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Social Determinants of Health for Native Hawaiian Children and Adolescents

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David M.K.I. Liu
Christian K. Alameda
Hawai'i Medical Journal, vol. 70, no. 11, Suppl. 2, November 2011, pp. 9-14
Discusses challenges faced for prenatal and infant care, obesity, mental health, smoking, infectious disease, suicide, self-perception, racism and colonialism and looks at resilience factors.
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Social Determinants of Indigenous Health and Indigenous Rights in Policy: A Scoping Review and Analysis of Problem Representation

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Emma George
Tamara Mackean
Fran Baum
Matt Fisher
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 10, no. 2, June 18, 2019
Scoping review of literature on Aboriginal health, rights, and health policy highlights issues including the impact of ongoing colonialism, the role of government in rights realization, tokenism, and policies of assimilation. Notes an ongoing failure to move from rights recognition to implementation.
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Social Hypocrisy Jeopardizes Street Prostitutes

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Doug Cuthand
StarPhoenix, February 2, 2007, p. A11
Challenges the fact that communication or solicitation for the purpose of sex, otherwise known as prostitution, is illegal and yet is so open, with 14 escort agencies listed in Saskatoon and 17 in Regina.
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Social Issues in the Work of Sherman Alexie

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Karolína Trtílková
Introduces Native American literature and history and looks at the influences and accuracy of Alexie's work. Philology Thesis (B.A.)--University of West Bohemia, 2013.
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Socially Constructed Teen Motherhood: A Review

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Marc Fonda
Rachel Eni
Eric Guimond
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 4, no. 1, Indigenous Early Parenthood, 2013, pp. 1-14
Literature review demonstrates the closely intertwined factors that serve to highlight the differences and similarities between First Nation and non-First Nation perspectives.
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Society Must Recognize Evil of Racial Profiling

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Doug Cuthand
StarPhoenix, March 17, 2006, p. A11
Challenges readers to acknowledge the existence of racial profiling and then to eliminate the fear and ignorance that contribute to its creation.
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Society Needs to Recognize Worth of Aboriginal Women

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Anonymous
Windspeaker, vol. 25, no. 10, January 2008, p. 5

Discusses how advocates for Aboriginal women stress that society and the justice system need to treat Aboriginal women with the same respect as non-Aboriginal women.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.5.

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Soldiers of the Line: Apache Companies in the U.S. Army: 1891-1897

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Michael L. Tate
Arizona and the West, vol. 16, no. 4, Winter, 1974, pp. 343-364
Discussion on failure of the Indian infantry and cavalry companies, made up entirely of Native American personnel, who were strictly segregated and commanded by white officers.
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Solution Model for Enhancing the Experiences of Urban First Nations and Métis Patients Accessing and Navigating the Health System for Inflammatory Arthritis Care

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Cheryl Barnabe
Jean Miller
Sylvia Teare
Casey Eaglespeaker
Brenda Rolan ... [et al.]
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 10, no. 2, June 18, 2019
Researchers work with Indigenous patients to record and examine their experience of seeking and receiving care for inflammatory arthritis in an urban Alberta community; make recommendations for improving patient care and patient experience.
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Some Aspects of the Legal Status of Canadian Indians. - Howard E. Staats. - Article. - April 1964.

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Howard E. Staats
The author uses numerous examples of how the legal system works against aboriginals in Canada. Case subjects include practicing medicine without a license, hunting on unoccupied Crown lands in the Northwest Territories, and income tax and traffic laws on reserves. The author calls for examinations of the reserve system and the Indian Act.
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'Sorry'

Articles » General
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 32, no. 2, March/April 2008, pp. 6-7
Contains the text of Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's apology statement which was read in Parliament and brief reactions from the assembled crowd outside.
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The Sovereignty of Transmotion in a State of Exception: Lessons from the Internment of 'Praying Indians' on Deer Island, Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1675-1676

