Eagle Feather News, vol. 10, no. 1, January 2007, p. 7
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Short report on how the merger of two, rural credit unions with Saskatoon Credit Union won't lessen their commitment to Aboriginal people.
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Journal of New Zealand Literature , vol. 24, no. 2, Special Issue: Comparative Approaches to Indigenous Literary Studies, 2007, pp. 135-152
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Discusses commonalities around "the sharing of a cultural technology that functions very differently according to whether it is engaged esoterically or exoterically -- by members of the communities represented in the films or by others."
Journal of MultiDisciplinary Evaluation, vol. 4, no. 8, October 2007, pp. 40-57
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Focuses on three questions: what is culturally competent evaluation, what does this type of evaluation look like, what approaches have been found to be most effective, and what gaps remain to be addressed?
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 8, no. 4, Autumn, 1984, pp. 281-314
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Looks at the court transcripts of the White Earth Chippewa Reservation land allotment fraud cases. Anthropological Professors Albert Jenks and Ales Hrdlicka provided testimony regarding "mixed blooded" and "full Indians" status based on physical characteristics.
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. Vol. 41, no. 3, Fall, 2007, pp. 112-133, 207
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Presents a study developed in collaboration with the Dene community of Lutsel K'e to develop their own framework and indicators for monitoring the health and well-being of their community.
Indigenous Affairs, no. 4, Social Suffering, 2007, pp. 22-29
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Effects of the resettlement between 2000 and 2006 on communities has shown increased mortality and morbidity, poverty, marginalization, food insecurity, social anomalies, disintegration, discrimination and loss of dignity.
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American Indian Quarterly, vol. 31, no. 3, Summer, 2007, pp. 465-490
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Article discusses the Carnegie English literacy program, the figures involved, its assimilative goals, and the way that the project interacted with the socio-political climate of the time.
Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies, vol. 28, no. 1 & 2, 2007, pp. 18-46
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Discussion on the domestic relationships of Aboriginal women and non-Aboriginal men who worked in the sealing industry. The article also discusses how the women were able to maintain traditional activities and practices, and how the teaching of native languages ensured the cultural and physical survival of the Aboriginal community.
Teaching Education, vol. 18, no. 4, December 2007, pp. 329-342
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Looks at a method for initiating a critical pedagogy of remembrance and that allows teachers to attend to and learn from the biography of their relationship with Aboriginal people.
Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies, vol. 28, no. 1 & 2, 2007, pp. 124-164
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Examines the significance of the feminist campaign to ensure proper treatment of domestics through the appointment of "Women Protectors of Aborigines" in central Australia.
American Quarterly, vol. 59, no. 1, March 2007, pp. 199-209
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Book reviews of: Writing Indian Nations: Native Intellectuals and the Politics of Historiography, 1827–1863 by Maureen Konkle and Citizen Indians: Native American Intellectuals, Race, and Reform by Lucy Maddox.
Annual Review of Anthropology, vol. 36, September 2007, pp. 177-190
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Discusses two aspects of a debate surrounding the concept that indigenous attitude toward the environment and conservation is the most appropriate model.
Plot involves a young Shuswap woman who leaves her reserve for the city and is ultimately raped and murdered.
Originally published by Talonbooks, 1970.
Indigenous Affairs, no. 3, Migration, 2007, pp. 4-5
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Introduction to journal issue featuring articles on various aspects of Indigenous migration with snapshots of different experiences from around the world.
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Side A of this tape has not been translated into English. Side B is a conference about Ojibway legends of creation, flood and migration and how these compare to the legends of other peoples. Also talks about the origins of the clans and Midewiwin lodge.
Topics include quantity and quality of employment, closed and open gateways to employment, and governments as gatekeepers to public service employment.
Discussion of the nature of Aboriginal employment and barriers to achieving the desired number and level of appointments and retaining those hired to fill positions.
An interview with Ernest Debassigae who gives his opinion of the education of Indian people, the role of Indians in the Canadian military and in the Canadian constitution. Transcribed by Joanne Greenwood.
An interview with Ernest Debassigae who gives an account of his experiences during and after World War II and his travels around Canada and the United States. Transcribed by Joanne Greenwood.
An interview with Ernest Debassigae who recounts the history of the Manitoulin Island Indians and problems with Indian agents. Transcribed by Joanne Greenwood.
Indigenous Law Journal, vol. 6, no. 1, 2007, pp. 193-203
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Advocates a new partnership model of ethical space, a cooperative spirit between Indigenous peoples and Western institutions, in order to overcome archaic ways of interaction.
Indigenous Affairs, no. 3, Migration, 2007, pp. 18-25
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Looks at different migrations and changes to the Mayan identity as a result of violence in the 1980s and their return to Guatemala to rebuild their society.
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