14-15 George V. Chap. 47, An Act to Amend the Indian Act. Assented to 19th July, 1924
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Government of Canada
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Discusses changes to the Indian Act, such as authority over "Eskimo Affairs", dying intestate (without having made a will), and deals regarding leases.
Examination of structure and operation of principal institutions of public government: the Legislative Assembly, the cabinet and bureaucracy from the mid-1970s to the 1990s.
Social Legal Studies, vol. 13, no. 4, 2004, pp. 481-500
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Explores the efforts to transform the disposition and direction of international law to become a supportive force of change in the relations between Indigenous peoples and the State.
Research into solutions which would close gap between price of housing and financial status. Report forms part of the Bridges and Foundations Project on Urban Aboriginal Housing.
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 95, no. 6, November-December 2004, pp. 465-469
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Findings showed the transition away from traditional foods rich in Vitamin A was responsible for a majority of subjects having a Vitamin A intake below the estimated average requirement.
HIV-AIDS and Hepatitis C Among Natives, an Adapted Training
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First Nations of Quebec and Labrador Health and Social Services Commission (FNQLHSSC)
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Provides general information including screening, prevention and treatment options as well as links to community and institutional organizations, quizzes and questionnaires.
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 28, no. 2, Espaces-Lieux-Noms / Spaces-Places-Names, 2004, pp. 231-233
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Book review of: Akuzilleput Igaqullghet Our Words Put to Paper compiled and edited by Igo Krupnik, Willis Walunga (Kepelgu) and Vera Metcalf (Qaakaghlleq).
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American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 18, no. 4, 1994, pp. 25-32
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Argues that the Alcatraz event was mainly a civil rights movement protest against the very oppressive conditions faced by Native Americans, somewhat like the Ku Klux Klan gathering in 1957 was for the African-American population.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 18, no. 4, 1994, pp. 131-134
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Argues that the occupation of Alcatraz Island set the stage for Native American peoples spiritual rebirth and was the beginning of the reclaiming of pride and dignity for all Indian nations.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 18, no. 4, 1994, pp. 59-74
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Gives different perspectives on the Alcatraz story, including insider-outsider and Native-Non-Native. The author comments how the occupation is still told like a legend or a folk tale would be.
Exhibition was part of the Mendel Art Gallery's Post-Colonial Landscape series, featured 60 paintings from 1960-1990 selected from the Thunder Bay Art Gallery's retrospective The Art of Alex Janvier: His First Thirty Years, 1960-1990.
Continuing Poundmaker & Riel's Quest: Presentations Made at a Conference on Aboriginal Peoples and Justice
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James Youngblood Henderson
pp. 423-432
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Article from 1993 Conference proceedings, provides some concluding remarks on the Conference discussions of the justice system, its failing of Aboriginal peoples and the necessary reform and commitment to change required.
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.
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 23, no. 6, July-August 1994, p. 14
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First Nations Justice System provides future opportunity to apply alternative forms of treatment in correcting the behaviour of First Nations people who violate Provincial Wildlife Regulations/Law.