Video of representative from the Office of the Treaty Commissioner speaking at the 2010 Growing Saskatchewan Conference.
Five parts. Viewer is automatically sent to next part.
Total duration: 59:10.
International Journal of Mental Health Addiction, vol. 8, no. 2, April 2010, pp. 320-335
Description
Reviews existing research of alcohol and illicit drug treatments and looks at two integrated treatment programs for Aboriginal women, New Choices and Sheway.
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.
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Presents a study looking into educational provisions for Michigan Native Americans contained within treaties made between the United States and the Anishinaabe Three Fires Confederacy governments.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 11, no. 10, October 2008, p. 26
Description
Introduces two new classroom resources for Kindergarten to Grade 6 students which will contribute to the understanding of Treaties for both students and teachers.
Article located by scrolling to page 26.
Grade 7 students in Saskatchewan were tested for their understanding of history and treaties and the success of the mandatory K-12 treaty education program was assessed with respect to requirements of the Treaty Commissioner.
Discusses the art works created as part of the author's The Treaty Lands Project, focusing on the research conducted for the The Treaty 3 Suite (Outside Promises).
Forward and part IX from: Papers of the Rupert's Land Colloquium 2008: The Centre for Rupert's Land Studies at The University of Winnipeg: May 14 to 16, 2008, Rocky Mountain House, Alberta edited by Margaret Anne Lindsay and Mallory Allyson Richard; foreword by Jennifer S. H. Brown.
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.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 13, no. 1, January 2010, p. 14
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Comments on the consortium between two Saskatchewan tribal councils and K-Mech Constructors in an effort to create economic development in local communities.
Article located by scrolling to page 14.
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.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 22, no. 3, Fall, 2010, pp. 81-84
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Book reveiw of: Tribal Theory in Native American Literature: Dakota and Haudenosaunee Writing and Indigenous Worldviews by Penelope Myrtle Kelsey.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access review, scroll to page 81.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 20, no. 4, Winter, 2008, pp. 68-75
Description
Discusses Allen's many contributions as a scholar, poet, novelist, theorist, political activist, and professor.
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Images, Imaginations, and Beyond: Proceedings of the Eighth Native American Symposium
Native American Symposium ; 8th, 2009
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Author/Creator
Marija Kneževiċ
Description
Discusses how the comic mobility of the trickster is used to address serious social issues in Sherman Alexie's volume of short stories.
Excerpt from Images, Imaginations, and Beyond: Proceedings of the Eighth Native American Symposium edited by Mark B. Spencer.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 32, no. 1, 2008, pp. 21-34
Description
Discusses tropes or traditions, the organizing devices societies cohere to, by comparing a book and a movie. As key elements of belief systems, tropes act as powerful mediators between the world and how we experience the world’s meaning . By structuring a shared reality cultures are created, however, sometimes tropes can structure incompatible realities across cultures and distort our ability to understand cultures different from our own.