Chapter from the book, The Native in Literature: Canadian and Comparative Perspectives. Examines the image of Native people in contemporary critical writing.
Report: Rural and Native Housing Demonstration Program Technical Detail/Construction System Development
Research Report (Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Add-On Buildings Ltd.
Research Report (Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation)
Description
Program expected that individuals would provide labour required to erect their own houses and examined the use of simplified housing "kits" which met design requirements and budget limitations. This company's consultant produced house plan, detailed construction manual, associated shop drawings, and summary report which included cost data.
Report: Rural and Native Housing Demonstration Program Technical Details/Development of a Construction System
Research Report (Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Thermocube Inc.
Research Report (Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation)
Description
Program expected that individuals would provide labour required to erect their own houses and examined the use of simplified housing "kits" which met design requirements and budget limitations. Report details this company's house plan, working drawings, assembly instructions, construction manual, and breakdown of costs.
Aboriginal Peoples and Constitutional Reform. Discussion Paper
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
David C. Hawkes
Description
Discusses negotiations concerning aboriginal peoples and the constitutional reform as of February 1987, the major issues involved and the prospects for successful resolution.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 11, no. 3, Summer, 1987, pp. 203-220
Description
Argues that although Bureau of Indian Affairs officials viewed events as an opportunity to promote its assimilation program and display the "progress" students had made, their efforts failed because the public was much more interested in the romanticized, stereotypical version of American Indian.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 11, no. 3, Summer, 1987, pp. 203-220
Description
Looks at the Bureau of Indian Affairs attempts to promote Indigenous education for public approval through exhibits at the World's Fair. However, the exhibits ended up promoting a romanticized traditional Indigenous culture to the American public.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 7, no. 2, 1987, pp. 399-414
Description
Suggests that the Mopan Maya fear that as one ages, individuals experience detachment and a loss of the soul, which is represented by the human shadow.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 11, no. 1, Winter, 1987, p. [?]
Description
Discusses how Ortiz uses the harmonious relationship between the Acoma Pueblo people and their rural environment in his literary works.
Entire issue on one pdf document. To access article, please scroll down page.
Native Studies Review, vol. 3, no. 1, 1987, pp. 59-80
Description
Article concludes that the relative lack of opposition between Native Siberian and non-Native Siberians, stems from a greater knowledge of Siberian native people and the desire to expand traditional native occupations.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 11, no. 1, Winter, 1987, pp. 1-10
Description
Looks at the impact of firearms to Indigenous nations in the Spanish America frontier. Spanish policy prohibited the trading of firearms to Indigenous people but Indigenous tribes obtained firearms from French or British allies instead..
Commentary on government's failure to adequately acknowledge Aboriginal veteran's contributions and compensate them in the same way as other returning soldiers.
Aboriginal History, vol. 11, no. 1, 1987, pp. 82-90
Description
Presents the story of a woman finding her natural mother with the help of Link-up, an organization established to help Aboriginal fostered or adopted adults find their families.
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 1, no. 2, October 1987, pp. 16-31
Description
Compares socioeconomic factors, social support, selected clinical characteristics, and more, between First Nations and Anglo Canadian mental health patients.