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Indigenous Youth: Identity, Challenges and Hope: Articles 14, 17, 12 and 25 of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

Alternate Title
Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues Twelfth Session New York, 20-31 May 2013
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Economic and Social Council
United Nations
Description
Overview of issues discussed focusing on recommendations for increased involvement of youth, support for the revitalization of Indigenous languages, education reforms and Indigenous youth suicide.
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Indigenous Youth Suicide: A Systematic Review of the Literature

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Henry G. Harder
Josh Rash
Travis Holyk
Eduardo Jovel
Kari Harder
Pimatisiwin, vol. 10, no. 1, Summer, 2012, pp. 125-142
Description
Reviews twenty three studies which highlight the need for further research on youth suicide and suggests how such research could be conducted rigorously.
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Individual-and Community-level Determinants of Inuit Youth Mental Wellness

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Andrew Paul Gray
Faisca Richer
Sam Harper
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 107, no. 3, 2016, pp. e251-e257
Description
Study found risk factors to wellness included not being able to participate in traditional activities, over crowding in a household, and high rates of violence.
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Injuries and Injury Prevention Among Indigenous Children and Young People

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lawrence R. Berger
L. J. David Wallace
Nancy M. Bill
Pediatric Clinics of North America, vol. 56, no. 6, Health Issues in Indigenous Children: An Evidence Based Approach for the General Pediatrician, December 2009, pp. 1519-1537
Description
Raises awareness of mortality and morbidity due to injuries and strategies for effective prevention.
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Injuries in Aboriginal Children

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kent Saylor
Paediatrics & Child Health, vol. 9, no. 5, May-June 2004, pp. 312-214
Description
Discusses causes of injuries and gives statistics for motor vehicle, drowning and suicide.
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Injury Prevention in Inuit Communities

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Sydney Sackett
Randell Onalee
Inuktitut, no. 91, 2002, pp. 56-[?]
Description
Survey indicates people of Aboriginal descent are at higher risk for injuries than the Canadian population as a whole.
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Injustice at Every Turn: A Look at American Indian and Alaskan Native Respondents in the National Transgender Discrimination Survey

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jack Harrison-Quintana
Erin Fitzgerald
Description
Survey took place in 2008 and 350 of the respondents identified as Indigenous. This fact sheet gives statistics for reported harassment and abuse during school attendance, employment and housing discrimination, experiences in the healthcare system and HIV status. Related material: 2015 Survey Results.
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Inuit Concepts of Mental Health and Illness: An Ethnographic Study

Alternate Title
[Culture & Mental Health Research Unit Report ; no. 4]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Laurence J. Kirmayer
Christopher Fletcher
Ellen Corin
Lucy Boothroyd
Description
Identifies Inuit knowledge and perspectives and the basis of mental health problems with explanations for the behaviour.
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An Inuit Education: Honouring a Past, Creating a Future

Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Canadian Broadcasing Corporation
Description
A group of articles and video clips from the CBC Archives provides an overview of the changing patterns and issues in the communities in the Arctic from circa 1950 to 2002.
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Inuit Self-Government in the Canadian North: The Next Step in the Nunavut Project

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Katja Göcke
Heidelberg Journal of International Law=Zeitschrift fuer Auslaendisches Oeffentliches Recht und Voelkerrecht , vol. 71, 2011, pp. 78-102
Description
Comments on the necessity to increase revenues to build homes, improve the education system, preserve the Inuktitut language, and to implement health and social programs.
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Inuit Statistical Profile 2018

E-Books
Author/Creator
Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK)
Description
Information on language, housing conditions, health indicators, suicide rates, food insecurity, harvesting country food, education, and strength of family ties.
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Inuit Suicide Prevention Strategy Strives To Save Lives

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Laura Eggertson
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 188, no. 12, September 06, 2016, pp. 861-862
Description
Reports on a meeting held in Kuujjuaq, Quebec where national, provincial, territorial and regional leaders released a strategy that was two years in the making.
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Inuuvunga: I Am Inuk, I Am Alive

