A collection of materials on the attitudes and practices associated with the removal of Aboriginal children from their homes. Includes representative testimonies from those who were separated from their families and communities.
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 18, no. 2, Traditional Wisdom Our Strength, Winter, 2006, pp. 45-46
Description
Introduces the efforts of the Rocky Boy Tribal History Project to produce materials that help teach Chippewa-Cree history to Montana's public school children.
Report looks at engagement with Aboriginal offenders and new Aboriginal specific interventions which respect the diversity of First Nations, Métis and Inuit.
Looks at strategic planning and developing policies by First Nations governments to ensure that they are operating efficiently, effectively, and in ways that are respectful of their culture and vision.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 18, no. 3, Fall, 2006, pp. 58-66
Description
Highlights the importance and strength of female characters as an integral part of their context in the novels of Blackfeet author James Welch.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 58.
Book review of: The Struggle for Survival: Indian cultures and the Protestant Ethic in British Columbia by Forrest E. LaViolette.
Scroll down to page 82 to read review.
Study conducted as part of the review of educational funding and "consisted of background research, surveys of First Nations Schools, and deliberations with a panel of First Nations educators."
Bennett, B., "Passes for Indians to Leave Reserves"
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
B. Bennett
Description
Cites many letters between government officials, NWMP officers and Canadian Army officers regarding passes and concludes these passes certainly existed. Passes came into existence after the 1885 resistance. Evidence of their use was only found in Treaty 4, 6 and 7 territories, and it cannot be certain they were used in every agency. Author states evidence indicates passes were used as late as the 1930s, but no sources are given.
Journal of Archaeological Science, vol. 6, 2006, pp. 329-350
Description
Considers relationship between Aboriginal people and European settlers in British Columbia from the mid 1800s to the 21st century, focusing on methods of communication, information management and memory making.
[Canadian Political Science Association Annual Conference; 78th, 2006]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Glen S. Coulthard
Description
Author challenges the idea that the colonial link between Indigenous peoples and the Canadian state can be changed through politics of recognition. Uses Frantz Fanon's analysis of Hegel's master-slave discussion.
Outlines the economic, social and cultural rights of First Nations peoples and the measures adopted by the government of Canada regarding the rights to self-determination, equal rights of men and women, right to work, right to social security, protection of the family, protection of mother and child, right to an adequate standard of living, right to physical and mental health,and the right to education.
Sixty-three elders' interviews from the Treaty 8 area were reviewed for references to land, and of these, all but fourteen contain some sort of statement about land.
A total of 136 elders' interviews were read for reference to treaty mineral rights. Of these, 58 were either not concerned with an Indian understanding of treaty or did not deal specifically with minerals.
Author uses various anthropological and historical sources to throw some light on the way in which the Indians of the Treaty 6 and 7 regions might have interpreted the treaty promises.
Territorial Ministers Responsible for the Status of Women
Description
Goals of the Forum were to begin a dialogue on policy and program initiatives between government officials and Aboriginal women's organizations, to share practices on violence prevention, and to showcase programs and services from across the country that are making a difference.