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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples 127: Discussion Paper H by Sandy Baumgartner

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File contains a discussion paper by Sandy Baumgartner. Baumgartner, Manager of Communications for the Canadian Wildlife Federation, discusses that organizations composition, goals, and ideas regarding Aboriginal resource rights and co-management practices. Following the presentation Commissioners Dussault and Robinson discuss some of the issues raised with Baumgartner.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Dr. Harriet Kuhnlein

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File contains a portion of the transcript the National Round Table on Aboriginal Health and Social Issues for the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples. This part of the volume contains the Luncheon Address given by Dr. Harriet Kuhnlein on Day 1.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Bryan Pearson

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File contains a presentation by Bryan Pearson. Pearson discusses problems faced by Inuit communities in the fields of health and education. Pearson also discusses the cultural gap between Inuit and Euro-Canadians and the problems that can cause in implementing social policy. Following this presentation the Commission's sitting for the day is officially ended with a closing prayer.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Claire Campbell

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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples - Transcriptions of Public Hearings and Round Table Discussions
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Claire Campbell
File contains a presentation by Claire Campbell, Community Health Nurse, Lawrence Commanda Community Health Clinic, Nipissing First Nation. Campbell discusses health concerns on the Nipissing, Dokis, and Tomagami First Nations. Following the presentation Commissioners Sillett and Wilson discuss some of the issues raised with Campbell.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Dr. Durocher and Dr. Skinner, Representatives, Yukon Medical Association

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File contains a presentation by Dr. Chris Durocher and Dr. David Skinner, representatives, Yukon Medical Association, that focuses on numerous issues relating to health care in the North, including under-representation of First Nations people at the administrative and health workers levels, the relationship between poverty and ill health, and little to non-existent treatment for First Nations persons with mental health problems.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Ron Blinn, Band Manager, Liard River Indian Reserve #3

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File contains a presentation by Ron Blinn that focuses on social issues on First Nations such as inadequate housing and water quality, the high cost of food, fire protection, health care, and youth crime and suicide. He invites the Commissioners to tour the Liard River First Nation to experience the way its residents live. Following the presentation is a discussion with the Commissioners.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation for the Buffalo Lake Metis Settlement by Mike Sigurdur

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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples - Transcriptions of Public Hearings and Round Table Discussions
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Mike Sigurdur
This file contains a transcript of a portion of a sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at Elizabeth Metis Settlement, Alberta. This portion includes a presentation for the Buffalo Lake Metis Settlement by Mike Sigurdur concerning the health system, services and programs of the Metis community.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation of Discussion Paper E, Kim Scott

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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples - Transcriptions of Public Hearings and Round Table Discussions
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Kim Scott
File contains a portion of the transcript of the National Round Table on Aboriginal Health and Social Issues of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at Vancouver, British Columbia. This file a presentation of the Discussion Paper E made by Kim Scott on programs, policies and funding arrangements can be changed to respond better to the holistic health challenges followed by questions on Day 2.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation of Lheit-Lit'en Nation by Erling Christensen

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This file contains a transcript of a part of a portion of a sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at Prince George, British Columbia. This part includes a presentation of the Lheit-Lit'en Nation by Erling Christensen concerning self-sufficiency and Aboriginal self-government. Questions from the assembled Commissioners follow.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation of the Healthiest Babies Possible Pregnancy Outreach Program by Marlene Thio-Watts

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This file contains a transcript of a part of a portion of a sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at Prince George, British Columbia. This part includes a presentation of the Healthiest Babies Possible Pregnancy Outreach Program by Marlene Thio-Watts concerning access to health care in the Aboriginal community. Questions from the assembled Commissioners follow.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Round Table Panel Discussion

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National Round Table on Aboriginal Health and Social Issues
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples - Transcriptions of Public Hearings and Round Table Discussions
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File contains the transcript of a portion of the National Round Table on Aboriginal Health and Social Issues for the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples. This part of the volume contains the discussions of a Panel of experts assembled on Day 1 touching on the possibility of a Holistic community health strategy.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Round Table - Panel of Elders

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File contains a portion of the transcript the National Round Table on Aboriginal Health and Social Issues for the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples. This part of the volume contains the discussions of a Panel of Elders assembled on Day 1 touching several Aboriginal Health and Social Issues.
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Rural Women Economic Empowerment, Indigenous Fermented Milk Production, and the Challenges of Modernity

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Chika Ezeanya-Esiobu
Nathan Taremwa
Vedaste Ndungutse
IK: Other Ways of Knowing, vol. 5, June 2019, pp. 119-142
Study examines the potential opportunities and barriers for women living rurally in Rwanda to use their Indigenous knowledge around the production of fermented milk-based beverages as a means of economic empowerment.
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A Salish Feast: Ancient Roots and Modern Applications

