Aboriginal


NEW!  Suicide Among Aboriginal People in Canada; Aboriginal Healing Foundation; 2007
NEW!  The Biopolitics Of Indigenous Reproduction: Colonial Discourse And The Overrepresentation Of Indigenous Children In The Canadian Child Welfare System; by Laura Christine Luise Landertinger; Queen's University
NEW!  Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder in Aboriginal children: Does a language profile emerge?; by Melissa McCabe; University of Western Ontario; 2009
NEW!  A Review of Research on Criminal Victimization and First Nations, Métis and Inuit Peoples 1990 to 2001; by Larry Chartrand and Celeste McKay Consulting; Department of Justice Canada; 2006
NEW!  Understanding the complex needs of Aboriginal children and youth with FASD in BC; a thesis by Shahdin Farsai; Simon Fraser University; 2010
Gestational Risks and Psychiatric Disorders Among Indigenous Adolescents; by Les B. Whitbeck and Devan M. Crawford; Community Mental Health Journal, Vol 45 No 1, 2009
Hopes And Dreams: Learning From The Perceptions Of  "High Risk" Pregnant Aboriginal Women; a thesis by Sue Wilson; University of Saskatchewan; Fall 2000
What Their Stories Tell Us - Sisters In Spirit 2010 Research Findings; by Native Women’s Association of Canada; 2010
Canada's Aboriginal People, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome & The Criminal Justice System; by Denis C. Bracken, Faculty of Social Work, University of Manitoba, Canada; 2008
Canada's Aboriginal People, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome & The Criminal Justice System; by Denis C. Bracken; University of Manitoba; 2008
Psychological Distress Among Plains Indian Mothers With Children Referred To Screening For Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders; by Tassy Parker, Marcello A Maviglia, Phyllis Trujillo Lewis, J Phillip Gossage, Philip A May; Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, Vol 5 No 22, 2010
Healthy Choices in Pregnancy for Aboriginal Peoples in British Columbia: An Analysis And Recommendations; by Jennifer Clinesmith & Michael Pacey; December 2008
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome & Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Among Aboriginal Peoples; A Review Of Prevalence; by Michael Pacey; National Collaborating Centre for Aboriginal Health; 2009
Aboriginal Youth and Violent Gang Involvement in Canada: Quality Prevention Strategies; by Mark Totten; Institute for the Prevention of Crime (IPC) Review, Vol 3, March/mars 2009
Investigating the Linkages between FASD, Gangs, Sexual Exploitation and Women Abuse in the Canadian Aboriginal Population: A Preliminary Study; by Dr. Mark Totten;  Native Women's Association of Canada; 2009
Northern Community Members' Perceptions Of FAS/FAE: A Qualitative Study; by Laura O. Kowalsky and Marja J. Verhoef; The Canadian Journal of Native Studies Vol XIX, No 1, 1999
A Literature Review and Annotated Bibliography Focusing on Aspects of Aboriginal Child Welfare in Canada. Prepared and compiled by Marlyn Bennet and Cindy Blackstock, First Nations Research Site of the Centre of Excellence for Child Welfare (November 2002).
