Records of Missions to First Nations in British Columbia: UP and Down the COAST
Archival » Collections (primary materials)
Author/Creator
The United Church of Canada
Description
Website includes digitized archival images and documents of United Church of Canada missions to First Nations communities in British Columbia during the period of 1850 to 1975.
Sketch subtitle: White inhabitants of the Saskatchewan region leaving a settlement after an Indian raid. Two males and one female, all wearing snowshoes and heavy coats, walking through the snow. The woman is carrying a small child.
Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 22, no. 2, Proceedings of the 2011 Western Social Science Association American Indian Studies Section, Fall, 2011, pp. 1-21
Description
Comments on the destruction made by exploration, mining, milling and the contamination to water, soil, plants, animals and people.
Looks at development of three urban Aboriginal education models for engaging First Nation, Metis and Inuit students, family and community living in urban centers.
Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, vol. 27, no. 4, 2011, pp. [727]-750
Description
Evaluation of web-based reading support tool, ABRACADABRA, took place over one semester in primary schools in 2009. Found that students who had used tool scored significantly higher in phonological awareness than those in the control group.
A Vanishing People: The Systematic Destruction of American Indian Identity for the Sake of American Manifest Destiny
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Francine M. Miranda
Description
Argues that governmental recognition of American Indian tribes as well as criteria for tribe membership needs to be altered.
Capstone Experience Manuscript--Commonwealth Honors College, 2011.
Reports on responses to survey which involved 688 individuals. Purpose was to identify factors associated with academic success and develop policy recommendations.