Highlights several recent award recipients; Virgina Moberly, Team Saskatchewan, Rose Atimoyoo, Sandra Bighead, Irene Tootoosis, Bea Lavallee, Alma and Simon Kytwayhat, Chief Sol Sanderson, and Chief Gordon Oakes.
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 27, no. 1, Advancing Aboriginal Language and Literacy, 2003, pp. 23-28
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Native literacy is explored in terms of oral tradition, storytelling, culture, and language. Compares Native and Euro-Western definitions of literacy and looks at implications in the field of education.
Comments on the report of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples (RCAP), which was two years overdue and cost about $10 million a year for six years.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 27, no. 1/2, Special Issue: Native Experiences in the Ivory Tower, Winter-Spring, 2003, pp. 228-232
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Author encourages Indigenous people looking at careers in academia to seek out mentorship from both Indigenous and non-Indigenous faculty members and stresses the roles that allies can play to support Indigenous people entering the academy.
Describes the First Nations experience in peace treaty negotiations using the example of the Blackfoot and Cree settlement at Wetaskiwin 150 years ago.
Ethnohistory, vol. 43, no. 3, Summer, 1996, pp. 483-509
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Anglo-Americans had mixed and ambiguous attitudes towards the Navajo; while admiring their virtues they reluctantly resorted to a military solution as a response to Navajo raiding.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 37, no. 1, 2017, pp. 1-28
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Article examines some of the barriers to the engagement and participation of urban Indigenous communities in municipal policy-making. Author asserts that racial and cultural stereotyping and discrimination against Aboriginal peoples and communities are key issues.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 27, no. 6, November-December 2003, pp. 25-27
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Describe the $5.2M Rio Tinto Child Health Partnership which is focused on reducing smoking and alcohol during pregnancy and improving child health capacity.
Article explores the process of integrating ethical research frameworks for engaging Indigenous communities into academic institutions. Authors use five personal vignettes to examine the potential pitfalls related to integrating Indigenous values knowledge systems with Western legal practices.