Book review of: Indian Education in Canada. Volume 2: The Challenge. Nakoda Institute Occasional Paper No. 2 edited by Jean Barman, Yvonne Hebert, Don McCaskill
Call for a Federal policy to recognize the cultural importance of Indian languages and to expand the teaching of them beyond the current situation where only those people of Indian ancestry in Saskatchewan Provincial schools are funded for instruction.
Prairie Forum, vol. 13, no. 1, Spring, 1988, pp. 25-42
Description
Examines the aftermath of the North-West Rebellion and the consequences of a pass system established by Indian Affairs intended to control Native Peoples movements.
Annual Report of the Chief Adjudicator to the Independent Assessment Process Oversight Committee
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian Residential Schools Adjudication Secretariat
Description
Report on the activities of the independent, quasi-judicial tribunal which administers the Independent Assessment Process for claims related to acts committed at residential schools which resulted in physical and/or psychological injury.
Report on the activities of the independent, quasi-judicial tribunal which administers the Independent Assessment Process for claims related to acts committed at the schools which resulted in physical and/or psychological injury.
Canadian Journal of Diabetes, vol. 35, no. 4, September 2011, pp. 324-325
Description
Comments on the need to research further into the high rate of Indigenous people in Canada developing diabetes including looking at social components.
Article located by scrolling to page 324.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 35, no. 2, Spring, 2011, pp. 215-240
Description
Discusses definitions and contemporary significance of subsistence and indigenous economies; explores the relationship between subsistence and wage labor, particularly from the perspective of women; looks at the roles of indigenous women in subsistence activities; and examines the indigenous economic systems and the concept of the social economy as a foundation for contemporary indigenous governance.
New Zealand Population Review, vol. 37, 2011, pp. 105-123
Description
Compares fertility patterns in New Zealand, Australia, Canada and the United States, looking at the links between colonization and minority status on patterns of population change.
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 31, no. 2, 2011, pp. 195-196
Description
Book review of: Indigenous Identity and Resistance edited by Brendan Hokowhitu, Nathalie Kermoal, Chris Andersen, Anna Petersen, Michael Reilly, Isabel Altamirano-Jiménez, Poia Rewi.
Partnership: the Canadian Journal of Library and Information Practice and Research, vol. 6, no. 1, 2011
Description
Examines surveys that were distributed at Indigenous-related conferences to discover preferred terminology within the Library classification system and acceptable structures for organizing material.
Accounting History, vol. 16, no. 2, 2011, pp. 139-160
Description
Discusses the history of literature on accounting Indigenous populations, the impact of accounting literature, and the need for changes to the literature that provide agency for Indigenous populations rather than treat them as disempowered objects.
Discusses the overrepresentation of Indigenous people in the criminal justice system.
Chapter 8 from Introduction to Criminological Thought by R. Walters and T. Bradley.
American Literature, vol. 83, no. 4, December 2011, pp. 880-882
Description
Book reviews of:
Indigenous Storywork: Educating the Heart, Mind, Body and Spirit by Jo-ann Archibald.
Tribal Theory in Native American Literature: Dakota and Haudenosaunee Writing and Indigenous Worldviews by Penelope Myrtle Kelsey.
Book reviews found by scrolling to page 880.
Alternate Routes, vol. 8, Nation, Race, Gender and the International Division of Labour, 1988, pp. 144-152
Description
Reply to Jesse Russell's criticisms of approach to culture and class in the author's article, "The Development of Capitalism and the Subjugation of Native Women in Northern Canada".
Focuses on the teachers and leaders associated with a community school which integrates language and culture into the curriculum.
Accompanied by video directed by Catherine Martin. (Duration: 20:29).
Pimatisiwin, vol. 9, no. 1, Summer, 2011, pp. 87-111
Description
Study shows that Indigenous youth feel the health care system is disrespectful of youth and culture and a broader approach should be taken to consider the links between culture, identity and health.
Environmental Impact Assessment Review, vol. 31, no. 3, April 2011, pp. 216-225
Description
Research conducted with West Moberly First Nations, Halfway First Nation and the Treaty 8 Tribal Association suggests that both the First Nations and resource-based industries involved in environmental assessment struggle with engagement and consultation issues and could benefit from a review of the process.
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 102, no. 3, May/June 2011, pp. 215-219
Description
Concludes that Aboriginal Canadians living with HIV/AIDS are more likely to be coping with poorer social, economic and housing conditions than non-Aboriginal Canadians.
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 70, no. 1, 2011, pp. 6-18
Description
Looks at the beneficial impact of n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids on heart rate and heart rate variability including populations with high exposure to mercury.