Useful Resources

Sharing the Trues Stories :
Improving communication in Indigenous Health Care
www.sharingtruestories.com
This web-site was created to support improved communication between health professionals and Indigenous clients.

Housing and health in indigenous communities in the USA, Canada and Australia: the significance of economic empowerment.
http://www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au/html/html_bulletin/bull_7/bulletin_brief_communications.htm
Interesting study detailing the difficult situation faced in the health of Indigenous communities presently.

Paulo Friere
http://www.infed.org/thinkers/et-freir.htm
Perhaps the most influential thinker about education in the late twentieth century, Paulo Freire has been  particularly popular with informal educators with his emphasis on dialogue and his concern for the oppressed. ARDS utilises many of the principles introduced by Paulo Friere in it's educational practises.

Report on Bilingual Education
Best Evidence:Research Foundations of the Bilingual Education Act.http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/pubs/reports/bestevidence/