An interview with the grandson of Misihew and great-grandson of Seekaskootch, Mr. Lloyd Chief. During the interview, Mr. Chief discusses a variety of subjects including: leadership qualities; intertribal wars of the Cree and Blackfoot; the power of dreams; the significance of the Northern Lights; and the powers of Cannibals.
Critique Studies in Contemporary Fiction, vol. 41, no. 3, Spring, 2000, pp. 290-304
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Explores myths about "cowboys and Indians" as warriors, the consequences of the influx of settlers, and the conflict between new and old conceptions of family, friendship, and spirituality.
London Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 16, Continuities and Changing Realities: Meanings and Identities among Canadas Aboriginal Peoples, 2000/2001, pp. 23-48
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Discussion of "Aboriginal Rock" during the late 1980s and early 1990s as an expression of identity and issues affecting Canadian Aboriginals.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 24, no. 1, Winter, 2000, pp. 64-90
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Article gives a brief biographical sketch of George Bent, a man of mixed Cheyenne and Euro-American heritage; examines Bent’s letters to Hyde (who wrote a more complete biography), and the perspective they provide on the settlement of the American West.
Critical Public Health, vol. 10, no. 2, 2000, pp. 243-256
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Examines the holistic and spiritual concepts of health among Indigenous peoples in North America and Australia as opposed to western medicine's linear approach.
Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, vol. 45, no. 7, September 2000, pp. 607-616
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Reviews research on mental health and finds that despite challenges Aboriginal communities have done well, but feel more research is needed to help identify factors that promote wellness.
Prairie Forum, vol. 25, no. 2, Fall, 2000, pp. 283-295
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Describes the difficulty of defining the term Métis and how most Métis people in Lethbridge, Alberta choose to remain invisible due to identity ambivalence or in an attempt to avoid possible discrimination.
Comments on demands made by Indigenous peoples and compares them to demands of non-Indigenous peoples: self-determination, territory, prior informed consent, human rights, cultural rights, and treaties versus land rights and issues of land tenure.
Indigenous Affairs, no. 4, Indochina, October/November/December 2000, pp. 22-29
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Discusses Laotian government policies towards indigenous groups and the impact of hydroelectric dam construction.
To access this article scroll down to page 22.
An interview that includes stories of hunting, trading and food gathering. Also included are stories about the Frog Lake massacre and Wihtiko (cannibal monster)
Consists of an interview with Mary Jacobson, the daughter of a Hudson's Bay manager. She talks about job discrimination against Indian and Metis, how welfare payments have destroyed the old way of life and tells a story of the Riel Rebellion of 1885 that her mother told her.
Canadian Literature, no. 167, First Nations Writing, Winter, 2000, pp. 110-112
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Book reviews of: kwayask ê-kî-pê-kiskinowâpahtihicik: Their Example Showed Me the Way: A Cree Woman's Life Shaped by Two Cultures told by Emma Minde and edited by Freda Ahenakew and H.C. Wolfart; Voices From Hudson Bay: Cree Stories From York Factory edited by Flora Beardy and Robert Coutts; Winisk: A Cree Indian Settlement on Hudson Bay by Vita Rordam.
Scroll to page 110 to read reviews.
U.S. website with some Canadian information. Includes links to: tribes and nations, cemeteries, census records, stories, myths and legends, books and articles, etc.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 24, no. 2, Spring, 2000, pp. 182-199
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Authors argue that computer-facilitated learning in Indigenous communities will lead to cultural transformation and the erosion of cultural diversity leaving behind a digital and technologically dependent monoculture.
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 24, no. 1, Q epethet ye Mestiyexw, 2000, pp. 45-56
Description
Explores the concept of the nature of art as it relates to the experience of Indigenous peoples, specifically the residents of the Ashcroft First Nation (British Columbia).
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 24, no. 3, Burma: Human Rights, Forgotten Wars, and Survival, Fall, 2000
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Describes how the Innu Nation formed a Community Consultation process in order to increase participation in government negotiations, one that has become a model for other indigenous groups.
Results of community consultations conducted by the review panel, gives recommendations for improvement to support recipients to become more self-reliant.
British Columbia Medical Journal, vol. 42, no. 9, November 2000, pp. 422-425
Description
Describes how the clinic has tailored services to meet the needs of its clientele, who have very low status and are experiencing an epidemic of communicable diseases.
Political Theory and the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
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Audra Simpson
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Looks at a community consultation process that is attempting to move away from the 'blood quantum' model of descent to a more cultural and kinship-based one.
Chapter 6 from Political Theory and the Rights of Indigenous Peoples edited by Duncan Ivison, Paul Patton and Will Sanders. To access chapter, scroll to page 113.
Lifetime chief of the Fort MacKay band gives a brief account of the signing of Treaty 8; talks about Fort MacKay band reserves, how they are located a long way from Fort MacKay where people reside.