Research conducted to provide background information on governance issues related to providing public works, assist First Nations in development of guidelines for processes and structures to enable delivery of services, and determine if further research was required.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 23, no. 1, 1999, pp. 95-110
Description
In a study focusing on use of tobacco and other substances by users in 15 centers; researchers found many participants were unaware of cultural aspects of tobacco.
Justice as Healing, vol. 4, no. 3, Fall, 1999, p. [?]
Description
Discussion of the impact of the decision on the sentencing, clarification of duty to consider factors in the sentencing of Aboriginal offenders.
Sample articles from the publication Justice As Healing are provided courtesy of the Native Law Centre of Canada. Subscriptions are available from the Centre.
Law Thesis (LL.M.)--University of Ottawa, 1999.
"This thesis compares and contrasts the current legal protections provided to sexually abused, non-Aboriginal children with that afforded to Aboriginal children of Canada."
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 12, no. 3, Summer, 1988, pp. 221-228
Description
An analysis of prophets as an extension of traditional Indigenous shamans and how their similarities allowed prophets to achieve legitimacy within Indigenous communities.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 23, no. 4, 1999, pp. 159-173
Description
Examines the US Federal Court Case to determine the Aboriginal treaty rights, in Washington State, to take Shellfish (in the law case shellfish were termed all marine life other than fin fish).
The History Teacher, vol. 21, no. 4, August 1988, pp. 407-423
Description
Looks at how audio-visual materials, used to present a holistic overview of Native American history and culture, enhance lectures and the written word.
Harvard Educational Review, vol. 58, no. 3, August 1988, pp. 280-298
Description
Author uses the debate over process-oriented versus skills-oriented writing instruction as the starting point for a discussion on five aspects of the "culture of power" in the field of education.
Program expected that individuals would provide labour required to erect their own houses and examined the use of simplified housing "kits" which met design requirements and budget limitations.
Report includes the following papers:
Report of the Director by J. W. Powell
Ancient Art of the Province of Chiriqui, Colombia by William H. Holmes
A Study of the Textile Art in Its Relation to the Development of Form and Ornament by William H. Holmes
Aids to the Study of the Maya Codices by Cyrus Thomas
Osage Traditions by Rev. J. Owen Dorsey
The Central Eskimo by Dr. Franz Boas
Journal of the West, vol. 38, no. 1, 1999, pp. 68-76
Description
Argues that judicial analyses of the St. Catherine's Milling and Lumber Company v. The Queen case rarely take into account the historical context and contemporary attitudes towards Aboriginal people at the time.
University of New Brunswick Law Journal, vol. 48, 1999, pp. 19-40
Description
Comments about Justice Ivan Cleveland Rand of the Supreme Court of Canada (1943 to 1959), and the three decisions he had rendered regarding Aboriginal rights.
Manitoba History, no. 37, Spring/Summer, 1999, pp. 2-[?]
Description
Discusses Indigenous rights in the context of the integral relationship between history and law; and British claims to sovereignty within Rupert's Land (Rupertsland).