Brief profiles of the following politicians: Joan Beatty, Buckley Belanger, Carole James, Bonnie Leonard, Len Marchand, Bob Nault, Charles Fox, and Steve Kakfi.
Alternatives Journal, vol. 29, no. 1, Winter, 2003, pp. 58-61
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Book review of: Take My Land, Take My Life: The Story of Congress's Historic Settlement of the Alaska Native Land Claims, 1960-1971 by Donald Craig Mitchell.
Agricultural History, vol. 77, no. 2, Spring, 2003, pp. 333-354
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Outlines Aboriginal peoples' struggle in the Maritimes for equal rights and their reliance on the land for economic, social, political and cultural survival.
Anglican Council of Indigenous Peoples (ACIP) has concerns about alternative dispute resolution (ADR) and lack of consultation before agreement reached on residential school issue.
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 52, no. 2, Spring, 2018, pp. 538-569
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Discusses the enfranchisement of eastern First Nations by Macdonald’s Electoral Franchise Act in 1885, the participation of Indigenous voters in the Brant South and Haldimand ridings in elections between 1886 and 1897, and their disenfranchisement when the Electoral Franchise Act was repealed by Laurier’s government. Also considers conflicting perspectives on enfranchisement within the First Nations community.
Federal Court of Appeal upheld decision concerning lower pension benefits for First Nation people on-reserve, who had not contributed to the Canada Pension Plan until 1988.
Child Welfare, vol. 82, no. 2, March/April 2003, pp. 201-207
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Describes collaboration among a university, a state child welfare agency, and a Native American community organization to develop a culturally driven practice model for urban, Native American child welfare.
Diamonds are for Dogribs; Canada's First Nations.(A Canadian first nation wins a land claim)
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
The Economist (US), vol. 368, no. 8339, August 30, 2003, p. 26
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On August 25, 2003 Prime Minister Chretien signed the Tlicho Treaty, the second recent Treaty agreement in Canada; it provides for self-government and mineral wealth to the Tlicho First Nation of Rae Edzo and traditional land adjacent to two diamond mines.
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 99, no. 1, March 2018, pp. 63-97
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Examines the way in which racialized ethnic immigrants were able to gain access to land, state support, and upward mobility by participating in the colonial agenda of Indigenous suppression through voluntary military service.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies , vol. 38, no. 2, 2018, pp. 101-124
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Article examines the history of on-reserve housing evaluation, government policies and interventions and contrasts that framework with First Nations cultural understandings of housing and self-determination. Authors interrogate the assimilationist roots of policy that continues to implement Western housing models First Nations.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 38, no. 2, 2018, pp. 25-42
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Author argues that the federal government of Canada perpetuates systemic racism through official publications responding to fire deaths on reserve; accuses the government of playing a “blame game” to detract from the reality that a lack of funding is primarily responsible for the fire deaths.
Suggests that Phil Fontaine's election as leader of the Assembly of First Nations signals a conciliatory approach to relations with the federal government.
Canadian Foreign Policy Journal, vol. 24, no. 2, Is Canada Back?, 2018, pp. 165-181
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Discusses how Canada is perceived by the international community and how their contemporary relationship with its Indigenous populations effects those perceptions.
Urban Aboriginal Initiative reports that 51% of Aboriginals now live off reserve and recommends the federal government redirect funding to reflect this.
Australian Journal of Politics and History, vol. 49, no. 2, 2003, pp. 155-163
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Discusses how many Aboriginal children were forcibly removed from their families and cultural heritage as a result of Australian government laws, policies and practices.
Canadian Journal of Criminology & Criminal Justice, vol. 45, no. 2, April 2003, pp. 211-242
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Examines provincial custodial sentenced admissions for Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal offenders, finding that little progress has been made in reducing the number of Aboriginal sentenced admissions even with policy changes.
Discusses how the Irish have facilitated litigation in the interests of justice regarding the removal of children from their families and how that concept could be applied in Australia.
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 52, no. 1, Winter, 2018, pp. 217-248
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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.
Comments on several recent news items including Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations' elections, the identity of Charlie Smoke, the Pat Lorje incident and the Natural Resources Transfer Agreement.
AlterNative, vol. 14, no. 4, Special Issue: Adoption and Indigenous Citizenship Orders, December 2018, pp. 343-353
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Authors argues that under systems of treaty relations and Aboriginal law Indigenous peoples have the authority to regulate the way in which they are re-peopled, and that Canadian laws and policies have worked to obscure this authority.