Focuses on the forced relocation of the Kitsilano Reserve, originally located near the Burrard Street Bridge in Vancouver. (For illustrations, see EBSCOhost version)
"This report presents key findings from a four-month study exploring the gap between on reserve and off nation Indigenous housing through the lens of two core funding streams, Section 95 (serving First Nations on reserves) and the Urban Native Housing Program (serving urban Indigenous populations)."
New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, vol. 2014, no. 142, Health and Wellness Concerns for Racial, Ethnic, and Sexual Minorities, Summer, 2014, pp. 37-47
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Looks HIV/Aids within the context of Canadian reserve system, effects of Indian Residential schools, and risky behaviors.
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 89, no. 4, December 2008, pp. 541-580
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Looks at the conflict of city planning with settler claims to Indian reserves in Vancouver, and discusses the municipal governments decisions regarding land-use planning, land claims, and their attempts to acquire and control the Kitsilano and Musqueam reserves.
File contains a presentation by Charlie Thompson, President of hte Port Alberni Friendship Centre. Thompson tells the history of his people, the problems caused by colonialism and the government's approach, his personal experience with residential schools, some issues of self-governance, and the story of his particular Friendship Centre. Following the presentation is a discussion between Thompson and Commissioners Erasmus and Robinson on the challenges facing urban Aboriginals.
Explores how Aboriginal youth have embraced and transformed a "culture" originally associated with the black urban ghetto.
Excerpt from The Small Cities Book: On the Cultural Future of Small Cities edited by W.F. Garrett-Petts.