Canadian Historical Review, vol. 87, no. 1, March 2006, pp. 29-52
Description
Studies history of legislation by which individuals could renounce Indian "status" and gain Canadian citizenship through the Department of Indian Affairs.
Documentary about three sisters and a brother meeting for the first time after being taken from their mother and adopted out as part of the "Sixties Scoop".
Duration: 1:19:21.
Documentary about three sisters and a brother meeting for the first time after being taken from their mother and adopted out as part of the "Sixties Scoop". Edited version of the original.
Duration: 45:00.
Related material:
Mini-Lesson.
Accounting, Organizations and Society, vol. 31, no. 1, January 2006, pp. 47-76
Description
Examines how the 1860 - 1900 Canadian government used accounting/funding mechanisms to put policies, regarding Indigenous peoples, into practice and discusses the historical consequences of such actions.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 37, no. 1, 2017, pp. 117-135
Description
Argues that the Government of Canada has not learned from previous mistakes and its failure to change its behaviour has led to the ongoing trauma inflicted by residential schools and the high number of missing and murdered women.
Cultural and Social History, vol. 9, no. 4, 2012, pp. 497-525
Description
Looks at conflicts over land owned by the Haudenosaunee and the backgrounds of John Brant and Robert Johnson Keer as negotiators for the Grand River Six Nations.
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 41, no. 3, Fall, 2007, pp. 18-41
Description
Looks at the evolution of institutional structures of western health care in First Nations communities in southern Alberta and the women who were central in the creation and operation of these facilities.
Population Research and Policy Review, vol. 11, no. 1, January 1992, pp. 21-49
Description
Argues the Employment Equity Act is not all that it could be that legislators should give this Act more power by introducing penalties for those who fail to comply.
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 64, no. 4, 1983, pp. 519-548
Description
Argues that contrary to accepted wisdom, the Canadian government did not have honourable and just intentions, but violated treaties by refusing to grant the reserve lands that had been chosen and failing to supply the promised provisions. Instead Commissioner Dewdney used the courts, military and police to bring about political goals.
Canada, USA and Australia describe United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples as "profoundly imperfect;" contrary to Canadian Parliamentary Committee on Aboriginal Affairs assessment and support of the document.
Children and Youth Services Review, vol. 33, no. 1, January 2011, pp. 187-194
Description
Discusses how First Nations children on reserves receive less child welfare funding than other children in Canada despite the fact that First Nations children have higher child welfare needs.
Anglican Journal, vol. 127, no. 4, April 2001, p. 7
Description
Diocese still plans to close in 12 months due to financial repercussions of residential school lawsuits, but continues discussions with government representatives.
Anglican Journal, vol. 125, no. 9, November 1999, p. n/a
Description
If appeal is successful federal government would have to pay larger share of the settlement in lawsuit involving St.George's Residential School in Lytton, B.C.
Anglican Council of Indigenous Peoples (ACIP) has concerns about alternative dispute resolution (ADR) and lack of consultation before agreement reached on residential school issue.
Canadian Journal of Law and Society, vol. 13, no. 1, Spring, 1998, pp. 215-229
Description
Book review of: The Circle Game: Shadows and Substance in the Indian Residential School Experience in Canada by Roland Chrisjohn, Sherri Young, Michael Maraun.
Book review found by scrolling to page 226.