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Aboriginal Employment, Housing, Education, and the Law

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
City of Saskatoon
Includes Saskatoon City Council minutes from a meeting on Monday, June 9, 1980 regarding a report by the Community Liaison Committee (Report No. 3-1980) including items on Aboriginal Employment (Item # 1316), Housing (Item # 1317), Education and Native People and the Law (Item # 1318), as well as a list of Committee members.
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Aboriginal Justice: A Haudenosaunee Approach

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Michael Cousins
Justice as Healing, vol. 9, no. 1, Spring, 2004, p. [?]
Discusses the methods used by the Six Nations of Grand River, Ontario to ensure a relatively crime free social order. Note: This is a sample article from the publication. Subscriptions are available from the Native Law Centre.
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Aboriginal Policing Update 2007, Volume 1, No. 2

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Christopher J. Rastin
George McBeth
Maryanne Pearce
Mark Stephens
Kirk Finken ... [et al.]
Update on Aboriginal policing and programs. Special edition Policy and Program Overview, 2007.
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Anti-terrorist Unit Raids Native Activist's Home

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Paul Barnsley
Windspeaker, vol. 20, no. 7, November 2002, pp. 1-2

Focuses on a tactical RCMP unit, that was created under the Anti-Terrorism Act unit, who evacuated a neighbourhood and then kicked down the door of John Rampanen's home, a member of West Coast Warrior Society.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.1.

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Communication Most Effective Tool In Police Kit

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Doug Cuthand
Star-Phoenix, September 5, 2008, p. A11
Promotes the inclusion of local First Nation peacekeepers to assist police officers on call in an attempt to reach a peaceful negotiated end to standoffs and defuse potentially explosive situations.
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Crime and Justice in American Indian Communities

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lisa M. Poupart
Social Justice, vol. 29, no. 1/2, Globalization and Environmental Harm, 2002, pp. 144-160
Examines the historical domination and continued oppression created and continued by Western nations and its relation to the perpetuation of crime and injustice in Aboriginal communities.
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Erdrich’s Crusade: Sexual Violence in The Round House

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Julie Tharp
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 26, no. 3, Fall, 2014, pp. 25-40
Examines how this novel about sexual abuse against Native women disrupts readers and scholars' expectations. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 25.
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File Classification System: Administrative (Housekeeping) and Operational Records Indian and Inuit Affairs Program [1872-c1980)]

Alternate Title
A Guide to the Indian and Northern Affairs Canada "File History Cards", 1872-c1980
Guide pour les Fiches sur l'historique de dossiers des Affaires Indiennes et du Nord Canada, 1872-c1980
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC)
Lists subject file blocks and subsections, and contains guide to various fiches used by Indian Affairs and its predecessors to track files created in headquarters central registry. English guide follows French version.
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Indigenous Trauma Is Not a Frontier: Breaking Free from Colonial Economies of Trauma and Responding to Trafficking, Disappearances, and Deaths of Indigenous Women and Girls

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Annita Hetoevėhotohke’e Lucchesi
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 43, no. 3, Indigeneity, Feminism, Activism, 2019, pp. 55-68
Reflecting on her own personal experiences, the author challenges the popular stereotype of voiceless traumatized Indigenous females that is perpetuated by the media, academia and even Indigenous advocacy groups. She asserts that Indigenous women survivors can be empowered as a healing force for others.
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John P. Clum and the Origins of an Apache Constabulary, 1874-1877

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Michael L. Tate
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 3, no. 2, Summer, 1977, pp. 99-120
A discussion of the Indian Agent's formation and use of a police force and court system in Arizona and the bureaucratic politics of the time.
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Marijuana Initiation in 2 American Indian Reservation Communities: Comparison With a National Sample

