With the Canadian federal election campaign officially in the third period, many of our beloved readers may be looking for another intense race to follow once the votes are in May 2nd. You may also be sick of the campaign by now, or even totally indifferent to it. Either way, the other big show going [...] . . . → Read More: The Spirit of George Armstrong: Aboriginal Players in the NHL Playoffs
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BOOK REVIEW: Edward S. Curtis: Above the Medicine Line, Portraits of Aboriginal Life in the Canadian West – Rodger D. Touchie, Heritage House Publishing, 2010, 191 pgs. The first time I heard the name Edward S. Curtis was in a library. Somehow in a book somewhere I read he was a great American photographer fixated with images of [...] . . . → Read More: Portrait of a Photographer: Edward Curtis Comes to Canada According to Montana State University, the National Science Foundation in the US has funded a study into possible success factors for Native American women studying in the so-called ‘STEM’ fields— science, technology, engineering and mathematics: “Native Americans, particularly female Native Americans, are under-represented in the fields and [researchers Jessi L. Smith Ph.D. and Anneke Metz] hope [...] . . . → Read More: Researchers to explore success of Aboriginal women in science, tech, engineering and math studies Quick, belated note of congratulations to Aboriginal boxer Mary Spencer. According to The Boxing Examiner, Spencer took first place in the 75 kg (165 lb.) class at the recent AIBA Women World Boxing Championships, held this year in Bridgetown, Barbados. Remarkably, Spencer’s Sept. 18 victory was her third straight world title in two different weight classes [...] . . . → Read More: Aboriginal athlete wins third Women World Boxing Championship title Points toward language and medicine websites. . . . → Read More: Indian Summer of Language and Medicine Landmark landlease settlement fought for by Elouise Cobell stalls in Washington. Again. . . . → Read More: How slow can it go? An Australian research team will receive AUD$2.5 million (or apx CAD$2.3 million) over 5 years to explore the depressing question of why most health and social services continually fail to improve Aboriginal health. The research will take place under the auspices of the Perth Telethon Institute for Child Health Research project in Western Australia. It will [...] . . . → Read More: Why do most health and social services fail Aboriginal people? Earlier this month, StatsCan released a study entitled “Participation in sports and cultural activities among Aboriginal children and youth.” Based on the 2006 Aboriginal Peoples Survey, the report drew on a total of 11,940 respondents, representing nearly 170,000 children. First, the overall picture: over 65% of Aboriginal children participated in sports at least once a week about 40% [...] . . . → Read More: New stats on Aboriginal youth sport and culture activity You most likely noticed some changes visiting our site today. That’s because we’ve re-launched mediaINDIGENA with a new look and a new logo. The logo is the work of Winnipeg-based graphic designer Sébastien Aubin (Cree) and we couldn’t be happier with his vision! We’re still working out some of the bugs so if you notice something is not working [...] . . . → Read More: mediaINDIGENA Makeover: New Look, New Logo A disturbing new study coming out of the Journal of Rural Health shows that the infant mortality rate in Manitoba is twice the Canadian average. Led by University of Montreal researcher Zhong-Cheng Luo, the study looked at 25,000 Aboriginal births and 125,000 non-Aboriginal births. According to the study’s abstract, researchers divided the births into four [...] . . . → Read More: Fastest-growing population also the fastest to die The Aboriginal Healing Foundation (AHF) has just released The Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement’s Common Experience Payment and Healing: A Qualitative Study Exploring Impacts on Recipients. (PDF of study available here.) The Common Experience Payment (CEP) is a component of the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement and is intended to monetarily recognize and compensate the experiences [...] . . . → Read More: Residential School Money: Has It Helped Survivors Heal? With all due respect to the criticisms leveled against those who have seemingly run the First Nations University of Canada into the ground, there are those who suggest the province is itself no stranger to such secrecy and opacity. Take this Mar. 26 letter to The StarPhoenix: A 2007 report to the McCall Review identified the University [...] . . . → Read More: Is Saskatchewan applying a double-standard against First Nations University of Canada? A closer look at the prospect for native insurgency in 2010. . . . → Read More: The Academics Are Restless Following up on my post about the two indigenous competitors at the 2010 Winter Olympics, I wanted to highlight the fact that Canada’s first medal of the Paralympic Games was earned by Saskatoon’s Colette Bourgonje, who, says Indian Country Today, is the squad’s “only aboriginal athlete.” On Sunday, Mar. 14, Bourgonje grabbed silver in the 10 [...] . . . → Read More: Aboriginal Athletes Competing (and Medaling) at 2010 Winter Paralympics In one of the most controversial announcements to ever come out of the Nobel Foundation, U.S. president Barack Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 2009. Peace advocates questioned the selection, given the American military presence in many conflicts around the globe. Obama accepted it humbly, and vowed to donate the $1.4 million dollar [...] . . . → Read More: Obama shares the wealth Very cool piece in the New York Times on how one small, indigenous-run, hospital in Tuba City, Arizona, has “outperform[ed] richer, more prestigious institutions when it comes to keeping Caesarean rates down, which saves money and is better for many mothers and infants.” The article partly attributes the success of the Tuba City [...] . . . → Read More: Indigenous-run hospital leads way on low Cesarean birth rates Ever have one of those nights where you can’t believe what you just saw and you’re steamed about it, but you know saying so won’t make a nickel’s worth of difference because apparently it IS true – ignorance IS bliss? I’m talking about the bizarre distortions of the real world that keep popping up. Some of [...] . . . → Read More: No, Canada. Russian ice dance pair Oksana Domnina and Maxim Shabalin continue to irk Aboriginal peoples in Australia, this time at the Olympics, with their controversial outfits and music. The dynamic duo debuted their “indigenous-themed dance at last year’s European Championships where it … soon sparked outrage” for its minstrel-like appearance and casual use of didgeridoo music. Hearing the [...] . . . → Read More: But you can be 100% idiotic God knows, there are plenty of reasons to take issue with the Vancouver Games, some of them alluded to here. What’s got me in a squirmy place goes back to the opening ceremonies. Particularly the part featuring the aboriginal dancers. Now, I love the dancers. And I’m mesmerized by the drum. But when I saw all those [...] . . . → Read More: Who’s Who at the Olympics While the eyes of the sporting world are focused on Vancouver as the Winter Olympics pick up speed, the Vancouver School Board has passed an interesting motion urging school districts across British Columbia to ban sports mascots that promote Aboriginal stereotypes. The trustee who introduced it cited a statement from a continent-wide movement to kill [...] . . . → Read More: Native-themed mascots still ruffling feathers off the field |
     
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