Part 1: Welcome by Darren Blaney; general remarks by John Gagnon, CEO of Wawatay Native Communications Society.
Part 2: Nuxalk Radio featuring Banchi Hanuse; Siem-nu-ts-lhhwulmuhw host Natasha Bob speaks about how the program came about and its content.
Part 3: Gunargie O'Sullivan, a volunteer programmer, talked about the importance of Indigenous presence on community and campus radio stations; Doreen Manuel shared history of Secwepemc Radio.
Part 5: Talk on CiTR Indigenous Collective and the program Unceded Airwaves, presented by Lisa Girbav, Mario P
Website provides learning materials about the colonies of Vancouver Island and British Columbia before the province was created. Contains links to complete collection of correspondence from 1846 to 1871. One section of teacher material deals with question "Were the Douglas Treaties and the Numbered Treaties Fairly Negotiated?"
Briefly defines rights, explains rights of Status and Non-Status Indians and Métis people, and discusses conservation, public and safety rules, and where to get help if charged with a harvesting offence. Information specific to British Columbia.
Third edition.
Developed to assist British Columbia First Nations with agreement-in-principle (AIP) approvals and ratification votes as part of the treaty negotiation process.
Investigation into the disappearance and murdered women on highway 16 in northern British Columbia known to the locals as the highway of tears.
Duration 39:12.
American Anthropologist, vol. 119, no. 3, September 2017, p. 448–463
Description
Describes methods and initial results for documenting history of cultural landscapes at three sites in British Columbia: Hauyat, Laxgalts’ap (Old Town) and Dałk Gyilakyaw (Robin Town).
Gathered information on traditional concepts of retirement and how they could be applied in contemporary contexts, and how employees could be culturally supported as they transition from the work force.
Where Am I Going to Go?: Intersectional Approaches to Ending LGBTQ2S Youth Homelessness in Canada & the U.S.
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Elizabeth Saewyc
Brooke Mounsey
Jessica Tourand
Dana Brunanski
David Kirk … [et al.]
Description
Uses data collected as part of the 2014 BC Homeless & Street-Involved Youth Survey. Three types of analysis were done: descriptive data, compared Indigenous LGBTQ2S to their heterosexual Indigenous peers, and to non-Indigenous LGBTQ2S youth.
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 8, no. 3, March 1978, p. 40
Description
Dorothy Maquabeak Francis, of the Saulteaux First Nation, now of New Westminster, B.C., was refused service in a Vancouver jewellery store, the same day she was named to the Order of Canada.
Honoring the Seasons of Your Life: Planning Holistically for Your Retirement and Journey as an Elder
Honouring the Seasons of Your Life: Planning Holistically for Your Retirement and Journey as an Elder: Workshop Curriculum Developed for Aboriginal Non-Profit Sector Agencies: Participant Workbook
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 41, no. 4, Fall, 2017, pp. 299-335
Description
Traces women's political activities from the 1950s through the 1970s to the Splatsín te Secwépemc child welfare bylaw and Indian Child Caravan in 1980.
"National publication for the Indians of Canada." Focus on Indigenous issues, events at residential schools and legal decisions. Previously published as Indian Missionary Record.
Articles reflect the attitudes and policies of the time.
Brief discussion of project which looked at effects of situating camps associated with Prince Rupert Gas Transmission pipeline project close to small and already vulnerable communities.
Case studies of Marine Plan Partnership for the Pacific North Coast and the Great Bear Initiative and discussion of how principles involved might apply in the New Zealand context.
Sexual Assault in Canada: Law, Legal Practice and Women's Activism
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Tracey Lindberg
Priscilla Campeau
Maria Campbell
Description
Examines four prominent cases involving sexual violence perpetrated against Indigenous women and girls by white men to demonstrate how the Canadian legal system has failed both to protect Indigenous women and to properly punish those responsible.
The four cases are: R v Edmondson, R v Jordan, R v Ramsay, and R v Ramsay.
Chapter from Sexual Assault in Canada: Law, Legal Practice and Women's Activism edited by Elizabeth A. Sheehy.
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 98, no. 2, Summer, 2017, pp. 230-260
Description
Looks at articles published in The Province, the Vancouver Sun, and the Vancouver Times between 1957 and 1970, and analyzes the language that was used to describe the women and their deaths.
Reconciliation: Growing Canada's Economy by $27.7 Billion, pt. II
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Fiscal Realities Economists
Description
Statistics on Indigenous representation in the labour force, and comparison of equalized participation rates and type of employment in each of the provinces and territories.
In Chinook shorthand with some English headings: New Prayer Book; Coldwater; Nicola, Quilchema; Christmas at Sechelt; News from Canoe Creek; Soda Creek.
Duployan Phonetic Alphabet (reprinted from earlier editions); What is Said of the 'Wawa' Shorthand (also reprinted); Kamloops Wawa, states that the most important part of this edition is the "Supplement of 32 pages that is the beginning of a Yearbook of Instruction for the Indians" and describes translation of the Gospel into Chinook that lead to the production of the Wawa. Canoe Creek: describes Chief Adam's advice to his people on the same day as his death on Dec. 30, 1901; Shuswap - hope of community to build a new church and mention of visits by Priest and Bishop. Shorthand vs.
The Kamloops Wawa publications are listed: full sets from 1891 to 1902; Indian Prayer Book in Chinook, English, Latin; Polyglott Prayer Book (includes above and supplements in eighth different Aboriginal languages); Chinook Vocabulary and first lesson in Chinook; The Wawa Shorthand Instructor; Chinook Bible History; Passion Tableux, of Passion Play by the Indians, fully illustrated, being the Wawa issue for September 1901.
Chinook Book of Devotions (new publication). Ad for The Yukon Catholic out of Dawson and written by Father E.M. Bunoz; Father Marchal of St. Louis Mission leaves for 6 month visit to France - describes his work in the region going back 34 years; Manual, local "Indian and well-known cowboy" died when his horse stumbled; list of marriages in district for the past year; list of dead (inserted because Aboriginal man named Charlie Chapman on list and LeJeune wanted this mentioned because the "Indians" have their own paper they can read).
"Indian Calendar" (4 pages); Lives of the Saints in Chinook, one each day from January to March 15th (16 pages); and a supplement to the Lillooet Manual of Prayers and Catechism which are transcribed questions and answers from the Indians as they were recited; Jesus and the Man Born Blind.
Entire issue in Chinook shorthand. Contains what appears to be a letter from E.F. Holt of New Westminster, BC (pages 6-7). After his second letter the heading "Nature's Cure" appears.
Discusses the importance of audio recordings and describes work done with First Nations in British Columbia ; the recordings have now been digitized, compiled and mounted online as part of the Ridington/Dane-zaa audio archive. Gives descriptions of a random sample of archive's content.