Provides overview of how traditions have been perceived in the past and cross-cultural perspective on how they have been used by Indigenous peoples in various locations, and identifies issues involving analysis and ethnographic instruction.
Looks at traditional Maori systems of governance, effects of colonization, responses and political activism, and ramifications of The Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975.
Anthropology & Education Quarterly, vol. 36, no. 1, Indigenous Epistemologies and Education: Self-Determination, Anthropology, and Human Rights, March 2005, pp. 57-72
Description
Looks at the development of a traditional knowledge program, background of the community and self-determination for schools.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 17, no. 1, Special Issue on International Year of Indigenous Peoples: Discovery and Human Rights, 1993, pp. 55-78
Description
Focuses on the Tainui people's efforts to seek redress for the confiscation of their lands in the mid 1860s.
Assembly of First Nations Health & Social Development Secretariat
Description
Compared national and international models in order to develop a strategy for culturally safe health care, training, and recruitment and retention of community health workers.
Native Studies Review, vol. 9, no. 1, 1993-1994, pp. 126-132
Description
Essay discusses the content of six recently published books:
Indigenous Peoples: A Global Quest for Justice.
Indigenous Peoples and the Nation-State: Fourth World Politics in Canada, Australia, and Norway edited by Noel Dyck.
The GAIA Atlas of First Peoples: A Future for the Indigenous World by Julian Burger..[ et al.]
"Nations Within": Aboriginal-State Relations in Canada, the United States, and New Zealand by Augie Fleras and Jean Leonard Elliott.
Indigenous Peoples of the World: An Introduction to Their Past, Present and Future by Brian Goehring.
State
Postcolonial Studies, vol. 8, no. 3, 2005, pp. 261-276
Description
Looks at connection between Indigenous oral history and historiography described in a Waitangi Tribunal report released from the Whanganui River Inquiry.
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 16, no. 4, International Indigenous Education, Summer, 2005
Description
Discussion of an international initiative to control access to indigenous knowledge, aimed at protecting sacred and secret knowledge and ensuring proper compensation for intellectual property which is shared.
Explores how social capital theory has been applied to Aboriginal contexts in each country.
Chapter from Social Capital in Action: Thematic Policy Studies by Maurice Lévesque, Norah Keating, Jennifer Swindle, Deborah Foster, Jean Lock Kunz ... [et al.]
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Honour Among Nations? Treaties and Agreements with Indigenous People
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Bradford W. Morse
Description
Comments on the value of treaty making for both parties.
Chapter 2 from Honour Among Nations? Treaties and Agreements with Indigenous People edited by Kathryn Shain, Marcia Langton, Maureen Tehan, Lisa Palmer.
Looks at what kind of access is available to the internet in remote communities, where the internet accessible is located in these communities, and evaluates if the internet is a useful tool for Aboriginal women to access health information.
Maori Women Confront Discrimination: Using International Human Rights Law to Challenge Discriminatory Practices
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kerensa Johnston
Indigenous Law Journal, vol. 4, no. 1, 2005, pp. 19-70
Description
Discusses the Women's Convention and the Optional Protocol procedure, in order to examine the extent to which international human rights law may play a role in eliminating discrimination against Māori women in New Zealand.
Evaluates pilot project based on 4 components: adult education, child education, shared parent/child education, parent resources for child development.
Native Studies Review, vol. 9, no. 1, 1993-1994, pp. 51-91
Description
Discusses the conflict over interpretation of the Treaty's provision for hunting, fishing, and trapping rights; governments' have relied on the written document, while Aboriginals argue that the verbal promises are more important than what was recorded.