American Indian Quarterly, vol. 5, no. 2, 1979, pp. 115-134
Description
An examination into the introduction of land allotments into Indian Territory and the efforts of Cherokee lobbyists to prevent its implementation in the late nineteenth century.
[ISID Conference 2014: Whose Truth? What Kind of Reconciliation?]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Murray Sinclair
Description
Presentation by the Chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada on the history of residential schools, treaty promises, abuse in the schools and more.
Duration: 44:59.
LawNow, vol. 38, no. 6, Bench Marks: Cases that Change the Legal Landscape, July/Aug. 2014, p. [?]
Description
Presents timeline beginning at 1755 leading up to the inception of the residential school system and ending at 2014 with the Truth and Reconciliation Commission hearings wrap up.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 34, no. 1, 2014, pp. 73-85
Description
Uses the example of applying for travel funding through Health Canada's Non-Insured Health Benefits program to illustrate how the Indian Act controls actions and produces artificial categories of identity.
1914-1918-Online: International Encyclopedia of the First World War
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Noah Riseman
Timothy C. Winegard.
Description
Overview of war service motivations, circumstance of service, post-service experiences, and legacies.
Chapter from: 1914-1918-Online: International Encyclopedia of the First World War edited by Ute Daniel, Peter Gatrell, Oliver Janz, Heather Jones, Jennifer Keene ... [et al.]
Journal of Information Policy, vol. 4, 2014, pp. 228-249
Description
Using the Consortium as an example, authors argue that it is possible for Indigenous groups to influence the outcomes of regulatory proceedings about digital infrastructure and services and identity specific strategies and tactics that can be employed.
Discuss views by Aboriginal scholar Taiaiake Alfred, theorist on Aboriginal self-governance, and Andrea Smith feminist and activist against violence against women.
The Internationalisation of Indigenous Rights: UNDRIP in the Canadian Context: Special Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Terry Mitchell
Ken Coates
Cairin Holroyd
Yvonne Boyer
Thierry Rodon ... Bonita Beatty ... [et al.]
Description
Members of the Internationalization of Indigenous Rights
Research Group report on various aspects of Canada's failure to fully implement the United Nations Declaration on Human Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
Based on discussion held at the 2013 RCIS Conference, Immigration and Settlement: Precarious Futures?", May 15-17, Ryerson University, Toronto. Comments on contradictions of colonial domination regarding immigration and settlement.
University of Toronto Law Journal, vol. 64, no. 4, Special Issue: Residential School Litigation and Settlement, August 2014, pp. 479-485
Description
Introduction to articles in special issue based on conference held at the University in Toronto January 2013 regarding Canadian legal system, dealing with the legacy of residential schools, and the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement.
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 53, no. 3, Examining and Applying Safety Zone Theory: Current Policies, Practices, and Experiences, 2014, pp. 1-10
Description
Introduction to three papers delivered at the 2014 Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association in Philadelphia.
Examines the high cancer rates in Inuit populations and highlights challenges to receiving care, from diagnosis through to survivorship or palliative care.
Database used for tracking people and community changes using population, education, culture, labour force, wellbeing, income, government, and housing categories. Sources include Northwest Territories Bureau of Statistics, Statistics Canada and Indian and Northern Affairs Canada.
Presenter discusses how reconciliation is about more than equality but also about recognizing the possibility of continuing difference.
Duration: 31:44.
Arctic Anthropology, vol. 51, no. 1, 2014, pp. 24-40
Description
Description of conflict which occurred when government declared all reindeer without earmarks as wild, and therefore available for recreational hunting ; animals actually belonged to two local cooperatives.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 5, no. 4, 1979, pp. 295-316
Description
A history of the US Bureau of Indian Affairs' investigation into the Ghost Dance prophet Jack Wilson in the late eighteenth century. The investigation was filled with miscommunication, disinterest and confusion regarding the Ghost Dance and the identity of the "Indian Messiah".
Argues that the government of Canada has deliberately and consistently underfunded a whole range of services for children living on-reserve.
Duration: 1:00:22.
Report (Carleton Centre for Community Innovation) ; R14-01
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Frances Abele
Senada Delic
Description
Investigates academic research, statistics and government reports to find out what is causing a mismatch between employment opportunities and the Aboriginal youth work force in northern Canada.
National Collaborating Centre for Aboriginal Health
Description
Provides overview of the current state of public health evidence and identifies information on national organizations working in public health to the end of 2012.
Supreme Court Law Review, vol. 67, 2014, pp. [289]-317
Description
Looks at the Supreme Court decision in Tsilhqot'in Nation v. British Columbia case which opted for a territorial concept rather than the usual theory of Aboriginal title.
Looks at the policies that impact or relate to medical relocation, the estimated number of individuals who relocate for medical reasons, and community medical facilities.
Canadian Journal of Women and the Law, vol. 26, no. 1, White Settler Colonialism and Indigeneity in the Canadian Context: A Tribute to Patricia Monture, 2014, pp. 1-22
Description
Looks at the true meaning and intent of treaties by the retelling of Treaty One from an Anishinaabe contextual perspective.