American Indian Quarterly, vol. 32, no. 2, Spring, 2008, pp. 178-203
Description
Author spotlights the programs at Bacone College between 1927-1955 which engaged Indigenous students and cultures, and how the unique environment allowed students to engage in cultural production that critically examined the intersection of Indigenous identity and colonial education.
Indigenous Law & Policy Center Occasional Paper Series
Indigenous Law & Policy Center Working Paper ; 2010-02
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Erin Lillie
Indigenous Law & Policy Center Working Paper
Description
Discusses the Act which prohibits employment discrimination based on religion, race, colour, national origin, age, sex, height, weight, familial status or marital status.
Looks at suits filed by residential school survivors against the Canadian government for loss of culture, spirituality and physical and sexual abuse.
Duration: 7:13.
Report on the activities of the independent, quasi-judicial tribunal which administers the Independent Assessment Process for claims related to acts committed at the schools which resulted in physical and/or psychological injury..
Discusses how being raised in a unhealthy social environment and having cultural practices repressed contributed to Aboriginal criminality.
Duration: 6:35.
Reports on the progress of the Department established to attempt to resolve claims, address the results of the school system, and foster healing and reconciliation
Examines the principles and finances of the Indian Specific Claims Commission (ISCC) operations and presents the Departmental Performance Report. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
Report submitted to Parliament for the Indian Specific Claims Commission (ISCC) and its mandate to conduct inquiries and provide mediation and facilitation services. Includes a list of all ISCC concluded inquiries and Canada's response. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 1, no. 3, Autumn, 1974, pp. 183-192
Description
An analysis of the writings of the author and discussion about how both her fiction and non-fiction works provided a better understanding of Indigenous people during her time.
Information on the: Tlingit, Haida, Eyak, Northern Cree, Montagnais-Naskapi, Sami, Chukchis, Dolgans, Gilyaks, Kamchadals, Ostyaks, Samoyeds, Ipiutak, and Inuit.
Digitized copy of typescript is part of the unpublished reference work on the Northern Arctic and subarctic regions. Project ran from 1947-1951.
This article is a collection of Father Renaud's observations relating to "the possible insertion of Indian populations within the fabric of the nation" [Canada]. He sees aboriginals as both an ethnic group in Canada, and an ethnic minority as well.
Discussion of colonial and post-colonial theory and the relationship to the design of a pavilion.
Architectural History Paper--(McGill University?), 2010.
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 1, no. 1, 2010, pp. 1-34
Description
Argues that, based on New Zealand models, principles of Indigeneity or an Aboriginal sensitive approach, is both necessary and overdue as a practice for Canadian policy making.
Studies in Canadian Literature / Études en littérature canadienne, vol. 35, no. 2, Special Section: Indigeneity in Dialogue: Indigenous Literary Expression Across Linguistic Divides, 2010, pp. 5-12
Description
Introduces the special section of the journal that deals with how linguistic barriers affect exchanges between Indigenous artists.
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 31, no. 1, Indigenous Knowledges and the University, 2008, pp. 107-122
Description
Describes the training of individuals in the graduate counselor education program who are destined to work in Aboriginal communities. The article also discusses the process used for implementing curriculum changes in an undergraduate prerequisite counseling skills course.
Journal of Indigenous Voices in Social Work, vol. 1, no. 2, December 2010, pp. 1-12
Description
Discusses research practice model which is based on that indigenous ways of knowing, cultural practices, and provides pathways to strengthening community-based programs through collaborative research.
Studies in Political Economy, vol. 85, Social Movements & Economies, Spring, 2010, pp. 99-123
Description
Comments on the Mabo decision and its impact on Indigenous agency to negotiate terms for large-scale resource development on traditional lands. Presents case study of the Century Mine and mineral negotiations in the Gulf of Carpentaria, Northern Australia.
Open Women's Health Journal, vol. 4, no. 4, What We Have Known About Community Characteristics, Birth Outcomes and Infant Mortality among Aborig, 2010, pp. 7-17
Description
Reviews Indigenous infant mortality, stillbirth, birth weight, and preterm birth outcomes in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States.
Environmental Impact Assessment Review, vol. 31, no. 4, July 2010, pp. 445-450
Description
Examines the reasons why Indigenous community engagement is important due to climate change and discusses barriers to western-based health impact assessment and Indigenous traditional knowledge integration.
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 30, no. 1, 2010, pp. 21-43
Description
Explores the main factors involved in the contentious collective action by the Labrador Innu during the 1980s and 1990s and questions the possible application of these factors to other cases.
Education Canada, vol. 50, no. 5, Special Issue on Marginalized Youth, 2010, p. [?]
Description
Discusses Canada's failure to address training and educational needs of First Nation, Métis and Inuit learners resulting in under performance, drop out rate and under-representation at higher learning institutions.