Discusses the establishment of Springboard Humanism (SBH) organization and project aimed at helping Indigenous BaSarwa and BaKgalagari women pass the Junior Certification Examination.
Animated film about Chanie Wenjack who died in 1966 trying to get back to Ogoki Post from Cecilia Jeffrey residential school in Kenora, Ontario. Includes post-show live panel on the road to reconciliation. Melanie Nepinak Hadley introduces panel that speaks to the video and reconciliation at large.
Video duration:46:15.
Panel discussion starts at 59:45.
Links to lessons plans created by Indigenous and non-Indigenous teachers in support of the video Secret Path. Resource will be used when teaching about Residential Schools in Manitoba. Divided into early, middle and senior year lesson plans.
Great Plains Quarterly, vol. 36, no. 1, Winter, 2016, pp. 53-64
Description
Film reviews of:
Sober Indian/Dangerous Indian directed by John Maisch.
Thunder-Being Nation: The Oglala Sioux of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation directed by Steven Lewis Simpson.
The Battle for Whiteclay directed by Mark Vasina.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 11, no. 3, Summer, 1987, pp. 203-220
Description
Argues that although Bureau of Indian Affairs officials viewed events as an opportunity to promote its assimilation program and display the "progress" students had made, their efforts failed because the public was much more interested in the romanticized, stereotypical version of American Indian.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 11, no. 3, Summer, 1987, pp. 203-220
Description
Looks at the Bureau of Indian Affairs attempts to promote Indigenous education for public approval through exhibits at the World's Fair. However, the exhibits ended up promoting a romanticized traditional Indigenous culture to the American public.
Canadian Journal of Criminology, vol. 42, no. 3, July 2000, pp. 412-420
Description
Commentary on the decision on s. 718 of the Criminal Code, aimed at reducing the over-representation of Aboriginal peoples in the prison system by using alternate sentencing methods.
Journal of Colonialism and Colonial History, vol. 17, no. 2, Summer, 2016, p. [?]
Description
Looks at how imposition of programs such as Family Allowance, Foodmail, and Nutrition North Canada, in conjunction with criminalization of hunting and harvesting have created food insecurity.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 12, no. 4, Series 2, Winter, 2000, pp. [65]-90
Description
Discusses Silko's major texts and argues that they can be understood within historical webs, which in turn prompts an examination of the ethical and political choices involved in historical process and textual analysis.
Policy Paper (Atlantic Institute for Market Studies)
[Policy Series (Frontier Centre for Public Policy) ; no. 189]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Tom Flanagan
Lee Harding
Description
Examines practices of 21 First Nations who scored highly on Department of Indian and Northern Affairs' 2011 Community Well-being Index. Used data related to incomes, labour market participation, educational achievement and housing quality.
TransCanadiana, vol. 8, Canadian Sites of Resistance: Solidarity-Struggle-Change(?), 2016, pp. [73]-80
Description
The Reader gathers texts with differing perspectives to narrate the "battle" between armed settlers and armed Métis buffalo hunters on June 19th, 1816.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 73.
LGBTQ America: A Theme Study of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer History
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Will Roscoe
Description
Overview of the various characteristics, roles and meanings ascribed to two spirit people followed by brief biographies of four historical figures.
Chapter from LGBTQ America: A Theme Study of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer History edited by Megan E. Springate.
Assistant Deputy Ministers' Committee on Prostitution and the Sexual Exploitation of Youth
Description
Discusses concerns Aboriginal communities have about sexual exploitation of their children and youth and the need for this issue to be addressed by the community and the government.
Canadian Journal of Women and the Law, vol. 28, no. 2, [Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Conference], 2016, pp. i-iv
Description
Introduction to the journal articles, presented at a symposium held January 30-31, 2016, that explore the prospect of a national inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women.
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 11, no. 1, Wellness-Based Indigenous Health Research and Promising Practices, 2016, pp. 159-176
Description
Introduces a peer-led pilot intervention that takes a strengths-based approach to promoting Indigenous youth sexual health in a culturally safe context.
Website for multimedia exhibition developed by families of two murdered women, Sonya Cywink and Patricia Carpenter, and eight Ryerson media Production students. Family members share memories of the women and what their loss means to them.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 7, no. 2, 1987, pp. 399-414
Description
Suggests that the Mopan Maya fear that as one ages, individuals experience detachment and a loss of the soul, which is represented by the human shadow.