Infectious Diseases

Joe Duquette, born 1904, on Mistawasis Reserve, never attended school, completely self-educated. Now Senator of F.S.I. and involved in teaching and counselling young people. He tells the story of his arranged marriage.

Mr. Gardiner gives a general account of his life.

Consists of an interview with Josephine Beaucage where she gives an account of trapping in the woods as well as an account of the preparation of hides.

Two women tell their stories of growing up on Whitefish Lake Reserve. Transcriber : Joanne Greenwood ; interpreter : Mary Lou Fox.

An interview with Kate Assinewe who gives an account of her life. Interpreter: Ernest Debassigae ; transcriber: Joanne Greenwood.

Integrated Studies Project towards (M.A.)--Athabasca University, 2015.

"This study characterized invasive H. influenza (Hi) isolates from Nunavut, Canada, in the post-Hib vaccine era."

Film relates story of influenza epidemic on the town of Okak, Labrador in 1919. Duration: 23:52.

Brief notice on the outcome of a one day seminar held in Sydney, Australia to combat middle ear infections in the Aboriginal population.

Describes how the people of the Sharphead Reserve scattered and went to live in other reserves after illness struck them.

Seeks to develop, more comprehensively, a chronology that describes and analyzes the effects of European-introduced diseases on the U.S. Northwest coast.

Chronicles the history of leprosy from its introduction into the Northern Territory in the late 1800s to new drug therapies and how it changes Aboriginal attitudes.

Examines the challenges of delivering health services to isolated communities in Northern Territory, Australia.

Brief, informational article contains a test quiz for health workers on knowledge of the condition.

Contains diagnosis advice and a quiz to assist health workers regarding leprosy.

Discusses various options available to Aboriginal health workers to treat leprosy.

Objective of this study was to describe the epidemiology of invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) in relation to pneumococcal vaccine use. The 2002 immunization campaign may have contributed to controlling serotype 1 outbreaks in Nunavik, but effected were short-lived as IPDs caused by serotypes included in this vaccine continued to occur after 2005.

Looks at preventative measures and management of bronchiolitis and pneumonia, two most common acute lower respiratory infections in Indigenous children.

Study found high frequency and severity of infections and recommended serious public health attention.

Describes the process involved with the making of the video in Yarrabah, Queensland, Australia.

Consists of an interview with Margaret Siwallace where she mentions a flood legend of her people. She briefly describes the initital encounter of her people with Alexander MacKenzie.

Interview includes a story of an evil spirit which caused an epidemic that killed many people. She also tells of the sale of their reserve and the subsequent moves to Sweet Grass Reserve and then to Moosomin Reserve.

Mrs. Carter tells a story of her life. She talks of the traditional way of living; residential schools and tells how she was given her name. During the interview she also relates a tale from her grandfather about the Cree raiding Blackfoot camps.

Consists of an interview where he gives accounts of storytelling amongst the Oneida; accounts of the educational system and its abuses.

Describes a measles outbreak in the 1950s in what is now Nunavut.

Provides information for health care workers in Australia who may not be familiar with measles due to high vaccination rates.

Study conducted by assessing records of purchases of staple food from the Hudson's Bay Company and physical examination of 400 individuals for diseases, concluded that malnutrition and vitamin deficiencies existed. Authors concluded characteristics of the "Indian race" such as"shiftlessness, indolence, improvidence and inertia" might be attributable to lack of suitable food.

Book review of: Medicine that Walks by Maureen K. Lux.

Fact sheet summarizes data from the Aboriginal Peoples Survey (APS) on Métis women and disease prevalence, treatment, screening behaviours, and preventive measures.

Argues that Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media (CSOM) or middle ear effusion is a serious problem for children and can be very difficult to treat.

Announces the release of new scientific information on treatments.

Looks at texts that describe seventeenth-century colonial epidemics in New England.

Findings emphasize need for continual monitoring of invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) to determine the effects of vaccination.

Ada Ladu was born on the Mistawasis Reserve, worked for wages in the 1930s, married and mother of five. Beatrice Nightraveller, daughter of Josie Cuthand, was born on the Little Pine Reserve, Saskatchewan, worked for wages in the 1930s, also married with five children.They share: a story of a white baby girl abducted and raised by Indians in the Prince Albert, Saskatchewan district; accounts of the Riel Rebellion (1885), especially the aftermath in the North Battleford district; philosophies of child-rearing; loss of portions of Little Pine Reserve and the death of Little Pine.

Mrs. Ranger was born in Batoche around 1892. She gives an account of the Riel Rebellion of 1885 as told by her mother, shares childhood memories of Gabriel Dumont, the effects on the Metis community by the Depression and the two world wars and gives her impressions of how the Metis are treated by various outside groups.

Mrs. Buffalo of the Peigan Reserve, who is 93 years of age, answers questions about what her ancestors told her of buffalo, fur trade, treaty, smallpox and attitudes to the land.

An interview that includes stories of hunting, trading and food gathering. Also included are stories about the Frog Lake massacre and Wihtiko (cannibal monster)

Consists of an interview with Mary Jacobson, the daughter of a Hudson's Bay manager. She talks about job discrimination against Indian and Metis, how welfare payments have destroyed the old way of life and tells a story of the Riel Rebellion of 1885 that her mother told her.

Looks at the adequacy of in-home water quantities in a remote fly-in community.

Activist form the Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network discusses the historical roots of the current epidemic and the Positive Aboriginal Women (PAW) research project. Question and answer period follows. Duration: 2:01:06.

Findings showed some pathogens were considered to be under-recognized after further laboratory analysis.

Short fact sheet and description of the immunization program.

Introduction and archival black and white on the development of health care facilities on the Blackfoot and Blood reserves.

Overview of Aboriginal history from the 1850s to 2000. Could be used as an educational resource for high school students.