Child Abuse Prevention Issues, no. 19, September 2003, pp. 1-31
Description
Statics show that the occurrence of violence in Indigenous communities is disproportionately high in comparison to the rates in the Australian population as a whole.
Guide and workbook developed for local Child Protection Teams or multi-disciplinary teams to help expand protocols for responding to child abuse and child sexual abuse.
Canadian Family Law Quarterly, vol. 36, no. 2, June 2017, pp. 171-191
Description
Discusses the crisis of the overrepresentation of Indigenous children in the child welfare system as a direct consequence of the residential school system.
Pediatrics, vol. 103, no. 5, Supplement, May 2, 1999, pp. 1085-1099
Description
Examines factors involved with children of substance abusers and the need to extend the studies over longer periods of time for more substantial conclusions.
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.]
Anglican Journal, vol. 125, no. 9, November 1999, p. n/a
Description
If appeal is successful federal government would have to pay larger share of the settlement in lawsuit involving St.George's Residential School in Lytton, B.C.
Anglican Council of Indigenous Peoples (ACIP) has concerns about alternative dispute resolution (ADR) and lack of consultation before agreement reached on residential school issue.
Argues that circles, while a step forward, will not succeed because of the imbalance of power between those participating and the Canadian judicial system.
Of those surveyed (69), 85% were Indigenous and 57% were Indigenous females; average age for youth experiencing homelessness for the first time was 18, and most common ages were 18 and 21, which coincides with "aging out of care".
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 27, no. 2, 2003, pp. 61-76
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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.
Western Historical Quarterly, vol. 48, no. 2, Summer, 2017, pp. 159-188
Description
Looking at the journal entries from the fur trade era to discuss colonialism prior to settler colonialism.
Portions of the journals entries of traders David Lamb and Jacob Herrick are included.