Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 20, no. 2, March/April 1996, pp. 53-55
Description
Overview of funding of health and substance misuse services and hearing and mental health and agreements being negotiated between the Commonwealth and each State and Territory.
Culture & Mental Health Research Unit Report ; no. 1
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Laurence J. Kirmayer
Culture & Mental Health Research Unit Report
Description
Looks to situate the problems of Aboriginal peoples within the larger context of suicide in Canadian society.
"A Report Prepared for the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples".
Politics and Program: A Case Study of a First Nations Child and Family Service Agency
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Joyce B. Timpson
Pete Hudson
Description
Examines internal and intergovernmental relationships through review of documents produced by the agency, its governing body and non-First Nations governments, and key informant interviews.
A brochure produced by Commemorate '85 Inc. (non-profit organization) that outlines events commemorating the Resistance of 1885 and short history of the resistance.
To accompany film The Sun Dagger about discovery of a prehistoric calendar system in Chaco Canyon, New Mexico and the culture that built the site. Guide is for grades seven to twelve. Contains lesson plans, handouts and suggested readings.
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 5, no. 2, 1985, pp. 269-270
Description
Administered by the American Indian Studies Center, the survey gathered information from institutions about their programs as well as information from Native American communities regarding their education and training needs.
Saskatchewan History, vol. 38, no. 2, Spring, 1985, pp. 41-52
Description
Wheeler’s anecdotal 1934 article in The Canadian Surveyor has served as the basis for describing surveyors' role in the 1885 Resistance, the discovery of his journal allows historians to examine how his perception of the North-West Resistance has changed over time.
Entire issue on one .pdf, scroll to page 41.
History of Education, vol. 25, no. 1, 1996, pp. 1-18
Description
Argues that neither actor completely controlled the relationship. Schools depended on student attendance, manual labour and acceptance of white culture to sustain themselves, while Native Americans eventually recognized that education could be used to their advantage.
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 16, no. 2, 1996, pp. 211-228
Description
Argues that government attitudes, policies, and failure to adapt farming to accommodate Aboriginal patterns of behaviour impeded adaptation to an agrarian way of life.
Acadiensis, vol. 26, no. 1, Autumn, 1996, pp. 92-101
Description
Review essay of:
Bitter Feast: Amerindians and Europeans in Northeaster North America, 1600-64 by Denis Delage.
Lost Harvests: Prairie Indian Reserve Farmers and Government Policy by Sarah Carter.
The Tangled Webs of History: Indians and the Law in Canada's Pacific Coast Fisheries by Diane Newell.
Shingwauk's Vision: A History of Native Residential Schoolsby J.R. Miller.