Sketch of the steamer "Northwest" arriving at Battleford with General Middleton. Horses and wagons loaded with supplies in foreground; "Northwest" beached in background.
Results of community consultations conducted by the review panel, gives recommendations for improvement to support recipients to become more self-reliant.
Provides brief overview of geography, society, economy, history, features of land claim, and two central political issues: local control and values of its people.
Research Report (Department of Justice Canada) ; 2000-7e
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Naomi Giff
Description
Report provides collection of articles addressing social issues, crime, and justice issues in the North and the nature and results of community-based justice projects in Canada.
"Unrevised".
Ecology of Food and Nutrition, vol. 12, 1982, pp. 89-95
Description
Discusses two plants indigenous to coastal British Columbia, Springbank Clover and Pacific Silverweed, and outlines their nutritional significance for Native peoples.
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 162, no. 13, June 27, 2000, p. 1862
Description
Outlines recommendations found in Our Communities, Our Decisions: Let's Get On With It!, the final report of the Minister's Forum on Health and Social Services.
[Constituting the Commons: Crafting Sustainable Commons in the New Millennium: Conference of the International Association for the Study of Common Property ; 8th
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Nancy J. Turner
James T. Jones
Description
Discusses different cultural models of land and resource ownership by the Salishan, the Nuu-Chah-Nulth, Kwakwaka'waka, Haida, Nisga'a and additional northwest coast peoples.
Image of officers of Governor-General Landsdowne's Body Guard in Humboldt. L to R: Major Dunn, Lt. Col. G.T. Denison, Capt. Denison, Lt. Merritt, Quartermaster Chas. Mair, Lt. Fleming, Surgeon Baldwin.
FORUM on Corrections Research, vol. 12, no. 1, Aboriginal People in Corrections, January 2000, pp. 48-50
Description
Discussion of programs offered by the Lodge which are meant to enhance womens' chances of success upon release; follows principles outlined in the Creating Choices Report.
Old house located west of Duck Lake from which the Metis fired during the Northwest Resistance. Trees and shrubs in foreground; side view of house in background.
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 2, no. 2, 1982, pp. 347-351
Description
Responds to the publication Outstanding Business - A Native Claims Policy, published by the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development in 1982.
Assessment based on sample of approved housing proposals from First Nations which had been under policy for at least two years, visits to two Indian and Northern Affairs regional offices and nine communities, and analysis of INAC data.
Working Paper (Queen's University School of Public Poliy) ; 5
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Kathy L. Brock
Description
Examines jurisprudence on Aboriginal issues with focus on recent Supreme Court cases and their aftermath.
Paper presented at the 96th Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association held in Washington from August 31 to September 3, 2000.
Image of troops, wagons and guns at the opening of the Battle of Fish Creek. On back of photo: "Photograph taken by Captain Peters about 10:15 a.m., April 24, 1885, just as the guns he commanded rushed up at the opening of the Battle of Fish Creek. Upper right is the treeline and just beyond is the ravine containing Fish Creek. The Metis warriors hidden here are firing on Boulton's scouts. The inexperienced soldiers have formed a semi-circle and are fully exposed.
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 15, no. 1, Spring, 2000, pp. 157-182
Description
Looks at both private and public management of buffalo and contends that current day tribal herds represent the best opportunity in maintaining the wild character of buffalo.
Anglican Journal, vol. 126, no. 10, December 2000, p. 1
Description
Prime Minister directs Herb Gray to look for solutions, but numerous unresolved issues remain between federal government and churches in residential schools dispute.
Lead story item deals with the issue of women's status under the Indian Act and is followed by various news items. Includes synopsis and "Did You Know?" section.
Duration: 45:38
Features two cultures, the Inuit and the Haida, and their history, language, community life, self-government, and their relationship with the land, hunting and the sea.
Anthropology of Work Review, vol. 21, no. 2, June 2000, pp. 12-17
Description
Discusses Tsimshian women's experience as laborers and producers and their exclusion from wage work and independent harvesting over the past 100 years.