International Review of the Red Cross, vol. 88, no. 862, June 2006, pp. 295-310
Description
Mainly consists of tables.
Table 1: country, years of operation, dates covered, and creating body.
Table 2: country, key language or terms of reference, principle acts documented, and violations not investigated.
Table 3: commissioners, number of staff, budget, number of cases presented, and name of final report.
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 26, no. 1, 2006, pp. 89-116
Description
Considers oral tradition, Native kinship rationale, socio-cultural traditions, Tutelo history and consideration of anthropology when reviewing the letters.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 30, no. 2, 2006, pp. 63-84
Description
Analysis of the inititiatives by the Tutelo of the Six Nations Reserve at Grand River, Ontario to protect their identity and culture amid the Great League of the Iroquois Nations in 1934-35.
Bill was meant to correct gender-discrimination with respect to loss of Status, for both women and their children, due to marriage to non-Status men. Amendment created new issues in terms of band membership, two-tiered system of Status and second-generation cut-off rule, and insufficient funding for First Nations to provide housing and services to new registrants.
Indigenous Policy: Journal of the Indigenous Studies Network, vol. 17, no. 1, Spring, 2006, p. [?]
Description
Discusses the author's perspectives regarding the steps that have been taken towards addressing race equality issues in South Dakota.
Full issue on one page.
Resources for Nation Building: Governance, Development, and the Future of American Indian Nations
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Stephen Cornell
Joseph P. Kalt
Description
Describes the standard and nation-building approaches to development, and discusses why one works and the other does not. The authors also make suggestions as to how Indian nations can move from one approach to the other.
Discussion of the late Mary Kam also known as Mary Wuttunee and the late Bobby Bird who was an executive member in the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations.
Aboriginal History, vol. 11, no. 1, 1987, pp. 82-90
Description
Presents the story of a woman finding her natural mother with the help of Link-up, an organization established to help Aboriginal fostered or adopted adults find their families.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 30, no. 3/4, Summer/Fall, 2006, pp. 619-631
Description
Asserts that the National Museum of the American Indian fails to provide enough context for Aboriginal history and does not challenge colonized perceptions.
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 30, no. 1, January/February 2006, pp. 8-9,32
Description
Looks at reasons why Aboriginal women find it difficult to breastfeed. Recommendations vary regarding the most effective strategy for improving outcomes.
Studies in Canadian Literature / Études en littérature canadienne, vol. 31, no. 1, For the Love of Words: Aboriginal Writers of Canada, 2006, pp. 50-64
Description
Review article of, Voices of the Plains Cree by Edward Ahenakew.
American Journal of Public Health, vol. 96, no. 9, September 2006, pp. 1535-1536
Description
Brief response to the article "Alcohol, Drug, and Mental Health Specialty Treatment Services and Race/Ethnicity: a National Study of Children and Families Involved with Child Welfare," by A. M. Libby in American Journal of Public Health vol. 96, 2006 at pages 628-631.
Report identified four common themes: self sufficiency and ownership, community development/infrastructure, curriculum based on Cree culture and values, and increased economic development.
Discussion Paper (Institute of Intergovernmental Relations) ; no. 15
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Norman K. Zlotkin
Description
Discussion paper topics include Aboriginal participation in constitutional reform, the Constitution Act of 1982, and the issues likely to be raised at the 1983 conference.
Gifted Child Quarterly, vol. 27, no. 2, 1983, pp. 90-92
Description
Assessment of program designed at Arizona State University for an eight year old Pima Indian boy with excellent reasoning abilities but lacking academic skills.
Full version (1 hr. 48 min.) of documentary about abuse at residential schools which won Best Documentary at the Los Angeles Independent Film Festival and Best Director for an International Documentary at the New York International Film Festival.
Based on Annett's book Hidden from History: The Canadian Holocaust.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 30, no. 2, 2006, pp. 17-34
Description
Looks at the proposed construction of coal gasification plants on the Navajo Reservation in northwestern New Mexico in 1977, and how the interests of local residents were ignored.
The Canadian Bar Association Fourth National Symposium on Charity Law
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
David Stevens
Description
Discusses the Supreme Court of Canada's rulings in the cases Blackwater v Plint and E.B. v Order of Oblates of Mary Immaculate in the Province of Ontario. Both cases involved abuse suffered at a residential school and the liability of the churches which employed the abuser.