Canadian Issues, Journeys of a Generation: Broadening the Aboriginal Well-Being Policy Research Agenda, Winter, 2009, pp. 85-92
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Compares the educational levels, labour levels, and the income and housing quality and quantity levels in Métis communities to other aboriginal communities.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 85.
Looks at how Canada's child welfare system, as part of a colonial ideology, reflects mainstream perspectives which are in conflict with Aboriginal values and traditions.
Roy Anthony Roberts, C. Aubrey Roberts and John Henderson, suing on their own behalf and on behalf of all other members of the Wewaykum Indian Band [...]
Documents & Presentations
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Supreme Court of Canada
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Two Bands each stated that they would have had the other's reserve land if it not for breaches of fiduciary duty.
Focuses on selection, processing and management of plant materials used in construction, and uses this information to analyze the collection held in the White Rock Museum
Journal of the Manitoba Educational Research Network, vol. 3, 2009, pp. 45-72
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Students consider having a teacher that cares about them and their success as students, greatly influences their classroom learning.
Scroll down to page 45 to read article.
University of the Fraser Valley Research Review, vol. 2, no. 2, Through Students Eyes: Selected Papers From the Stó:lō Ethnohistory Field School, Spring, 2009, pp. 54-72
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Comments on the reclamation of ancestral names and the continuous ritual cycles of naming.
Australasian Canadian Studies, vol. 27, no. 1-2, Globalising Indigeneity: New Research Directions, 2009, pp. 27-54
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Contends that there is no clear evidence that self-determination policies are the answer to improving Indigenous health outcomes.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 27.
Discusses research project activities including literature review of family literacy, assessment of literacy programs in Saskatchewan, environment mapping, and the development of a province wide online survey tool.
Ethnic and Racial Studies , vol. 32, no. 5, June 2009, pp. 781-801
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Presents interview data gained from wide range of people living in southeast Australia about what they know and how they feel about Australian Aboriginal people and issues.
Explore: The Journal of Science & Healing, vol. 5, no. 1, January 2009, pp. 20-29
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Explores the diverse group of traditional healing elders and what they believe are the important attributes and principles for mental health providers.
American Educational Research Journal, vol. 39, no. 2, Education and Democracy, Summer, 2002, pp. 279-305
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Analyzes past policies and practices in American Indian Education by looking at what was meant to provide equatable education through standardization has marginalized Naive American people.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 26, no. 3, Autumn, 2002, pp. 526-558
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Author explores the United States Government’s termination movement and the resulting resistance from the Menominee people situating the response within the context of the American Indian Movement (AIM), the Red Power Movement, and the social upheaval of the late 1960s and early 1970s.
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 37, no. 2, Summer, 2002, pp. 93-129
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Explores the historical role scientists played in debates about wildlife management in Wood Buffalo National Park and examines four distinct periods of wildlife science in the park.
Our Schools / Our Selves, vol. 18, no. 3, Beyond Child's Play: Caring For and Educating Young Children in Canada, Spring, 2009, pp. 169-175
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Discusses the lack of supports and services for children with special needs living on reserves due to inequities in health funding resulting from interjurisdictional disputes between provincial/territorial and federal governments about which will supply the required resources, despite governments' stated commitment to Jordan's Principle.