Canadian Historical Review, vol. 92, no. 2, June 2011, pp. 351-353
Description
Book review of: Bridging National Borders in North America: Transnational and Comparative Histories edited by Benjamin H. Johnson and Andrew R. Graybill.
Outlines the context in the 15 years prior to the Act in terms of the legal regime, funding, and the roles of the Role of the Expert Panel on Safe Drinking Water for First Nations and the Senate Standing Committee on Aboriginal Peoples. Followed by discussion of aspects of the Act including regulatory scope, lack of consultation, third party involvement, capacity, and potential for erosion of First Nations constitutional rights.
National Centre for First Nations Governance Research Staff
Description
Highlights provisions made in treaties and agreements ranging from the Peace and Friendship Treaties to the Charlottetown Accord and lists important court cases in chronological order.
Report of investigation into factors that may have led to the suicide of an 18-year-old Métis youth who was under the care of the BC Ministry of Children and Family Development.
Discusses the relationship between bronchitis and environmental factors that increase the likelihood of contracting the illness amongst Indigenous populations.
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 5, no. 12, July 15, 1975, p. 8
Description
Minister of Indian Affairs states that the Trudeau government has done more "than any other government to give natives control over their own affairs."
Eagle Feather News, vol. 14, no. 6, June 2011, p. 12
Description
Looks at a comedy program recorded by the CBC for National Aboriginal Day designed to look at the brightside of hardship and suffering.
Article located by scrolling to page 12.
Canadian Journal of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, vol. 35, no. 2, Service Delivery to First Nations, Inuit and Métis in Canada: Part 1, Summer, 2011, pp. 136-143
Description
Identifies information important for a non-Aboriginal professional to know before working with Aboriginal peoples.
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Center for Substance Abuse Prevention
Description
Looks at the effectiveness of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's Service to Science initiative which provided training and customized evaluation technical assistance to locally-developed substance abuse prevention programs.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 14, no. 7, July 2011, p. 9
Description
Discusses the donors responsible for raising money to build a community center which will house, among other things, a grocery store, Kids First program and a multi-purpose room.
Article located by scrolling to page 9.
Indigenous lawyers and law students from British Columbia recount their experiences with stereotyping, race-based assumptions, and discrimination within the legal profession and while practicing in the justice system.
Duration: 25:43.
Related material: Part 2.
TESL Canada Journal, vol. 28, Special Issue 5, Summer, 2011, pp. 53-71
Description
Explores three interrelated ethical issues: current spoken dialect and ancestral language, implications for classroom, and issues for researchers working in Aboriginal fields.
Author speaks about his new book The Economic Dependency Trap including the dependency First Nations people have on the federal government.
Duration: 14:54.
Part II.
Part III.
Continuation of talk with author about his new book The Economic Dependency Trap including the dependency First Nations people have on the federal government.
Duration: 13:08.
Part I.
Part III.
Continuation of talk with author about his new book The Economic Dependency Trap including the dependency First Nations people have on the federal government.
Duration: 12:38.
Part I.
Part II.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 14, no. 9, October 2011, p. 23
Description
Looks at the successful bear and deer camp operation, Saskatchewan Adrenaline Outfitters, located northeast of Green Lake, Saskatchewan.
Article located by scrolling to page 23.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 14, no. 10, November 2011, p. 1,6
Description
Comments on a First Nations woman elected to the Legislative Assembly and the many attributes that she brings to the government and the people of Saskatchewan.
Article located on page 1 and by scrolling to page 6.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 14, no. 11, December 2011, p. 10
Description
Comments on various activities in the Native Studies Department at the University of Saskatchewan, including a possible name change.
Article located by scrolling to page 10.