The Need to Conduct Studies of Swedish Sami Reindeer-Herder Subsistence Behaviours: A Case of Indigenous Resource-Use Rights
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robert P. Wheelersburg
Northern Review, no. 28, Spring, 2008, pp. 161-180
Description
Examines the current political situation in Sweden related to efforts to comply with the European Community's International Labour Organization Convention No. 169 Concerning Indigenous and Tribal Peoples in Independent Countries.
Canadian Woman Studies, vol. 26, no. 3-4, Indigenous Women in Canada: the Voices of First Nations, Inuit and Métis Women, Winter/Spring, 2008, pp. 39-51
Description
Paper discusses the author's personal journey to self-determination through ceremony and spirituality.
Current Issues in Language Planning, vol. 9, no. 4, 2008, pp. 440-463
Description
Looks at the Traditional Land Use Study and Consultation Unit created to act as an intermediary between industry, the provincial government of Alberta and First Nations to protect language and culture.
Discusses Cheryl L'Hirondelle's ability to link older generations to younger generations, both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal, through art and the internet.
Canadian Journal of Criminology & Criminal Justice, vol. 50, no. 5, October 2008, pp. 523-557
Description
Looks at the over-representation of Aboriginal people in the Canadian criminal justice system, and suggests that potential sources of the problem include social, economic and demographic features of Aboriginal communities.
Neighborhood Effects and Concentration Levels of Aboriginal People in Large Canadian Cities
Research Highlight (Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation)
Research Highlight. Socio-economic Series ; 08-010
Research Report (Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Evelyn J. Peters
Oksana Starchenko
Research Report (Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation)
Description
Study looked at four main outcomes that could be either positive or negative: emergence or maintenance of distinct cultures, changes in access to employment and quality of services, and attitudes toward an area.
Includes both research highlight and full report.
Indian Claims Commission: Neskonlith, Adams Lake, and Little Shuswap Indian Bands Neskonlith Douglas Reserve Inquiry
E-Books
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description
Submitted specific claim to the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development arguing that a reserve had been created in 1862 by the British Crown and was later unlawfully reduced. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 31, no. 2, 2008, pp. 34-50
Description
Argues that not enough attention has been paid to Aboriginal teacher's perspectives. With this article, the author tries to correct that oversight and makes recommendations for improvements.
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 23, no. 4, Winter, 2008, pp. 20-30
Description
Highlights the unconventional prints by emerging Inuit artists featured in the portfolio Nine Works by Seven Artists.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to p. 20.
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 20, no. 2, Native Green, Winter, 2008
Description
Comments on the meeting between the New Mexcio Higher Education Department and four tribal colleges from New Mexico, with the mandate being how to better serve Amerian Indian students in conjunction with state initiatives.
New Voices] Maths Monsters, Learning Trails, Games and Interventions: Some of the Teaching Resources Developed by Teachers in the Mathematics For Learning Inclusion Program
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Barbara Reinfeld
Ken Lountain
Diane Mellowship
Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom, vol. 13, no. 4, 2008, pp. 28-32
Description
Program developed to improved mathematics teaching and learning in low socio-economic communities.
Canadian Woman Studies, vol. 26, no. 3, Indigenous Women in Canada: The Voices of First Nations, Inuit and Metis Women, Winter/Spring, 2008, pp. 215-216
Arctic Anthropology, vol. 45, no. 2, 2008, pp. 128-145
Description
Looks at the unique perspective of Northern Archaic settlement patterns, land use and the large number of prehistoric tent ring sites in the central Brooks Range, Alaska.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 11, no. 4, April 2008, p. 22
Description
Comments on the partnership formed between government and industry to train 1,500 Aboriginal people to develop the skills necessary for work in mining, mineral exploration and more.
Article located by scrolling to page 22.
Anglican Journal, vol. 134, no. 8, October 2008, p. 15
Description
Comments on a historic collection of Bible character felt cut-outs, used for teaching Bible stories, gifted to a tiny First Nations community in northern Quebec.