Quebec

Explores how the Cree Nation of Mistissini (CNM) in northern Quebec executed an approach which has resulted in significant growth and development.

"The purpose of this review is to summarize what is known about effective practices in Aboriginal schooling."

Describes five best practices for housing policy and delivery.

FILES CAN ONLY BE ACCESSED USING FIREFOX BROWSER. Consists of bilingual annotated index, historical documents, maps, correspondence/letters, Band Council documents and final reports relating to the Band's claims alleging that reserve lands taken for highway use were never surrendered to Canada and/or transferred to the Province of Quebec. Commissioners include: Sheila G. Purdy and Alan C. Holman. [These files were created and compiled by the ICC and provided to the Indigenous Studies Portal in 2009 to make widely available in online format.]

Historical background, analysis, and recommendation from Indian Claims Commission (ICC). Issue whether land used for projects was lawfully surrendered or expropriated. No determination by ICC as parties agreed to negotiate a settlement. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]

Final report regarding the two specific claims arguing that reserve lands taken for highway construction were never surrendered to Canada and/or transferred to the Province of Quebec. Commissioners include : Sheila G. Purdy and Alan C. Holman. [These files were created and compiled by the ICC and provided to the Indigenous Studies Portal in 2009 to make widely available in online format.]

Presents a college student's thoughts on living in a big city compared to a remote village.

History of the word Naskapi in relation to Aboriginal peoples of the Quebec-Labrador Peninsula.

Interview with a political activist who was behind the barricades at Kanesatake.

Comments on the translation of the New Testament into the Naskapi language, an endeavor that took translators 25 years to complete.

Lists material published before 1974.

Education Thesis (M.A.)--Concordia University, 1997.

Studies a survey on a first semester group of postsecondary students and their bicultural identity.

Outlines motivations for bilingual instruction, curriculum, and difficulties involved in implementation, and argues that such a program will eventually lead to a hybrid language and culture.

Brief description of background and contents of the Bill, which address two issues: enhancement of the Cree Regional Authority's powers of governance and the inclusion of the Oujé-Bourgoumou Crees in the James Bay and Northern Québec Agreement regime. Revised version.

Uses visual and mixed art media to explore one's ancestry and identity, heritage and land. Timiskaming First Nation included.

Discusses the high rates of preterm birth, stillbirth and infant death in Inuit-inhabited areas of Canada compared with the rest of the country and the interventions necessary to improve maternal and infant health.

Findings indicate that the two groups appear to have significantly different gene pools with respect to some blood groups which would consider them distinct sub-populations.

Contends that improved iron nutrition in aboriginal babies is necessary considering the potential for higher blood lead levels in infants with iron-deficiency anemia.

Looks at the water crisis on reserves, and the right to safe drinking water and sanitation.

Review of: Never Without Consent: James Bay Cree's Stand Against Forcible Inclusion Into an Independent Quebec by the Grand Council of Crees (Eeyou Astchee).

Looks at the deployment of colonial schooling over an Indigenous landscape during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Johns Hopkins University, 2001.

Discusses anemia and iron deficiency in nine month old James Bay Cree infants.

Biographical essay on the Jesuit missionary who established residence in the Huron Nation during the mid 1600s in present day Quebec.

Discusses the nature and extent of homelessness, and makes recommendations for improving the situation.

Concerns about man-made environmental damage with the undertaking of the James Bay Project is the focus of this booklet. Also mentioned is relocation of 7000 Cree persons and flooding of land.

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Reports on the adaptability of Inuit writing systems in reaction to the emergence of office automation and the Internet.

Discusses current situation of Elders, their relationship with their families and communities and the supports needed to ensure their quality of life.

Report to Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development about Canada's failure to address housing needs in Nunavik.

Report presented to the Standing Committee on Finance concerning pre-budget consultations on the housing crisis and lack of action by Canadian government.

Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--McGill University, 1993.

Focuses on partnership developed between the First Nations Education Council's Technology Department and 30 Quebec First Nations for the provision of network services.

Looks at linkages between issues affecting Inuit and the existence of shared and overlapping responsibilities.

Comments on creation of a community library in the territory of Kahnawake, due to a letter written by a thirteen year old student to her local paper.

Discussion on the development of the Federal Framework for Aboriginal Economic Development; recent Federal measures including the Northern Strategy; a series of agreements between government and Aboriginal communities, including self-government and Comprehensive Land Claims Agreements; and examines how they can play a central role in strengthening the northern economy.

Comments on the two guiding objectives of the architecture and town planning designed by Douglas J. Cardinal.

Eleven case studies on best practices in business/Aboriginal partnerships.

Comments on Fort Chambly, Canada's first national historic site and history museum, noting its first conflict was with the Iroquois.

Author examines the interdependent nature of colonial and capitalist structures and their collaborative resistance to decolonizing efforts. Explores two different sites in which Indigenous businesses are working to engage in the market while maintaining business practices rooted Indigenous values and principles. Asks how these economic practices can support the dismantling of colonial-capitalist economic institutions.

Shows inhabited and uninhabited Indian Reserves, other Indian lands, settlements situated on Crown lands, and other communities (distinct centres of population) by size.

Looks at fiduciary obligations of federal government should Québec secede from Canada.

Prepared as part of research program of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples