & Equity: Recommendations From Native American Youth

Alternate Title
Focus Group Report: A One-Year Project between the Center for Native American Youth and the Aetna Foundation
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Center for Native American Youth
Description
Results from feedback about changing health outcomes and priorities and ideas about using innovation and technology to promote fixes for health disparities.
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Health Promotion on Bathurst Island

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Eunice Orsto
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 20, no. 2, March/April 1996, p. 16
Description
Health workers uses the Tiwi language when promoting health in the community.
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Healthy Aboriginal Catering

Articles » General
Aboriginal and Islander health Worker Journal, vol. 15, no. 3, May/June 1991, p. 4
Description
Looks at catering business in La Perouse.
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Healthy Aboriginal Child Development and Health Promotion/Chronic Disease Prevention: Prospects for Integration and Intersectoral Coordination

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ken Moselle
Jessica Ball
Description
Focuses on how Healthy Child Development programs can be integrated with health promotion in entire communities. Companion document: Contributions of Culture and Language in Aboriginal Head Start in Urban and Northern Communities to Children’s Health Outcomes: A Review of Theory and Research.
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Healthy Indian Country Initiative Promising Prevention Practices Resources Guide: Promoting Innovative Tribal Prevention Programs

Alternate Title
Healthy Indian Country Initiative Promising Prevention Practices Resources Guide: Promoting Innovative Tribal Prevention Programs
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
National Indian Health Board
Description
Overview of the national Indian Health Board initiative to develop, implement and evaluate the health system.
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Highway to the Valley

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Michelle La Flamme
Canadian Theatre Review, vol. 151, Summer, 2012, pp. 55-59
Description
Discusses actors' perspectives on the play The Rez Sisters. The performance at the University of the Fraser Valley reunited the cast from a production staged in 2000.
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Hindu Festivals in a North Indian Village

Alternate Title
Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History ; no. 81
E-Books
Author/Creator
Stanley A. Freed
Ruth S. Freed
Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History
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Historic Archaeology and Ethnohistory at Healy Lake, Alaska

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
John P. Cook
Arctic, vol. 42, no. 2, Current Perspectives on Western Boreal Forest Life: Ethnographic and Ethnohistoric Research in Late , June 1989, pp. 109-118
Description
Looks at the prehistory of the upper Tanana Valley by looking at Healy Lake Village using source records, photographs, oral history from descendants of the trader who owned a post near the village, and ethnographic information from fieldwork.
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Historical, Cultural and Social Determinants of Health for Native Women: HIV/AIDS and Native American Women

Alternate Title
Presentation at the 4th Annual HIV/AIDS Conference for Health Professionals: Women of Color Living Positive, Tukwila, Washington, April 20, 2012
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Karina L. Walters
Description
Overview of the social, economic and environmental factors that contribute to HIV-related health disparities for Native women and girls.
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Historical Trauma as Public Narrative: A Conceptual Review of How History Impacts Present-day Health

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nathaniel Vincent Mohatt
Azure B. Thompson
Nghi D. Thai
Jacob Kraemer Tebes
Social Science & Medicine, vol. 106, April 2014, p. 128–136
Description
Discusses the theory of historical trauma and the connection to contemporary health disparities. Also examines a narrative model to address problems of existing historical theories.
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