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Rudolph C. Ryser
Leslie Korn
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 31, no. 1, Passing the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Spring, 2007
Description of the variety of foods the Salish eat, some due to the Salish protecting and re-establishing plants, fish and animals in the wild.
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Scaling Up Diabetes Prevention in Victoria, Australia: Policy Development, Implementation, and Evaluation

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
James A. Dunbar
Abirami Jayawardena
Greg Johnson
Karen Roger
Amy Timoshanko ... [et al.]
Diabetes Care, vol. 37, no. 4, April 2014, pp. 934-942
Looks at a behaviour-change intervention program offered to Australians aged 50 or older and at risk groups including indigenous Australians of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent.
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A Scoping Review of Traditional Food Security in Alaska

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Amanda Walch
Andrea Bersamin
Philip Loring
Rhonda Johnson
Melissa Tholl
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 77, 2018, p. article no. 1419678
Analysis of 28 peer-reviewed primary research articles was conducted to identify qualitative and quantitative studies addressing food intake and /or one or more pillars of food security (availability, access and utilization).
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Searching for Haknip Achukma (Good Health): Challenges to Food Sovereignty Initiatives in Oklahoma

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Devon Mihesuah
American Indian Culture and Research Journal , vol. 41, no. 3, Indigenous Food Sovereignty, 2017, pp. 9-30
Looks at reasons for the population's poor health and difficulties encountered when a tribes try to control production, quality and distribution of food. Some of the issues include definition of "traditional food", access, environmental degradation, poaching and invasive species.
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Setting A Snare

Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Lois Dalby (photographer)
A set of 11 photographs of Calvin McKenzie setting a snare. Snaring animals, fish, and birds has been a way of securing food for thousands of years in northern Saskatchewan. Even today many people use snares to catch food when living in the bush.
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Setting the Table For Food Security: Policy Impacts in Nunavut

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Heather Myers
Gerard Duhaime
Stephanie Powell
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 24, no. 2, 2004, pp. 425-445
Reviews the availability, accessibility, acceptability, and adequacy of food security including law and policy, which impede food production and acquisition, and provides recommendations for achieving food security.
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Setting the Table: Traditional First Nations Foods Lesson Plans K-8: Foundational Knowledge

Alternate Title
Traditional First Nations Foods Lesson Plans
Food Is a Gift
Gifts of the Season
Gifts of the Season
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Rachel Dickens
Jaymyn La Vallee
Jared Qwustenuxun Williams
Lucy Hemphill
Fiona Devereaux

Lesson Plans: Food Is a Gift suitable for K-2; Gifts of the Season suitable for Grades 3-5; Gifts of the People suitable for Grades 6-8.

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Sex-specific Associations of Nutrition With Hypertension and Systolic Blood Pressure in Alaska Natives Findings From the GOCADAN Study

Alternate Title
Nutrition and Blood Pressure Among Alaska Natives
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Stacey E. Jolly
Sigal Eilat-Adar
Hong Wang
Mihriye Mete
Richard R. Fabsitz ... [et al.]
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 70, no. 3, 2011, pp. 254-265
Analysis of participants in the Genetics of Coronary Artery Disease in Alaska Natives study. Sample consisted of 456 mane and 602 women.
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[Skinning an Animal]

Images » Photographs
Image of a group of Aboriginal persons [skinning an animal or sea animal; summer scene. Buildings in background.
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The Social Determinants of Healthy Ageing in the Canadian Arctic

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Marie Baron
Mylène Riva & Christopher Fletcher
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 78, no. 1, 2019
Uses data from the 2006 Aboriginal Peoples Survey to examine several different social determinants of health for Inuit living in northern regions.
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Social Networks as a Coping Strategy for Food Insecurity and Hunger for Young Aboriginal and Canadian Children

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Benita Y. Tam
Leanne Findlay
Dafna Kohen
Societies, vol. 4, no. 3, September 2014, pp. [463]-476
Uses data from the Aboriginal Children's Survey and the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth to analyze the role of networks, institutional resources, and diet modification in compensating for parent-reported child hunger.
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Social Welfare

Documents & Presentations
File contains a document relating to funding difficulties for a 1947 survey of the nutrition and health of indigenous people on the James Bay Reserve.
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Socioeconomic Inequalities in Psychological Distress and Suicidal Behaviours among Indigenous Peoples Living Off-reserve in Canada

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mohammad Hajizadeh
Amy Bombay
Yukiko Asada
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 191, no. 12, March 25, 2019, pp. E325-E336

Study uses data from the 2012 Aboriginal Peoples Survey to measure income-related inequalities in the experience of psychological distress and suicidal behaviors in Aboriginal adults living off-reserve. Findings indicate that higher income and especially food security serve as a protective factor against mental health issues. Recommends policy that attends to these socioeconomic determinants of health.

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Some Practical Ideas For Teaching Nutrition

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Bob Rowley
Karen Rowley
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 2, no. 3, September 1978, pp. 45-47
Brief article offers advice on procuring a healthy lifestyle in rural and urban environments.
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