Comments on pictographs created between 3-7,000 years ago at the Xa:ytem Longhouse Interpretive Centre which was designated a National Historic Site in 1992.
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 25, no. 1, Sharing Aboriginal Knowledge and Aboriginal Ways of Knowing, 2001, pp. 51-67
Description
Describes several events that provided incentive to further the learning process and the relevance of life experience. Advocates "teaching of sensitive First Nations issues in a non-Native classroom".
American Antiquity, vol. 74, no. 4, October 2009, pp. 595-626
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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.
History of Education Quarterly, vol. 51, no. 4, November 2011, pp. 519-543
Description
Looks at the workings of Port Essington Indian Day School in British Columbia and discusses the governments impact regarding the integration of children into the public school system.
Comparative Education Review, vol. 9, no. 3, October 1965, pp. 331-340
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Looks at the differences between social-cultural environment and the educational system and high personnel turnover as influencing students educational achievements.
Canadian Geographer, vol. 49, no. 4, Winter, 2005, pp. 352-366
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Analysis of the provincial Liberal administration's 2002 referendum seeking public decision-making on land claims. Article illustrates use of arguments based in economics used and by way of systemic bias disregarding historical context of issues.
Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, vol. 624, Fathering Across Diversity and Adversity: International Perspectives and Policy Interventions, July 2009, pp. 29-48
Description
Looks at history and demographics of communities where there is a lack of care by fathers. Presents a multidimensional vision for positive change.
Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, vol. 30, no. 3, 2002, pp. 335-341
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Contends that 50% of the HIV-positive youth were Aboriginal and comments on the urgent need to develop gender and culturally appropriate youth specific programs.
Hard questions asked by Metis filmmaker Christine Welsh, regarding 60 missing women from Vancouver's east side, including Dawn Crey; one-third of those missing are Indigenous women.
Feliciter, vol. 49, no. 5, [Information Resources for Aboriginal Peoples], 2003, pp. 245-247
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Comments on the limited access First Nations people in British Columbia have to public library services due to administrative, cultural and social barriers.
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 29, no. 1, 2006, pp. 29-42
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Discusses the Traditional Pathways to Health (TPTH) project in which students choose a health topic of interest and produce a video to present to their community; emphasis is placed on a holistic approach to wellness.
Canadian Theatre Review, vol. 164, 2015, pp. 36-43
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Interview with the writer, director and producer of the film at the closing performance at the Aboriginal Pavilion of the Vancouver 2010 Cultural Olympiad.
ab-Original, vol. 2, no. 2, The Entangled Gaze, 2018, pp. 246-264
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Article discusses Tsimshian artist Frederick Alexcee (1853–1939) work, the way it represented his community of Lax Kw'alaams (Fort/Port Simpson) in the 1800s and 1900s, and the implications of that narrative.
Museum Anthropology, vol. 29, no. 1, March 2006, pp. 20-43
Description
Discusses role the noted carver and restorer of totem poles played in the in the acquisition of objects for its collection at the Museum of Anthropology, University of British Columbia.
Canada's History, vol. 96, no. 4, August/September 2016, pp. 63-64
Description
Describes the contributions of the various First Nations of British Columbia who worked as trappers, cooks, packers, guides and postal carriers in the mid 1800s.