American Indian Quarterly, vol. 20, no. 2, Repatriation: An Interdisciplinary Dialogue, Spring, 1996, pp. 197-208
Description
Article describes the phenomenon of site-looting, or artefact collecting by amateur or hobbyist archeologists; discusses the motivations of the collectors and the effects for the scholarly archeological community.
Full version (1 hr. 48 min.) of documentary about abuse at residential schools which won Best Documentary at the Los Angeles Independent Film Festival and Best Director for an International Documentary at the New York International Film Festival.
Based on Annett's book Hidden from History: The Canadian Holocaust.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 30, no. 2, 2006, pp. 17-34
Description
Looks at the proposed construction of coal gasification plants on the Navajo Reservation in northwestern New Mexico in 1977, and how the interests of local residents were ignored.
The Canadian Bar Association Fourth National Symposium on Charity Law
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
David Stevens
Description
Discusses the Supreme Court of Canada's rulings in the cases Blackwater v Plint and E.B. v Order of Oblates of Mary Immaculate in the Province of Ontario. Both cases involved abuse suffered at a residential school and the liability of the churches which employed the abuser.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 20, no. 3/4, To Hear the Eagles Cry: Contemporary Themes in Native American Spirituality (Parts 1 & 2), Summer-Autumn, 1996, pp. 527-562
Description
Author examines the different ways that Mexican national culture and Indigenous Nahua culture interact, adopt each other’s practices, and blend together at intersections of meaning and practice.
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.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 20, no. 2, 1996, pp. 173-185
Description
Describes how the Navajo fabric of life was disturbed by uranium mining in the 1940s and 1950s and how the United States Government knew the health risks, but neglected to inform Navajo workers.
Research Highlight (Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation)
Research Highlight. Socio-economic Series ; 06-024
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Brett Holmes]
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC)
Description
Variables studied were: population, age, mobility, household income, homelessness, education, unemployment, homelessness, household type, home ownership, and core housing need.
Highlights from research report of same name.
Identifies resources, practices and instructional methods that would support Aboriginal students in the Intermediate-Advanced English as a Second Language Program (ESL) at Mount Royal Collegiate in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
Epidemiologic Reviews, vol. 28, no. 1, 2006, pp. 71-80
Description
Systematic review of published scientific literature, government reports and immunization guidelines from Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United States.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 30, no. 2, 2006, pp. 35-61
Description
Argues that the success of the Native American fair is a rare example of a government program for Native Americans that was going in the right direction.
Reports that Aboriginal peoples were three times as likely to experience a violent victimization and that this was more likely within the youth population. Data from the 2004 General Social Survey.
Victimization, Substance Use, and HIV Risk Behaviors among Gay / Bisexual / Two-Spirit and Heterosexual American Indian Men in New York City
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jane M. Simoni
Karina L. Walters
Kimberly F. Balsam
Seth B. Meyers
American Journal of Public Health, vol. 96, no. 12, December 2006, pp. 2240-2245
Description
Argues that two-spirited men are a vulnerable population whose victimization must be understood within an appropriate historical and political context.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 8, no. 1, Series 2, Spring, 1996, pp. [13]-24
Description
Discusses treatment of these subjects in the work of Ella Doloria, LeAnne Howe, Mary Crow Dog, Louise Erdrich, and Janet Campbell Hale.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
Observations of the resistance and determination of the Mohawk people in the Oka crisis, which became a source of pride within the First Nations community across Canada.
Canadian Theatre Review, no. 128, Fall, 2006, pp. 112-115
Description
Critiques various articles within the issue as they pertain to regional identity and discusses Aboriginal Canadian drama in theatre as a mode of engagement.