Commission was created to examine circumstances that resulted in the teenager's death and the subsequent investigation of it by Saskatoon City Police and the RCMP.
Presents results of six weeks of fact-finding conducted from January to July 2016, interviews and correspondence with police, and complaint mechanisms from August 2016 to January 2017.
Keynote speaker discusses the importance of knowing how to live off the land and the confidence these skills give you in other aspects of life.
Duration: 38:23.
Uses the Community Well-Being Index, which combines measurements of income, education, housing and labour market participation, to evaluate whether participating First Nations have shown more rapid improvement than those who have not pursued the option.
File contains 2 negatives of an unidentified man (possibly a Chief) recieving a plaque from an undintified official at the official opening of the District Chief's Office in Prince Albert, SK, in March, 1988.
Canada Communicable Disease Report, vol. 43, no. 6, Indigenous Health, June 1, 2017, pp. 120-124
Description
Includes discussion of pilot projects, literature review, and results of consultations with staff from the Northern Inter-Tribal Health Authority and physicians serving in northern communities.
Saskatchewan First Nations Family and Community Institute
Description
Includes comprehensive literature review and results from engagement process which involved seven participant groups, key informant interviews and 24 focus groups. Five themes emerged: programs and services (family centered), honouring youth (child centered), capacity building (community centered/stewardship), practice approach (guardianship), and systemic factors (all functions).
Recounts the history of the disagreement over control of water in the Qu'Appelle Valley between the Qu'Appelle Valley Indian Development Authority (QVIDA) and the Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration (PFRA).
Alberta Journal of Educational Research, vol. 49, no. 1, Spring, 2003, p. [?]
Description
Draws on the authors' experience in teaching a cross-cultural course to a predominantly non-Aboriginal class to identify attitudes that cause resistance to admitting racism is a problem.
Native Social Work Journal, vol. 4, no. 1, Aboriginal Children and Youth, Issues and Challenges, December 2003, pp. 51-83
Description
Study designed to provide a vehicle for communities to articulate the nature and structure of child care in their community; to provide recommendations for the development of First Nations quality child care programs; and to examine options for First Nations jurisdiction in child care.