Historical background and submissions to Indian Claims Commission (ICC) regarding the unlawful surrender of 22,080 acres of reserve land. ICC concluded that Canada is responsible for the loss of use of the land since 1891, breach of Treaty and fiduciary duty, and recommends negotiation of settlement under Canada's Specific Claims Policy. Commissioners include: Renée Dupuis and Alan C. Holman. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 17, no. 1, Telling Our Stories, Fall, 2005
Description
Focuses on the two students chosen for the titles by the American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC); Darell Decoteau, from Sisseton Wahpeton College, and Lynn M. Cuny from Oglala Lakota College.
Uncommon Legacies: Native American Art from the Peabody Essex Museum
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Author/Creator
John R. Grimes
Description
Discusses the reasoning behind the collection of objects, evolution of the collection, and current issues surrounding the status of Aboriginal art.
Excerpt from Uncommon Legacies: Native American Art from the Peabody Essex Museum
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 29, no. 3/4, Special Issue: The National Museum of the American Indian, Summer - Autumn, 2005, pp. 560-589
Description
Article examines the adoption of Western farming practices by the Nez Perce and the shift from a fishing-based economy to a Euro-American agriculture economy in the context of social power and cultural scale.
Arctic Anthropology, vol. 42, no. 1, 2005, pp. 33-47
Description
Argues that unique dance clothing and shamanistic garments existed in this culture, but had disappeared by the 1930s. Due to collaborative fieldwork, the style has since been resurrected.
English Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Saskatchewan, 2005.
Includes analysis of works by Susan Power, Drew Taylor, Joy Harjo, Beth Cuthand, Louise Halfe, Patricia Monture-Angus, and Annharte.
Discusses the novel The Death of Jim Loney by James Welch as a conflicting perspective between European-American worldviews and Native American worldviews.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 18, no. 2, 1998, pp. 233-254
Description
Discusses a new era in health care in the Moose Factory Zone in Ontario since 1996, including the transfer of the regional hospital to First Nation control and a say in the spending of health care monies.
Atlantis, vol. 29, no. 2, [Indigenous Women: The State of Our Nations], 2005, pp. 1-13
Description
Examines a program developed for urban Native women that focuses on restoring a sense of sacred interconnection and developing spiritual practices incorporating traditional teachings.
Thesis (Ph.D.)--Purdue University, 2005.
Includes critical look at the works of Leslie Marmon Silko, James Welch, Linda Hogan, Luci Tapahonso and Diane Glancy.
"This article will address the question of establishing the geographic extent or legal boundaries of lands held under aboriginal title".
Entire issue on one pdf. To locate article, scroll to page 2.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 29, no. 3/4, Summer-Fall, 2005, pp. 450-465
Description
Commentary in regards to the opening of the National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) on September 22, 2004, particularly the clichés, exclusion and stereotyping.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 17, no. 3, Fall, 2005, pp. 1-26
Description
Examines issues of racism and colonization in the essays of Zitkala-Ša (Gertrude Simmons Bonnin).
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 1.
Resources (Canadian Institute of Resources Law), vol. 62, Spring, 1998, p. [1]
Description
Introduction to two articles in this issue of the newsletter that address the question of how the concept and principles underlying aboriginal title might be applied or transferred outside of British Columbia.