Contends that First Nations funding falls short, and with the recession, and growing deficit there will be further cuts to programs that are already underfunded.
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 21, no. 1, Celebrating Tribal College Journals 20th Anniversary, Fall, 2009, pp. 42-43
Description
Presents a short story titled, The Fishing Trip, written by a student of the Blackfeet Community College in Browning, Montana.
First Nations University of Canada Must Make Students, Academics Priority
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Doug Cuthand
Star-Phoenix, June 26, 2009, p. A11
Description
Discusses the need to make students and academic excellence the first priority above political and financial issues at the First Nations University of Canada.
Fontaine Leaves Assembly of First Nations With Strong Foundation
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Doug Cuthand
Star-Phoenix, July 10, 2009, p. A7
Description
Discusses the task of electing a new national chief for the Assembly of First Nations formerly filled by Phil Fontaine. Fontaine was the first high-profile First Nations leader to reveal the abuse he suffered in a residential school which eventually led to compensation payments and an official apology from the Prime Minister.
American Antiquity, vol. 74, no. 2, April 2009, pp. 279-298
Description
Study sums up that, even though there were wide variations in environmental conditions across late Pleistocene North America, not enough time had passed for local selective gradients to lead to significant changes in point shape.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 33, no. 4, Fall, 2009, pp. 427-439
Description
Discusses the contentious issue of the termination of federal trust protection of American Indian reservation lands, including rifts formed between tribal communities.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 33, no. 1, Winter, 2009, pp. 33-166
Description
Explains the history of berry picking as an example of how the Lake Superior Ojibwe adapted to economic change in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
From the Bronx to the Wilderness: Inari-Sami Rap, Language Revitalization and Contested Ethnic Stereotypes
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Juha Ridanpää
Annika Pasanen
Studies in Ethnicity & Nationalism, vol. 9, no. 2, September 2009, pp. 213-230
Description
Article focuses on Amoc, the first ever Inari Sami language rap musician and how he employs his music as an emancipatory tool for language preservation.
American Historical Review, vol. 87, no. 4, October 1982, pp. 917-953
Description
Comments on the characteristics, including colour, religion, government, language and physical traits, that shaped British-American perceptions of non-Europeans.
Futures, vol. 41, no. 1, Futures of Indigenous Knowledges, February 2009, pp. 13-23
Description
Looks at the challenges facing the growth of research incorporating indigenous knowledge (IK) and recommends the continued promotion of a holistic approach.
Gender, Place & Culture: A Journal of Feminist Geography, vol. 16, no. 2, April 2009, pp. 201-223
Description
Presents a study that looks at health and environmental risk perspectives associated with gender and place in two sets of northern Canadian Aboriginal communities.
History Compass, vol. 7, no. 6, November 2009, pp. 1606-1615
Description
Studies reveal that gender and sexuality were paramount to all colonial North American borderland encounters among and between Native Americans and Europeans.
Book Review: Global Indigenous Media: Cultures, Poetics and Politics edited by Pamela Wilson and Michelle Stewart with articles by Lisa Brooten, Mario Murillo and Faye Ginsburg.
Pediatric Clinics of North America, vol. 56, no. 6, Health Issues in Indigenous Children: An Evidence Based Approach for the General Pediatrician, December 2009, pp. 1363-1382
Description
Looks at aspects of kidney diseases in Indigenous populations in Canada, the United States, New Zealand and Australia.
Maclean's, vol. 122, no. 47, December 7, 2009, pp. 40-41
Description
Brief discussion the plans to increase building and industry on native lands in British Columbia which have created opposition on the part of ecological groups.
Native Studies Review, vol. 18, no. 2, 2009, pp. 69-104
Description
Looks at stories and histories shared by Dorothy Chartrand, as well as archival and literary research to examine the importance of storytelling and sharing of histories by Indigenous Elders and Métis women.
Native Studies Review, vol. 18, no. 2, 2009, pp. 51-67
Description
Looks at the Halq'eméylem language renewal, community challenges and strengths of the Stó:lō and the programs available to the preservation of the language.