Aboriginal History, vol. 14, no. 2, 1990, pp. 232-235
Description
Book reviews of:
The Torres Strait: People and History by John Singe.
Torres Strait Islanders: Custom and Colonialism by Jeremy Beckett.
Review located by scrolling to page 232.
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 14, no. 2, Breaking Out of the Tourist Trap Part 2, Summer, 1990
Description
Looks at the potential of a culturally and ecologically sensitive tourism experience at Gwaii Haanas, if an agreement can be made between the government of Canada and the Haida Nation.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 7, no. 2, June 1983, pp. 26-31
Description
Author reveals thoughts and feelings regarding the training process as well as her experiences growing up in an Aboriginal community in south east Australia.
Peabody Journal of Education, vol. 61, no. 1, The Transcultural Education of American Indian and Alaska Native Children: Teachers and Students ..., Autumn, 1983, pp. 6-15
Description
Looks at how teachers can help or hinder learning in the classroom. Provides suggestions for future teacher training.
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 30, no. 1, October 1990, pp. [8-16]
Description
Study examined four aspects of instructional accommodation: what faculty were willing to provide, whether provision compromised academic integrity, had students requested it and had it been provided in the past.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 14, no. 3, Summer, 1990, pp. 277-287
Description
Uses postmodern discourse and theory to discuss the realities created in Indigenous narratives; focuses on the the trickster role as one that is both comic and critical in Indigenous story telling and meaning-making.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 14, no. 1, Winter, 1990, pp. 19-33
Description
Article examines the significance of the Gourd Dance in Kiowa culture from the 1800's on. Discusses the evolution of the dance, the meaning of the regalia used, and how it was used as a method of cultural survivance when the Sundance was outlawed.
Two From the Island: Recent Work Relating to the Mi'kmaq of Prince Edward Island
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
John Crossley
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 10, no. 1, 1990, pp. 143-150
Description
Review of the article: "Theophilus Stewart and the Plight of the Micmac" by Alan Andrew MacEachern in The Island Magazine, 28:3-11 (Fall/Winter 1990) and the book Micmac by Choice: Elsie Sark, and Island Legend by M. Olga McKenna.
Discussion Paper (Institute of Intergovernmental Relations) ; no. 15
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Norman K. Zlotkin
Description
Discussion paper topics include Aboriginal participation in constitutional reform, the Constitution Act of 1982, and the issues likely to be raised at the 1983 conference.
Gifted Child Quarterly, vol. 27, no. 2, 1983, pp. 90-92
Description
Assessment of program designed at Arizona State University for an eight year old Pima Indian boy with excellent reasoning abilities but lacking academic skills.
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 14, no. 1, Breaking Out of the Tourist Trap Part 1, Spring, 1990
Description
Brief news updates including opposition to an expansion of low-level military flights over Newfoundland and Labrador, lobbying to prevent the issuance of logging permits by the Algonquin of Barriere Lake, a spill of radioactive contaminated water in Saskatchewan, and opposition to pulp and paper mills in Alberta.
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 14, no. 2, Breaking Out of the Tourist Trap Part 2, Summer, 1990
Description
Brief updates on the proposed expansion of the Goose Bay air base, reprieve in the issuance of forest license agreements for the Algonquin of Barriere Lake, mercury contamination at James Bay and more.
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 14, no. 3, Cambodia, Fall, 1990
Description
Looks at the placement of a military training facility that would impact the Innu people of Labrador, logging in Barriere, Quebec, the James Bay dispute, and the demands of the Teme-Augama Anishnabai of northern Ontario being met.
Sketch subtitle: White inhabitants of the Saskatchewan region leaving a settlement after an Indian raid. Two males and one female, all wearing snowshoes and heavy coats, walking through the snow. The woman is carrying a small child.
Film questions the validity of continued mining practices which are associated with environmental concerns and health hazards for Canada's Native populations. Accompanying material: Uranium: A Discussion Guide.
Duration: 47:59.
Consists of an interview where he tells of life in a foster home and cultural suppression; gives a description of suppression on reserves in the 1950's; and gives a description of native values and philosophy and the role of sweat lodges.