Federal Court of Appeal upheld decision concerning lower pension benefits for First Nation people on-reserve, who had not contributed to the Canada Pension Plan until 1988.
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 28, no. 1, 2008, pp. 33-70
Description
Examines four decades of programming initiated by the Aboriginal Affairs Branch of Canadian Heritage and meant to cultivate social and political change for Aboriginal peoples.
Focuses on the methodological challenges and accomplishments associated with project entitled Visualizing Breast Cancer.
Chapter 13 in the book Doing Cross-Cultural Research: Ethical and Methodological Perspectives edited by Pranee Liamputtong.
Innovation at Work: Adapting a First Nations Community Enterprise Tool to Advance Social Enterprise in British Columbia and Francophone Ontario -- Final Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Mike Lewis
Michelle Colussi
Éthel Côté
Description
Discusses how the Development Wheel can be used to advance social enterprise in First Nations communities by engaging in enterprise development and community economic development planning.
Looks at seven "Promising Practices" being implemented in Edmonton Catholic Schools to build awareness of sensitivity to cultural values and practices.
Presented at Session 2: Aboriginal Canadians and the Economy: Education Issues.
"Annual Meeting of the Canadian Economics Association, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, June 6, 2008."
Elders discuss: payment for chiefs; conduct of and assistance at ceremonies; need for respect towards ceremonies and ceremonial locations. No date given, probably in the early 1970's.
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 53, no. 3, September 1972, pp. 272-288
Description
Discusses how officials excluded the blacks from campaigns promoting settlement in the West, resisted their attempts to take advantage of liberal customs, homestead, and citizenship regulations, and eventually closed the border to them completely.
Museum Anthropology, vol. 31, no. 1, Spring, 2008, pp. 1-18
Description
Discusses how mass-produced clothing has been indigenized by its use to display familial symbols, affiliations with places and organizations, and commemorate significant events like potlatches.
Discusses common challenges facing Indigenous peoples, main criteria being used to respond and shape 'good practices', national crime prevention policies and strategies in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States and examples of promising practices.
Indigenous Law & Policy Center Occasional Paper Series
Indigenous Law & Policy Center Working Paper ; 2008-01
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Hannah Bobee
Allison Boisvenu
Anderson Duff
Kathryn E. Fort
Wenona T. Singel
Indigenous Law & Policy Center Working Paper
Description
Analyzes the issues of cross deputization by covering federal Indian law, state criminal jurisdiction, law enforcement structure, use of cross-deputization, cooperative agreements, and solutions for streamlined law enforcement.
Interview focuses on issues with respect to mandate and scope of the Commission, and the history of genocide of Aboriginal peoples in Canada.
Duration: 18:35.
Argues that the totem poles displayed at the New York World's Fair in 1939 indicated that the production of Northwest coast art had not stopped, as is usually stated, and therefore the "revival" was not as dramatic as it appeared.
Journal of Popular Film and Television, vol. 30, no. 4, Winter, 2003, pp. 181-[?]
Description
Western films from 1908 to 1916 depict popular attitudes toward interracial romance and government policies of the time in areas such as the military, land use, Indian assimilation and boarding schools.
Charity Law Bulletin, no. 19, January 31, 2003, p. [?]
Description
Discusses the implications when a law suit involves not only the entity which is directly responsible for abuse, but the affiliated national church organizations as well.
Research Paper (National Centre for First Nations Governance)
Research Paper for the National Centre for First Nations Governance
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Maria Morellato
Description
Outlines guiding first principles by examining significant case law as well as discussing the inherent right to self-governance and steps toward reconciliation.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 27, no. 1, 2003, pp. 91-117
Description
Examines the controversy of the 1862 Dakota Conflict in Minnesota, followed by the execution of 38 Sioux men, and questions whether military tribunals can balance civil liberties and state necessities.