Outlines three areas in which the interests and goals of government and Aboriginals may differ: scope of injustices, government's attempt to draw a line through the past and legitimate current policies, and government's use of the process as an attempt to assert authority.
Overall goals of research project were to increase student success, document best practices, and identify factors which facilitate or hinder a smooth transition. Used interviews and focus groups involving 80 current and former students.
Concludes that land skills continue to be transmitted most often from older to younger generations through observation and apprenticeship in the environment.
Book review of: Transnational Whiteness Matters edited by Aileen Moreton-Robinson, Maryrose Casey and Fiona Nicoll.
Review located by scrolling to page 259.
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 16, no. 1, 2009, pp. 25-38
Description
Relates that nightmares occur in 97% of the Northern Plains Aboriginal veterans and argues that they suffer other aspects of post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Explains suicide as the cause of death for one third of Aboriginal youth. Prime Minister Harper suggests that economic development could fix the problem, but the author contends that the issue is too deep rooted for such a quick fix.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 14, no. 6, June 2011, p. 15
Description
Describes a travelling art exhibit, worked on by over 300 students and guided by Cree/Métis artist Ray Keighley, that bring treaties to life as an art form.
Article located by scrolling to page 15.
Canadian Diversity=Diversitié canadienne, vol. 7, no. 3, One Path, Many Directions: The Complex and Diverse Nature of Contemporary Aboriginal Reality, Fall, 2009, pp. 13-19
Description
Analyzes the intent, rationale and history of the treaty annuity.
Scroll down to page 13 to read article.
Looks at "modern approach" to interpretation, reviews last three decades of judicial interpretation, and discusses an alternate procedure based on Anishinabe legal principles and Indigenous understandings.
Discusses the historical development and fact that these Treaties with the Mississauga and Chippewa peoples did not secure hunting and fishing rights for the First Nations people. Both Canada and Ontario were involved in negotiations.
Discusses historical background, terms, conditions and implications of Treaty 7; concluded during the Klondike gold rush of 1897-98 for economic reasons when settlers were coming into Lake Athabasca, Great Slave Lake, and parts of the Peace River area.
Provides historical context of Treaty-making and argues that acceptance of the Treaty 5 locked both parities into a permanent relationship and set the context for subsequent actions.
Argues that treaty was concluded after provincial borders were created. Report includes instructions to Crown negotiators, historical context and a section on Métis claims.
Treaty Research Report: Treaty No. Nine (1905-1906)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
James Morrison
Description
Argues that treaty represents the end of a colonial policy, which went back to the British Indian Department era. Adhesions to Treaty No. 9, often referred to as the James Bay Treaty, occurred between 1907-1930.
Provides historical context and negotiation overview. Argues that Treaty 3 became the definitive Treaty and that all the subsequent "numbered treaties" in Canada were patterned after it.
Canadian Issues, Journeys of a Generation: Broadening the Aboriginal Well-Being Policy Research Agenda, Winter, 2009, pp. 25-30
Description
Looks at designing a specific health care program that balances main stream design and research while maintaining Aboriginal cultural integrity.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 25.
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 20, no. 4, Tribal College Leadership and Vision, Summer, 2009
Description
Discusses the launch of Diabetes Education in Tribal Schools (DETS), a curriculum designed for K-12, with the purpose being to help American Indian youth learn how to prevent diabetes and to inspire students to pursue a career in the field of health.
Comprehensive website intended as a resource for American Indian and Alaskan Native Nations and people, tribal justice systems, victims and tribal service providers, and the improvement of justice.
Contains links to: tribal law, federal law, state law, and other resources.
Results from consultation talks by the Department of Education with Indian/Alaskan Natives in response to 2009 presidential memorandum. Concerns were expressed regarding funding shortages and fragmentation of the systems providing education.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 21, no. 4, Winter, 2009, pp. 20-52
Description
Discusses tensions between African Americans and Native Americans inside and outside of Toni Morrison’s work.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 20.