Strengthening Health Literacy among Indigenous People Living with Cardiovascular Disease, their Families and Health Care Providers: Phase 1 Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Bernice Downey
Chloe Nepinak
Nancy Cooper
Conrad Prince
Janet Smylie
Description
Study conducted in-depth semi-structured interviews with 25 client and 6 staff participants. Ten themes emerged: culture and identity, traditional health beliefs, family, health messaging from others, healthcare experience, access to quality care, patient engagement, self-care, communication with health care practitioners, personal agency and responsibility, and client management of medications.
Stringing Rosaries: A Qualitative Study of Sixteen Northern Plains American Indian Boarding School Survivors
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Denise K. Lajimodiere
Journal of Multiculturalism in Education, vol. 8, no. 2, 2012, pp. 1-29
Description
Responses of participants who had attended institutions between 1921 and 1986 are divided into five themes: loss of identity, loss of self-esteem, loneliness, abandonment, and feelings of discomfort when they returned to their communities.
[Strong Hearts Native Lands Grassy Narrows Blockade]
Alternate Title
At the Edge of Canada: Indigenous Research
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Anna Willow
Robert-Falcon Ouellette
Description
Interview with the author of Strong Hearts, Native Lands: Anti-Clearcutting Activism at Grassy Narrows First Nation.
Duration: 29:09.
[Strong Hearts, Wounded Souls] Chapter 4: A Legacy of War: The American Indian Vietnam Generation
Alternate Title
A Legacy of War: The American Indian Vietnam Generation
Chapter 4: A Legacy of War: The American Indian Vietnam Generation
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Tom Holm
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 11, no. 2, pp. 2-15
Description
Excerpt from the book.
Structure, Metaphor, and Iconicity in Koyukon Shamanistic Stories
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Chad Thompson
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 21, no. 2, Spring, 1997, pp. 149-169
Description
Author describes different types of Koyukon traditional stories and their role in the in the spiritual and storytelling practices of the people; summarizes four stories and discusses the themes they share related to acquiring shamanistic power.
A Struggle for Survival: The Algonquin Language Immersion Program of Kitigàn Zibi School, Maniwaki, Canada
Alternate Title
[Conference of the International Academy of Linguistics Law: Law Language and Global Citizenship, Lisbon, Portugal ; 11th]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Chris Kostov
Description
Contends that in order to preserve all aboriginal languages in Canada it will take government funding, public awareness, and First Nations communities working together.
Struggles of Being and Becoming: A Dialogical Narrative Analysis of the Life Stories of Sami Elderly
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Bodil Hansen Blix
Torunn Hamran
Hans Ketil Normann
Journal of Aging Studies, vol. 27, no. 3, August 2013, pp. 264-275
Description
Interviews four elderly Sami people in Norway to show how their life stories were shaped by historical and social contexts.
A Study Tour of New Zealand
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Fred Collard
Jean Collard
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 2, no. 3, September 1978, pp. 53-59
Description
Report from the two recipients of the Aboriginal Overseas Study Award who focused on health, housing and education issues involving Maori people.
Success of the Unama'ki Economic Benefits Office
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Owen Fitzgerald
Journal of Aboriginal Economic Development, vol. 6, no. 2, Fall, 2009, pp. 12-17
Description
Focuses on the economic partnership between the five First Nation communities in Cape Breton and their involvement in the Sydney Tar Ponds Cleanup project.
Sudden Labour Displacement for Métis in Alberta
Alternate Title
Sudden Labor Displacement for Métis in Alberta
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Kristine Wray
Chris Andersen
Description
Discusses the Métis Training to Employment program's response to displacement that took place due to the 2011 Slave Lake fire and 2013 flood in Southern Alberta. Includes brief literature review, best practices and recommendations.
Summary of Elders' Interviews
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Lynne Hickey
Indian History Film Project
Description
This material summarizes what the elders of the Treaty 7 area have said in interviews about what transpired during the negotiation of Treaty 7 and what promises were made to the Indians at that time. The subjects dealt with include mineral and other resource rights, hunting, fishing, andtrapping rights, land and land surrenders, education and medicare and economic development.
Summary of Elders' Interviews
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
John Smith
Indian History Film Project
Description
Interviewer John Smith gives his summary and conclusions regarding a series of interviews he had with a number of Elders.
Summary of Elders' Interviews -- Land and Land Surrenders
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Lynne Hickey
Indian History Film Project
Description
Sixty-three elders' interviews from the Treaty 8 area were reviewed for references to land, and of these, all but fourteen contain some sort of statement about land.
Summary of Elders Interviews -- Mineral and Other Resource Rights
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Richard Daniel
Indian History Film Project
Description
A total of 136 elders' interviews were read for reference to treaty mineral rights. Of these, 58 were either not concerned with an Indian understanding of treaty or did not deal specifically with minerals.
Summary of Elders' Interviews -- Support from Anthropological Sources
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Lynne Hickey
Indian History Film Project
Description
Author uses various anthropological and historical sources to throw some light on the way in which the Indians of the Treaty 6 and 7 regions might have interpreted the treaty promises.
Summary of Elders' Interviews, Treaty 6
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Lynn Hickey
Indian History Film Project
Description
A summary of what the Treaty #6 elders have said in interviews about the nature of the treaty and the rights guaranteed to the Indian people by treaty.
Sun Dance: Why & How They Have the Sacrifice Altars
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
George First Rider
Dave Melting Tallow
Joanne Greenwood
Indian History Film Project
Description
Consists of an interview with George First Rider where he tells the story of the origin of the first Holy Lodge. (A continuation from AA.027) He also tells of the modifications to the Holy Lodge ceremony, the origins of the Group Smoking ceremony and gives the story of Po-Po who foresaw the death of a young man at a Holy Lodge.Note: Dave Melting Tallow, interpreter. Joanne Greenwood, transcriber.
Sundance #2
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
D.G. (Dr.) Mandelbaum
Little Pine
Indian History Film Project
Description
Consists of an interview with Little Pine where he gives a description of a contemporary Sundance.