BC Studies, no. 184, Winter, 2014/2015, pp. 147-149
Description
Book review of: Charles Edenshaw edited by Robin K. Wright, Daina Augaitis, and Jim Hart.
Entire book review section on one PDF. To access this review scroll to p. 147.
Presbyterian History, vol. 58, no. 2, Fall, 2014, pp. 4-8
Description
Brief article about death of young boy who, in 1966, died while running away from the Cecilia Jeffrey Indian Residential School located in Kenora, Ontario.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to p. 4.
Canadian Family Law Quarterly, vol. 36, no. 2, June 2017, pp. 171-191
Description
Discusses the crisis of the overrepresentation of Indigenous children in the child welfare system as a direct consequence of the residential school system.
BC Studies, no. 184, Winter, 2014/2015, pp. 144-146
Description
Book review of Chinookan Peoples of the Lower Columbia edited by Robert T. Boyd, Kenneth M. Ames, and Tony A. Johnson.
Entire book review section on one PDF. To access this review scroll to p. 144.
Chronic Diseases and Injuries in Canada, vol. 34, no. 4, November 2014, pp. 210-217
Description
Study concludes that continued risk factor surveillance will be necessary due to the heterogeneous health status of Aboriginal populations in Canada's north.
Of those surveyed (69), 85% were Indigenous and 57% were Indigenous females; average age for youth experiencing homelessness for the first time was 18, and most common ages were 18 and 21, which coincides with "aging out of care".
[UBC Museum of Anthropology Pacific Northwest Sourcebook Series]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Pam Brown
Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers
Description
Sourcebook for exhibition of the same name held from June, 2014 to January, 2015. Includes photos of individual works and brief biographies of each artist.
Western Historical Quarterly, vol. 48, no. 2, Summer, 2017, pp. 159-188
Description
Looking at the journal entries from the fur trade era to discuss colonialism prior to settler colonialism.
Portions of the journals entries of traders David Lamb and Jacob Herrick are included.
To accompany award-winning book by James Daschuk which examines ecological, economic, and political factors affecting Aboriginal health and mortality from the early 1700s to the end of the 19th century.
Discusses how Crown and Indigenous governments can engage with each other on the basis of a nation-to-nation relationship to develop regimes for management of resources which ensure mutually beneficial outcomes.
Chapter 12 from book: Colonial Genocide in Indigenous North America edited by A. Woolford, J. Benvenuto and A.L. Hinton.
Comments on historical trauma caused by the settlers and the pattern of European dispossession of Indigenous people.
Indigenous Cultures and Mental Health Counselling: Four Directions for Integration with Counselling Psychology
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Terry Mitchell
Description
Looks at the effects of personal and collective trauma through a political lens.
Scroll down to read paper.
Chapter from Indigenous Cultures and Mental Health Counselling edited by Suzanne L. Stewart, Roy Moodley, and Ashely Hyatt.
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Representative from the Indian Residential School Survivor's Society speaking on the history and impacts of residential schools.
Duration: 20:51.
Part 2.
Part 3.
In Education, vol. 20, no. 1, Summer, 2014, pp. 57-81
Description
Presents a narrative study that explores the research question: "What are the decolonizing processes of practicing teachers involved in a provincially funded initiative to improve schooling for urban Aboriginal students?"
Native Social Work Journal, vol. 9, Special Edition In Celebration of the 25th Anniversary of the School of Indigenous Relations, February 2014, pp. 41-55
Description
The author discusses journey as a student in the Indigenous Social Work Program to a professor in the School of Indigenous Relations.
Entire issue on one pdf. Scroll down to page 41 to read article.
Research Project Report (Urban Aboriginal Knowledge Network) ; 2017
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
John R. Sylliboy
Tuma Young
Description
Through 20 in-depth interviews project gathered information on socio-cultural context, state of mental health and well-being during process, and supports which were relied upon.
Journal of the Canadian Health Libraries Association, vol. 35, no. 1, Special Issue on Aboriginal Health Information, April 2014, pp. 11-15
Description
Discusses the principles of Ownership, Control, Access, and Possession (OCAP) which define how information can and should be used by researchers, governments and corporations.
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 51, no. 2, Spring, 2017, pp. 520-532
Description
Article examines non-fiction texts about the search for the Northwest Passage to illustrate the contributions of Inuit people and communities to Arctic exploration.
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 95, no. 3, September 2014, pp. 352-381
Description
Describes how the Department of Indian Affairs attempted to undermine leaders and gain control of lands by subdividing the reserve into plots which would be individually-owned, with the ultimate goal of dispersing the community.
Aboriginal Policy Studies, vol. 6, no. 2, 2017, pp. 142-163
Description
Based on analysis of transcripts of Hirsekorn case in which judges had to render a decision on the Métis identity of the accused and his membership in a rights-holding Métis community.
Reports on issues raised by Indigenous clients themselves and discusses features of Aboriginal varieties of English and how linguistic prejudice may affect interactions between lawyer and client and court outcomes.
Looks at infrastructure systems, telecommunications, and maritime, aviation and ground transportation in the Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Nunavik and Nunatsiavut .