Canadian Journal of Diabetes, December 2003, pp. 464-475
Description
Discussion of diabetes in the Kanien'kehá:ka (Mohawk) community of Kahnawake and the Oji-Cree community of Ne gaaw saga'igan (Sandy Lake) in Northwestern Ontario.
Looks at health determinants such as chronic illness and risky behaviors that effect well-being and social determinants that contribute to disadvantages in areas of education, income and employment.
Outlines the Indian Claims Commission's (ICC) role in mediating a settlement summarizes events that led to resolution. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
Government Relations & Aboriginal Affairs Division
Description
Outlines provincial Strategy of Métis and Off-Reserve First Nations People (MOR) and discusses questions related to issues affecting Aboriginal people.
International Journal of Canadian Studies, no. 41, Representations of First Nations and Métis / Les représentations des Premiéres Nations et des Métis, 2010, pp. 99-135
Description
Looks at strategies Indigenous peoples use to deal with state power and suggests an alternative way.
Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 21, no. 2, Proceedings of the 2010 Western Social Science Association American Indian Studies Section, Summer, 2010, pp. 1-40
Description
Comments about the on going process of tribal government development in the Navajo Nation.
Revisiting the Native Land Question / Commentaries / Reply
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Cole Harris
Jo-Anne Fiske
Gordon Gibson
BC Studies, no. 138/139, Native Geographies, Summer, 2003, pp. 137-163
Description
Review of Cole Harris's recent book, Remaking Native Space paying particular attention to the reserve system, dispossession and land issues.
To access this review, scroll to page 137.
Michael Fredericks discusses her company's philosophy and first project using a participate design concept at the Alaska Native Science and Engineering Facility at the University of Alaska Anchorage.
Duration: 47:37.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 27, no. 4, 2003, pp. 79-103
Description
Looks at the provincial Leggatt Inquiry, the legal and political context surrounding it, and the intrusion into First Nations territory and ways of life and peoples effected.
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 33, no. 1, Winter, 2003, pp. 20-21
Description
Introduces Tribal Chief, Glen Johnstone of the Saskatoon Tribal Council, whose membership includes seven First Nations located within 250 kilometers of Saskatoon.
Circle of Goods: Women, Work, and Welfare in a Reservation Community
SUNY Series in Anthropological Studies of Contemporary Issues
SUNY Series in Anthropology of Work
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Tressa Berman
Description
Looks at women's role to maintain economy and culture of reservation life.
Chapter one from, Circle of Goods: Women, Work, and Welfare in a Reservation Community by Tressa Berman.
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 168, no. 2, January 21, 2003, pp. 160-164
Description
Compares two screening programs that ran concurrently for 5 years. Findings indicated the camera-based program was more cost effective than the specialist-based option.
Explores difficulties involved in reconciling First Nations women's human rights with the right to self-government, which may result in discrimination against women in areas such as band membership.