Looks at how funding changes affect expenditures, financial accountability, cost and quality of services provided for children in care, services being offered to help facilitate early family reunification, and issues arising from global funding.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 10, no. 1, The History of American Indian Leadership, Winter, 1986, pp. 65-82
Description
Challenges the stereotype of static Indigenous political organization with an investigation of the historical adaptability of Indigenous leadership on the Great Plains.
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 58, no. 2, June 1977, pp. 133-153
Description
Traces events through three time periods: limited and casual contact; withdrawal to the interior; and European movement into the area to gain access to resources.
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 6, no. 1, 1986, pp. 43-62
Description
Presents a model of self-government that recognizes the importance of resources and relationships and identifies requisites for successful implementation.
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 16, no. 2, January 1977, pp. [1-6]
Description
Describes the development of Dr. Kermit H. Hunter's drama The Trail of Tears, sponsored by the Cherokee National Historical Society in Tahlequah, Oklahoma.
Continuing Poundmaker & Riel's Quest: Presentations Made at a Conference on Aboriginal Peoples and Justice
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Author/Creator
Gordon Shanks
pp. 102-106
Description
Article from a 1993 Conference proceedings, discusses the federal position on self-government stating it recognizes the need for consultations with First Nations, and flexibility to accommodate diversity.
Excerpt from Continuing Poundmaker & Riel's Quest: Presentations Made at a Conference on Aboriginal Peoples and Justice compiled by Richard Gosse, James Youngblood Henderson, Roger Carter.
Comparison made on four bases: constitutional recognition of Indigenous population, provisions for self-government, special arrangements for representation in political institutions, and administrative jurisdictions. Looks at examples from around the world.
Child holding one dog on a chain in foreground., with another standing in background. Caption by Dommasch: "Cornwallis Island, Resolute [NU] Native Settlement".
Child crouching on ground holding puppy, with large dog lying on ground attached to chain. Caption by Dommasch: "Cornwallis Island, Resolute [NU] Native Settlement".
Human Rights Quarterly, vol. 16, no. 4, November 1994, pp. 597-655
Description
Discusses issues highlighted by commissions worldwide, as well as the different models employed. Examples discussed are countries that had undergone radical political changes and were in the process of transitioning from one regime to another.
Images from the fifth annual Native American Bilingual Education Conference, held at Saskatoon Centennial Auditorium. Shown is National Indian Brotherhood president Noel Starblanket, and Federation of Saskatchewan Indians president David Ahenakew, May 16, 1977.
Case studies of five sets of negotiations: federal self-government, federal health care transfer, Aboriginal Fishing Strategy, bilateral processes with British Columbia, and with third party stakeholders. Each analyzed in terms of will, policy coherence, mandate, and process.
Continuing Poundmaker & Riel's Quest: Presentations Made at a Conference on Aboriginal Peoples and Justice
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John H. Hylton
pp. 150-170
Description
Article discusses past governmental approaches, and cost-benefit considerations in implementing self-government versus social and economic costs of not moving ahead and doing things differently.
Chapter from Continuing Poundmaker & Riel's Quest: Presentations Made at a Conference on Aboriginal Peoples and Justice compiled by Richard Gosse, James Youngblood Henderson, and Roger Carter.
Explains James Welch used strategic omissions as a way to imply the spirituality as a rationale for some character's disconnection with other characters.
Provides a mechanism for determining citizenship to preserve cultural and political integrity and outlines three fundamental objectives of the Citizenship Code.