Central themes included are: Indigenous governance and socio-cultural relationships with water, water allocation and implications for water rights, legal framework for water and territorial rights, and drinking water issues on reserves.
Document was created to provide background information for potential meetings of survivors. Includes self-assessment form and guide to interpreting results.
The Internationalisation of Indigenous Rights: UNDRIP in the Canadian Context: Special Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Terry Mitchell
Ken Coates
Cairin Holroyd
Yvonne Boyer
Thierry Rodon ... Bonita Beatty ... [et al.]
Description
Members of the Internationalization of Indigenous Rights
Research Group report on various aspects of Canada's failure to fully implement the United Nations Declaration on Human Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
(CLEBC) Aboriginal Administrative Law Conference ; paper 5.1
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Lisa C. Fong
Description
Looks at issues surrounding integrating Aboriginal healing practices with the mainstream Canadian health care system, such as who controls licensing, what standards should apply to healing practices and definition of what constitutes a healing practice.
Paper from the Aboriginal Administrative Law Conference.
Interviews with 13 residents of the Chipewyan Lake area of northern Alberta.- Stresses need for establishment of a reserve in this area, and promises made to them about this.- Describe various lifestyles including farming, trapping and fishing.- Shows how settlement patterns in remote areas have been influenced by the location of schools and stores.
A group of articles and video clips from the CBC Archives provides an overview of the changing patterns and issues in the communities in the Arctic from circa 1950 to 2002.
Includes speaking notes for president of the Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, text of partnership agreement between the Canadian government and the Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, paper on Inuit-specific needs in the area federal government programming, and background papers on health, education, housing, economic development, etc.
Discusses taking of Treaty #6 and the promises made by the government as well as changes in diet and trade resulting from initial contact with non-Indians.
Joe Duquette, born 1904, on Mistawasis Reserve, never attended school, completely self-educated. Now Senator of F.S.I. and involved in teaching and counselling young people. He tells the story of his arranged marriage.
Examines the self-determination, governance, and development issues facing Indian Country, including building effective governments, developing strong economies, solving difficult social problems, and balancing cultural integrity and change.
Duration: 1:02:39. Includes textual transcript.
Requires creation of free account to access materials.
Mr. Phelps was the Minister of Natural Resources in the Saskatchewan CCF government from 1944 to 1948. He speaks of attempts to replace welfare in the north with programs for fish and fur marketing.
Mr. Gladue, aged 86, describes the discovery of Trout Lake, Alberta; the abundance of buffalo in the area; his life as atrapper. He gives a detailed and graphic account of a winter journey from Wabasca to Yellowknife and back, including his attendance at a Chipewyan funeral and feast.
First Nations Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Northern British Columbia, 2013.
Focuses on R. v. O'Connor criminal case, the Blackwater v. et al v. Plint et al civil case adjudication, and Hollow Water Community Holistic Circle Healing initiative.
National Association of Friendship Centres Civil Society Submission to the 5th and 6th Review of Canada's Implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child
UN CRC Alternate Report, Canada's 5th and 6th Review
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
National Association of Friendship Centres (NAFC)
Description
Brief discussion of context and early learning, education, health, culture and language, and child welfare followed by comments on Canada's fifth and sixth reports on the United Nations Convention of the Rights of the Child and recommendations about policy and legal avenues to address inequalities.
History of the Secwepemc people of British Columbia. Timeline links to information and audio for specific periods, with further links to more detailed information. Very useful for classroom instruction.
Saskatchewan History, vol. 16, no. 3, Autumn, 1963, pp. 81-89
Description
Describes the policies and procedures of liquor licensing and regulation and examines issues of non-compliance and barriers to enforcement. Stresses the parliamentary prohibition of sales to Indigenous peoples.
Entire issue on one pdf file, scroll to page 81.
Long Term Services and Support in Our Community: Assisted Living: Summary Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Kauffman & Associates
Description
Looks at three programs: Comanche Nation of Oklahoma, Pueblo of Isleta, and the Yukon Koyukuk Elder Assisted Living Consortium and discusses their experiences with program development and sustainability, state licensing, Medicaid certification, and regulations, resident payment policy, staff and training, and cultural considerations.
Interview includes a description of life on the reserve that describes milking, sheep-shearing and fishing weirs. It also consists of stories about a woman whose husband turned into a lizard; a story of Wisakedjak; and how Thunder Blanket killed his wife and then himself.
Includes explanation of the Family Homes on Reserves and Matrimonial Interests or Rights Act, information on communities which have developed and ratified their own laws pursuant to the Act and statistics on factors that may affect victims of domestic violence ability to access their rights such as proximity of courthouses, police stations, law offices and health services, and access to broadband internet.
Analyzes current processes, investigates methods that could be used by communities themselves, discusses challenges and key considerations when looking at impact of modern treaties, and makes recommendations for improvements to system.
Mrs. Buffalo of the Peigan Reserve, who is 93 years of age, answers questions about what her ancestors told her of buffalo, fur trade, treaty, smallpox and attitudes to the land.
Social Science and Medicine, vol. 133, May 2015, pp. 168-176
Description
Found that changes to the methadone maintenance therapy (MMT) regime disrupted treatment engagement and produced health and social harms. Nine of the 34 participants in study were Aboriginal.