Alternate Title
Marijuana Initiation in Two American Indian Reservation Communities: Comparison With a National Sample
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nancy Rumbaugh Whitesell
Janette Beals
Christina M. Mitchell
Douglas K. Novins
Paul Spicer
et al.
American Journal of Public Health, vol. 97, no. 7, July 2007, pp. 1311-1318
Found disproportionate risk for marijuana initiation among young people on reserves, and suggests that aggressive prevention efforts are needed.
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Micmacs and Justice in Nova Scotia: An Assessment of Policing and Courtworker Options

Alternate Title
Mi'kmaqs and Justice in Nova Scotia: An Assessment of Policing and Courtworker Options
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Don Clairmont
Canadian Journal of Criminology, vol. 34, no. 3/4, July-October 1992, pp. 534-535
Discusses future changes to the justice system as a result of the Royal Commission on the Donald Marshall, Jr., Prosecution (Donald Marshall Inquiry).
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Native Women Challenged for Speaking Out

Articles » General
Herizons, vol. 6, no. 2, July 31, 1992, pp. 13-[?]
Discusses charges of political interference brought by chiefs and band officials against the Aboriginal Women's Unity Coalition for speaking out on violence against women on reserves.
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Policing the Rez: Keeping No Peace in Indian Country

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Dian Million
Social Justice, vol. 27, no. 3, Critical Resistance to the Prison-Industrial Complex, Fall, 2000, pp. 101-119
Examines the legal complexities of on and off reservation crime and reviews allegations of police abuse.
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The Position of the FSIN Justice Commission

Alternate Title
Continuing Poundmaker & Riel's Quest: Presentations Made at a Conference on Aboriginal Peoples and Justice
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Daniel Bellegarde
pp. 315-320
Article from a 1993 Conference proceedings, discusses justice, self-government and the desire to create a solid logical and planned development process for a First Nations-controlled justice system. Excerpt from Continuing Poundmaker & Riel's Quest: Presentations Made at a Conference on Aboriginal Peoples and Justice compiled by Richard Gosse, James Youngblood Henderson, Roger Carter.
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Preface [Continuing Poundmaker & Riel's Quest: Presentations Made at a Conference on Aboriginal Peoples and Justice]

Alternate Title
Continuing Poundmaker & Riel's Quest: Presentations Made at a Conference on Aboriginal Peoples and Justice
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Peter MacKinnon
p. XII
Preface to the 1993 Conference introducing the importance of Aboriginal justice questions and acknowledging the support of corporate donors to the Conference. Excerpt from Continuing Poundmaker & Riel's Quest: Presentations Made at a Conference on Aboriginal Peoples and Justice compiled by Richard Gosse, James Youngblood Henderson, Roger Carter.
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Proposed Policing on Reserve Discussed

Articles » General
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 3, no. 6, June 1972, p. 9
Special Constables program for Aboriginals discussed by Attorney General's Department, Federation of Saskatchewan Indians, Indian Affairs, Chiefs from the Yorkton District and the R.C.M.P.
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Report on the Audit of the North Peace Tribal Council Policing Agreement

Alternate Title
[Project no.] 310-2110-01
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Department of the Solicitor General of Canada
Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada
Objectives were to ensure claimed expenditures that have been incurred are in accordance with the Agreement and other guidelines.
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The Role Played by a Former Federal Government Residential School in a First Nation Community’s Alcohol Abuse and Impaired Driving: Results of a Talking Circle

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
J. Peter Rothe
Patricia Makokis
Lorna Steinhauer
William Aguiar
Lena Makokis
George Brertton
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 65, no. 4, 2006, pp. 347-356
Argues that federal institutions have created systemic sociocultural problems and there is a need for community-based intervention strategies to promote cultural healing.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples 148: Westbury Hotel, Toronto, Ontario

Documents & Presentations
RCAP 148 contains a transcript of a portion of a sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at the Westbury Hotel, Toronto, Ontario. Subjects discussed include community policing, substance abuse, Metis and Non-Status rights, the arts, the environment. Each presentation can be viewed individually on this site.
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