American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 31, no. 4, 2007, pp. 25-50
Description
Background history about the creation of the Navajo Community College (NCC). The colleges creation represented to people the establishment of a cross-cultural brokerage intended to overcome assimilationist tendencies.
ICNGD (International Centre for Northern Governance and Deveopment) Report
Report (Conference Board of Canada) ; August 2014
[Conference Board of Canada Publication ; 6338]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ken Coates
Greg Poelzer
Heather Exner-Pirot
Joe Garcea
Thierry Rodon
Rebecca Schiff
Graham White Gary Wilson
Description
Examines the transitions in governance in the territories and Northern provincial regions; and discusses the accomplishments, challenges and opportunities facing organizations in Northern communities.
Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy Public Lecture
JSGS Public Lecture
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Perry Bellegarde
Description
Chief of the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations outlines Canadian First Nations governance structure and highlights major events, legislation, and court decisions which form the framework for future negotiations.
Duration: 1:31:59.
Presentation Slides
Study interviews engaged and non-engaged parents, teachers, and school administrators from six Saskatchewan high schools as well as national and international administrators. Concludes with recommendations.
Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice, vol. 49, no. 1, January 2007, pp. 109-123
Description
Examines Aboriginal youth being sentenced differently from non-Aboriginal youth and suggests it may be caused by the number of Aboriginals living in cities where longer sentences are frequently handed down.
Examines intentionally separate schools for African American students which still exist in spite of the 1954 U.S. Supreme Court decision; Brown v. Board of Education.
Journal of Indigenous Social Development, vol. 3, no. 1, August 2014, pp. 1-16
Description
Findings from a lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning, and intersex (LGBTQI ) needs assessment on experiences of bias-motivated discrimination due to sexual orientation, and gender identity.
Docu-drama about a young man from the Lakota Sioux Nation in South Dakota who travels to Washington State to live with his uncle to learn about his relatives, the coastal Salish. In the process he also learns about the environment and the salmon.
Duration: 43:59
See resource guide Shadow of the Salmon: Respect the Salmon, Respect Yourself.