Volume 16, Number 2, 2025

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Indigenous Peoples, especially Indigenous women, are overrepresented in Canadian prisons. Given the underlined importance and benefits of culturally-based programs for justice-involved Indigenous people, Canada’s federal correctional system is committed to providing culturally appropriate programs and practices to meet the needs of First Nations, Métis, and Inuit people in custody. Healthcare is one area the federal correctional system is committed to incorporating such programs and practices. This study evaluated the delivery and preliminary outcomes of a culturally-based health program implemented at a women’s healing lodge in Saskatchewan, Canada, which is centred on the provision of traditional medicine and healing practices. A mixed-methods design was used to assess program participants’ (n = 21) and collaborators’ (n = 17) perceptions of the program and its influence on wellness and cultural connectedness. Findings highlight the perceived positive effects on wellness (physical, mental, spiritual health) and cultural connection for women who participated in the program. Discussion considers policy implications, the potential for implementing similar culturally-based health interventions at other (federal) correctional facilities, and the need for further work in this area.

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Indigenous homelessness in settler-colonial societies is determined by the ongoing impacts of colonization. Therefore, policies to address homelessness need to be effective for Indigenous populations whilst supporting ongoing systemic decolonization. Like other settler-colonial states, homelessness in Aotearoa New Zealand is disproportionately experienced by Māori, the Indigenous Peoples of Aotearoa. In Aotearoa NZ, Housing First has been funded by government to address chronic homelessness. Housing First is a rights-based approach to homelessness, centering around providing permanent housing and wraparound support, without preconditions such as sobriety or treatment compliance. As Housing First is a non-Indigenous North American model, the efficacy of the policy for Māori has been the subject of considerable discourse. In this paper, we present a pre- and post-housing analysis of outcomes for Māori clients of a Housing First programme in Kirikiriroa-Hamilton, using integrated government administrative data across health, justice and social welfare. Existing and systemic inequities are apparent in our results, but overall, the trajectory for Māori in Housing First is positive. Our findings support the efficacy of Housing First for Māori, if this occurs within the context of enduring systemic change.

MRI:

E whakatauhia ana te kore-kāingatanga o ngā iwi taketake i ngā porihanga kirinoho-tātāmi e ngā pānga mauroa o te taipūwhenuatanga. Nā reira, me whaihua ngā kaupapahere hei whakatau i te kore-kāingatanga ki ngā taupori iwi taketake, i te wā hoki e tautoko ana i te wete-tāmitanga ā-pūnaha e haere tonu nei.Pērā ki ētahi atu whenua kirinoho-tātāmi, ko te nuinga o te hunga kore kāinga i Aotearoa he Māori, arā, te iwi taketake o Aotearoa. I Aotearoa, e tautokotia ana a Housing First e te kāwanatanga hei whakatau i te kore-kāingatanga tauroa. Ko Housing First he huarahi ā-motika ki te kore-kāingatanga, e aro ana ki te whakarato kāinga tūturu me te tautoko kauawhi, me te kore herenga tōmua pēnei i te tautuku haurangi-kore, maimoatanga rānei. I te mea he tauira a Housing First nō Amerika ki te raki, ā, ehara i te tauira iwi taketake, he nui ngā whakawhiti kōrero o te hua o te kaupapahere mō te Māori. I tēnei tuhinga, ka whakaatu mātou i ngā tātaritanga rapu whare tōmua, tōmuri hoki o ngā putanga mō ngā kiritaki Māori o tētahi hōtaka Housing First i Kirikiriroa, e whakamahi ana i ngā raraunga ā-whakahaere kāwanatanga pāhekoheko puta noa i te hauora, te tika me te tokoora. Mārakerake ana te kite i ngā tautika kore o te wā nei, ā-pūnaha hoki i roto i ngā hua, engari i te whānuitanga ake, he pai te huarahi mō te Māori i roto o Housing First. E tautoko ana ā mātou kitenga i te whai hua o Housing First mō te Māori, ki te pēnei tonu te āhua i roto i te horopaki o te panoni ā-pūnaha mauroa.

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Despite enduring a range of atrocities, Mi’kmaq people continue to be resilient in the face of adversity. In collaboration with the Union of Nova Scotia Mi'kmaq and through discussions with eight Knowledge Holders, this research aimed to uncover sources of suffering and healing pathways in Mi’kmaq communities. Knowledge Holders identified salient sources of suffering including residential schooling and past policies, ongoing systemic discrimination, collective loss, and community conflict. Knowledge Holders emphasized the importance of engaging in wholistic healing practices that are grounded in Mi’kmaq culture, spirituality, and ways of knowing. Similarly, strengthening connections to culture, community, ancestors, and the land was described as a healing pathway. This research provides support for community-based services that promote healing through cultural revitalization.

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This paper examines how well Higher Education (HE) meets the aspirations of Indigenous people in Australia, especially as reflected in the public policy discourse and its measurements of success. Through a literature review, the paper analyses current public policy and experiences of Indigenous students to identify the extent to which the HE system meets the needs of Indigenous people, especially those from remote areas. From a critical examination of the concept of success, the current limitations within HE are presented, and recommendations are made to help ensure that Indigenous Australians' aspirations and needs for HE are more firmly at the forefront of policy, design and delivery of HE in Australia.

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To preserve access to key species, many tribes in the United States historically negotiated for usufruct rights in treaties. Treaties have taken on a renewed significance in the modern era as tribes seek to protect local resources and co-manage key species with state governments. This paper assesses the impact of treaty rights on resource access through a thematic identification study of important resource access characteristics for federally recognized tribes in Northern Michigan and the non-federally recognized Burt Lake Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians. While non-federal tribes can negotiate to ease some barriers to access with amicable local governments and landholders, treaty rights provide federal tribes with opportunities for regulatory control, enforcement, and an enhanced adaptive capacity to climate change.

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The Four R principles (4Rs) of respect, responsibility, relevance, and reciprocity were developed in the field of education by Kirkness and Barnhardt and have guided respectful approaches in research. Our purpose was to adapt the 4Rs for storytelling methods in Indigenous health research and identify associated exemplary research practices. Indigenous team members drew on their traditional Cree and Anishinaabemowin languages to formulate revised 4R definitions tailored to storytelling in health research and our location on Turtle Island, Treaty One territory. We used this adapted 4R framework to identify and analyze patterns of exemplary practices in studies (N=178) using storytelling methods. Our findings can guide respectful storytelling research to meaningfully incorporate Indigenous perspectives for the well-being and benefit of Indigenous communities.