Alfred, Taiaiake

Author speaks about being "Indigenous" and strategies for organization and decolonization. Duration: 1:14:54.

Highlights issues in the areas of cultural identity, education, and justice and compares recommendations made by youth to those found in the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples' final report.

Interview with a participant in the protest over proposed development on what protesters claimed was unceded land at Douglas Creek. Scroll down to page 23 to read the article.

Looks at the United Nations Decade of the World's Indigenous People (1995-2004) and future ways to talk about indigenous rights in global forums.

Aboriginal youth comprise 5% of Canada's youth population but nearly 50% of children and youth under government care are Aboriginal.

Looks at both the progress and the problems still facing Indigenous people in today's globalized world. Access through table of contents.

Looks at ways Indigenous communities can renew themselves and withstand further assaults on their identity from corporations, settler societies and states.

Showcases three keynote speakers discuss issues connecting teaching and learning in an anti-colonial framework. Showcases a film, dance, and drama by students. Duration: 2:49:36.

Looks at the many effects of colonialism on First Nations people of Canada.

Looks at the intellectual, structural and political attributes of the British Columbia Treaty Commission (BCTC) process in order to see why it failed. Provides recommendations for future collaboration between governments and Indigenous Nations. Paper from Indigenous Peoples in the International Sphere.

Focuses on First Nations perspectives on meaning of being Indigenous, belonging to a community, and relationship of these memberships with the institutions of the Canadian state.

Video of speech given by professor from the University of Victoria's Indigenous Governance Program. He argues that Aboriginals must regain their authentic cultural identity in order to truly decolonize themselves. Duration: 01:02:12.

Reports on the historical evolution of the "sovereignty" process in North America. To access this article scroll down to page 21.

Interview with prominent artist from British Columbia.

Author sees reconciliation as a half-hearted measure and instead contends that massive forms of compensation including land, transfers of federal and provincial funds are needed. Essay is adapted from the author’s discussion of reconciliation in Wasáse: Indigenous Pathways of Action and Freedom. Chapter from Speaking My Truth edited by Shelagh Rogers.

Tracks the creation of a cultural apprenticeship program which aims to give youth in the community the necessary skills, knowledge and experiences in land, language and culture to retain and regenerate land-based practices which had been affected by environmental contamination.

Looks at the meaning of political engagement for youth today and implications arising from their attitudes and beliefs in the Canadian electoral processes and institutions.

Author reflects on the aftermath of events in Kanehsatà:ke (Oka crisis) and the reasons why Mohawak people took action.