Book review of: Aboriginal Health and Healing in Canada: Historical, Cultural, and Epidemiological Perspectives, 2nd ed. by James B. Waldram, D. Ann Herring, and T. Kue Young.

Book review of: Aboriginal Health and Society by Sherry Saggers and Dennis Gray. Review located by scrolling to page 160.

Advocates the prevention of AIDS and argues that it is becoming a pandemic in Native communities.

History of Science Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Wisconsin at Madison, 1996.

Argues that Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) served as a de facto public health agency and by the late 1830s provided an effective vaccination campaign covering most of western Canada.

Author discusses Indigenous medical practices; lists some maladies that were effectively treated using Indigenous medicine and notes those diseases brought from Europe for which Indigenous peoples had no treatment.

Explores reasons why the epidemic figures prominently in First Nations' histories; includes oral remembrances of the devastation the disease brought to First Nations communities.

Looks at the evolution of institutional structures of western health care in First Nations communities in southern Alberta and the women who were central in the creation and operation of these facilities.

Comments on health care disparities and possible solutions including a whole-of-life approach.

Discusses the complex interaction between the Mi'kmaq population and the medical community in pre-Confederation Nova Scotia.

Book review of: Colonizing Bodies by Mary-Ellen Kelm.

History Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Toronto, 1994.

Commentary piece which examines the effects that discriminatory healthcare practices have on Indigenous peoples, healthcare outcomes, and social determinants of health. Notes the successes of First Nations, Métis and Inuit communities during the current pandemic and the need for Public Health Care that continues to support the self-determination of Indigenous communities.

Book review of: The Cultivation of Whiteness by Warwick Anderson. Review located by scrolling to page 259.

Focuses on the Aboriginal peoples' relationship between colonial history and health.

Looks at Aboriginal peoples' experiences in relation to marginalization, oppression, and dominance.

Explores Aboriginal peoples' experiences with health, health care, and healing.

International Development Studies Theses (M.A)--Dalhousie University, 2018.

This personal essay describes the author’s experience and learning which resulted from co-teaching about narrative medicine with a Dene colleague. Discusses issues of consent, colonialism and Indigenous world-views.

Discusses the devastating effects colonial disease had on Native harmony with nature and the revival of tribal memory of medicine to survive.

Examines the different models of medicine during the 1840s and 1850s by looking at a controversial doctor.

Explores the value of historical methods in studying the health of First Nation's communities in Manitoba.

Examines daily medicine practice in the fur trade.

History Thesis (M.A.)--University of Nevada, Reno, 2000.

Looks at the health history of the Aboriginal people from the pre-contact era up to the present time, and discusses the potential value of historical methods in improving the health of First Nation's communities.

Tanya Talaga, prize-winning journalist and author of Seven Fallen Feathers delivers the fourth of the 2018 Massey Lectures in Saskatoon. In this lecture Talaga links the similarities between contemporary nations with a history of colonization and describes some of the effects for Indigenous peoples and communities. In this Lecture Talaga focuses specifically on healthcare and the disparity in the quality of care available to Indigenous peoples. Duration: 53:59

A discussion of lack of results in response to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's Calls to Action to assess the profession's complicity in colonization practices and its impact on Indigenous women, followed by exploration of two potential barriers to the work.

Nursing Sciences Thesis (Ph.D.)--Union Institute and University of Cincinnati, 2007.

Psychology Thesis (M.Psych.)--Auckland University of Technology, 2016.

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Authors note the large percentage of people experiencing homelessness who are also Indigenous and reframe homelessness as a result of intersectional oppressions, including colonial policies and impacts. Article outlines an anti-oppressive and culturally relevant framework for working with Indigenous people experiencing homelessness.

American Indian Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Arizona, 2001

Argues that the model of healthy living was based on Anglo-Celtic, middle class, values and this model created problems for children and families unable to conform to this social ideal.

Discusses European attitudes towards Aboriginal women and the act of giving birth, which had little factual foundation and little understanding of the role of the midwife.

Critically examines the relevance of postcolonial theoretical perspectives to nursing research in regards to Aboriginal health.

Looks at the colonization of Indigenous childbirth and the possible strategies to address the impact of that particular historical trauma.

Review of written works on illness and healing by Native American tribes in the Southern California region.

Discusses the inequalities in access to quality health care in American Indian communities and looks at practices for redressing those disparities.

Using personal interviews to examine the historical treatment of tuberculosis and how it impacts contemporary treatment and experiences for Indigenous populations.