Legislative Summary (Parliamentary Information and Research Service) ; LS-495E
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Mary C. Hurley
Marlisa Tiedemann
Description
Brief description of background and contents of the Bill, which proposes establishment of an institutional framework to provide First Nations who decide to opt in with tools to address economic development and fiscal issues on-reserve. Includes provision for governments to establish their own financing through property tax and borrowing regimes.
Incorporates amendments to Bill C-23 that were adopted by the House of Commons at Report Stage.
Legislative Summary (Parliamentary Research Branch) ; LS-475E
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Tonina Simeone
Description
Opt-in legislation proposes Establishment of four financial institutions: First Nations Finance Authority, First Nations Tax Commission, First Nations Financial Management Board, and the First Nations Statistical Institute. Targets mechanisms aimed at enhancing fund-raising capacity through taxation of leasehold interests on reserve land and access to long-term loans for community development.
Contends that contents of the bill will eventually lead to loss of Status for Aboriginal people. Speech was delivered at the Unity for Our Grandchildren conference in a session with The Native Women's Association of Canada.
Proceedings of conference that looked at the impact of the legislation. Main issues discussed were divisiveness resulting from adoption of band membership codes which block women from returning to their home communities and two-tiered system which produces loss of status due to the "second generation cutoff" rule.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 28, no. 6, November/December 2004, pp. 22-23,27
Description
Describes a program undertaken in Port Augusta, South Australia that offers an integrated, culturally appropriate range of nutrition advice that includes community input.
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 16, no. 1, Sovereignty in Indian Country, Fall, 2004
Description
Report on class from Blackfeet Community College winning top honours for the play, "The Trial of Major Baker," at the American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC)conference, March 2004.
Journal of the Canadian Historical Association: Historical Papers, vol. 24, no. 1, 1989, pp. 190-209
Description
Discussion of the conflict between the provincial government understanding of 'spirit and intent' of Treaty and the inflexible Federal Office of Native Claims' preoccupation with "lawful obligation."
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 16, no. 2, Tribal College Research, Winter, 2004
Description
Exposes an incident where 200 people gave blood to aid research into their diabetes epidemic; the samples were also used to do research into Havasupai genes and schizophrenia, inbreeding, and the Bering Strait theory without their consent. The Havasupai people filed a lawsuit against the Arizona State University for intentional deception.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 22, no. 1/2, Winter-Spring, 1998, pp. 230-258
Description
Author considers different perceptions of and from people of mixed Black and Cherokee ancestry in an attempt to better understand the discourses surrounding the Cherokee Freedmen, tribal affiliations, and the constructs of individual and community identities.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 28, no. 1, Special Issue on Teaching Leslie Marmon Silkos Ceremony, 2004, pp. 23-33
Description
Relates the historical source for Silko's information about the Bataan Death March and discusses some of the changes made in portraying the march. All this was done in an effort to aid the reader in understanding the forces that put the main character, Tayo, in need of the ceremony.
Website for an Indigenous non-profit educational institution that promotes a sense of pride in Indigenous heritage, traditional knowledge and practices.
Lesson plan for grades 5-6 discusses the experiences of Hopi children in the two types of educational institutions. Includes reminiscences of former students.
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 28, no. 1, Art et Représentation / Art and Representation, 2004, pp. 109-132
Description
Argues that the driftwood found in Arctic archaeological sites has not been adequately analyzed and that a database should be developed to improve interpretation of wood remains.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 10, no. 2, Series 2; [Special Issue on] Louis Owens, Summer, 1998, pp. 23-40
Description
Explores the dual and linked themes of stories and community as expressed through the main character, who finds himself isolated from both.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 18, no. 1, 1998, pp. 157-161
Description
Book review of: Visions of Sound: Musical Instruments of First Nations Communities in Northeastern America by Beverley Diamond, M. Sam Cronk and Franziska von Rosen.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 18, no. 1, 1998, pp. 161-164
Description
Book review of: âtalôhkâna nêsta tipâcimôwina. Cree Legends and Narratives from the West Coast of James Bay told by Simeon Scott and translated by C. Douglas Ellis.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 18, no. 1, 1998, pp. 169-171
Description
Book review of: Voices from the Bay: Traditional Ecological Knowledge of Inuit and Cree in the Hudson Bay Bioregion by Miram McDonald, Lucassie Arragutainaq and Zack Novalinga.