Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 37, no. 2, The Seventh Generation: Spotlight on Indigenous Youth, June 2013, p. [?]
Description
Discusses current work being undertaken in the Nyikina community to ensure language, traditional laws, and customs are passed on to future generations.
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 37, no. 3, The World on Our Shoulders: Cultivating Indigenous Youth Leadership, September 2013, p. [?]
Description
Discusses the challenges community radio stations are facing because of the telecommunications law that does not allow licenses for non-profit community radio stations.
Discusses governance and health system transformation, building partnerships, community engagement, and the establishment of the First Nations Health Authority.
Case involved a three-year-old who suffered physical and emotional abuse and neglect at the hands of her grandparents. She had initially been under the care of British Columbia's Ministry of Children and Family Development, but subsequently became the responsibility of a First Nations agency and the Saskatchewan Dept. of Social Services.
Annual ReSDA [Resources and Sustainable Development in the Arctic] Conference ; 3rd, 2013
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Anna Ziegler
Description
Discusses process to talk about engaging the public through community sessions and building on themes for action in regional roundtable discussions.
Duration: 16:07.
Makes recommendations for legislative changes in Saskatchewan and the processes to achieve them. Concludes that the best model to follow would be that of the Northwest Territories.
Museum Anthropology, vol. 36, no. 1, April 2013, pp. 4-17
Description
Examines issues surrounding the controversial series of paintings which depict murdered and missing women (predominately Aboriginal) from Vancouver's Downtown Eastside.
[Harvest of Hope: A Symposium of Reconciliation ; pt. 8]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Kevin Gower
Phil Fontaine
[Caroline Davis
Victor Montejo
Ben Nighthorse Campbell
Gabrielle Tayac]
Description
Speakers from symposium discuss significance of apologies, reparations, and restorative justice. Followed by question and answer period.
Duration: 32:40.
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 8, no. 1, Special Issue: Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD), 2013, pp. [81]-93
Description
Article states that most FASD parents are capable of raising their children and after Parental Capacity Assessments, supports can be provided to facilitate a positive outcome.
Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 23, no. 4, Special Issue: Exploring the Governance Landscape of Indigenous Peoples and Water in Canada, Spring, 2013, pp. 1-17
Description
Calls on researchers and policy-makers to engage young people in the development of policies regarding water use and protection.
Bringing Home Animals: Religious Ideology and Mode of Production of the Mistassini Cree Hunters
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Philip Goldring
Prairie Forum, vol. 10, no. 1, Spring, 1985, pp. 234-240
Description
Book reviews of:
Partners in Furs: A History of the Fur Trade in Eastern James Bay, 1600-1870 by Daniel Francis and Toby Morantz.
Bringing Home Animals: Religious Ideology and Mode of Production of the Mistassini Cree Hunters by Adrian Tanner.
Northern Public Affairs, vol. 1, Special Issue: Pathways to Prosperity: Voices From the Northern Governance and Economy Conference, 2013, pp. [51-55]
Description
Examines several factors behind migration of Indigenous northerners to urban centres: concentration of economic opportunities in urban centres and scarcity of housing in small northern settlements.
Looks at information and literature to help ascertain the impact of common social determinants on Indigenous peoples' health in Canada and other developed countries.