Book reviews of:
Little Eva at Moonlight Creek and Other Aboriginal Song Poems edited by Martin Duwell and R. M. W. Dixon.
Bad Aboriginal Art: Tradition, Media and Technological Horizonsby Eric Michaels.
Looks at how funding changes affect expenditures, financial accountability, cost and quality of services provided for children in care, services being offered to help facilitate early family reunification, and issues arising from global funding.
Concludes that four problems must be addressed: level of commitment to self-government by other governments, clear policy and process to achieve recognition for the purpose of negotiations, issues related to funding and other resources, and the need for mechanisms for longer term relations.
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 9, no. 4, Winter, 1994, pp. 31-34
Description
Exhibition reviews of:
The Human Face, March 20 to November 13, 1994.
Matisse: The Inuit Face, April 24 to June 19, 1994.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 31.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 9, no. 3, Prophets: Religious Leaders and Revitalization Movements, Summer, 1985, pp. 335-351
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Explores the Ghost Dance social and religious movement and its prophet Wovoka. The Ghost Dance was created during times of hardships for the American Indigenous people in hopes of a return to happier times.
Continuing Poundmaker & Riel's Quest: Presentations Made at a Conference on Aboriginal Peoples and Justice
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Author/Creator
Gordon Shanks
pp. 102-106
Description
Article from a 1993 Conference proceedings, discusses the federal position on self-government stating it recognizes the need for consultations with First Nations, and flexibility to accommodate diversity.
Excerpt from Continuing Poundmaker & Riel's Quest: Presentations Made at a Conference on Aboriginal Peoples and Justice compiled by Richard Gosse, James Youngblood Henderson, Roger Carter.
Comparison made on four bases: constitutional recognition of Indigenous population, provisions for self-government, special arrangements for representation in political institutions, and administrative jurisdictions. Looks at examples from around the world.
Ethnohistory, vol. 43, no. 4, Native American Womens Responses to Christianity, Autumn, 1996, pp. 683-712
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Analyzes and clarifies feminist approaches and their strengths and weaknesses in the discussion of Christianity among Native American women since 1980.
Human Rights Quarterly, vol. 16, no. 4, November 1994, pp. 597-655
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Discusses issues highlighted by commissions worldwide, as well as the different models employed. Examples discussed are countries that had undergone radical political changes and were in the process of transitioning from one regime to another.
Case studies of five sets of negotiations: federal self-government, federal health care transfer, Aboriginal Fishing Strategy, bilateral processes with British Columbia, and with third party stakeholders. Each analyzed in terms of will, policy coherence, mandate, and process.
Continuing Poundmaker & Riel's Quest: Presentations Made at a Conference on Aboriginal Peoples and Justice
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Author/Creator
John H. Hylton
pp. 150-170
Description
Article discusses past governmental approaches, and cost-benefit considerations in implementing self-government versus social and economic costs of not moving ahead and doing things differently.
Chapter from Continuing Poundmaker & Riel's Quest: Presentations Made at a Conference on Aboriginal Peoples and Justice compiled by Richard Gosse, James Youngblood Henderson, and Roger Carter.