Peters, Evelyn J.

Book reviews of: Making Native Space: Colonialism, Resistance and Reserves in British Columbia by Cole Harris.

Discusses the characteristics and distribution of Aboriginals in Canada and outlines some of the challenges posed by migration.

Book review of: Indian Metropolis. Native Americans in Chicago, 1945-1975 by James B. LaGrand.

Argues that Aboriginal people are a unique population which has certain rights and specific needs which exist outside the standard model of multiculturalism, but traditional planning approaches have failed to take them into account. Explores urbanization and migration patterns, economic and labour force characteristics and initiatives that have attempted to improve employment, whether settlement patterns have created ghettos, measures of community, and characteristics of Aboriginal institutions.

Book review of: Islands of Truth: The Imperial Fashioning of Vancouver Island by Daniel W. Clayton.

Uses data collected from the Canadian census to explore the distribution of Métis between and within provincial boundaries, as well as the implications of any changes in those distributions.

Book review of: Native Hubs: Culture, Community, and Belonging in Silicon Valley and Beyond by Renya K. Ramirez.

Outlines the main elements of the environmental protection regimes for Cree and Inuit lands under the Agreement.

Study looked at four main outcomes that could be either positive or negative: emergence or maintenance of distinct cultures, changes in access to employment and quality of services, and attitudes toward an area. Includes both research highlight and full report.

The results of a telephone interviews from participants from Northern communities.

Collection of papers from the Aboriginal Policy Research Conference addressing some issues and needs faced by communities in urban areas.

Examines the changing spatial structure of food retailing between 1984 and 2004 in relation to neighbourhoods containing high concentrations of poverty.

Discusses the concept of new middle classes and its implications in regards to the social interactions, economic possibilities, and political alignments that are affecting Aboriginal people and their relations with both one another and within Canadian society. Chapter from Not Strangers in These Parts: Urban Aboriginal Peoples edited by David Newhouse and Evelyn Peters.

Information on a workshop that explored the issues raised by current scholarly research; provides a general sense of the issues relevant to Aboriginal peoples.

A review of literature presenting Aboriginal peoples view of self-government.

Reports findings from interviews with five groups: male youth age 15-19 years; female youth group 15-19; adult males age 20 years and over living without their dependent children; adult females age 20 years and over living without their dependent children; and individuals living with their dependent children. Interviews took place between June 13, 2005 and September 16, 2005, with 143 individuals participating.

Discusses the lack of accurate and consistent data and collection issues associated with enumerating Indigenous peoples.

Argues that feminist geography can increase Aboriginal peoples' representation.

Commentary looks at the differences between Non-Status, registered Indians, Inuit, and Métis people.