Article describes the role of the aboriginal doula, which is to provide emotional support, physical comfort and assistance in obtaining information before, during and just after childbirth.
Summarizes the knowledge arising from First Nations land use planning activities as expressed through practitioners and participants themselves.
Final version.
Website includes resources, information, publications and reports on issues that are integral to modern treaty making in British Columbia. Includes Aboriginal rights, self government, land and resources, fishing, forestry and financial.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 12, no. 9, September 2009, p. 23
Description
Comments on the Beardy's women winning a fourth consecutive title in the FSIN soccer tournament and the Little Pine First Nation men's team talking the championship.
Article found by scrolling to page 23.
Mamow Na-nan-da-we-ki-ken-chi-kay-win: Searching Together Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Mamow Sha-way-gi-kay-win North South Partnership for Children
Description
Assessment focuses on six key areas: livelihoods, infrastructure, community participation, education/recreation, children and parents and mental and physical health.
BeauDril worker holding hose up with wrench attached. Worker has "Boyden" patch on front of jacket. Caption by Dommasch: "Tuktoyaktuk BeauDril camp airport. Own security. No tolerance for drugs and alcohol". Near Tuktoyaktuk, NWT.
Third feature in The Fast Runner series portrays the adventures of two isolated Inuit families reuniting in 1840 for fishing season. Story is based on For Morgendaggen by Jorn Riel. English subtitles.
Duration: 1:32:23.
Journal of Aboriginal Health, vol. 4, no. 2, Aboriginal Womens Health, December 2009, pp. 35-43
Description
Illustrates and reviews how three First Nations women's stories contribute to a national research project and how this method differs from a conventional western scientific approach.
Children and Youth Services Review, vol. 31, no. 9, 2009, pp. 1019-1024
Description
Results based on interviews with 61 foster parents in Manitoba to examine value-based and practical benefits of having a shared cultural background with foster children.
Guide provides Aboriginal perspective on "consultation in good faith" and outlines practices needed to gain positive results for First Nations in British Columbia.
Report provides suggestions of how to promote the meaningful involvement of First Nations in the environmental assessment processes with respect to land and resources.
Legislative Summary (Parliamentary Information and Research Service) ; LS-642E
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Mary C. Hurley
Description
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.
Journal of the Canadian Historical Association: Historical Papers, vol. 24, no. 1, 1989, pp. 190-209
Description
Discussion of the conflict between the provincial government understanding of 'spirit and intent' of Treaty and the inflexible Federal Office of Native Claims' preoccupation with "lawful obligation."
Site developed in conjunction with retrospective exhibition of same name. Includes links to biography, interviews, essays, virtual tour, and photographs of individual works.
Please note: some aspects of this site no longer function due to disabling of Flash Player.
Journal of Aboriginal Health, vol. 4, no. 2, Aboriginal Womens Health, December 2009, pp. 44-51
Description
Explores how body-related experiences of young Aboriginal women living in urban and reserve settings has been researched but not those of young Aboriginal women living in rural settings.