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Looking in, looking out: coping with adolescent suicide in the Cree and Ojibway communities of northern Ontario

Canadian journal of native studies • 11 (1) • Published In 1991 • Pages: 1-24

By: Minore, B., Boone, M., Katt, M., Kinch. P..

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document

This is a study of adolescent suicide among northern Ontario Cree and Ojibwa. A total of 26,101 (1990) First Nation people live in northern Ontario above the 50th parallel. Two-thirds of this population are under thirty. In 1990 there were 143 attempted and 10 known suicides in the Sioux Lookout Zone, which includes 27 of the area's 46 communities. Since 1986, when records were first kept, the suicide rate has been twice the national rate, four-fifths of known suicides were under the age of 24, and four out of five suicides were male. The study was conducted at a three-day session in Thunder Bay and involved a cross-section of 205 First Nation people who discussed the issue in focus group workshops. The report identifies causal factors both internal and external to individuals and communities, and discusses ways of empowering the community to deal with the problem.

SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF

Suicide

cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)

Ojibwa

HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document

2000

RegionThe area the document pertains to

North America

Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region

Arctic and Subarctic

Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs

article

Evaluation

Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.

Government Official

Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.

4: Excellent Secondary Data

5: Excellent Primary Data

AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection

Ian Skoggard ; 1998

Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document

1990

Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to

1986-1990

Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)

Twentieth Century Ojibwa, Northern Ontario, Canada

NotesAdditional notes

B. Minore, M. Boone, M. Katt, P. Kinch

Includes bibliographical references (p. 20-24)

LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number

91660059

LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings

Ojibwa Indians