Canadian Bulletin of Medical History, vol. 23, no. 2, Fall, 2006, pp. 307-330
Description
Discusses the sudden ecological, economic, and political changes in the Canadian west that caused an explosion of tuberculosis infections among First Nations communities.
Video of representative from the Office of the Treaty Commissioner speaking at the 2010 Growing Saskatchewan Conference.
Five parts. Viewer is automatically sent to next part.
Total duration: 59:10.
Anthropology and Education Quarterly, vol. 37, no. 4, December 2006, pp. 393-398
Description
Looks at how English literacy was a part of the drive to colonize and assimilate Indigenous peoples, and how support is needed for Indigenous controlled literacy demands.
International Journal of Mental Health Addiction, vol. 8, no. 2, April 2010, pp. 320-335
Description
Reviews existing research of alcohol and illicit drug treatments and looks at two integrated treatment programs for Aboriginal women, New Choices and Sheway.
Law and Human Behavior, vol. 30, no. 1, February 2006, pp. 93-114
Description
Contends that treatment that follows the risk, need, and responsivity principles can reduce gang violence in correctional institutions and in the community.
Discussion paper submitted to Part Two of the Ipperwash Inquiry, which was established to look into events surrounding the death of Dudley George during a protest over land rights.
Presents a study looking into educational provisions for Michigan Native Americans contained within treaties made between the United States and the Anishinaabe Three Fires Confederacy governments.
Grade 7 students in Saskatchewan were tested for their understanding of history and treaties and the success of the mandatory K-12 treaty education program was assessed with respect to requirements of the Treaty Commissioner.
Discusses the art works created as part of the author's The Treaty Lands Project, focusing on the research conducted for the The Treaty 3 Suite (Outside Promises).
Forward and part IX from: Papers of the Rupert's Land Colloquium 2008: The Centre for Rupert's Land Studies at The University of Winnipeg: May 14 to 16, 2008, Rocky Mountain House, Alberta edited by Margaret Anne Lindsay and Mallory Allyson Richard; foreword by Jennifer S. H. Brown.
Indigenous Policy Journal of the Indigenous Studies Network, vol. 17, no. 2, Summer, 2006, p. [?]
Description
Discusses the similarities and differences of tribal and governmental approaches to treaty settlements in the United States and New Zealand, and outlines potential impacts to the environment.
Access through table of contents.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 13, no. 1, January 2010, p. 14
Description
Comments on the consortium between two Saskatchewan tribal councils and K-Mech Constructors in an effort to create economic development in local communities.
Article located by scrolling to page 14.
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 17, no. 3, Heroes of Today, Spring, 2006
Description
Reports on the election of Ron His Horse Is Thunder as chairman of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and his resignation as president of the Sitting Bull College.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 22, no. 3, Fall, 2010, pp. 81-84
Description
Book reveiw of: Tribal Theory in Native American Literature: Dakota and Haudenosaunee Writing and Indigenous Worldviews by Penelope Myrtle Kelsey.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access review, scroll to page 81.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 18, no. 3, Fall, 2006, pp. 43-45
Description
Accolades for Blackfeet author James Welch (1940-2003) and a statement about his influence on the author.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 43.
Images, Imaginations, and Beyond: Proceedings of the Eighth Native American Symposium
Native American Symposium ; 8th, 2009
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Marija Kneževiċ
Description
Discusses how the comic mobility of the trickster is used to address serious social issues in Sherman Alexie's volume of short stories.
Excerpt from Images, Imaginations, and Beyond: Proceedings of the Eighth Native American Symposium edited by Mark B. Spencer.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 18, no. 3, Fall, 2006, pp. 46-48
Description
Humourous commentary as "mistaken identity and trickery" in honour of Blackfeet author James Welch (1940-2003).
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 46.
Western American Literature, vol. 45, no. 1, Spring, 2010, pp. 30-52
Description
Discusses the social and national implications of lying in the popular Western formula through a reading of three works that cross gender and cultural lines.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 13, no. 1, January 2010, p. 5
Description
Discusses the objectives and mandate of the TRC and the need for Aboriginal People to tell their residential school survivor stories with the hope of healing and growing.
Article found by scrolling to page 5.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 13, no. 5, May 2010, p. 8
Description
Looks at the office opening of the Truth and Reconciliation Committee, the mandate of the committee, and the creative ways testimonies are received.
Article found by scrolling to page 8.
International Review of the Red Cross, vol. 88, no. 862, June 2006, pp. 295-310
Description
Mainly consists of tables.
Table 1: country, years of operation, dates covered, and creating body.
Table 2: country, key language or terms of reference, principle acts documented, and violations not investigated.
Table 3: commissioners, number of staff, budget, number of cases presented, and name of final report.