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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Recommendations by Ruth Norton, Native Women's Association of Canada

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This file contains recommendations by Ruth Norton that offers 33 recommendations of primary elements of suicide prevention for Aboriginal youth and adults. These include learning about Aboriginal culture, traditions, languages and spirituality; acknowledging the role of women as bearers of language and culture; encouraging youth to have a prominent role in their communities; and having the ability to trust someone, as caring and encouragement are primary ways of preventing suicide.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Round table on Healing - Presentation by Chief Norman Stinson

Documents & Presentations
This file contains a part of a transcript of a portion of a sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at The Fern Resort, Orillia, Ontario. This part includes a presentation given by Chief Norman Stinson at the Round Table discussion on Healing issues(Body, Mind and Soul) in the Aboriginal Community. This presentation is followed by the two Commissioners present, Mary Sillett and Bertha Wilson.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Round table on Healing - Presentation by Cynthia Wesley-Esquamaux

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This file contains a part of a transcript of a portion of a sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at The Fern Resort, Orillia, Ontario. This part includes a presentation given by Cynthia Wesley-Esquamaux at the Round Table discussion on Healing issues(Body, Mind and Soul) in the Aboriginal Community.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Round table on Healing - Remarks from Commissioners

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This file contains a part of a transcript of a portion of a sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at The Fern Resort, Orillia, Ontario. This part includes comments made by the representatives of the Royal Commission, Bertha Wilson and Mary Sillett concerning the presentation made during the Round Table discussion on Healing issues(Body, Mind and Soul) in the Aboriginal Community.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Round Table Panel Discussion

Alternate Title
National Round Table on Aboriginal Health and Social Issues
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples - Transcriptions of Public Hearings and Round Table Discussions
Documents & Presentations
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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The Sacred Formulas of the Cherokees

Alternate Title
[Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1885-1886]
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
James Mooney
Pages 301-398 from the Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1885-1886
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The Sacred Relationship

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Greg Miller
Allen Benson
Patti LaBoucane-Benson
Documentary on relationship between Aboriginal people and the land, water and rest of Canada. Duration: 52:00.
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The Sacred Sundance: The Transfer of a Ceremony

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Brian J. Francis
Documentary explains the spiritual significance of the pipe, sweat lodge, four gates, tree of life and the other aspects of the dance. Duration: 69:22.
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Saulteaux Workshop 4

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Douglas Shingoose
Andrew Shingoose
Pat Severite
John James Cappo
Dorothy Crowe
James Crowe
Albert Stevenson
Indian History Film Project
Elders discuss: problems for present day Indians including alcoholism; failure to educate the young in traditional ways; influence of white education.
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Science and Spirituality

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
R. Cruz Begay
American Journal of Public Health, vol. 93, no. 3, March 2003, p. 363
Examines Navajo religion and medicine and the lack of division between the two.
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A Scoping Study of Cultural Interventions to Treat Addictions in Indigenous Populations: Methods, Strategies and Insights from a Two-Eyed Seeing Approach

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Margo Rowan
Nancy Poole
Beverley Shea
David Mykota
Marwa Farag ... Laura Hall ... Barbara Fornssler
Colleen Anne Dell
Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention and Policy, vol. 10, 2015, p. article no. 26

Research looked at interventions and their effectiveness. Includes literature review, and consultations with 12 National Native Alcohol and Drug Abuse Program and Youth Solvent Addiction Program treatment centres through a series of focus groups Part of the three-year study Honouring Our Strengths: Indigenous Culture as Intervention in Addiction Treatment.

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Sechelt Elder Arrested With Sunshine Coast Logging Protesters

Articles » General
Author/Creator
David P. Ball
Windspeaker, vol. 30, no. 11, February 2013

Looks at a group of protesters who want an investigation into the forestry practices of a British Columbia logging company.

Page 3 of insert entitled Raven's Eye; Special Section Providing Aboriginal News from BC & Yukon.

Insert has been scanned out of sequence. 

Entire issue on one pdf. Scroll down to access article.