The Narrative Baroque; by Cheryl Charron; Athabasca University; 2008
Structuring Success For FASD Teenagers In Northern Saskatchewan; a thesis by Marie Mihalicz; Athabaca University 2005
Sheltering Urban Aboriginal Homeless People: Assessment Of Situation And Needs; National Association of Friendship Centres and The Institute of Urban Studies, University of Winnipeg; 2007
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research;  The National Center for American Indian Alaska Native Mental Health Research; The Journal of the National Center; Vol 11 No 2, 2004
In Touch FAS/FAE; National Indian and Inuit Community Health Representatives Organization Vol 21; 2001
A Manual On Adolescents And Adults With Fetal Alcohol Syndrome With Special Reference To American Indians; US Department of Health and Human Services; 1988
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Fetal Alcohol Syndrome & Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Among Aboriginal Canadaians: Knowledge Gaps;  National Collaborating Centre for Aboriginal Health; 2010
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder among Aboriginal Peoples: A Review of Prevalence; prepared by Michael Pace; National Collaborating Centre for Aboriginal Health; 2009
Systemaatic Review of Community Based Interventions for Children and Adolescents with ADHD and Their Families; by Donna Fitzpatrick-Lewis and Helen Thomas; National Collaborating Cenre for Aboriginal Health; 2010
Dis/Abling States, Dis/Abling Citizenship: Young Aboriginal Mothers and the Medicalization of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome; by Amy Salmon; Journal for Critical Education Policy Studies, Vol 5, No 2 (November 2007)
Health Inequality & Canada's Aboriginal People: Fetal Alcohol Syndrome & the Criminal Justice System; by Denis C. Bracken; Faculty of Social Work, University of Manitoba & Visiting Lecturer, Glasgow School of Social Work, Universities of Glasgow & Strathclyde
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The "Tip of the Iceberg" The "Making" of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome in Canada; dissertation by Caroline Tait; McGill University; 2003
Characteristics of Children Who Have Full or Incomplete Fetal Alcohol Syndrome; by  Valborg L. Kvigne, Gary R. Leonardson, Martha Neff-Smith, Ellen Brock, Joseph Borzelleca, and Thomas K.Welty, The Journal of Pediatrics; 2004
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder and the Incarceration of Metis and Other Aboriginals; by Amanda Miller; Vancouver Metis Community Association; March 2005
Also found under Justice and Legal Issues
Aboriginal Peoples and the Criminal Justice System; by Jonathan Rudin for the Ipperwash Inquiry
Also found under Justice and Legal Issues
"The Tip of the Iceberg": The "Making" of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome in Canada; by Caroline Tait, Thesis; McGill University; 2003
Alcohol: Towards a Public Health Approach to Alcohol Misuse and Its Consequences in Cape York Aboriginal Populations; Cape York Justice Study Report; Government of Australia, 2001
Also Appears under International
Barriers to Implementing Holistic, Community-Based Treatment for Offenders with Fetal Alcohol Conditions; by H. Rae Mitten, a doctoral thesis, Department of Law, University of Saskatchewan, 2003
Also appers under Justice and Legal Issues
Preparing a Healthy Path: The Impact of FAS/ARND on Tribal Justice Systems - A Training Curriculum for Tribal Justice Systems Personnel; National Indian Justice Centre; 2001
Table of Contents
Chapter 1  -  Introduction
Chapter 2  - What is FAS/ARND
Chapter 3  -  Prevention
Chapter 4  -  Impact of FAS/ARND
Chapter 5  -  Responses to FAS/ARND by the Tribal Justice System
Chapter 6  -  Developing a Multidisciplinary Team Approach for Cases Involving Persons with FAS/ARND
Chapter 7  -  Appendices
Also Appears on Justice and Legal Issues
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder:  An Environmental Scan of Services and Gaps in Innuit Communities; Ajunnginiq Centre, National Aboriginal Health Organization (NAHO); 2006
An Annotated Compilation and Overview of Research on Aboriginal Women, Health, and Healing; by Marlyn Bennett and the Aboriginal Women's Health and Healing Research Group; 2005
Native American Motivational Interviewing: Weaving Native American and Western Practices; A Manual for Counselors in Native American Communities; by Kamilla L. Venner, Sarah W. Feldstein, Nadine Tafoya; 2006   Download PDF
