Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 41, no. 2, Special Issue, 2002, p. [?]
Description
Discusses a unique veterinary technology course that combines traditional Navajo values, Western scientific knowledge and the management of an Elk herd.
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 41, no. 2, Special Issue, 2002, p. [?]
Description
Describes the Eagle Project, a partnership involving a tribal college, a mainstream institution, and businesses both public and private, to deliver programming.
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.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 14, no. 1, Series 2, Spring, 2002, pp. [1]-25
Description
Contends that the writer uses Western sources from Shakespeare through to Edward Lear, Robert Frost and T.S. Eliot and blends them with Native American literary traditions to create a truly mixedblood novel.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
Regulating Lives: Historical Essays on the State, Society, the Individual, and the Law
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Jay Nelson
Law and Society Series
Description
Considers several factors affecting intermarriage: geography, law, morality, race and sexuality.
Chapter 1 from Regulating Lives: Historical Essays on the State, Society, the Individual, and the Law edited by John P. S. McLaren, Robert Menzies, Dorothy E. Chunn.
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.
Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal, vol. 20, no. 4, December 2002, p. 265–278
Description
Examines an environmental impact assessment review followed by parallel permitting and negotiated agreements including policy, environmental, social impact, legal/administrative, and economic issues.
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.
American Journal of Human Genetics, vol. 70, no. 4, April 2002, pp. 905-919
Description
Study analyzes genetic material to propose the origins, time of tribalization, population expansion and migration patterns of Native North Americans before recorded history.
The Journal of Aboriginal Economic Development, vol. 3, no. 1, Special Issue on Sustainability, Summer, 2002, pp. 94-97
Description
Author focuses on the Human Development Report 2001 (HDR 2001), published by the United Nations Development Program, which stresses technology as the remedy to poverty, disease and inequality.
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."
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, vol. 36, no. 3, June 2002, pp. 404-410
Description
Study discusses differences in suicide methods and high levels of untreated mental illness and substance abuse among many of the individuals who had taken their own lives.
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.
Arctic Anthropology, vol. 39, no. 1-2, 2002, pp. 10-27
Description
Discusses two ideas that influenced Subarctic prehistory; that the Subarctic was not a center for social change and that the environment was excessively austere.
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.