Looks at the rejection of federal Bill C-33, First Nations Control of First Nations Education Act, and an alternative education decision-making model that is more aligned with the Mi'kmaq "Talking Circle" tradition.
International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, vol. 15, no. 1, February 2014
Description
Based on interviews with members of Elsipogtog First Nation (formerly Big Cove Band) in New Brunswick who had used videoconferencing and online web-based course delivery systems.
Transcultural Psychiatry, vol. 51, no. 3, 2014, pp. 387-406
Description
Discusses a story told by an older Gros Ventre woman in 1901 to an anthropologist about an intertribal battle and her escape and American Indian historical trauma.
R.A.C.E. Network’s 14th Annual Critical Race and Anticolonial Studies Conference
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Glen Coulthard
Description
Author presents thoughts on where decolonization should take us. Podcast from the 14th Annual Critical Race and AntiColonial Studies Conference, Unsettling Conversations, Unmaking Racisms and Colonialisms.
Duration: 57:22.
Canadian Studies in Population, vol. 41, no. 1-2, Spring/Summer, 2014, pp. 144-164
Description
Uses Statistics Canada's model to assess the impact an increase in educational attainment will have on future labour force inclusion of Aboriginal people.
Background Paper (Parliamentary Information and Research Service) ;
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jed Chong
Description
Looks at the location, size and geology of the area, federal jurisdiction, economic benefits of mining development, ecosystem sensitivity and infrastructure, and initiatives by the federal and provincial governments.
"Revised 29 May 2014."
The Northern Review, no. 38, Political and Economic Change in Canada’s Provincial North, 2014, pp. 65-92
Description
Looks at development of new economic standards based on the seven sacred teachings and then applied by Aboriginal communities for asset-building strategies.
Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy Public Lecture
JSGS Public Lecture
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Perry Bellegarde
Description
Chief of the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations outlines Canadian First Nations governance structure and highlights major events, legislation, and court decisions which form the framework for future negotiations.
Duration: 1:31:59.
Presentation Slides
1 file containing: March 7, 1959: Agenda for the day's cabinet meeting. Includes discussion on sale of a portion of Sarnia Indian Reserve land developers. - April 14, 1959: Agenda for the day's cabinet meeting. Includes discussion on compensation to Indians for air weapons range. - May 19, 1959: Agenda for the day's cabinet meeting. Includes discussion on the sale of Sarnia Indian Reserve lands. - September 2, 1959: Agenda for the day's cabinet meeting. Includes discussion on extension of liquor privileges to Ontario reserves.
Describes the role of narrative and land-based education in an eco-restoration forestry program and negotiations between the North Fork Mono Tribe and U.S. Forestry Service with respect to forest management.