FASD Training Study: Final Report;  by First Nations Child and Family Caring Society and Paukuutit  Inuit Women of Canada; 2006
Conducting Assessments In First Nations And Inuit Communities - A Training And Reference Guide For Front Line Workers;  by Brenda M. Restoule; National Native Addictions Partnership Foundation, Community Emergency Response Program
Also found under Addictions Treatment
A Needs Assessment of Federal Aboriginal Women Offenders - Research Report; by A. Bell, S. Trevethan, N. Allegri; Correctional Service of Canada; 2004
Also found under Justice and Legal Issues
Promising Practices and Strategies to Reduce, Alcohol and Substance Abuse Among American Indians and Alaska Natives:  American Indian Development Associates (AIDA); US Department of Justice; Office of Justice Programs; August 2000
Health Status and Health Needs of Aboriginal Children and Youth - Literature Review; prepared for the Southern Alberta Child & Youth Health Network and the Calgary Health Region Aboriginal Health Program; by Ronda Trumper, Trumper Consulting Services; August 2004
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Among Aboriginal People in Canada: Review and Analysis of the Intergenerational Links to Residential Schools;  The Aboriginal Healing Foundation Research Series (2003)
National Family Caregiver Support Program: North Dakota's American Indian Caregivers;  Center for Rural Health - National Resource Center on Native American Aging, University of North Dakota; June 2003
Also found under Grandparents & Kinship Care
Substance Use and Psychiatric Problems of Homeless Native American Veterans;  by Wesley J. Kasprow, Ph.D., M.P.H. and Robert Rosenheck; Psychiatric Services Vol 49 March 1998
Also appears under Homelessness
The Clinical Course of Alcoholism in 243 Mission Indians;  by C. L. Ehlers, T. L. Wall, M. Betancourt, D. A. Gilder; The American Journal of Psychiatry, Vol 161  July 2004
A Practical Native American Guide For Professionals Working With Children, Adolescents, And Adults With Fetal Alcohol Syndrome And Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder; by Robin A. LaDue, PhD; IHS/PHS, NPAIHB, 2002
Also appears under Guidebooks, Manuals and Interventions
Promising Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Practices and Resources for American Indians and Alaska Natives in North America; by Indian Health Service; AI/AN FASD Best Practices Repository
Preventing Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder in Aboriginal Communities: A Methods Development Project; by P. Masotti, M. A. George, K. Szala-Meneok, A. M. Morton, C. Loock, M. Van Bibber, J. Ranford, M. Fleming, S. MacLeod; Public Library of Science, PLOS Medicine, 2006
FASD Tool Kit for Aboriginal Families; Author - Jennifer Wemigwans, Contributor - Mary Cunningham; Prepared by the Ontario Federation of Indian Friendship Centers; September 2005, Revised 2008
Prescription Medication Use Among an Aboriginal Population Accessing Addiction Treatment;  by D. Wardman,  N. Khan, N. el- Guebaly; The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry - May 2002
Mental Health Issues in an Urban Aboriginal Population: Focus on Substance Abuse;  by Kaha:wi Joslyn Jacobs; Thesis - Master of Science, Psychiatry; McGill University; 2000
Also appears under Mental Health
Ownership, Control, Access, and Possession (OCAP) or Self Determination Applied Research - A Critical Analysis of Contemporary First Nations Research and Some Options for First Nations Communities;  Brian Schnarch, First Nations Centre, National Aboriginal Health Organization; 2004
Report on the Health Status and Health Needs Aboriginal Children and Youth; Calgary Health Region Aboriginal Health Program and Southern Alberta  Child and Youth Health Network; 2005
Ethics of Aboriginal Research;  by Marlene Castellano; Journal of Aboriginal Health; 2004
Protective Association of Genetic Variation in Alcohol Dehydrogenase with Alcohol Dependence in Native American Mission Indians; by T. L. Wall, Ph.D., L. G. Carr, Ph.D., C. L. Ehlers, Ph.D.; American Journal of Psychiatry; 2003.
Understanding the Role of Healing in Aboriginal Communities;  Solicitor General Canada; July 1994
Aboriginal Mental Health:  What Works Best; A  Discussion paper;  Mental Health Evaluation and Community Consultation Unit, University of B.C.; Prepared by Vicki Smye and Bill Mussell.
