Looks at the effects of government policy in both Australia and Canada and the lack of progress addressing long term solutions for Aboriginal communities.
Citizenship Studies, vol. 3, no. 1, February 1999, pp. 5-25
Description
Examines the reasons and legal aspects used by Canada to dispossess aboriginal people who have not ceded land through treaties, such as the Innu of Labrador-Quebec.
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 92, no. 3, September 2011, pp. 481-514
Description
Discusses how the mountaineers narratives associated with the Yukon Alpine Centennial Expedition can offer insights to an epistemology of place where landscapes, nature and culture exist as an integrated entity.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 34, no. 1, 2014, pp. 25-41
Description
Focuses on protests over ecological and environmental issues, their relation to land claims, and how they have been framed in mainstream media and public policy.
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 44, no. 2, Spring, 2010, pp. 219-229
Description
Book reviews of: Compact, Contract, Covenant: Aboriginal Treaty-Making in Canada by J.R. Miller.
Home is the Hunter: The James Bay Cree and Their Land by Hans M.
SMSociety '16: Proceedings of the 7th 2016 International Conference on Social Media & Society
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Mylynn Felt
Description
Looks at election-related tweets which carried hashtag #MMIW; content analysis showed that they mostly commonly conveyed hope, anger and disgust.
Paper from: SMSociety '16: Proceedings of the 7th 2016 International Conference on Social Media & Society.
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 52, no. 1, Winter, 2018, pp. 217-248
Description
Uses two examples of critical heritage discourses—social media debate surrounding Canada’s sesquicentennial celebrations, and an undergraduate history education course which focused on the production of counter histories—to illustrate how critical heritage studies can expand the discussion and challenge traditional thinking around national memory and settler-colonial narratives.
Critical Criminology, vol. 6, no. 2, 1995, pp. 140-160
Description
Book reviews of:
Indigenous Peoples of the World: An Introduction to Their Past, Present, and Future by Brian Goehring.
The Cypress Hills: The Land and its People by Walter Hildebrandt and Brian Hubner.
Aboriginal Self-Government in Canada: Current Trends and Issues edited by John Hylton.
Continuing Poundmaker and Riel's Quest: Presentations Made at a Conference on Aboriginal Peoples and Justice edited by Richard Gosse, James Youngblood Henderson and Roger Carter.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 35, no. 2, 2011, pp. 183-246
Description
Book reviews of:
An Aleutian Ethnography by Lucien M. Turner ; edited by Raymond L. Hudson.
The Arapaho Language by Andrew Cowell and Alonzo Moss Sr.
Broken Treaties: United States and Canadian Relations with the Lakotas and Plains Cree, 1868–1885 by Jill St. Germain.
Canada’s Indigenous Constitution by John Borrows.
Cave Archaeology of the Eastern Woodlands: Essays in Honor of Patty Jo Watson edited by David H. Dye.
Cherokee Thoughts: Honest and Uncensored by Robert J.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 14, no. 3, 1990, pp. 93-174
Description
Book reviews of:
As Long as the Rivers Run: Hydroelectric Development and Native Communities in Western Canada by James B. Waldram.
Sun Journey: A Story of Zuni Pueblo by Ann Nolan Clark.
Maricopa Morphology and Syntax by Lynn Gordon.
The Cheyenne Nation: A Social and Demographic History by John H. Moore.
Pride of the Indian Wardrobe-Northern Athapascan Footwear by Judy Thompson.
Sagebrush Soldier: Private William Earl Smith's View of the Sioux War of 1876 by Sherry L.
Native Studies Review, vol. 17, no. 2, 2008, pp. 115-141
Description
Gives context of the dispute and occupation of Anicinabe Park, in Kenora, Ontario which brought about a new era of bad relations and distrust between the Canadian Government and Native groups.
Report (Conference Board of Canada) ; November 2010
[Conference Board of Canada Publication ; 11-120]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Bjorn Rutten
Description
Examines security challenges of Arctic including consequences of climate change, natural and man-made disasters, sovereignty-related issues, and sustainability and resiliency of communities.
Journal of Colonialism and Colonial History, vol. 17, no. 2, Summer, 2016, p. [?]
Description
Looks at how imposition of programs such as Family Allowance, Foodmail, and Nutrition North Canada, in conjunction with criminalization of hunting and harvesting have created food insecurity.
American Journal of Public Health, vol. 87, no. 9, September 1997, pp. 1547-1551
Description
Compares incidence and hospitalization rates for shigetlosis between Indians and the rest of the population in Manitoba, and also examines the relationship between shigellosis and environmental conditions on reserves.
Documentary focuses on Treaty 9 (James Bay Treaty), First Nations' fight to see that treaty rights and obligations are respected, and their lands and resources are protected.
Duration: 84:51.
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