Canadian Diversity=Diversitié canadienne, vol. 7, no. 3, One Path, Many Directions: The Complex and Diverse Nature of Contemporary Aboriginal Reality, Fall, 2009, pp. 35-42
Description
Uses the NWT Official Languages Act, as an example, to show it is possible to revitalize 55 Aboriginal languages using statutory legislation.
Scroll down to page 35 to read article.
Canadian Political Science Association Annual Conference ; 81st, 2009
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Christopher Adams
Loleen Berdahl
Greg Poelzer
Description
Examines party preferences and reasons for variations. Data sources were aggregate Elections Manitoba vote returns in 2007 provincial election and survey conducted between March 2005 and December 2008.
Documentary about a community radio station and the important role it plays in the Teetl'it Gwich'in town of Fort McPherson, Northwest Territories.
Duration : 1:06:11.
Saskatchewan History, vol. 61, no. 2, Glimpses of Métis Society and History in Northwest Saskatchewan, Fall, 2009, pp. 18-28
Description
Two-part paper first examine the history of Île-à-la-Crosse in the context of mainstream histories, then examines how local community histories have become markers of Aboriginality.
Entire Issue on one .pdf, scroll to page 18.
Healing Traditions: The Mental Health of Aboriginal Peoples in Canada
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Laurence J. Kirmayer
Gregory M. Brass
Gail Guthrie Valaskakis
Description
Contends that mental health services and health promotion must be directed at both individual and community levels.
Chapter 20 from Healing Traditions: The Mental Health of Aboriginal Peoples in Canada by Laurence J. Kirmayer, Gregory M. Brass, and Gail Guthrie Valaskakis.
University of the Fraser Valley Research Review, vol. 2, no. 2, Through Students Eyes: Selected Papers From the Stó:lō Ethnohistory Field School, Spring, 2009, pp. 36-53
Description
Access refers not only to physical access but also intellectual and social access to protocols, traditions, collective and individual histories and identities.
Looks at the theory of developmental stages which argues that cultures evolve at different rates by discussing the book, Disrobing the Aboriginal Industry.
American Antiquity, vol. 74, no. 4, October 2009, pp. 595-626
Description
Discusses data that suggests present-day identities of the Stó:Lō-Coast Salish can be linked to social units that have passed through many generations.
First Nation Citizenship Research & Policy Series: Building Towards Change
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Taiaiake Alfred
Description
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.
Looks at the revival of traditional justice systems and the use of standardized initiatives like the Maori family conferencing model and the sentencing circle.
Native Studies Review, vol. 18, no. 2, 2009, pp. 51-67
Description
Looks at the Halq'eméylem language renewal, community challenges and strengths of the Stó:lō and the programs available to the preservation of the language.