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The Social Determinants of Aboriginal Health: A Literature Review

Articles » General
Author/Creator
William Thomas
Native Social Work Journal, vol. 5, Articulating Aboriginal Paradigms: Implications for Aboriginal Social Work Practice, November 2003, pp. 270-286
Looks at the broad spectrum of health and social determinants to come up with solutions that will improve the health and well being of Aboriginal people, including a holistic approach to be utilized when dealing with Aboriginal health issues.
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Social Enterprises in the Canadian West

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Peter R. Elson
Peter Hall
Sarah Leeson-Klym
Darcy Penner
Jill Andres
Canadian Journal of Nonprofit and Social Economy Research, vol. 6, no. 1, Spring, 2015, pp. 83-103
Profiles three independent cases that reflect the diversity of social enterprise development.
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Social Power and Cultural Change in Pre-Colonial British Columbia

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Cole Harris
BC Studies, no. 115/116, Native Peoples and Colonialism, Autumn/Winter, 1997/1998, pp. 45-82
Examines the current scholarship of colonialism by looking at three aspects of Northwest coast history: geopolitical recording and transposition of information, the introduction and distribution of disease, and the profits of fur trade.
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Socio-economic Benefits of Modern Treaties in BC

Alternate Title
Socio-economic Benefits of Modern Treaties in British Columbia
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Deloitte
Used the Community Well-being Index and interviews with leadership in assessment. Also looked at applicability of different measurement frameworks for determining benefits at the community level.
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Some Aspects of Nootka Language and Culture

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Edward Sapir
American Anthropologist, vol. 13, no. 1, New Series, January-March 1911, pp. 15-28
Description based on ethnological and linguistic data gathered from two groups in British Columbia during 1910.
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Songhees Indian Reserve Act 1911, c. 24

Alternate Title
An Act respecting the Songhees Indian Reserve
Songhees Indian Reserve Act, 1911, c. 24, S-13.5
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Government of Canada
Links to legislation that contains the Agreement of sale of the Songhees Indian Reserve located on Vancouver Island, in the City of Victoria describing the land exchange and consideration.
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Songs of the Nass

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Stephen Hume
Canadian Geographic, vol. 120, no. 1, Annual, 2000, pp. 58-[?]
Discusses oral history, concepts of Aboriginal title, the Nisga'a Treaty and its impact on neighboring First Nations.
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Sources on the Douglas Treaties

Alternate Title
[The Governor's Letters: Uncovering Colonial British Columbia]
[Were the Douglas Treaties and the Numbered Treaties Fairly Negotiated?: Support Materials]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Lindsay Gibson
Jenny Clayton
[David Latasse
James Douglas
Hamar Foster ... [et al.]]
Taken from the teacher's materials section of the The Governor's Letters: Uncovering Colonial British Columbia website. For use with Grades 9 to 12.
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Sovereign Graffiti on Haida Gwaii

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Hilary Morgan Leathem
Joseph Weiss
BC Studies, vol. 214, Summer, 2022, pp. 9-27
Examines graffiti on a former military base on Haida Gwaii as a symbol of sovereignty and an expression of what it means to be from Haida Nation.
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Sovereign Intentions: Gold Law and Mineral Staking in British Columbia

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Dawn Hoogeveen
BC Studies, no. 198, Summer, 2018, pp. 81-101
Author addresses how contemporary mining law is rooted colonial legislation dealing with "free entry", which negates Indigenous presence on the land. Includes discussion of: The Gold Fields Act, 1859; Oregon Treaty of 1846; Treaty of Niagara Royal Proclamation, 1763; and the Mineral Tenure Act, 1996.
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Sovereignty's Alchemy: An Analysis of Delgamuukw v. British Columbia

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
John Borrows
Osgoode Hall Law Journal, vol. 37, no. 3, 1999, pp. [537]-596
Suggests that the while the case has somewhat changed the law to protect Aboriginal title, it has simultaneously sustained a legal framework that undermines Aboriginal land rights.
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The Speaking Landscape and Multicultural Memory in Haida Gwaii Fiction: A Bioregional Analysis

Alternate Title
Place and Memory in Canada: Global Perspectives=Lieu et Mémoire au Canada: Perspectives Globales
[Congress of Polish Association for Canadian Studies ; 3rd]
[International Conference of Central European Canadianists ; 3rd]
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Katerina Prajznerová
Conference paper from: Place and Memory in Canada: Global Perspectives: 3rd Congress of Polish Association for Canadian Studies and 3rd International Conference of Central European Canadianists, April 30-May 3, 2004, Cracow, Poland edited by Magdalena Paluszkiewicz-Misiaczek, Anna Reczyńska, and Anna Śpiewak. Discusses Raven's Cry by Christine Harris, Klee Wyck by Emily Carr and Sounding the Blood by Amanda Hale.
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Speaking Truth to Power [I]: A Treaty Forum

E-Books
Author/Creator
James Tully
Andrée Lajoie
John Borrows
Roderick A. Macdonald
Trudy Govier
Mark L. Stevenson
Riochard T. Price
Hamar Foster
Papers presented at a forum held under the auspices of the BC Treaty Commission and the Law Commission of Canada., March 2-3, 1999.
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Speaking Truth to Power II: Where Do We Go from Here?

Alternate Title
Speaking Truth to Power II: A Treaty Forum, [March, 2000?]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Miles Richardson
Milton Wong
Alan Cairns
Stephen Cornell
Collection of speeches, summary of discussion, and synopsis of open space sessions from a forum held under the auspices of the BC Treaty Commission.
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Speaking Truth to Power III: Self-Government: Options and Opportunities, March 14 - 15, 2002

E-Books
Author/Creator
Stephen Cornell
Claire Marshall
Sophie Pierre
Edmond Wright
Jim Abram
Kent McNeil
Greg Poelzer
Jim Aldridge
Graham Allen
Tim Raybould
Allan Edzerza
Tom Molloy
Hamar Foster
Murray Rankin
Indian and Northern Affairs Canada
Papers presented at a forum held under the auspices of the BC Treaty Commission and the Law Commission of Canada.
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Special Supplement on Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women in British Columbia: Group Submission to the Human Rights Committee on the Occasion of the Consideration of the Sixth Periodic Report of Canada Submitted June 5th, 2015

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
BC CEDAW

Gives background to the issue, discusses the reports produced by the Missing Women Commission of Inquiry, Human Rights Watch, Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, and United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, and reports on the response of the federal and provincial governments.

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The Spider's Web: Creativity and Survival in Dynamic Balance

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Bill Cohen
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 25, no. 2, 2001, pp. 140-148

Author has learned that Indigenous peoples can engage in dialogue in the universities and create their own intellectual, theoretical, and epistemological spaces rather than embracing only cynicism and suspicion of academia.

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Spirit Doctors

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Marie Burke
Bonnie Thompson
René Sioui Labelle
Doug Forbes
Mary Louie
Ed Louie
National Film Board of Canada
Documentary about the work of Mary and Ed Louie, two traditional healers from British Columbia. Duration: 40:04.
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Spirit Doctors

Alternate Title
Docs for Schools
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Suzanne Methot
Teacher's resource for documentary written and directed by Marie Burke about Mary and Ed Louie, two Sqilxw (Okanagan) traditional healers.
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