South Africa

Submissions from Indigenous peoples and local knowledge holders in a variety of formats.

Book review of Aboriginal Rights Claims and the Making and Remaking of History by Arthur J. Ray.

Looks at the higher Aboriginal propensity to attempt and commit suicide. "A Report to the Criminology Research Council on CRC Project 25/96-7".

Book review of: The Aborigines' Protection Society by James Heartfield. Review located by scrolling down to page 193.

Book review of: The Aborigines' Protection Society by James Heartfield.

CBC report concerning an invitation issued by Chief Louis Stevenson to South African Ambassador Babb to visit the Reserve; invitation meant to highlight parallels between Apartheid and living conditions of Aboriginal Canadians. Duration: 6:39.

Speech by Matthew Coon-Come, The National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations, criticizes the United Nations' Draft Declaration of the Indigenous Rights of Aboriginal Peoples and argues that Aboriginal people continue to be marginalized in Canada.

Argues customary and traditional laws of communal stewardship over land as opposed to individual land tenure systems should be recognized and protected for future land development. To access this article, scroll down to page 6.

Reviews the literature of 36 international research studies; discusses research methods involving artistic practices. Identifies areas in which arts based methods may offer benefits to an Indigenous research agenda: (a) participant engagement, (b) relationship building, (c) Indigenous knowledge creation, (d) capacity building, and (e) community action.

Session Six from public conference Assessing the Indian Residential Schools Litigation and Settlement Processes held Friday, January 18, 2013 at the University of Toronto. Implications of implementing transitional justice framework into a non-traditional setting. Duration: 1:11:02.

History Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Western Ontario, 2018.

Book reviews of Civilizing the Wilderness by A.A. den Otter. Prophetic Identities by Tolly Bradford.

Goal of research was to identify examples on reserves, key principles which guide the process in that context, and lessons learned. Thirteen articles are reviewed.

Selection and comparison of projects which met criteria for best practice.

Examines several aspects of knowledge systems including: food security, healing systems and medicinal plants. Paper presented at the Indigenous Knowledge Conference 2001 held at the University of Saskatchewan.

Identifies problems in the transformation of education in post-apartheid South Africa.

Discusses the current status of Indigenous knowledge in South Africa. Paper presented at the Indigenous Knowledge Conference 2001 held at the University of Saskatchewan.

Overview of issues involved in conducting research into Indigenous knowledge. Paper presented at the Indigenous Knowledge Conference 2001 held at the University of Saskatchewan.

Introduction to journal issue featuring articles on diabetes, the San people in South Africa, the Lao PDR, suicide among the Inuit youth and Aboriginal affairs in Australia. To access this article, scroll down to page 4.

Discusses the right of San communities to access formal education in Nambia, Botswana and South Africa. To access this article, scroll down to page 27.

Examines the evolution and adaptation of customary law for use by African women in their communities to advance their own positions. To access this article, scroll down to page 22.

Discusses issues highlighted by commissions worldwide, as well as the different models employed. Examples discussed are countries that had undergone radical political changes and were in the process of transitioning from one regime to another.

Examines the implications of a national First Nations Land Title System (FNLTS) as it relates to economic development. The article also compares and looks at other Indigenous communities internationally.

Political Science Thesis (M.A.)--University of Victoria, 2014.

Describes how a book on alcohol abuse found cultural relevance in South Africa.

Study conducted in South Africa to better understand the traditional healing and culture and their use in health care. Paper presented at the Indigenous Knowledge Conference 2001 held at the University of Saskatchewan.

Tanya Talaga, prize-winning journalist and author of Seven Fallen Feathers delivers the fourth of the 2018 Massey Lectures in Saskatoon. In this lecture Talaga links the similarities between contemporary nations with a history of colonization and describes some of the effects for Indigenous peoples and communities. In this Lecture Talaga focuses specifically on healthcare and the disparity in the quality of care available to Indigenous peoples. Duration: 53:59

Presents findings and recommendations from a study on the influence of United Nations treaties on 20 different countries.

Discusses an alternative health economics paradigm in which a community-based approach is used to allocating health care resources.

Thesis (M.A.)--Dalhousie University, 2015.

Overview of war service motivations, circumstance of service, post-service experiences, and legacies. Chapter from: 1914-1918-Online: International Encyclopedia of the First World War edited by Ute Daniel, Peter Gatrell, Oliver Janz, Heather Jones, Jennifer Keene ... [et al.]

Twelve papers presented at the 2001 Conference, focus mainly on South Africa.

Book review of: Indigenous Peoples of the British Dominions and the First World War by Timothy C. Winegard.

Brief history and evolution includes discussion of the ecological, social, and cultural factors surrounding the international governance of biodiversity, traditional knowledge and intellectual property rights.

Introduction to the articles in this specially themed issue.

Chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission speaks about background, mandate and approach of Commission. Also explains the history of governments' attempts to eradicate Aboriginal culture by forced assimilation of children through the residential school system. Duration: 1:39:29.

History Thesis (M.A.)--University of Ottawa, 1993.

Argues that because of the government's refusal to name or prosecute individuals involved in violations of human rights, victims of residential schools have not received justice.

Reports the travels of seventeen former Kellogg MSI Leadership Fellows to South Africa to engage in a Fulbright-Hays seminar series.