Paper produced as part of the Community Governance Project at University of Victoria. Includes sources, analysis, and recommendations for future initiatives.
Document sets a foundation for the continued learning and promotion of heritage languages for Elders, parents, children and educators. Provides recommendation for implementation of goals set out in foundational document.
Covers several themes: early childhood development, language and culture programs, teaching and curriculum, community involvement, student characteristics, and factors contributing to post-secondary success. Current as of 2001.
Index to RG10 and RG15 Microfilms in the University of Saskatchewan Libraries
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Government Publications Department
University of Saskatchewan Library
Description
Provides a list of microfilms available at the First Nations University of Canada (Saskatoon campus); many of the same microfilms are available in the Murray Library (Main Library). The microfilms contain Government of Canada records of correspondence and documents of the Department of Indian Affairs (RG10) and the Department of Interior (RG15).
Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development
Description
This speech discusses the Aboriginal reaction to the Federal government's 'White Paper', released in June 1969. Chretien stresses that Canadian society "must break down the barriers of misunderstanding and discrimination" for Aboriginal people to be accepted in Canadian society.
Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development
Description
Federal government publication relating to Aboriginal life in British Columbia, covering areas such as pre-contact, explorers and traders, colonization, missions, post-Confederation, education and economic development.
This press release expresses the Manitoba Aboriginal organization's "bitterness, frustration and anger" with the Federal Government's "White Paper." Courchene calls for meetings with Aboriginal leaders in Manitoba to present alternatives from the "cultural genocide" he believes will occur if the "White Paper" becomes law.
Report of the Saskatchewan Government Private Sector Committee indicating a need for more self-employment programs for Indian and Metis people. Interprovincial Steel and Pipe Corporation Limited (IPSCO) in Regina, SK, proposes a industrial operation with ownership and control in Indian and Metis hands to prepare and process scrap for IPSCO.
The first article comments on the cost of land settlements with aboriginals in the United States, with the author's hope that the Canadian government will resolve these claims in the manner the United States government has, no matter the financial cost.
This file contains the historical brochure, "Wood Mountain National Park." Development of this park began in 1965. The booklet discusses the areas early history as a HBC post, NWMP post, and gathering place for "Souix" Indians escaping the American Cavalry.