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.
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 7, no. 2, Autumn, 1991, pp. 58-77
Description
Delves into the protest by Elijah Harper to block the progress of the Meech Lake accord in the Manitoba legislature and the protest by the Mohawk Warrior Society at Oka, Quebec to stop development of a golf course.
Site developed in conjunction with retrospective exhibition of same name. Includes links to biography, interviews, essays, virtual tour, and photographs of individual works.
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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.
Prairie Forum, vol. 13, no. 1, Spring, 1988, pp. 125-127
Description
Book reviews of:
Public Administration Questions Relating to Aboriginal Self-Government by C. E. S. Franks.
Future Issues of Jurisdiction and Coordination between Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal Governments by Ian B. Cowie.
The Political and Legal Inequalities Among Aboriginal Peoples in Canada by Delia Opekokew.
Aboriginal Self-Government in Canada: A Bibliography 1986 by Evelyn J. Peters.
Suggests that the newly appointed Senator, Patrick Brazeau (34 years old), does not speak for First Nations people and the author argues that a valuable voice has been lost in future legislation that would improve life for First Nations people.
Journal of Motherhood Initiative for Research and Community Involvement, vol. 11, no. 1, Maternal Health and Well-Being, Spring/Summer, 2009, pp. 122-135
Description
Looks at kind of experiences women had giving birth in a non-Aboriginal health care setting in Nova Scotia.
Native Studies Review, vol. 18, no. 1, 2009, pp. 139-167
Description
Discusses how the treaty process has successfully evolved through a series of institutional changes which include the development of effective working relationships between Canada, British Columbia and the First Nations Summit.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 29, no. 1/2, 2009, pp. 65-85
Description
Discusses the symbiotic relationship between the animal world and Indigenous people, and describes how the relationship can contribute to the rebirth of Indigenous creative expression.
University of the Fraser Valley: Research Review, vol. 2, no. 2, Through Students Eyes: Selected Papers from the the Stó:lō Ethnohistory Field School , Spring, 2009, pp. 95-118
Description
Argues that the two teaching longhouses are examples of Aboriginal people influencing and controlling the cultural education process.
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 43, no. 3, Fall, 2009, pp. 101-123, 245
Description
Discusses the Conservative and Liberal views of politicians regarding the federal Indian education policy, the administration of industrial schools, and the terrible conditions in the schools causing high mortality rates.