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Mila Aung-Thwin
Daniel Cross
Bobby Echalook
Brett Gaylor
Sarah Idlout
Laura Iqaluk
Linus Kasudluak
Willia Ningeok
Caroline Ningiuk
Dora Ohaituk
Rita-Lucy Ohaituk
Daniel Cross
Brett Gaylor
Description
Film documents the changing culture of eight Inuit students from the Innalik School in their final year in the high school. Duration: 57:40.
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Is There Such a Thing as Indigenous Mental Health? Implications for Research, Education, Practice and Policy-making in Psychology

Alternate Title
Communique (American Pyschological Association. Office of Ethnic Minority Affairs)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Carlota Ocampo
Description
Outlines several key elements researchers, educators, practitioners and policy-makers must consider to enhance the psychological well-being of First Nations peoples.
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Issues in the North, vol. 2

Alternate Title
Occasional Publication Series (Canadian Circumpolar Institute) ; no. 41
E-Books
Author/Creator
Harold Welch
Susan Cosens
Canadace Turcotte
Norm Kenkel
David Punter ... [et al.]
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Isumagijaksaq: Mindful of the State: Social Constructions of Inuit Suicide

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Frank James Tester
Paule McNicoll
Social Science & Medicine, vol. 58, no. 12, June 2004, pp. 2625-2636
Description
Addresses the impacts on colonial relations on suicide rates and advocates for narrative research, intergenerational communication, and community action for solutions.
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It's Time to Talk

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Janet Freeman
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 22, no. 1, Native Activism, Fall, 2010, pp. 24-27
Description
Discusses the problem, stigma, and risk factors of suicide, as well as ways to implement a successful prevention program.
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Jails in Indian Country, 2014

Alternate Title
Jails in Indian Country Series ; NCJ 248974, October 2015
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Todd D. Minton
Description
Presents findings from survey of 79 jails, confinement facilities, detention centers run by tribal authorities or the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
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The Jettisoning of Juvenile Justice? The Story of K

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kim Pate
Canadian Woman Studies, vol. 20, no. 3, Women 2000: Eradicating Poverty and Violence in the 21st Century, Fall, 2000, pp. 165-166
Description
Details the excessive penalizing and punitive incarceration by the prison and parole system by detailing the difficulties faced by a young woman who has no resources or familial support.
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Journey to Top of the Game a Challenge for Tootoo

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Christine McFarlane
Windspeaker, vol. 30, no. 6, September 2012, p. 18
Description

Book review of: Journey to Top of the Fame a Challenge for Tootoo by Melanie Florence.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.34.

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Killing of the Innu

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Peter L. Myers
Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse, vol. 1, no. 2, 2002, pp. 1-7
Description
Discusses chronic gasoline addiction among Innu children in Labrador and treatment services that are needed.
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Latent Class Analysis of Substance Use and Aggressive Behavior in Reservation-Based American Indian Youth Who Attempted Suicide

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Elizabeth D. Ballard
Rashelle J. Musci
Lauren Tingey
Novalene Goklish
Francene Larzelere-Hinton ... [et al.]
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 22, no. 1, 2015, pp. 77-94
Description
Study attempts to find sub-groups of AI adolescents based on risky behaviours such as substance abuse, aggressive behaviour, depression, and risky sexual behaviour.
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Learning To Work With The Community: The Development Of The Wujal Wujal Guidelines For Supporting People Who Are At Risk

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Peter McCormick
Firorza Mohammed
Allanah O'Brien
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 25, no. 4, July/August 2001, pp. 19-25
Description
The Suicide Prevention Project operates under a community development mode of collaboration by interacting with the entire community. Results pointed to culturally appropriate guidelines and the establishment of locally supported network to respond to at risk individuals.
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Libraries and the First Nations People of Canada

Articles » General
Author/Creator
James Bartleman
IFLA Journal, vol. 34, no. 4, 2008, pp. 337-340
Description
Honourable James K. Bartleman discusses his childhood, the conditions of First Nation communities in Canada and his efforts to establish libraries, summer reading camps, and reading clubs in these communities.
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