American Indian Culture & Research Journal, vol. 31, no. 1, 2007, pp. 21-37
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Explores printed media coverage of Native Americans to determine whether racial and or ethnicity profiling differs from others and whether it contributes to stereotyping.
Chief Terry Nelson, Roseau River Anishinabe First Nation, believes missing Aboriginal women and child prostitutes should become topic of an Oprah Winfrey TV episode.
Anglican Journal, vol. 119, no. 10, December 1993, p. 3
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Discussion of some of the recommendations to the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples (RCAP), including urging government to apologize for residential schools.
Canadian Journal of Law and Society, vol. 22, no. 1, 2007, pp. 61-91
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Uses judicial decisions to examine how plaintiffs have fared in tort actions focusing on three issues: credibility, damage assessment and vicarious liability.
Discusses the oppressive nature of child welfare systems as they relate to the criteria for "good" mothers imposed by dominant, Western cultural values.
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 41, no. 2, Spring, 2007, pp. 65-87
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Discusses Nunavut residents' expectations of land claims, the trends of support for the Nunavut Land Claim Agreement, and the structure of support for the agreement.
American Indian Law Review, vol. 18, no. 2, 1993, pp. 477-485
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Discusses decision by the Supreme Court of Vermont; reviews claim and the basic rules of extinguishment and asks if the Supreme Court misanalyzed the historical record.
Discusses the denied Aboriginal rights claims by nine Dakota First Nations. Canada argues that these people are refugees, following the battle of the Little Big Horn in 1976, but the Dakota argues that they were in fact returning to their traditional lands in Saskatchewan and Manitoba.
Describes which students do not qualify for the residential school settlement due to funding and/or school classification. Article ends with comments on June Draude's appointment as Minister of Indian and Métis Relations and Northern Affairs.
Anglican Journal, vol. 133, no. 2, February 2007, p. 1,10
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Comments on the proposed agreement for Aboriginal peoples who can prove they attended residential schools, and discusses the compensation they will receive.
The Public Historian, vol. 29, no. 3, Summer, 2007, pp. 53-67
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Discusses how Southern legislators and administrators refused to acknowledge American Indians as a distinct society and lumped them with blacks as a method of cultural erasure.
Discussion about missing Aboriginal women from Saskatchewan and an actiion-call for a support group hoped for from the Saskatchewan Sisters in Spirit 2007 Family Gathering. Includes list of 17 women missing
Canadian Journal of Women & the Law, vol. 6, no. 1, 1993, pp. 193-204
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Discusses the Canadian courts interpretation of the doctrines of discovery and extinguishment, and how this interpretation may impact on future Aboriginal land claims.
Canadian Journal of Political Science, vol. 40, no. 1, March 2007, pp. 185-207
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Examines why the Inuit were able to complete and sign their Labrador Inuit Land Claims Agreement, but the Innu were not able to complete their agreement with the government.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 17, no. 1, Winter, 1993, pp. 45-67
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Literary Criticism article in which the author examines the place-based and relational nature of Indigenous spiritual practices, and the treatment of these in the McNickle’s novel.
Hard questions asked by Metis filmmaker Christine Welsh, regarding 60 missing women from Vancouver's east side, including Dawn Crey; one-third of those missing are Indigenous women.
Canadian Journal of Law and Society, vol. 22, no. 1, 2007, pp. 109-121
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Examines the fiduciary obligations between band councils and band members and argues that the current municipal model of band government is inadequate.
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 30, no. 2, 2007, pp. 248-256
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Contends that First Nations peoples are willing to accept responsibility for education by implementing a First Nations Education Act as a tool to address disparities.
Argues that on the 25th anniversary of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms it's a hard-won piece of legislation and what is missing is follow up by the government to act on the positive aspects of legal victories.