Canadian Woman Studies, vol. 14, no. 4, Women of the North, Fall, 1994, pp. 11-14
Description
Comments on traditional ways of naming, the governmental disk identity system and surname program, census issues for Inuit, and problems with southern conceptions of family and adoption.
Photograph of child with buildings in background taken at Lake Harbour, N.W.T. [NU], currently known as Kimmirut, NU. Title on file: Eskimo Child with Sled.
Canada Communicable Disease Report, vol. 28, no. 20, October 15, 2002, pp. 165-172
Description
Findings showed that 18% of all hospital admissions for the streptococcus pneumoniae infection involved First Nations children, a proportion that is more than three times the rate of the overall population.
Aboriginal and islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 15, no. 3, May/June 1991, pp. 11-13
Description
Research shows a lack of access to mental health services for Aboriginal people in urban and rural areas and training for health workers in the mental health area as well as a lack of staff and resources.
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 31, no. 2, Fall, 2016, pp. 13-55
Description
Examination of death certificates between 1911 and 1964 suggest that suicide is not a recent phenomenon and that suicides were recorded as accidental death in the early to mid-twentieth century.
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 3, no. 2, Special Issue: Adolescent Development, Mental Health, and Promising Research Directions , 2007, pp. 65-74
Description
Studies found inconsistencies of attachment security across cultures and suggest that consideration should be given to cultural differences when applying this theory.
The author, chairman, Committee on Education, Indian-Eskimo Association of Canada, criticizes the Indian Act and describes his personal struggles with being born of Aboriginal parents but not fitting the Indian Act's requirements of what constitutes an Aboriginal person.
Images, Imaginations, and Beyond: Proceedings of the Eighth Native American Symposium
Native American Symposium ; 8th, 2009
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John B. Love
Michael Kallam
Melanie Price
Description
Examines historical and current trends to engage Native American students and offers a list of practical suggestions employed in some Oklahoma schools.