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Deborah L. Madsen
Transmotion, vol. 1, no. 1, 2015, pp. 23-47
Author uses the treatment of the Indigenous Christians by the colonial government during Metacom’s War (or King Phillip’s War) to contrast colonial and Indigenous understandings of sovereignty.
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“Speaking My Truth”: Reflections on Reconciliation & Residential School

Alternate Title
From Truth to Reconciliation: Transforming the Legacy of Residential Schools
E-Books
Author/Creator
Shelagh Rogers
Garnet Angeconeb
John Amagoalik
Madeleine Dion Stout
Fred Kelly ...
David Joanasie
Jose Amaujaq Kusugak
Rita Flamand
Drew Hayden Taylor
Richard Wagamese ...
Cheryil L'Hirondelle
Joseph Naytowhow
b. h. Yael

Selections from <i>From Truth to Reconciliation: Transforming the Legacy of Residential Schools</i>, part of the Aboriginal Healing Foundation's three-volume Truth and Reconciliation series. 

Book club edition.

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Speaking the Unspoken: Racism, Sport and Māori

Alternate Title
Speaking the Unspoken: Racism, Sport and Maori
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Holly Raima Hippolite
Toni Bruce
Cosmopolitan Civil Societies, vol. 2, no. 2, 2010, pp. 23-45
Interviews Māori sport participants, coaches and administrators about their experiences with cultural and institutional racism in New Zealand.
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Special Edition by Children and Youth: Our Hopes and Dreams for Making Shannen's Dream Come True

Alternate Title
Special Edition by Children and Youth
Letters from Shannen Koostachin and the Students of Attawapiskat First Nation to Marie-Claude Côté-Villeneuve
My Hopes and Dreams for How to Make Shannen’s Dream Come True
Our Hopes and Dreams for Making Shannen's Dream Come True
Articles » General
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 16, no. 1, Special Edition by Children and Youth, 2021, pp. 1-48

Special issue that looks at the poor living conditions at a school on the Attawapiskat First Nation. Includes letters written by Omushkegowuk Cree children.

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The Spectral Indian Presence in Early American Literature

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Sarah Rivett
American Literary History, vol. 25, no. 3, Fall, 2013, pp. 625-637
Book reviews of 3 books: On Records: Delaware Indians, Colonists, and the Media of History and Memory by Andrew Newman. Firsting and Lasting: Writing Indians Out of Existence in New England by Jean O'Brien. English Letters and Indian Literacies: Reading, Writing, and New England Missionary Schools, 1750-1830 by Hilary E. Wyss.
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The Spiritual Legacy of the Ancient Ones

E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Robert Houle
Discusses the importance of Indigenous world views in the production of works by contemporary artists. Essay from the exhibition catalogue for Land, Spirit, Power: First Nations at the National Gallery in Canada.
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Spudwrench: Kahnawake Man

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Alanis Obomsawin
Randy Horne
Ironworker describes the dangers as a Mohawk construction worker and the 1990 Oka crisis. Duration: 57:50.
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Squaring the Circle: How Canada is Dealing with the Legacy of Its Indian Residential Schools Experiment

Alternate Title
IALL 18th Course on International Law Librarianship
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Pamela O'Connor
International Journal of Legal Information, vol. 28, no. 2, Summer, 2000, pp. 232-265
Brief historical overview followed by discussion of the Federal government's and churches' changing responses to the issue, and judicial decisions which clarified liability in sexual abuse cases.
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Standing Together and Moving Forward: Report of the Pre-Hearing Conference in Prince George and the Northern Community Forums: A Consultation Report Prepared for the Missing Women Commission of Inquiry

Documents & Presentations
Seven themes emerged in presentations: need to stand together and move forward, concerns about limitations of Commission process, impact of missing women and girls on their communities, connections between investigations in Vancouver and along the Highway of Tears, transportation issues, frustration over inaction, and the importance of understanding First Nations and northern realities.
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Standing up Against the Giant

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Diane E. Benson
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 27, no. 1/2, Special Issue: Native Experiences in the Ivory Tower, Winter-Spring, 2003, pp. 67-79
Author describes the academic and community fallout when an email—sent to family members—criticizing her professor’s racist writings is made public.
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