Outlines three areas in which the interests and goals of government and Aboriginals may differ: scope of injustices, government's attempt to draw a line through the past and legitimate current policies, and government's use of the process as an attempt to assert authority.
Overall goals of research project were to increase student success, document best practices, and identify factors which facilitate or hinder a smooth transition. Used interviews and focus groups involving 80 current and former students.
Book review of: Transnational Whiteness Matters edited by Aileen Moreton-Robinson, Maryrose Casey and Fiona Nicoll.
Review located by scrolling to page 259.
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 16, no. 1, 2009, pp. 25-38
Description
Relates that nightmares occur in 97% of the Northern Plains Aboriginal veterans and argues that they suffer other aspects of post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Explains suicide as the cause of death for one third of Aboriginal youth. Prime Minister Harper suggests that economic development could fix the problem, but the author contends that the issue is too deep rooted for such a quick fix.
Canadian Diversity=Diversitié canadienne, vol. 7, no. 3, One Path, Many Directions: The Complex and Diverse Nature of Contemporary Aboriginal Reality, Fall, 2009, pp. 13-19
Description
Analyzes the intent, rationale and history of the treaty annuity.
Scroll down to page 13 to read article.
Canadian Issues, Journeys of a Generation: Broadening the Aboriginal Well-Being Policy Research Agenda, Winter, 2009, pp. 25-30
Description
Looks at designing a specific health care program that balances main stream design and research while maintaining Aboriginal cultural integrity.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 25.
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 20, no. 4, Tribal College Leadership and Vision, Summer, 2009
Description
Discusses the launch of Diabetes Education in Tribal Schools (DETS), a curriculum designed for K-12, with the purpose being to help American Indian youth learn how to prevent diabetes and to inspire students to pursue a career in the field of health.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 21, no. 4, Winter, 2009, pp. 20-52
Description
Discusses tensions between African Americans and Native Americans inside and outside of Toni Morrison’s work.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 20.
Anglican Journal, vol. 135, no. 4, April 2009, p. 3
Description
Discusses the resignation of two commissioners from the Residential Schools Truth and Reconciliation Commission due to a conflict with the chair of the commission.
Examines the criticisms of theories advanced in his 1963 book Early Voyages and Northern Approaches, originally published in 1963; includes some illustrations.
University of the Fraser Valley Research Review, vol. 2, no. 2, Through Students Eyes: Selected Papers From the Stó:lō Ethnohistory Field School, Spring, 2009, pp. 1-8
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 12, no. 3, 1988, pp. 33-48
Description
Reviews the history of the Turtle Mountain reserve and how the author portrays it's unique Native American development in fictional pieces based on the facts of the Chippewa Indians.
Physical Characteristics of the Tribes of British Columbia
Summary of the Work of the Committee in British Columbia
The Chilcotin
The North-Western Tribes of Canada: Twelfth and Final Report of the Committe, Consisting of Professor E. B. Tylor (Chairman), Sir Cuthbert E. Peek (Secretary), Dr. G. M. Dawson, Mr. R. G. Haliburton, Mr. David Boyle and Hon. G. W. Ross ...
The Social Organisation of the Haida
E-Books
Author/Creator
Franz Boas
Livingston Farrand
Description
Includes essays on the Chilcotin, Haida and linguistics.
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 32, no. 2, 2009, pp. 3-23, 116
Description
Looks at a community participation model of research and teaching which draws on the strengths of Indigenous and Western knowledges in efforts to revitalize language and restore relationships with each other and with the land.
Canadian Journal of Science, Mathematics and Technology Education, vol. 9, no. 3, [Special Issue: Indigenous Science Education From Place: Best Practices on Turtle Island], 2009, pp. 141-153
Description
Outlines concepts and approaches for teaching Integrative Science and discusses some of the challenges.
Aboriginal History, vol. 12, no. 1, 1988, pp. 103-112
Description
Review article of seven books:
Aboriginal Australians and Christian Missions: Ethnographic and Historical Studies edited by Tony Swain and Deborah Bird Rose.
Christianity and Aboriginal Australia by John Harris.
I'd Rather Dig Potatoes: Clamor Schurmann and the Aborigines of South Australia, 1838-1853by Edwin A. Schurmann.
Black Robinson: Protector of Aborigines by Vivienne Rae-Ellis.
Thomas Dove and the Tasmanian Aborigines by R. S. Miller.
Dark Deeds in a Sunny Land or Blacks and Whites in North-West Australia by J. B.
Canadian Diversity=Diversité canadienne, vol. 7, no. 3, One Path, Many Directions: The Complex and Diverse Nature of Contemporary Aboriginal Reality, Fall, 2009, pp. 103-108
Description
Brief article argues that Aboriginals are the most disadvantaged of an already marginalized class and discusses whether other legal options would improve the situation.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access this article, scroll to p. 103.