Native Studies Review, vol. 2, no. 1, 1986, pp. 1-43
Description
Summary of policy developments, under Mulroney government, which examined the recommendations of Nielsen's task force and the resulting controversy. Part II to appear in Vol. 2, No. 2 of NSR.
Native Studies Review, vol. 2, no. 2, 1986, pp. 1-45
Description
Paper attempts to provide an overview of Indian policy
developments in context of recent policy initiatives of the Minister of Indian Affairs, Concludes with with observations on the current status of policy reforms.Part I appeared in NSR, Vol.2, no.1
Indian Reservation Labor Markets: A Navaho Assessment and Challenge
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Richard Pottinger
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 9, no. 3, 1985, pp. 1-20
Description
Author questions conventional conclusions and argues that there is, in fact, a sizable pool of individuals with very credible educational qualifications.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 7, no. 2, Spring, 1983, pp. 67-80
Description
Discussion on the Indian Rights Association and its goal of the assimilation of American Indigenous nations, in particular through the allotment policies in Oklahoma during early twentieth century.
Minutes of Proceedings of the Special Committee on Indian Self-Government
Penner Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Keith Penner
Stan Schellenberger
Warren Allmand
Jim Manly
Frank Oberle ... [et al.]
Description
Committee investigated numerous issues related to self-government including: social conditions, need for a new Canadian/Aboriginal relationship, structures and powers of First Nations governments, fiscal arrangements, land and resources, and trust relationship with the Crown.
Indian Tribal Studies Programs in the Tribally Controlled Community Colleges
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Wayne J. Stein
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 2, no. 2, Autumn, 1986, pp. 29-33
Description
Argues that academic process can be used to restore traditional knowledge and that the Tribal Community College provides a forum for discussion of concerns.
File contains one negative showing an assembled group of delegates at an Indian Youth Heritage Days Committee meeting, presumably in Prince Albert, SK, on May 22, 1985.
File contains 2 negatives of a panel discussion group from the Indian Youth Heritage Days conference (presumably in Prince Albert, SK) on July 3, 1985.
Saskatchewan Law Review, vol. 48, 1983-1984, pp. 122-128
Description
Explains that section 87 of The Indian Act has been interpreted as exception from income tax, but Nowegijick v. The Queen held that section 87 did not exempt people from income tax.
American Journal of International Law, vol. 80, no. 2, April 1986, pp. 369-385
Description
History from 1949-1985 focuses on development of the Declaration on Indigenous Rights a draft distributed in 1985 by United Nations Working Group on Indigenous Populations.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 10, no. 1, 1986, pp. 1-12
Description
Author investigates the "ethnic approach" to literature criticism and concludes that the archetypal approach is transcultural, which improves the accessibility of Native American literature to non-Natives.