Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 41, no. 3, Fall, 2007, pp. 18-41
Description
Looks at the evolution of institutional structures of western health care in First Nations communities in southern Alberta and the women who were central in the creation and operation of these facilities.
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 31, no. 5, September/October 2007, pp. [8]-9
Description
Outdoor, billboard-sized installations depict the Bundjalung stories of the Dreamtime and how the Indigenous lifestyle interwove with European and Asian settlement.
Play about the Dene people, uranium mining in the Bear Lake region of the Northwest Territories, and the bombing of Hiroshima.
Originally published by Talonbooks, 2003.
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 15, no. 3, May 1976, pp. [28-29]
Description
Highlights of speeches by Morris Thompson (Bureau of Indian Affairs), Chief Dan George (poet, actor), and Deana Jo Harragarra (Miss Indian America XXII) at Brigham Young University.
Let Right Be Done: Aboriginal Title, the Calder Case, and the Future of Indigenous Rights
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Christina Godlewska
Jeremy Webber
Law and Society Series
Description
Commentary on the pivotal case which established that title was a right recognized by Canadian law.
Chapter from: Let Right Be Done: Aboriginal Title, the Calder Case, and the Future of Indigenous Rights edited by Hamar Foster, Heather Raven, Jeremy Webber.
Project Report (Sustainable Forest Management Network) ; September 30. 2007
[SFMN Project: Professional Forestry Certification in the New Millennium: Opportunities and Constraints for Forestry Curriculum Change]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Naomi Krogman
Kendra Isaac
Trena Allen
Peggy Smith
Description
Looks at a study which illustrates the importance of Aboriginal consultation in regards to the appropriateness of their undergraduate forestry training and continuing educational opportunities.
Studies in Canadian Literature / Études en littérature canadienne, vol. 2, no. 2, 1977, p. [?]
Description
Examines five plays written over a period of one hundred years: Charles Mair's Tecumseh (1886), Robertson Davies' At My Heart's Core (1950), John Coulter's Riel (1962) and The Trial of Louis Riel (1967), and James Reaney's Sticks and Stones (1973).
Topics include: literature review, survey of key respondents, failure of social programs to improve social conditions, progress toward self-government, best practices, and the justice system.
Aboriginal Policy Studies, vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 112-121
Description
Canative Housing Corporation was created to help provide and maintain residential accommodations for low-income Métis families moving to Edmonton and Calgary, Alberta.
Carl Christenson worked for the Saskatchewan Fish Board and met both Malcolm Norris and Jim Brady. He talks about the Saskatchewan Fish Board's aims and its functioning as well as his acquaintance with Norris and Brady.
Study focuses on the success of programs designed to increase the Aboriginal workforce by analyzing efforts made among partners to improve representation.
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 66, no. 3, 2007, pp. 226-240
Description
Argues that prevention and treatment programs are urgently required in Vancouver and Prince George as both have elevated HIV and Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) prevalence.
States that Statistics Canada figures on the number of people living on reserve are considerably lower than Indian Affairs statistics and discusses how this may negatively affect formula funding.