Okanagan

Includes survey questions, community profiles and research findings from each of the 14 First Nations involved in study, and results of visits to three sites where local materials were being used in construction. Full research report. Community Report.

Discusses results of research conducted in three locations where local materials were used in construction and survey of 14 First Nations as to their requirements for appropriate housing. Includes both summary and main report. Community Report. Appendices.

Book review of: The Queen's People: A Study of Hegemony, Coercion and Accommodation Among the Okanagan of Canada by Peter Carstens.

Statistics based on responses of 2,476 individuals from 36 First Nations.

Summary of results and findings. Sample consisted of 712 adults, 566 youth and 666 children.

Interview with the teacher, artist, sculptor and activist Jeannette Armstrong at the En'owkin Centre in Penticton, BC, in 1996.

Includes biography, a brief bibliography and several related links.

Book review of: The Queen's People, A Study of Hegemony, Coercion, and Accommodation Among the Okanagan of Canadaby Peter Carstens.

The file contains a presentation on behalf of the Okanagan First Nation by Donna Goodwater. Councillor Goodwater discusses her disappointment with the federal programs available for First Nations people with disabilities and makes recommendations to improve it. Goodwater also delivers a video presentation to the Commission (transcript not included). Following the presentation Commissioner Mary Sillett thanks Goodwater and discusses some of the issues raised with her.

Comments on the essential responsibility of the Okanagan people to bond with the land.