Looks at the concerns expressed during consultations with organizations, bands, and individuals and includes recommendations for changes to existing programs and services.
A collection of materials on the attitudes and practices associated with the removal of Aboriginal children from their homes. Includes representative testimonies from those who were separated from their families and communities.
Deakin Law Review, vol. 11, no. 1, 2006, pp. 131-177
Description
Looks at various issues pertaining to assimilation in Canada and Australia, and discusses how Canadian aboriginal claimants, unlike those in Australia, have successfully brought actions for compensation against the federal government.
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 18, no. 2, Traditional Wisdom Our Strength, Winter, 2006, pp. 45-46
Description
Introduces the efforts of the Rocky Boy Tribal History Project to produce materials that help teach Chippewa-Cree history to Montana's public school children.
Theoretical Criminology, vol. 10, no. 1, 2006, pp. 49-66
Description
Outlines feminist and women-centred approaches to debates and controversies on restorative justice and intimate violence, recommending a moratorium on new initiatives.
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 21, no. 2, Fall, 2006, pp. 105-122
Description
Argues that Silko remythologizes the landscape in Storyteller and other novels that been reduced to a commodity by tourists, anthropologists, railroad moguls and others.
Report looks at engagement with Aboriginal offenders and new Aboriginal specific interventions which respect the diversity of First Nations, Métis and Inuit.
Looks at strategic planning and developing policies by First Nations governments to ensure that they are operating efficiently, effectively, and in ways that are respectful of their culture and vision.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 18, no. 3, Fall, 2006, pp. 58-66
Description
Highlights the importance and strength of female characters as an integral part of their context in the novels of Blackfeet author James Welch.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 58.
Study conducted as part of the review of educational funding and "consisted of background research, surveys of First Nations Schools, and deliberations with a panel of First Nations educators."
[A Survey of the Contemporary Indians of Canada: Economic, Political, Educational Needs and Policies]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Dennis Madill]
no. Second Edition
Description
Discusses background to the report and responses to the recommendations contained in it.
Actual title of the report: A Survey of the Contemporary Indians of Canada: Economic, Political, Educational Needs and Policies.
Saskatchewan Law Review, vol. 69, no. 2, 2006, pp. 309-350
Description
The sixth article in a series to provide overview of Appeal decisions, includes brief comments on sentencing of Aboriginal offenders and sentencing circles.
Journal of Archaeological Science, vol. 6, 2006, pp. 329-350
Description
Considers relationship between Aboriginal people and European settlers in British Columbia from the mid 1800s to the 21st century, focusing on methods of communication, information management and memory making.
[Canadian Political Science Association Annual Conference; 78th, 2006]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Glen S. Coulthard
Description
Author challenges the idea that the colonial link between Indigenous peoples and the Canadian state can be changed through politics of recognition. Uses Frantz Fanon's analysis of Hegel's master-slave discussion.
Outlines the economic, social and cultural rights of First Nations peoples and the measures adopted by the government of Canada regarding the rights to self-determination, equal rights of men and women, right to work, right to social security, protection of the family, protection of mother and child, right to an adequate standard of living, right to physical and mental health,and the right to education.