Discusses success stories at Lapwai Middle School and Lapwai Elementary School and the eight common factors that have become apparent to reverse low school performance.
Describes the First Nations Agricultural Council of Saskatchewan (FNACS) mandate, which is to access federal and provincial assistance programs available to farmers.
Commentary on the history and developments in Saskatchewan First Nation affairs and of a media that seems to favour sensationalism over positive political legacies.
For King and Country: Alberta in the Second World War
World War II: The Homefront in Alberta
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
James Dempsey
Description
Looks at post-war developments in the area of political recognition.
Excerpt from For King and Country: Alberta in the Second World War, edited by Ken Tingley.
Alberta History, vol. 53, no. 3, Summer, 2005, pp. 13-24
Description
Discusses a gathering of Kainai, Pikuni and Siksika Nations for a political convention conducted under the surveillance by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 29, no. 4, 2005, pp. 45-58
Description
Focuses on the mobilization of Native American Tribes in a concerted effort to attain economic goals, with an empahasis on tactics used in relation to gaming on-reserve.
Native Studies Review, vol. 10, no. 2, 1995, pp. 57-76
Description
Explores the life story, escape, recapture and death of the young Saskatchewan Cree, Kahkeesay-Manitoowayo, who escaped from jail and remained at large for nineteen months.
Altering Perceptions Through Indigenous Studies: The Effects of Immersion in Hawaiian Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) on Non-Native and Part-Native StudentsbrockbankThu, 04/24/2008 - 00:00
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Benjamin Charles Feinstein
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 25, no. 2, 2005, pp. 477-490
Description
Content analysis of course curricula revealed varied responses and demonstrated the importance of a TEK course to education.
Examines the six sessions, provides an analysis of how well the documentation reflects Aboriginal women's issues and perspectives, and makes recommendations on how to move toward equitable resolutions for all involved.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 19, no. 4, 1995, pp. 125-133
Description
Argues that the Exxon Valdex oil spill would become the scapegoat for the many changes in the Alutiiq environment that have occurred in the twentieth century, including glacier ice melt, earthquakes, tidal waves, avalanches, volcanic eruptions and massive storms.
American Journal of Public Health, vol. 95, no. 5, May 2005, p. 758
Description
Argues that the AIAN health policy hasn't kept pace with the demographic and social changes of the last 50 years, resulting in the needless suffering of people.
Social Work, vol. 50, no. 2, April 2005, pp. 131-139
Description
Findings revealed grandparents raising grandchildren, despite the fact that many were living in extreme poverty, suffer ill health, and have limited resources and services.
Advocates for the integration of American Indian literature in the curriculum as a means of perspective for the Indian experience.
Paper presented at Annual Spring Conference of the National Council of Teachers of English, Minneapolis, March 16-18, 1995.