"In Family Way": Guarding Indigenous Women's Children in Washington Territory
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Katrina Jagodinsky
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 37, no. 2, Native Adoption in Canada, the United States, New Zealand, and Australia, Spring, 2013, pp. 160-177
Description
Looks at the extreme abuses some children suffered due to the guardianship system, while others escaped potential abuse because of the system.
The Indian Boarding School Era and Its Continuing Impact on Tribal Families and the Provision of Government Services
Alternate Title
Indian Tribes and Statehood: A Symposium in Recognition of Oklahoma's Centennial
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Ann Murray Haag
Tulsa Law Review, vol. 43, no. 1, Fall, 2007, pp. 149-168
Description
Discusses: history of the schools, consequences of removal for individuals and their families, impact of child placement services and welfare programs, and potential remedies.
Indian Residential School Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Joanna Rice
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 35, no. 1, Truth Commissions, Spring, 2011, p. [?]
Description
Brief discussion of harms inflicted by residential schools, events leading to establishment of the Commission and explanation of its mandate.
Indigenous Children: Rights and Reality: A Report on Indigenous Children and the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Judith Rae
Description
Report's goal is to highlight of some of the most important, systemic issues and provide examples.
Indigenous Girls and Sexual Exploitation in a Rural B.C. Town: A Photovoice Study
Theses
Author/Creator
Johanne Saraceno
Description
Child and Youth Care Thesis (M.A.)--University of Victoria, 2010.
Indigenous Girls and the Canadian State
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Cherry Smiley
Description
Explores issues such as colonization, male violence, the sex trade, poverty, child welfare system, and mental health.
Indigenous Peoples and Boarding Schools: A Comparative Study
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Andrea Smith
Description
Profiles past boarding school policies world-wide, discusses children's experiences, evaluates schools' success, and discusses current practises and ideologies.
Indigenous Storytelling, Truth-telling, and Community Approaches to Reconciliation
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jeff Corntassel
Chaw-win-is
T’lakwadzi
English Studies in Canada, vol. 35, no. 1, [Special Issue: Aboriginal Redress], March 2009, pp. 137-159
Description
Looks at how Indigenous methodologies and experiential knowledge offer alternatives for resisting contemporary colonial realities and legacies of residential schools.
Indigenous Women: A Gender Perspective
E-Books
Author/Creator
Chandra K. Roy
Inquiry's Failure Succeeds in Pulling Together Groups
Articles » General
Author/Creator
David P. Ball
Windspeaker, vol. 30, no. 2, May 2012, p. 13
Description
Looks at groups that work with and support the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.13.
An Inspiration Named Chubby
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Theodore Fontaine
Description
Author's account of his and a friend's time spent in residential schools and how therapeutic talks helped to start the healing journey.
International Human Rights Law and Aboriginal Girls in Canada: Never the Twain Shall Meet?
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Rebecca Aleem
Description
Comments on the fundamental human rights violations and physical and sexual violence experienced by Aboriginal girls.
Intervention to Address Intergenerational Trauma: Overcoming, Resisting, & Preventing Structural Violence
Documents & Presentations
Description
Discusses the best practices for addressing the adverse traumatic experiences from historical oppression.
Into the Archive: Vancouver's Missing Women Commission of Inquiry
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Juliane Collard
Environment and Planning D, vol. 33, no. 5, October 2015, pp. 779-795
Description
Looks at how participants, institutions, and archives used certain values, facts, and historical events during the inquiry.
Introduction: Residential Schools and Decolonization
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rosemary Nagy
Robinder Kaur Sehdev
Canadian Journal of Law and Society, vol. 27, no. 1, 2012, pp. 67-73
Description
Brief introduction to the articles in section of volume which discuss the experiences of residential school survivors, the challenges of the Truth and Reconciliation Commissions and the politics of reconciliation.
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The Invisible Nation
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Richard Desjardins
Robert Monderie
Description
Film about the contemporary Algonquians of Quebec and Ontario.
Duration: 93:20 .
Accompanying material: The Invisible Nation: Lesson Plan.
The Invisible Nation: Lesson Plan
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Louise Sarrasin
Description
Guide to accompany film, The Invisible Nation". Target audience students aged 15-20. Contains start and preparatory activities, reflective sharing, comparing two Algonquin communities, observation checklist and suggested questions.
Invisible Victims: American Indian Women and Adolescent Involvement in the Domestic Sex Trade
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lena Campagna
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 40, no. 1, 2016, pp. 47-54
Description
Comments on how the criminal justice and legal system continuing to maintain an environment where the needs of non-white populations are ignored.
