Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 33, no. 1, Spring, 2018, pp. 38-69
Description
Article puts forward the Transformational Indigenous Praxis Model (TIPM) as a support to teachers and other educators in decolonizing and indigenizing their practices; author provides a step-by-step framework which challenges Eurocentric knowledge bases and current Western educational models.
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 9, no. 1, January 2018, p. article 4
Description
Looks at the formation of the First Nations Health Council, First Nations Health Directors Association, and the First Nations Health Authority and identifies issues that need to be addressed in order for the tripartite system to function effectively.
McGill Journal of Education, vol. 53, no. 2, Spring, 2018, pp. 233-253
Description
Study traces the learning experiences of primarily non-Indigenous educators who created an Indigenous-focused Master of Education program to challenge the legacy of colonization in schools and who have worked to decolonize their practice through their participation in a graduate studies; asserts that decolonizing education means valuing Indigenous people, languages, and land, and building inter-cultural understanding.
Indigenous Law Journal, vol. 12, no. 1, 2014, pp. 33-60
Description
"examine whether our Nuuyum and its philosophical underpinnings can intertwine and have a productive relationship with contemporary forms of leadership and chief and council governance systems."
Entire issue on one pdf. To locate article, scroll to page 33.
Journal of Nursing Education and Practice, vol. 4, no. 9, 2014, pp. 33-43
Description
Discusses approaches taken by the College of Nursing at the University of Saskatchewan to create and implement a program aimed at building a local Indigenous health professional workforce.
Looks at the effects of processes and institutions on two cases of transitional justice in democracies through the attempt to remove cultural influences on children and community by isolation from ethnic groups.
Transcultural Psychiatry, vol. 51, no. 3, Historical Trauma, June 2014, pp. 339-369
Description
Looks at narratives outside of the official Truth and Reconciliation Commission, such as oral histories and Inuit art and film, for aspects of the colonial trauma and the impacts of history.
United States Attorney's Bulletin, vol. 69, no. 2, Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons: Legal, Prosecution, Advocacy and Healthcare, March 2021, pp. 251-263
Description
Discusses the benefits of psychological and cultural responses to the prevention, intervention, and response to missing or murdered Indigenous people cases.
Board of Education Saskatoon School Division no. 13, Meeting of the Saskatoon Board of Education Tuesday, October 7, 2014
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Scott Tunison
Darryl Isbister
Barry MacDougall
Description
Goal is to evaluate Saskatoon Grade 7 students' knowledge and understanding in six areas: treaties, treaty relationship, history, worldviews, symbolism, and contemporary issues. Compares scores to earlier years.
Scroll to p. 5 to access results.
Information on current programs, curricula and initiatives that teach and engage emerging leaders was gathered through a 3-month mapping exercise, consultation session with over 100 attendees, and discussions with subject matter experts in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 26, no. 2, Tribalography, Summer, 2014, pp. 55-64
Description
Examines pseudo-tribal discourses in American political, corporate, media, and social realms and how Indigenous tribalographies can connect past, present, and future together.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 55.
Department of Justice Journal of Federal Law and Practice, vol. 69, no. 1, Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons: Law Enforcement and Prevention, January 2021, pp. 35-42
Description
Highlights the FBI's Criminal Justice Information Services Division program, which is designed to identify and overcome obstacles which might prevent tribes from accessing and participating in the division's services.
Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to page 35.
This Space Here: Tribes Build a Traditional Watch House to Stop Kinder Morgan Pipeline Expansion: And Since the Fall, Tiny House Warriors Have Been Putting Homes in the Path of the Pipeline
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Janice Cantieri
BC Studies, no. 198, Summer, 2018, pp. 7-12
Description
Describes campaign of direct actions, including Protect the Inlet and Tiny House Warriors, taken in opposition to the pipeline, currently under construction to carry oil from Alberta Tar Sands to the tide water port in Vancouver. Examines the conflict in terms of traditional cultural values, environmental activism, and discusses the use of art to build a culture of resistance.
Documentary focuses on Treaty 9 (James Bay Treaty), First Nations' fight to see that treaty rights and obligations are respected, and their lands and resources are protected.
Duration: 84:51.
Related material:
Mini-Lesson.
Canadian Journal of Law and Society, vol. 29, no. 2, 2014, pp. 181-197
Description
"In this paper, I argue that Indian Residential School (IRS) litigation, and the emphasis on "cultural loss" or genocide, threatened to expose the illegitimacy of Canada's claim to sovereignty and the settler collective's occupancy of Indigenous lands today".
BC Studies, no. 182, The Great War, Summer, 2014, pp. 217-218
Description
Book review of The True Story of Canada's "War" of Extermination on the Pacific plus the Tsilhqot'in and Other First Nations Resistance by Tom Swanky.
Entire book review section on one pdf. To access this review scroll to p. 217.
Indigenous Peoples' Access to Justice, Including Truth and Reconciliation Processes
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Marie Wilson
Description
Outlines the mandate and purpose of the TRC.
Chapter 8 from Indigenous Peoples' Access to Justice, Including Truth and Reconciliation Processes edited by Wilton Littlechild and Elsa Stamatopoulou.
Canadian Journal of Law and Society, vol. 29, no. 2, Law and Deconlonization, August 2014, pp. 199-217
Description
Looks at the shift from a judicially based public inquiry to a truth and reconciliation and the gaps in the composition of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
[ISID Conference 2014: Whose Truth? What Kind of Reconciliation?]
[Setting the Stage: Canada's Experience]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Marie Wilson
Description
Remarks by Marie Wilson, Truth and Reconciliation of Canada Commissioner, including how the Canadian TRC is unique to others in the world and the mandate and purpose of the TRC. Followed by excerpts from survivors stories.
Duration: 30:19.