Canadian Historical Review, vol. 87, no. 1, March 2006, pp. 29-52
Description
Studies history of legislation by which individuals could renounce Indian "status" and gain Canadian citizenship through the Department of Indian Affairs.
American Art, vol. 18, no. 3, Fall, 2004, pp. 8-31
Description
Looks at the murals officially entitled Themes of the Bureau of Indian Affairs which were installed in the Interior Department building in Washington, D.C.
Beverley Jacobs: Indigineous Resistance to Globalization, Part 1
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Beverley Jacobs
Description
Speech by the President of the Native Women's Association of Canada at the Teach-In on Indigenous Peoples' Resistance to Economic Globalization, November 2006. (7 minutes.)
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 30, no. 3/4, Decolonizing Archaeology , Summer - Autumn, 2006, pp. 461-485
Description
Authors reproduce an email conversation about race, racialism, and racism in Archaeological practice in the United States that occurred between Indigenous Archaeologists; and further discuss the issues raised in the conversation.
8 p. list of Band histories on file, compiled in August 1983. Tape number IH-345, transcript disc 67.This is a list of bibliographical material and cannot be indexed.
Computing Canada, vol. 30, no. 14, October 8, 2004, p. 9
Description
In partnership with the government of Manitoba, the company will forge contacts with Aboriginal companies to encourage careers in Information Technology (IT) .
Legislative Summary (Parliamentary Information and Research Service) ; LS-495E
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Mary C. Hurley
Marlisa Tiedemann
Description
Brief description of background and contents of the Bill, which proposes establishment of an institutional framework to provide First Nations who decide to opt in with tools to address economic development and fiscal issues on-reserve. Includes provision for governments to establish their own financing through property tax and borrowing regimes.
Incorporates amendments to Bill C-23 that were adopted by the House of Commons at Report Stage.
Legislative Summary (Parliamentary Research Branch) ; LS-475E
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Tonina Simeone
Description
Opt-in legislation proposes Establishment of four financial institutions: First Nations Finance Authority, First Nations Tax Commission, First Nations Financial Management Board, and the First Nations Statistical Institute. Targets mechanisms aimed at enhancing fund-raising capacity through taxation of leasehold interests on reserve land and access to long-term loans for community development.
Accounting, Organizations and Society, vol. 31, no. 1, January 2006, pp. 47-76
Description
Examines how the 1860 - 1900 Canadian government used accounting/funding mechanisms to put policies, regarding Indigenous peoples, into practice and discusses the historical consequences of such actions.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 28, no. 6, November/December 2004, pp. 22-23,27
Description
Describes a program undertaken in Port Augusta, South Australia that offers an integrated, culturally appropriate range of nutrition advice that includes community input.
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 16, no. 1, Sovereignty in Indian Country, Fall, 2004
Description
Report on class from Blackfeet Community College winning top honours for the play, "The Trial of Major Baker," at the American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC)conference, March 2004.