Includes four case studies: Tk’emlups te Secwepemc and the City of Kamloops; Tsleil Waututh Nation and the District of North Vancouver; : Musqueam and the City of Vancouver; : Cowichan Tribes and the City of Duncan; and Fort Nelson First Nation and Northern Rockies Regional Municipality.
Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development (DIAND)
Description
Reviews the results of eight regional and one wrap-up dialogue which took place in 1999-2000. Dialogues were meant to explore different options to manage litigation and resolve cases of abuse.
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.
Aboriginal Girls Groups in School District No. 73 (Kamloops/Thompson)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Kamloops Aboriginal Friendship Society
School District No. 73
First Nations Education Council
Thompson Rivers University
Description
Comments on a school that provides a culturally-safe place for young Aboriginal girls to explore adolescent female issues and to promote a positive and healthy gender and cultural identity.