A tourism pamphlet for Saskatoon. In highlights for the region, Batoche and Duck Lake are mentioned as sites relating to the 1885 Resistance; as are the Duck Lake museum incorporating "the jail that once held captive Indian Chief, Almighty Voice;" and the Battlefords, specifically regarding memorials in the area to Chief Poundmaker.
Research indicates teachers' self-awareness, if they are conflicted about science and First Nations knowledge, will improve how they deal with the issue; and students avoiding science in high school and university could not explain why. Creative ways of diminishing instruction barriers are needed.
Aboriginal Peoples and Constitutional Reform. Discussion Paper
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
David C. Hawkes
Description
Discusses negotiations concerning aboriginal peoples and the constitutional reform as of February 1987, the major issues involved and the prospects for successful resolution.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 21, no. 6, November/December 1997, pp. 15-20
Description
Conference highlighted the challenges related to removal of Indigenous children and introduction of new laws intended to protect children in Australia.
Aboriginal Law Bulletin, vol. 1, no. 17, December 1985, pp. 81-[95?]
Description
Discusses issues of secrecy, proof and confidentiality that surround Aboriginal Customary Law. For example - when a matter comes before a court, the court can only act on information that is communicated to it and then tested by both parties. Thus there will be circumstances in which Aboriginal people need to choose whether to disclose secret material to the courts as a price paid for seeking the benefit or protection of the general law.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 11, no. 3, Summer, 1987, pp. 203-220
Description
Argues that although Bureau of Indian Affairs officials viewed events as an opportunity to promote its assimilation program and display the "progress" students had made, their efforts failed because the public was much more interested in the romanticized, stereotypical version of American Indian.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 11, no. 3, Summer, 1987, pp. 203-220
Description
Looks at the Bureau of Indian Affairs attempts to promote Indigenous education for public approval through exhibits at the World's Fair. However, the exhibits ended up promoting a romanticized traditional Indigenous culture to the American public.
Native Studies Review, vol. 1, no. 2, 1985, pp. 81-95
Description
Provides an historical overview of the events leading to changes to Indian Act which stripped status from Indian women who married non-status Indians or non-Indians.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 7, no. 2, 1987, pp. 399-414
Description
Suggests that the Mopan Maya fear that as one ages, individuals experience detachment and a loss of the soul, which is represented by the human shadow.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 21, no. 1, To Hear the Eagles Cry: Contemporary Themes in Native American Spirituality (Part 3), Winter, 1997, pp. 1-14
Description
Author investigates the relationship between the Shaker Church and the Indigenous peoples of northwestern California; argues that the relationship is one of dialogue rather than conversion.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 9, no. 4, Series 2: Sherman Alexie, Winter, 1997, pp. [27]-38
Description
Contends that all of Alexie's poems and short stories contain the elements of argument and controversy.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
American Journal of Public Health, vol. 87, no. 9, September 1997, pp. 1547-1551
Description
Compares incidence and hospitalization rates for shigetlosis between Indians and the rest of the population in Manitoba, and also examines the relationship between shigellosis and environmental conditions on reserves.