A photograph of a First Nations dancer in traditional garb at a ceremony to celebrate the giving of a totem pole to the City of Prince Albert, 1975. The pole was carved by a First Nations man originally from British Columbia, and currently stands along the North Saskatchewan River near the Prince Albert Historical Museum.
A photograph of First Nations dancers (adults and children), in traditional garb,and a drum circle, at a ceremony to celebrate the giving of a totem pole to the City of Prince Albert, 1975. The pole was carved by a First Nations man originally from British Columbia, and currently stands along the North Saskatchewan River near the Prince Albert Historical Museum.
A photograph of First Nations dancers in traditional garb at a ceremony to celebrate the giving of a totem pole to the City of Prince Albert, 1975. The pole was carved by a First Nations man originally from British Columbia, and currently stands along the North Saskatchewan River near the Prince Albert Historical Museum.
Brief overview of court decisions involving the validity of oral history and discussion of specific stories, their meaning, and relationship to written accounts recorded by traders.
Harry Daniels and the Daniels Case: A Son's Perspective on the Man, His Legacy and Vision for a United Métis Nation
Threading the Constitutional Needle with Sinew of Métisland and Métis
[What Brought It On - and Did We Get What We Wanted?]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Tony Belcourt
Elmer Ghostkeeper
Gabriel Daniels
Maria Campbell
Description
Speakers discuss struggles for Métis rights and recognition which led to Daniels case and the Supreme Court's ruling that Métis and non-Status individuals fall within the definition of "Indian" in section 91(24) of the Constitution Act,1867; Maria Campbell reminisces about leader Harry Daniels, who initiated the court action.
Duration: 1:59:52.
Presentations are part of the conference "Daniels: In and Beyond the Law" held at University of Alberta, Jan. 26-27, 2017.
Presenter discusses how the decision aligns with or fails to meet some of the standards set out in international law and human rights instruments, the issue of Indigenous self-definition and membership, and implications in terms of right to traditional lands, territories and resources.
Duration: 49:23.
Presentation is part of the conference "Daniels: In and Beyond the Law" held at University of Alberta, Jan. 26-27, 2017.
Aboriginal Policy Studies, vol. 6, no. 2, 2017, pp. 26-47
Description
Discusses case involving Métis and Non-Status Indians. Plaintiffs sought three declarations: that the two groups are "Indians" as defined by the Constitution Act, 1867; that the Crown owes a fiduciary duty to them; and they have the right to be consulted and negotiated with as to their rights, interests, and needs.
Aboriginal Rights Litigation, Negotiation, and Practice among the Metis of BC: Community Perspectives on Creating Legal Change
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kerry Sloan
Aboriginal Policy Studies, vol. 6, no. 2, 2017, pp. 48-86
Description
Case developed requirement that s. 35 rights be vested in "historic" communities (existed before European control) and there must be continuity with present-day communities. Author interviewed 23 people about problems with application of the decision in three cases: Howse, Nunn, and Willison.
Describes the land-based university program and its role in resisting settler colonial capitalism, particularly the oil-based extractive resource economy that has defined the relationship between the Dene and the Canadian nation state.
Canadian Theatre Review, vol. 159, Summer, 2014, pp. 30-37
Description
Interviews two artists that combine emerging technologies with their art and are also featured in the Kanata Indigenous Performance New and Digital Media Art Project.
Journal of Indigenous Social Development, vol. 6, no. 2, 2017, pp. [23]-49
Description
Explores collective documentary filmmaking as an instrument of decolonizing storytelling, describes the consensus-based work of a diverse group including both Indigenous and settler artists involved in the Stories of Decolonization project's first short film Stories of Decolonization: Land Dispossession and Settlement.
[Critical Conversations on Truth and Reconciliation]
[Critical Conversations Series]
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
[Greg Bak]
Description
Podcast discusses the destructing of archives which amounted to lost records of residential school students experiences.
Duration: 25:29
Accompanying material.
Research Ethics, vol. 14, no. 2, September 28, 2017, pp. 1-24
Description
Looks at ways of valuing and using Indigenous knowledge on an equal footing with Western methods, and integrating the two when appropriate. Explores issues such as disconnection from practice, unclear researcher responsibility, forms of neutrality, and overlooking participants cultural protocols.
Settler Colonial Studies, vol. 7, no. 3, 2017, pp. 372-392
Description
Discusses how a digital map of Amiskwaciwaskahikan (Cree for Edmonton, Alberta), along with an overlay of Treaty 6 Indigenous maps onto a conventional map can be used to show Indigenous people were in Canada in a tangible way. Also looks at the Ogimaa Mikana project in Toronto, Ontario.
In Education, vol. 19, no. 3, [Indigenous Education] in Education, Pt. 2, Spring, 2014, pp. 108-122
Description
Comments on the need to address three common questions from teacher candidates, to help encourage teachers to include more Aboriginal perspectives in the classroom.
Using Winnipeg, Manitoba, as a case study, looked at concept of food security, challenges of maintaining access to culturally valued food, and made recommendations concerning policy which would facilitate access. Information gathered through interviews and focus groups.
Discusses historical and contemporary factors which contribute to high rate of homeless found in the Indigenous population and looks at 12 different dimensions: historic displacement, contemporary geographic separation, spiritual disconnection, mental disruption and imbalance, cultural disintegration and loss, overcrowding, relocation and mobility, nowhere to go, escaping or evading harm, emergency crisis, and climatic refuge,
Looks at experiences of social workers in agencies providing guardianship and protective services to children and families within and outside Indigenous communities and reports how current funding arrangements affect availability of supports.
CMAJ, vol. 189, no. 45, November 13, 2017, pp. e1377-e1378
Description
Discusses health care disparities in remote communities and argues that a more comprehensive concept of primary care is needed to deal with social determinants of health.
Seven photocopied newspaper articles relating to the Dene Declaration passed in 1975. Article subjects include a draft of the Dene Declaration, the Dene Manifesto, and a statement from Chief Frank T'seleie of Fort Good Hope, NWT.
Looks at two examples in which community requests for formal education were ignored by the federal government until 1955, when integrated schooling was introduced.
Highlights mercury pollution of the Wabigoon-English river system.
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