Islands of Safety: Restoring Dignity in Violence-Prevention Work with Indigenous Families
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Cathy Richardson
Allan Wade
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 5, no. 1, 2010, pp. 137-145
Description
Discusses a response-based approach to community work and therapy with victims and perpetrators of violence.
Jim Miller: Canada Research Chair Native-Newcomer Relations
Alternate Title
Engaging Minds: Profiles of Discovery and Creativity at the University of Saskatchewan
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Jim Miller
U of S Research Communications
and the Division of Media and Technology
Description
Short video about research on treaty rights and the abuse that occurred at residential schools.
[Justice Murray Sinclair and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada]. Reconciliation Part I
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Murray Sinclair
Description
Presents part I of interview with the Honourable Justice Murray Sinclair, Commissioner for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, regarding the direction towards reconciliation for Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Canadians.
Duration: 19:46.
[Justice Murray Sinclair and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada]. Reconciliation Part II
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Murray Sinclair
Description
Presentation of Part II of an interview with the Honourable Justice Murray Sinclair, Commissioner for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, regarding the direction towards reconciliation for Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Canadians.
Duration: 17:22.
Justice System's Response: Violence Against Aboriginal Girls
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Kelly A. MacDonald
Description
Contends that programs and services must respond to the compounding effects of oppression and repeated exposure to violence that young Aboriginal women face.
Knowing and Unknowing: Settler Reflections on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women [Sallows Lecture]
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mary Eberts
Saskatchewan Law Review, vol. 77, no. 1, 2014, pp. 69-104
Description
Looks at the play The Ecstasy of Rita Joe by George Ryga and Manawaka Cycle by Margaret Laurence showing people were thinking about violence against Indigenous women fifty years ago.
The Legacy of Canadian Colonialism: The Case of Violence Against Aboriginal Women
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Zoe Share
Politicus Journal, vol. 1, no. 1, March 2014, pp. 4-12
Description
Discusses the mistreatment of Aboriginal women throughout the history of Canada.
Scroll down to page 4 to read article.
The Legacy of Residential School Abuse
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Daria Shewchuk
BC Psychologist, Psychological Services for First Nations, Spring, 2012, pp. 36-38
Description
Argues that in order for psychologists to provide effective psychological treatment for Aboriginal people, they need to understand the profound impact the residential school trauma and its ongoing legacy has had on their people.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, Scroll to page 36.
Lesson Plan for the Film Niigaanibatowaad: FrontRunners
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
National Film Board (NFB)
Description
Guide suggested for Grade 9 students. Film, directed by Lori Lewis, deals with segregation of Aboriginal athletes and the abuse suffered in the residential school system
Niigaanibatowaad: FrontRunners.
Study Guide.
The Long-Term Effects of Forcible Assimilation Policy: The Case of Indian Boarding Schools
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Donna L. Feir
Canadian Journal of Economics, vol. 49, no. 2, May 2016, pp. 433-480
Description
Discovers some economic benefits from attending residential schools, but it is more than offset by the loss of traditional skills and cultural connections.
A Lost Heritage: Canada's Residential Schools
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)
Description
Links to twenty-two television and radio clips beginning with a report in March, 1955.
Magic Weapons: Aboriginal Writers Remaking Community After Residential School
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Renate Eigenbrod
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 28, no. 1, 2008, pp. 212-214
Description
Book review of: Magic Weapons by Sam McKegney; foreword by Basil H. Johnston.
Scroll to page 212 to read review.
Mana Tamariki: Cultural Alienation - Māori Child Homicide and Abuse
Alternate Title
Mana Tamariki: Cultural Alienation
Mana Tamariki: Cultural Alienation - Maori Child Homicide and Abuse
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rawiri Taonui
AlterNative, vol. 6, no. 3, 2010, pp. 187-202
Description
Examines the origins and issues of violence towards children in Maori society and looks at culturally based solutions.
Mental Health among Sami People with Intellectual Disabilities
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Hege Gjertsen
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 78, no. 1, 2019
Description
Article summarizes and examines results from the 2017 living condition-survey among people with an intellectual disability in Sami Areas in Norway. Findings indicate that people with an intellectual disability have poorer mental health compared to the general population, and that people who have Sami heritage have further compromised mental health.
Mi'kmaq Family (Migmaoei Otjiosog)
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Catherine Anne Martin
Description
Catherine Anne Martin examine the traditions of her Mi'kmaq family, and during a visit home for the annual St. Anne's Feast Day at Chapel Island, she explores values which have endured, adapted, and evolved. Accompanying material: Study Guide.
Duration: 32:28.
Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Matthew Midolo
Footnotes: Undergraduate Feminist Journal, vol. 11, 2018, p. [?]
Description
Investigation into the Canadian government's role in enforcing colonial gender ideology and its impact on Indigenous women.
Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women in British Columbia, Canada
E-Books
Author/Creator
Tracy Robinson
Rose-Marie Belle Antione
Felipe González
José de Jesús Orozco Henríquez ... [et al.]
Monetary Compensation and the Stolen Generations: A Critique of the Federal Labor Government's Position
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Dylan Lino
Australian Indigenous Law Review, vol. 14, no. 1, 2010, pp. 18-34
Description
Contends that none of the arguments put forward by the Federal Government offer a compelling case for refusing to compensate the Stolen Generations.
Moose on the Loose: Indigenous Men, Violence, and the Colonial Excuse (With Errata)
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robert Alexander Innes
Aboriginal Policy Studies, vol. 4, no. 1, 2015, pp. 46-56
Description
Looks at incarceration rates for Aboriginal men and women, the RCMP report on missing and murdered Indigenous women, and statistics from Canada's Homicide Survey.
Mothertongue: Incorporating Theatre of the Oppressed into Language Restoration Movements
Alternate Title
Nurturing Native Languages
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Qwo-Li Driskill
Description
Chapter 13 from Nurturing Native Languages edited by Jon Reyhner, Octaviana V. Trujillo, Roberto Luis Carrasco, Louise Lockard.
Looks at a form of theatre where the actors share their own stories.
Moving Towards Saimaqatigiingniq
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Bethany Scott
Julie Harris
David Joanasie
Northern Public Affairs, vol. 2, no. 2, Literacy & Democracy, December 2013, pp. 69-76
Description
Examines how government actions into the 1970s, including the killing of sled dogs, negatively affected Inuit people. Also discusses the progress made from the Qikiqtani Truth Commission’s recommendations.
Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women in Canada and Governmental Response
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Kiera E. Royle
Description
Contends that despite an inquiry now in process, governmental response is low to this serious problem facing the Canadian population.
“My ancestors would be proud of us”: Métis Women and 2SLGBTQQIA+ People’s Housing Histories, Experiences, Struggles, and Perspectives
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Les Femmes Michif Otipemisiwak = Women of the Métis Nation
Description
Sources of information include survey, conversational interviews, document analysis and literature reviews.
My Decade at Old Sun, My Lifetime of Hell
Alternate Title
Our Lives: Diary, Memoir, and Letters
E-Books
Author/Creator
Arthur Bear Chief
The Narrative of Nancy, A Cherokee Woman
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Tiya Miles
Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies, vol. 29, no. 2 & 3, 2008, pp. 59-80
Description
Examines Nancy’s story as a case study about Cherokees, race, slavery, and property dispute.
National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation, University of Manitoba
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation
University of Manitoba
Description
Website for information relating to the Truth and Reconcilation Commission of Canada and its work. Contains links to education, research, archives, and reports.
Native American Subjective Happiness: An Overview
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Amoneeta Beckstein
Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 25, no. 2, Proceedings of the 2014 WSSA American Indian Studies Section, Fall, 2014, pp. 1-6
Description
Comments on the correlation between collectivist values, social relationships and happiness for Native Americans.
[Native American Youth: Changing the Narrative]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
[Jodi Gillette
Val Davidson
Littlebear Sanchez
Chaske Spencer]
Description
Key note speech and panel discussion highlights perspectives on racial equity to inspire policymakers, foundations and other advocates to make Native American youth a priority.
Duration: 1:24:17.
Niigaanibatowaad: FrontRunners
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Lori Lewis
Laura Robinson
Description
Presents play FrontRunners by Laura Robinson about segregation and abuse in residential school, the Aboriginal teenage boys selected to run 800 kilometers carrying the torch for the Pan Am Games in Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1967, and the apology by the province thirty-two years later.
Duration: 47:27
Niigaanibatowaad: FrontRunner Study Guide.
Lesson Plan.
No More Stolen Sisters: The Need For A Comprehensive Response to Discrimination and Violence Against Indigenous Women in Canada
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Amnesty International
Description
Looks at racism and marginalization of Indigenous women and lack of access to services and support to get away from violence.
Not All Sorrys Are Created Equal, Some Are More Equal than ‘Others’
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Brooke Collins-Gearing
M/C Journal, vol. 11, no. 2, May 2008, p. [?]
Description
A response to Brendan Nelson's apology to the Stolen Generations of Aboriginal Australians criticizing him for ignoring Aboriginal concepts of the time and perpetuating the attitudes and discourses that led to the forced removal of Aboriginal children from their families in the first place.