Also appears under Mental Health
A Prospective Cohort Study of Pregnancy Risk factors and Birth Outcomes in Aboriginal Women;  by Wanda M. Wenman, Michel R. Joffres, Ivanna V. Tataryn, and the Edmonton Perinatal Infectious Group, Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ), 2004
The Mental Health of Indigenous Peoples; Proceedings of the Advanced Study Institute,  McGill Summer Program in Social and Cultural Psychiatry and the Aboriginal Mental Health Research Team; 2000
Community Based Child Welfare for Aboriginal Children: Support Resilience Through Structural Change; by Cindy Blackstock, Nico Trocme, 2004
Fetal Alcohol Effects Among North American Indians; by Philip A. May;  Alcohol Health & Research World;  1991
Aboriginal Women and Violence: A  Standpoint Analysis; Lisa Murdock, University of Manitoba; 2001
A Guide for Health Professionals Working with Aboriginal Peoples. Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada (SOGC) Policy Statement (2001).
Teenage Pregnancy in Inuit Communities: Issues and Perspectives, By Linda Archibald Prepared for Pauktuutit Inuit Women's Association (April 2004)
Keeping the Promise: The Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Lived Experiences of First Nations Children and Youth, by Cindy Blackstock, Sarah Clarke, James Cullen, Jeffrey D'Hondt, and Jocelyn Formsma.  First Nations Children and Family Caring Society of Canada (2004).
It Takes A Community: A Resource Manual for Community-based Prevention of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Fetal Alcohol Effects. Framework for the First Nations and Inuit Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Fetal Alcohol Effects Initiatives. Health Canada (2001)
Alcohol Problems and Approaches: Theories, Evidence, and Northern Practice, by Marja Korhonen. Ajunnginiq Centre National Aboriginal Health Organization. Ottawa, Canada (2004).
Also appears under Addictions Treatment - Alcohol
Aboriginal People, Resilience and the Residential School Legacy;  The Aboriginal Healing Foundation Research Series (2003).
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Characteristics of Mothers Who Have Children with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome or Some Characteristics of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, by V. Kvigne et al. Journal of the American Board of Family Practice (2003).   
Urban FASD Interventions: Bridging the Cultural Gap Between Aboriginal Women and Primary Care Physicians;  by P. Masotti et al. Journal of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome International (2003).
Periconceptional and First Trimester Alcohol Consumption May Be Associated with Sudden Infant Death Syndrome; by R. Cohen-Kerem.  Journal of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome International (2003).  
Aboriginal Approaches to Fetal Alcohol Syndrome/Effects. A Special Report by the Ontario Federation of Indian Friendship Centre (2002).  
Aboriginal Women and Health Care in Canada.  Native Women's Association of Canada. Submission to the Commission on the Future of Health Care in Canada (2002).
Dealing with Shame and Unresolved Trauma: Residential School and its Impact on the 2nd and 3rd Generation Adults, by N. Rosalyn Ing.  A Doctoral Thesis, Dept. of Educational Studies, University of British Columbia (2000).
FAS/E in the Aboriginal Community: A Woman's Perspective, by Christopher Joseph Wilbert Lowen.  A Master Thesis, Interdisciplinary Program, University of Manitoba (2000).
Revisiting the Past: Discovering Traditional Care and the Cultural Meaning of Pregnancy and Birth in a Cree Community, by Sandra Jean Kioke.  A Master Thesis, School of Nursing, Queen's University (1999).
American Indians and Alcohol; by Fred Beauvais. Alcohol Health & Research World (1998).
An Examination of the Effects of Prental Alcohol Exposure on School-Age Children in a Manitoba First Nation Community: A Study of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Prevalence and Dysmorphology, by Debra L. Kowlessar. A Master Thesis, Department of Human Genetics, University of Manitoba (1997).
Deconstructing Fetal Alcohol Syndrome: A Critical Inquiry into the Discourse Around Alcohol, Women, and Ethnicity, Aboriginals and Disease, by Lara Ferguson.  A Master Thesis, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Carleton University (1997).
Healing Shashatshit: Innu Identity and Community Healing, by Catherine Degnen.  A Master Thesis, Department of Anthropology, McGill University, Montreal (1996).

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British Columbia Aboriginal Network on Disability Society (BCANDS)
University of BC Library First Nations Health
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