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Environmental Co-Management Of Extracting Companies, Authorities, and Indigenous Peoples of the North
The report describes the results of the Demonstration project “Environmental co-management of
extracting companies, authorities, and the small-numbered indigenous peoples of the North”, being
a part of the UNEP/GEF project “Russian Federation: Support to the National Program of Action for
the protection of the Arctic Marine Environment,” led by The Batani International Development Fund
for Indigenous Peoples of the North, Siberia and the Far East with the participation of the Russian
Association of Indigenous Peoples of the North, Siberia and the Far East and also the foreign partner
UNEP/GRID-Arendal in 2007 – 2008.
The report contains description of the basic events, methods and recommendations of the
Demonstration project obtained during seminars, roundtables, fieldworks and development of the
information and analytical block of the project.
Victims Of Violence Among Indigenous Mothers Living With Dependent Children
Cripps K, Bennett CM, Gurrin LC, Studdert DM, 2009
OBJECTIVE: To identify individual and household factors associated with violence among Australian Indigenous women with dependent children. DESIGN AND PARTICIPANTS: Univariate and multivariable analysis of data from the 2002 National Aboriginal ...
Complications Of Otitis Media In Indigenous And Non-Indigenous Children
O'Connor TE, Perry CF, Lannigan FJ, 2009
In Australia, three to five children die each year because of otitis media complications, and 15 children will suffer permanent hearing loss each year as a result of otitis media. Extracranial complications occur most ...
Smoking Prevalence Trends In Indigenous Australians, 1994-2004: A Typical Rather Than An Exceptional Epidemic
Thomas DP, 2009
BACKGROUND: In Australia, national smoking prevalence has successfully fallen below 20%, but remains about 50% amongst Indigenous Australians. Australian Indigenous tobacco control is framed by the idea that nothing has worked and ...
Nutritional Status In Telarche And Menarche In Indigenous And Non-Indigenous Chilean Adolescents
Amigo H, Costa Machado T, Bustos P, 2009
A compensatory effect of chronic malnutrition that influences excess of weight has been reported. This effect would be more evident in indigenous populations. The aim of this study was to ...
A Randomized Trial Of A CAM Therapy For Stress Reduction In American Indian And Alaskan Native Family Caregivers
Leslie Korn, Rebecca G. Logsdon, Nayak L. Polissar, Alfredo Gomez-Beloz, Tiffany Waters, and Rudolph Rÿser, 2009
Although it is widely recognized that
caregivers of individuals with dementia experience
elevated stress that places them at ...
Protection Of The Health And Human Rights Of Present And Future Generations Through Ratification And Implementation By The United States Of The Stockholm Convention On Persistent Organic Pollutants: NCAI
The National Congress of American Indians
Resolution #PSP-09-021 TITLE: Protection of the Health and Human Rights of Present and Future
Generations through ...
British Columbia First Nations Fisheries Council Urges Fisheries And Oceans Canada To Move Quickly To Accommodate First Nations’ Access To Fisheries
For Immediate Release
November 5, 2009
The First Nations Fisheries Council of British Columbia congratulates the Nuu?chah?nulth First Nations on the outcome of their recent court case, which has recognized ...
Ontario Regional Chief Angus Toulouse Responds To The Supreme Court Decision To Dismiss Sharon Mcivor’s Appeal: Chiefs Of Ontario
Yesterday the Supreme Court of Canada dismissed Sharon McIvor’s application to appeal the decision of the British Columbia Court of Appeal (BCCA) handed down on April 6, 2009. The federal government ...
Assembly Of First Nations Says Citizenship Issue Does Not End With McIvor Case
Although the Supreme Court of Canada announced, today, that it will not hear Sharon McIvor's case regarding the continued gender discrimination in the "status" provisions of Indian Act, AFN National Chief Shawn A-in-chut Atleo and AFN Women's ...
