Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 29, no. 3, Fall, 1994, pp. 158-162
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Author laments on the decline of major institutions that once defined Canadians in such a way as to bind people together, comments on Canada's image to outsiders, and briefly mentions perspectives on First Nation peoples.
Continuing Poundmaker & Riel's Quest: Presentations Made at a Conference on Aboriginal Peoples and Justice
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Con Hnatiuk
pp. 145-149
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Article from 1993 Conference proceedings, discussing the financial and social costs that will continue, if changes are not made.
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.
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 63, Supplement 1, 2004, pp. 59-69
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Brief, biographical essay regarding several researchers who died in a Bering Sea boating accident.
Includes: Steven L. McNabb, Aleksandr I. Pika, William W. Richards, Richard G. Condon, Sireniki Villagers
Study focused on public spending as it related to Aboriginal recipients of social assistance, unemployment insurance, pensions, family allowances, worker's compensation, harvester's assistance program, and the homeless.
Continuing Poundmaker & Riel's Quest: Presentations Made at a Conference on Aboriginal Peoples and Justice
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Tim Quigley
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Article from 1993 Conference proceedings, discussing the disproportionate and increasing rate of incarceration of Indigenous peoples, contributing factors, disparities in sentencing, fines, bail etc., sentencing circles and the need for change.
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.
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 19, no. 2, Autumn, 2004, pp. 79-104
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Analyzes of the vision quest of Native Americans by using resources of the Lakota. The most famous resource is the book Black Elk Speaks, which is deemed controversial because of the sacred knowledge it imparts to the reader.
Annals of Tourism Research, vol. 31, no. 4, October 2004, pp. 837-854
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Study findings confirm that some opportunities, generated by tourism development and changes in federal–Aboriginal relations, have begun to challenge non-native stereotypes.
Looks at Canada's foreign policy and suggests the formation of an Arctic Council which would promote policies and programs for protecting the environment.
Native Studies Review, vol. 3, no. 1, 1987, pp. 59-80
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Article concludes that the relative lack of opposition between Native Siberian and non-Native Siberians, stems from a greater knowledge of Siberian native people and the desire to expand traditional native occupations.
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 63, Supplement 2, 2004, pp. 120-123
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Review process revealed that speech language pathology services are being utilized more effectively as the referral sources become more familiar with the program.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 18, no. 1, 1994, pp. 95-118
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Investigates Kenny’s combination of historic, local histories and poetic work and Brant's "insider" perspective on the collective rather than the individual.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 11, no. 1, Winter, 1987, pp. 1-10
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Looks at the impact of firearms to Indigenous nations in the Spanish America frontier. Spanish policy prohibited the trading of firearms to Indigenous people but Indigenous tribes obtained firearms from French or British allies instead..