Documentary about three sisters and a brother meeting for the first time after being taken from their mother and adopted out as part of the "Sixties Scoop". Edited version of the original.
Duration: 45:00.
Related material:
Mini-Lesson.
Reports on the relations between police officers and Aboriginal residents in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. The article also discusses how one Theatre Company is trying to improve this strained relationship.
Canadian Art, vol. 24, no. 2, Summer, 2007, pp. 44-48
Description
Discusses the many themes, including forgiveness, which run through the versatile artist's work and discusses the exhibition held at the University of Saskatchewan entitled Buffalo Boy's Heart On: Buffalo Boy's 100 Years of Wearing His Heart on His Sleeve.
Describes a program in Saskatchewan at the Montreal Lake First Nation that teaches at risk youth a meaningful trade and how to attain self-sufficiency.
Family history of Royal Canadian Mounted Police Constable, the late Robin Cameron, the Constable who was killed in the line of duty in Saskatchewan in 2006.
Comments on three difference themes: the relevance of sport for future success; adoption of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples; opposition to the series of dams on the Peace River in British Columbia.
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 64, no. 4, 1983, pp. 519-548
Description
Argues that contrary to accepted wisdom, the Canadian government did not have honourable and just intentions, but violated treaties by refusing to grant the reserve lands that had been chosen and failing to supply the promised provisions. Instead Commissioner Dewdney used the courts, military and police to bring about political goals.
American Antiquity, vol. 5, no. 4, April 1940, pp. 334-335
Description
Distinctively carved stone with three faces found by Bad Lake, Saskatchewan suggests possibility of prehistoric occupation or early migration from the south.
Discusses David Ahenakew, how the FSIN now needs to move forward to address social, economic and political issues, and again build a good working relationship with the federal and provincial governments.
Describes how a series of misunderstandings, poor interpretation and hysteria contributed to a unjust sentence for the Willow Cree leader and restrictions for the Beardy's Band.
A 20-Year-Old Initiative in Saskatchewan is Having a Significant Impact on the Recruitment, Retention and Success of First Nations and Métis Students in Nursing Education
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Valerie Arnault-Pelletier
Sandra Brown
Joyce Desjarlais
Bev McBeth
The Canadian Nurse, vol. 102, no. 4, April 2006, pp. 22-26
Description
Describes the history of the National Native Access Program to Nursing (NNAPN), a program initiated in 1984 to attract and retain Aboriginal students to nursing, that later became the Nursing Education Program of Saskatchewan (NEPS) at the University of Saskatchewan.
Social Science and Medicine, vol. 64, no. 10, May 2007, pp. 2165-2176
Description
Explores four aspects of encounters: relating across assumed cultural differences, constructing "the Other" assumptions, influencing clinical practice and responding to routine patient requests.