American Indian Quarterly, vol. 21, no. 4, Cultural Property in American Indian Literatures: Representation and Interpretation, Autumn, 1997, pp. 675-702
Description
Author examines the neocolonial practice of cultural appropriation as “theft of cultural property” and notes its connection to the erasure of history and language performed by colonial states.
Discusses issues of scholarly attention to settler colonialism in the context of race, white supremacy and links to Native studies.
Chapter from Racial Formation in the Twenty-First Century edited by Daniel Martinez HoSang, Oneka LaBennett, and Laura Pulido.
Looks at how government support for Indigenous art is organized in different countries, main principles and activities apparent in policies, and challenges to participation in cultural life. Largely based on analysis of responses to a 2011 survey.
Internal Medicine Journal, vol. 42, no. 2, February 2012, pp. 184-191
Description
Results from search of peer-reviewed journal papers suggest five themes: concerns about toxicity of treatment; disconnect with physician; fears about absence from home during treatment; different beliefs about causes of the disease; and failure to address holistic health.
International Journal of Children's Rights , vol. 20, 2012, pp. 279-299
Description
Looks at policies and consequences relating to Indigenous children in Canada, the United States, Australia and New Zealand effected by boarding schools and transracial adoption.
Office of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission
Australian Indigenous Law Reporter, vol. 2, no. 2, April 1997, p. 30
Description
Uses findings of coroners inquests as a way of auditing the implementation of the recommendations of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody.
Examines the gendered element of settler-colonialism in terms of the Indian Act, the treatment of Indigenous women in the legal system, and the struggles to achieve self-determination.
CAEPR Indigenous Population Project 2011 Census Papers ; no. 2
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Mandy Yap
Nicholas Biddle
Description
Findings suggest that patterns of Indigenous females differ from those of non-Indigenous females both in level and timing of fertility. Uses data from the 2006 and 2011 Australian Censuses of Population and Housing.
CAEPR Indigenous Population Project 2011 Census Papers ; no. 3
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Nicholas Biddle
Description
Using data from the 2006 and 2011 Australian censuses, analysis found that although need was greatest in remote areas, there were still large disparities with the non-Indigenous populations in urban areas.
Recorded lecture delivered at the 2011 Toronto SpecFic Colloquium. Speaker discusses the role that Indigenous writers play in the decolonization by contributing to a body literature(s) that "imagines otherwise."
Duration: 48:42
Prominent Métis blogger, lawyer and author of Indigenous Writes covers an extensive list of topics under the headings Specific Myths or Misunderstandings; Identity and Culture; Aboriginal Law and Treaties; Historic and Continuing Injustice; and Indigenous Health and Safety.