Social Issues

Displaying 301 - 350 of 5342

American Indian Family Caregivers' Experiences with Helping Elders

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lori L. Jervis
Mathew E. Boland
Alexandra Fickenscher
Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology, vol. 25, no. 4, December 2010, pp. 355-369
Examines the negative and positive aspects of providing elder care, describing low levels of burden and high levels of reward, attributable to cultural attitudes toward elders.
Login or Register to create bookmarks.

American Indian Grand Families: A Qualitative Study Conducted with Grandmothers and Grandfathers Who Provide Sole Care for Their Grandchildren

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Suzanne L. Cross
Angelique G. Day
Lisa G. Byers
Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology, vol. 25, no. 4, December 2010, pp. 371-383
Examines the role of American Indian grandparents who assume custodial responsibility of providing sole care for their grandchildren and the stressors and rewards of providing that care.
Login or Register to create bookmarks.

The American Indian Holocaust: Healing Historical Unresolved Grief

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Maria Yellow Horse Brave Heart
Lemyra M DeBruyn
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 8, no. 2, 1998, pp. 60-82
Describes the concept and outlines the legacy that perpetuates the trauma intergenerationally.
Login or Register to create bookmarks.

American Indian School a Far Cry from the Past

Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Charla Bear
Radio report discusses Sherman Indian High School in Riverside California and the controversy over whether the Federally-funded schools should closed. Accompanied by article. Duration: 7:46.
Login or Register to create bookmarks.

American Indian Women, HIV/AIDS, and Health Disparity

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Irene S. Vernon
Substance Use & Misuse, vol. 42, 2007, p. 741–752
Discusses the prevalence of HIV/AIDS among Native American women, and offers recommendations to address existing health disparities.
Login or Register to create bookmarks.

Analyzing the 2014 Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) Report, Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women: A National Operational Review: A Guide for the Study of the RCMP Statistics in the 2015 Report

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Legal Strategy Coalition on Violence Against Indigenous Women (LSC)
Argues that methods of keeping and gathering statistics on crime may cause the nature of violence against Aboriginal women to be misunderstood and that the numbers continue to underestimated.
Login or Register to create bookmarks.

Andersen Chez les Mamit-Inuat Le Suicide Chez les Mamit-Innuat: Un Dealage Entre Le Discours et la Realite

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Stéphanie Eveno
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 22, no. 1, 2002, pp. 161-183
Article in French, abstract in French and English. Argues that the Innu perception of what constitutes suicide differs from the "Western" definition and that data reporting should be reconsidered in light of this discrepancy.
Login or Register to create bookmarks.

Angry Inuk

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Unikkaat Studios
National Film Board of Canada
Alethea Arnaquq-Baril
Bonnie Thompson
Qajaaq Ellsworth
EyeSteelFilm
Award-winning documentary about the Inuit's battle against a new European Union seal ban in an effort to regain their economic independence. Duration: 1:22:19.
Login or Register to create bookmarks.

Anti-oppressive Social Work Practice in Child Welfare: Journeys of Reconciliation

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Andrea Cowie
Critical Social Work, vol. 11, no. 1, Special Indigenous Issue, 2010, pp. 46-51
Explores the historic and contemporary relationship with Aboriginal peoples in child welfare and discusses how social workers can adopt culturally appropriate service models that integrates core Aboriginal values, beliefs, and healing practices.
Login or Register to create bookmarks.

Anxiety in a Socially High-Risk Sample of Pregnant Women in Canada

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Angela Bowen
Rudy Bowen
George Maslany
Nazeem Muhajarine
Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, vol. 53, no. 7, July 2008, pp. 435-440
Study found anxiety symptoms were predominant in emotional distress as measured by the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) and more prevalent in younger, non-partnered and Aboriginal women.
Login or Register to create bookmarks.

The Apology Breakthrough: Now What?

Alternate Title
[Harvest of Hope: A Symposium of Reconciliation ; pt. 4]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Phil Fontaine
Presentation by National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations focuses on the apology made to former residential school students and what it may mean for Canadian society. Duration: 26:08.
Login or Register to create bookmarks.
Subscribe to Social Issues