International Journal of Minority & Group Rights, vol. 8, no. 2/3, Special Issue on Sami Rights in Finland, Norway, Russia and Sweden, 2001, pp. 303-323
Description
Looks at the relationship between Sami movements in Finland and Sweden and the European Union as well as regional funding programs.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 21, no. 2, 2001, pp. 309-331
Description
Describes how the two First Nations view their connection to the land as going back lifetime before lifetime, which has motivated their challenges in the Canadian legal system.
Explores the role of water spirits in the belief system of Africans and the ramifications of environmental threats to sacred pools. Paper presented at the Indigenous Knowledge Conference 2001 held at the University of Saskatchewan.
Short documentary about services offered to battered women in the communities of Portage La Prairie and Thompson, Manitoba and the West Bay Reserve, Ontario.
Duration: 27:40.
Focuses on issues facing Métis settlements, particularly water testing, treatment, and maintenance, and regulatory framework for single wells.
Submission to the Walkerton Inquiry Commission.
Looks at factors affecting concepts, beliefs, practices, worldview and values relating to Aboriginal education by examining the tension between decisions makers regarding culture and language content in the classroom.
Indigenous Affairs, no. 4, Sustainable Development, 2001, pp. 50-57
Description
Describes the challenges faced by the nomadic residents of south and central Sahara due to violence, governmental instability and a possible resurgence of tourism.
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International Journal on Minority & Group Rights, vol. 8, no. 2/3, Special Issue on Sami Rights in Finland, Norway, Russia and Sweden, 2001, pp. 107-125
Description
Discusses debate over land right obligations of Norwegian State towards the Sami people after the ratification of the International Labour Organization (ILO) Convention No. 169 in 1990.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 13, no. 4, Series 2, Winter, 2001, pp. [24]-50
Description
Looks at one work of nonfiction and one of fiction in a discussion about attempted assimilation through education and language, and what constitutes a truly a "native" education.
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Discusses issues involved in the withdrawal from the Assembly of First Nations with indications that Treaty issues and land claims were central precipitating factors.
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 10, no. 12, December 1980, pp. 15-16
Description
Federation of Saskatchewan Indians prepare report to present to the National Assembly of First Nations to aid development of a national constitutional position.
Case studies of Chiefs Poundmaker and Big Bear compiled by Blair Stonechild using oral history and original source materials. A curriculum intended to "enable the student to review the circumstances surrounding Indian involvement in the Resistance and to arrive at his or her own conclusions about the culpability of the Indian people."
Materials from the Saskatchewan Survival Gathering, held at the Pinehouse Lake, SK campground site; 1. Program; 2. News release; 3. Schedule. The Group For Survival, based in Saskatoon, SK, sought to protest uranium mining in Saskatchewan and bring to light the harmful effects of uranium on humans and the earth.
Includes Saskatoon City Council minutes from a meeting on Monday June 2, 1980 regarding the Saskatoon Indian and Metis Friendship Centres proposed Day Care facility.
Includes Saskatoon City Council minutes from a meeting on Monday, February 4, 1980 regarding a request by Brian Tootoosis and Thelma Tootoosis to speak to Council regarding the denial by the Municipal Planning Commission of the application for the establishment of a Day Care facility by the Indian Metis Friendship Centre.
Includes Saskatoon City Council minutes from a meeting on April 28, 1980 related to a request by the Saskatoon Indian Metis Friendship Centre to establish a Day Care facility in the city.
Includes Saskatoon City Council minutes from a meeting on Monday May 5, 1980 related to a request by the Saskatoon Indian Metis Friendship Centre to establish a Day Care facility in the city.
Includes Saskatoon City Council minutes from a meeting on Monday May 5, 1980 related to a request by the Saskatoon Indian Metis Friendship Centre to establish a Day Care facility in the city.
Includes Saskatoon City Council minutes from a meeting on Monday June 2, 1980 regarding various expressions of opposition to the Saskatoon Indian and Metis Friendship Centres proposed Day Care facility from individuals and businesses.
Includes Saskatoon City Council minutes from a meeting on Monday, February 4, 1980 related to a request by the Saskatoon Indian Metis Friendship Centre to establish a Day Care facility in the city.
Includes Saskatoon City Council minutes from a meeting on Monday, February 4, 1980 related to a request by the Saskatoon Indian Metis Friendship Centre to establish a Day Care facility in the city.
Includes Saskatoon City Council minutes from a meeting on Monday, February 4, 1980 regarding a request by the Saskatoon Indian Metis Friendship Centre to establish a Day Care facility.
Produced to facilitate round table discussions aimed at reaching consensus on the issues. Topics included benefits, lack of information, dependents' allowance, and inequities in access.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 25, no. 3, May/June 2001, pp. 10-13
Description
Describes various events held at the National Rural Health Conference (Australia) to provide delegates with an overview of the National Aboriginal Community Controlled Organization's (NACCHO) work.