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Seeds of a Community Healing Process

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Hollow Water First Nation
Justice as Healing, Winter, 1995, p. [?]
Excerpt from Appendix 3 of the Interim Report of the Hollow Water First Nations Community Holistic Circle Healing describing their activities from 1993-94. Note: This is a sample article from the publication. Subscriptions are available from the Native Law Centre.
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Seeking Mino-pimatasiwin (the Good Life): An Aboriginal Approach to Social Work Practice

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Michael Anthony Hart
Native Social Work Journal, vol. 2, no. 1, Incorporating Traditional Values in Social Work, April 1999, pp. 91-112
Discusses the need for a greater understanding and respect of Aboriginal practices that can inform, enrich, and enhance social work practice with concepts including wholeness, balance, relationships, harmony, growth and healing.
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The Seminoles of Florida

E-Books
Author/Creator
Minnie Moore-Willson
Examines the early Seminole history as well as their present state. Interpretation of several words, phrases and names are included.
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Sesquiterpene Lactone Containing Mexican Indian Medicinal Plants and Pure Sesquiterpene Lactones as Potent Inhibitors of Transcription Factor NF-kB

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Peter M. Bork
M. Lienhard Schmitz
Michaela Kuhnt
Claudia Escher
Michael Heinrich
FEBS Letters, vol. 402, no. 1, January 1997, pp. 85-90
Studies the possible regressive effect of 54 Mexican Indian mecidinal plants on the activation of transcription factor NF-kB.
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Shamanism (2) : the Abilities of a Shaman Named Bear Hat

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
George First Rider
John Hellson
Indian History Film Project
Consists of an interview with George First Rider where he tells the story of a medicine man named Bear Hat (later renamed Curlew). He tells how Bear Hat was revived after serious injury and how Bear Hat healed a young man wounded in a battle.
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Shamanism and Altered States of Consciousness

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Douglass Price-Williams
Dureen J. Hughes
Anthropology of Consciousness, vol. 5, no. 2, June 1994, pp. 1-15
Discussion of various aspects of altered states of consciousness (ASCs) including types, stimulus situations and the physiology associated with them.
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Shamanism, the Abilities, Etc., of a Shaman Named Crane

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
George First Rider
John Hellson
Indian History Film Project
Consists of an interview with George First Rider where he tells the story of a boy given supernatural powers by the bears and of his subsequent success as a healer of his own wounds and those of other people or animals.
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Shamanizing on an Empty Stomach

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Don Handelman
American Anthropologist, vol. 70, no. 2, New Series, April 1968, pp. 353-356
Critique of the article, Shamans and Acute Schizophrenia by Julian Silverman in American Anthropology Vol. 69, no. 1, p. 21-31.
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Shamans and Acute Schizophrenia

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Julian Silverman
American Anthropologist, vol. 69, no. 1, New Series, February 1967, pp. 21-31
Analyzes behaviour of some shamans in particular societies and schizophrenics in European society using a five-stage cognitive model.
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Shamans, Schizophrenia, and Scientific Unity

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
John H. Weakland
American Anthropologist, vol. 70, no. 2, New Series, April 1968, p. 356
Comments on the article, Shamans and Acute Schizophrenia by Julian Silverman in American Anthropology vol. 69, no. 1, page 21-31.
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Shamans: To Set the Record Straight

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
L. Bryce Boyer
American Anthropologist, vol. 71, no. 2, New Series, April 1969, pp. 307-309
Argues that shamans are neither strange beings nor borderline psychotics.
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Sharing Our Wisdom: A Holistic Aboriginal Health Initiative

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Teresa Howell
Monique Auger
Tonya Gomes
Francis Lee Brown
Alannah Young Leon
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 11, no. 1, Wellness-Based Indigenous Health Research and Promising Practices, 2016, pp. 111-132
Study focused on understanding and describing Aboriginal traditional healing methods as viable approaches to improve health outcomes in an urban Aboriginal community.
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Short Film Study 110: Journey of the Healer

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
NWT Literacy Council
Teacher's guide to accompany the short film dealing with traditional healing and spirituality. The film is written, produced and based on a comic book by Steven Keewatin Sanderson. Includes comprehension questions, writing activities, and research activities.
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Short Film Study: 120-130: Journey of the Healer

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
NWT Literacy Council
Teacher's guide to accompany the short film dealing with traditional healing and spirituality. The film is written, produced and based on a comic book by Steven Keewatin Sanderson. Includes comprehension questions, writing activities, and research activities.
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