Historical background of claim presented to the Indian Claims Commission (ICC) concerning the validity of the surrender of the reserve to the Crown. No inquiry was conducted as the claim was accepted for negotiation under the Specific Claims Policy.
Commissioners include: Roger J. Augstine, Daniel J. Bellegarde, and Renée Dupuis. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
Actions taken by sister and friend of Sarah de Vries (one of Robert Pickton's victims), and well-known activist. Covers events from 1996 to August 4, 2010.
Anglican Council of Indigenous Peoples (ACIP) has concerns about alternative dispute resolution (ADR) and lack of consultation before agreement reached on residential school issue.
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 19, no. 1, Special Issue: Reproductive health programs for youth, 2012, pp. 140-153
Description
Describes two curricula based on Indigenous models of learning and behavior change, as well as the development of a computer based version of intervention aimed at sexual risk prevention.
Skeptical Inquirer, vol. 36, no. 1, January/February 2012, pp. [48-51]
Description
Offers a critical review of the documentary The Lost Civilizations of North America; examines and responds to claims make in the documentary about DNA evidence of pre-Columbian contact between Indigenous peoples of North America and those from other continents.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 27, no. 2, 2003, pp. 61-76
Description
Discusses writers that have chosen to challenge mainstream conceptions of what constitutes Indian literature by offering Native American critiques of Europe.
Presents an examination of how Highway's novel wrestles with the terms of the Residential School debate to explore the meaning of the Residential School experience in imaginative, mythic, and spiritual terms.
Excerpt from Disability Studies & Indigenous Studies.
Entire book on one pdf. To access paper, scroll to p. 66.
Canadian Journal of Women & the Law, vol. 15, no. 1, 2003, pp. 28-52
Description
Evaluates the contribution of Justice Claire L'Heureux-Dubé to the Supreme Court of Canada with respects to the economic rights of minorities, including women.
Comments on the tension between native spirituality and Christianity and its impact on the people living on the reservation in Tracks and The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse.
English Language and Literature Thesis (B.A.)--Masaryk University, 2012.
Guide to accompany film, Climate on the Edge: Arctic Mission. Oriented towards senior elementary, secondary school and adult education. Contains discussion questions and activities to raise awareness.