New Brunswick and Atlantic Studies Research and Development Centre Conference, Town and Country: Exploring Urban and Rural Issues in New Brunswick, June 22nd -23rd, 2007
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jo-Anne Elder
Description
Looks at working intercultural models by examining cultural practices, arts policies and literary and popular writing.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 31, no. 4, 2007, pp. 121-143
Description
Reply to an article titled "In Defense of Black Robe: A Reply to Ward Churchill" published in the American Indian Culture and Research Journal vol. 31, no. 4, 2007 at pages 97-120. Ward Churchill responds to Kristof Haavik in a satirical format, arguing that the author missed the point of the initial article.
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 31, no. 1-2, Tchoukotka / Chukotka, 2007, pp. 388-391
Description
Review of Peuples du Grand Nord, vol. 1: Des Mythes à la Préhistoire and vol. 2: Vers Esquimau: Du Mammouth à la Baleine by Patrick Plumet.
Review in French.
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 31, no. 1-2, Tchoukotka / Chukotka, 2007, pp. 393-394
Description
Review of The Southernmost People of Greenland: Dialects and Memories = Qavaat – Oqalunneri Eqqaamassaallu by Maliâraq Vebæk ; edited by Birgitte Sonne and with a contribution on phonology by Birte H. Christensen.
Review in French.
Journal of Midwifery & Women's Health, vol. 52, no. 4, July-August 2007, pp. 384-391
Description
Describes how the community-based midwifery service is providing the option, for women, to give birth within their remote community rather than have to be evacuated out.
Describes how the Matrimonial Real Property (MRP) Solutions initiative created a safe environment where First Nations women could share their concerns, experiences, ideas, and possible solutions.
Reports on whether to apply customary laws to Aboriginals and whether Aboriginal communities should have the power to apply customary laws for punishment and rehabilitation of Aboriginals. Recommends Aboriginal people have the final say in the recognition of customary law.
Book review of: Recognizing Aboriginal Title: The Mabo Case and Indigenous Resistance to English-Settler Colonialism by Peter Russell.
To access this review, scroll to page 137.
Canadian Ethnic Studies, vol. 39, no. 1/2, 2007, pp. 219-224
Description
Reviews 3 books:
Unsettling Encounters: First Nations Imagery in the Art of Emily Carr by Gerta Moray.
Tsimshian Treasures: The Remarkable Journey of the Dundas edited by Donald Ellis.
Emily Carr: New Perspectives on a Canadian Icon Charles C.Hill, Johanne Lamoureux, Ian M. Thom, curators ; essays by Jay Steward and Peter Macnair ... [et al.]
Looks at the strengths and limits surrounding Aboriginal oral traditions used in recreating the past in relation to Lax Kw'alaams Indian Band, et al. v. A.G. of Canada and HMTQ.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 31, no. 4, Autumn, 2007, pp. 559-581
Description
Article provide biographical information from historic sources and articulates Sagoyewatha’s (Red Jacket’s) role as an activist for Indigenous sovereignty; focuses on his participation in the Ogden Council of 1819 and his appropriation of the Republican rhetoric of the time.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 19, no. 3, Fall, 2007, pp. 68-86
Description
Explores the theme of captivity which represents the colonial domination of Native peoples both physically and culturally and the manifestation of the oppression in dysfunctions.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 68.
Australasian Psychiatry, vol. 15, no. 1, Supplement, February 2007, pp. S54-S57
Description
Comments on some of the constraints of mainstream therapeutic methodologies and makes suggestions to ensure a therapeutic setting for both client and therapist.
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 22, no. 2, Fall, 2007, pp. 23-55
Description
Compares old and new environmental ethics pertaining to Indigenous peoples and Euro-Americans.The author also explores the concept of indigenous knowledge.