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Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Mary C. Hurley
Description
"Comprehensive land claims are based on the assertion of continuing Aboriginal rights and title that have not been dealt with by treaty or other legal means".
Pimatisiwin, vol. 7, no. 1, Summer, 2009, pp. 27-47
Description
Questions whether Aboriginal children are experiencing significantly lower rates of sexual abuse than their parents did or if abuse is being underreported.
Focuses on three of the "grandmothers" of Native theatre: Eizabeth Miguel (aka Lisa Mayo), Gloria Miguel and Muriel Miguel, who now face discrimination in the theatre world due to their advanced age.
Discusses the Saskatchewan Indian Cultural Centre's First Nations Language Deeper's Conference which promoted and celebrated all First Nations languages.
Article located by scrolling to page 15.
INALCO 2009, Proceedings of the 15th Inuit Studies Conference, Orality (Paris, 2006)
Orality in the 21st Century: Inuit Discourse and Practices. Proceedings of the 15th Inuit Studies Conference
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Michell Daveluy
Jenanne Ferguson
Description
Study of the use of multilingual and multigraphic signs in Inuit localities.
Paper from Orality in the 21st Century: Inuit Discourse and Practices. Proceedings of the 15th Inuit Studies Conference edited by B. Collingnon and M. Therrien.
Saskatchewan Indian Institute of Technologies Gets 2 Million Dollar Injection From Province
Articles » General
Author/Creator
John Lagimodiere
Eagle Feather News, vol. 12, no. 2, February 2009, p. 17
Description
Discusses the Saskatchewan Instiitute of Technologies (SIIT) plan to use funding received from the Saskatchewan government to improve its facility and develop a space for video conferencing.
Article located by scrolling down to page 17.
Indigenous Affairs, no. 1-2, REDD and Indigenous Peoples, 2009, pp. 58-59
Description
Discusses the Indigenous Peoples' Alliance of the Archipelago (AMAN) National consultation of Indigenous communities, on climate change and Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD).
Overview of Conference held in Iqaluit, Nunavut February 2009, which brought together stakeholders committed to economic development for brainstorming and planning.
Documentary about the role clan mothers played in the conflict that took place near Caledonia, Ontario over a proposed housing development on Six Nation traditional territory.
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Duration: 43:24
Developed to accompany the National Film Board documentary Six Miles Deep which deals with the conflict that took place over land development near Caledonia, Ontario.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 16, no. 2, 1992, pp. 101-119
Description
Study takes a broad look at the nature of Indian-White relations in the late 1860s in an attempt to understand why the Pawnee incident, near Mulberry Creek, took place.
Pediatric Clinics of North America, vol. 56, no. 6, Health Issues in Indigenous Children: An Evidence Based Approach for the General Pediatrician, December 2009, pp. 1421-1440
6 Part video series outlines the history of the residential school system and how it personally affected generations of First Nations people.
Features the voices of many former school residents and their families, including Elijah Harper, Art Solomon, Shirley Cheechoo and the songs of Maria Linklater.
Duration: 51:00.
Click "play all" to see all six videos or click each part separately.
Forbes, vol. 150, no. 13, December 7, 1992, pp. 47-[?]
Description
Discusses problems associated with policing tobacco smuggling through Akwasasne and St. Regis Reservations and the subsequent on-reserve resale of goods.
Animated tale which focuses on issues of addiction. This film deals with mature subject matter. Viewer discretion is advised. Accompanying material: The Sniffing Bear: [Study Guide].
Duration: 7:47.
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 32, no. 2, 2009, pp. 105-116
Description
Looks at stories and teachings concerning relationships that are inherent and interconnected in traditional values of thankfulness, kindness, helpfulness, respect, and transformation.