Historical background, submissions and recommendation from Indian Claims Commission (ICC) hearing to determine whether band members voting on surrender of part Reserve 73 were eligible under the Indian Act. ICC recommended the claim be accepted for negotiation under the Specific Claims Policy. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship, vol. 7, no. 1, January 2010, p. article no. 22
Description
Examines pre- and post-survey study results of high school students attending a week long residency program by looking at student perception between those on reserve and those off reserve.
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 28, no. 1, 2008, pp. 33-70
Description
Examines four decades of programming initiated by the Aboriginal Affairs Branch of Canadian Heritage and meant to cultivate social and political change for Aboriginal peoples.
Provides examples for health and social service providers in Ontario to help pregnant women create a support system. Includes list of resources for programs and services.
Focuses on the methodological challenges and accomplishments associated with project entitled Visualizing Breast Cancer.
Chapter 13 in the book Doing Cross-Cultural Research: Ethical and Methodological Perspectives edited by Pranee Liamputtong.
Innovation at Work: Adapting a First Nations Community Enterprise Tool to Advance Social Enterprise in British Columbia and Francophone Ontario -- Final Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Mike Lewis
Michelle Colussi
Éthel Côté
Description
Discusses how the Development Wheel can be used to advance social enterprise in First Nations communities by engaging in enterprise development and community economic development planning.
Looks at seven "Promising Practices" being implemented in Edmonton Catholic Schools to build awareness of sensitivity to cultural values and practices.
Presented at Session 2: Aboriginal Canadians and the Economy: Education Issues.
"Annual Meeting of the Canadian Economics Association, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, June 6, 2008."
Provides background documentation to assist in developing culturally relevant curricula. Includes materials for "8 Science-Based Units, 8 History/Social Studies-Based Units, 8 Language Arts-Based Units."
Provides background documentation to assist in developing culturally relevant curricula. Includes materials for "8 Science-Based Units, 8 History/Social Studies-Based Units, 8 Language Arts-Based Units."
Public Health Report Series 3 on Diabetes: Cree Board of Health and Social Services of James Bay
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Elena Kuzmina
Pierre Lejeune
David Dannenbaum
Jill Elaine Torrie
Description
Annual report discusses the goals of CDIS, methodology of data sources, definitions of terms, prevalence of diabetes, incidence of diabetes, and duration of the illness.
The West and Beyond: New Perspectives on an Imagined Region
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Winona Wheeler
Description
Discusses the importance of Elders as storytellers and oral historians.
Chapter from The West and Beyond: New Perspectives on an Imagined Region edited Alvin Finkel, Sarah Carter, and Peter Fortna.
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Native Social Work Journal, vol. 7, Promising Practices in Mental Health: Emerging Paradigms for Aboriginal Social Work Practices, November 2010, pp. 139-161
Description
Discusses various aspects of the Medicine Wheel, including knowledge about human development from the mainstream paradigm and Indigenous wisdom and ways of knowing from an ecological position, thus linking human development concerns to a wholistic view.
Museum Anthropology, vol. 31, no. 1, Spring, 2008, pp. 1-18
Description
Discusses how mass-produced clothing has been indigenized by its use to display familial symbols, affiliations with places and organizations, and commemorate significant events like potlatches.
Report submitted to the Aboriginal Justice Inquiry Implementation Commission. Summarizes various reduction strategies and gives examples of successful programs.
Indigenous Law & Policy Center Occasional Paper Series
Indigenous Law & Policy Center Working Paper ; 2008-01
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Hannah Bobee
Allison Boisvenu
Anderson Duff
Kathryn E. Fort
Wenona T. Singel
Indigenous Law & Policy Center Working Paper
Description
Analyzes the issues of cross deputization by covering federal Indian law, state criminal jurisdiction, law enforcement structure, use of cross-deputization, cooperative agreements, and solutions for streamlined law enforcement.
Interview focuses on issues with respect to mandate and scope of the Commission, and the history of genocide of Aboriginal peoples in Canada.
Duration: 18:35.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 25, no. 4, July/August 2001, pp. 30-33
Description
Draws upon report to the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples (RCAP) regarding the Canadian Aboriginal experience with the trauma of suicide to develop Australian crisis services.