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.
Study found that while linkages between level of schooling and earnings were similar to other Canadians, there appears to be a penalty just for being Aboriginal.
Review Essay: A Rich Addition to the Muskogee Creek National Literary Canon
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Craig Womack
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 13, no. 4, Series 2, Winter, 2001, pp. 79-90
Description
Review of: A Sacred Path: The Way of the Muskogee Creeks by Jean and Joyotpaul Chaudhury.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
Socialist Studies, vol. 6, no. 2, Fall, 2010, pp. 173-178
Description
Book review of: This is an Honour Song: Twenty Years Since the Blockades: An anthology of Writing on the "Oka Crisis" edited by Leanne Simpson and Kiera L. Ladner.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 13, no. 2 & 3, Series 2, Summer/Fall, 2001, pp. [67]-77
Description
Book review of: The Chippewa Landscape of Louise Erdrich edited by Allan Chavkin; afterword by A. LaVonne Brown Ruoff.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 101, no. 2, March/April 2010, pp. 143-148
Description
Attempts to understand what is known about Aboriginal infant mortality rates (IMR) in Canada, and identifies major deficiencies in the coverage and quality of infant mortality data for Aboriginal populations in Canada.
Aboriginal Peoples' Legal Right to Natural Resources (Forests) in British Columbia
Update Paper (Scow Institute)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Cheryl Sharvit
Description
Update to Aboriginal Peoples' Legal Right to Natural Resources (Forests) in British Columbia reflecting significant developments in Aboriginal rights and title case law, four decisions of the Supreme Court of Canada, and the amended Forest Act of British Columbia.
Purpose of paper was to review various methods of gathering data at the provincial level, identify best practices and make recommendations for the development of standards.
Report prepared for the Department of Justice Canada identifies needs of Aboriginal peoples, with an emphasis on short-term projects to deal with violence and victimization.
College English, vol. 63, no. 5, May 2001, pp. 655-661
Description
Book reviews of: Playing Indian by Philip J. Deloria, The Social Life of Stories by Julie Cruikshank, and Red on Red: Native American Literary Separatism by Craig S. Womack.
Theatre Research International, vol. 35, no. 3, 2010, pp. 302-303
Description
Book reviews of: Native American Drama: A Critical Perspective by Christy Stanlake and Native American Performance and Representation edited by S. E. Wilmer.
The Journal of Aboriginal Economic Development, vol. 2, no. 1, Winter, 2001, p. 83
Description
Brief introduction to reviews of: What can Tribes Do? Strategies and Institutions in American Indian Economic Development and first issue of Journal of Aboriginal Economic Development.
Topics include: culturally focused curriculum; traditional languages and language development; networking and outreach; policies and procedures; program evaluation; and child assessments.
Discusses ways of revitalizing the Ngoni culture, traditions and governance through personal historical memories, sacred oral histories & documented written sources.
University of Saskatchewan. Government Publications
Description
Briefly explains the nature of federal collections making up Record Group10 and 15, provides quick links to the National Library Archivia CD-ROM, and provides a list of RG10 and RG 15 microfilm held by the First Nations University in Saskatoon. Copies of many of the itemized in the list are also held by the University of Saskatchewan Murray (Main) Library.
Video clip from the performance storytellling presentation An Evening with Richard Wagamese. In the video Richard, an Ojibway columnist / novelist / storyteller, expresses his views on language, orality and storytelling.
Video clip from An Evening with Richard Wagamese, an Ojibway columnist / novelist / storyteller. In the clip, Richard expresses his views on language, orality and storytelling.
Video clip from An Evening with Richard Wagamese an Ojibway columnist / novelist / storyteller. In the clip Richard expresses his views on language, orality and storytelling.
Our Schools, Our Selves, vol. 19, no. 3, Anti-Racism in Education: Missing in Action, Spring, 2010, pp. 255-273
Description
"This article reviews and analyzes Richards' policy ideas to illustrate his attempts to incorporate neoliberalism into the field of Aboriginal education."
International Journal on Minority & Group Rights , vol. 8, no. 2/3, Special Issue on Sami Rights in Finland, Norway, Russia and Sweden, 2001, pp. 223-234
Description
Looks at proposed statute in Northern Europe regarding unenclosed land resources with focus on Norwegian Finnmark Act.
Book review of: Rights and Redemption: History, Law and Indigenous People by Ann Curthoys, Ann Genovese , Alexander Reilly.
Review located by scrolling to page 186.