Speech by Assembly of First Nations National Chief Phil Fontaine to the Canadian Club in Ottawa about poverty, residential schools and how these issues are affecting the people today. 9 minutes.
Lakota family violence expert and one of the founders of the White Buffalo Calf Woman Society, speaks at the Northern Michigan University's Uniting Neighbors in the Experience of Diversity (UNITED) Conference on September 23, 2008.
Canadian Journal of Women and the Law, vol. 27, no. 2, After Equality, 2015, pp. 311-335
Description
"This article examines the role this figure [an abused Aboriginal child] has played in assertions of Australian law's violent jurisdictions, in the past and in the present".
Developed to assist presenters of workshops, conference plenary sessions and spokespersons for sexual assault and domestic violence. Designed for adult learning.
Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, vol. 5, no. 3, HIV/AIDS and Ethnic Minority Women, Families, and Communities, August 1999, pp. 236-248
Description
Study found that found that domestic violence and physical or sexual abuse were more relevant than attitudes toward the disease itself.
Law and Human Behavior, vol. 30, no. 1, February 2006, pp. 93-114
Description
Contends that treatment that follows the risk, need, and responsivity principles can reduce gang violence in correctional institutions and in the community.
AIDS and Behavior, vol. 8, no. 1, March 2004, pp. 33-45
Description
Findings suggest that as part of HIV prevention and intervention, clinicians and outreach workers should routinely perform assessments on trauma and make appropriate referrals when needed.
Indigenous Affairs, no. 3-4, Indigenous People in Urban Areas, 2002, pp. 16-21
Description
Explores the exploitation that takes place with relatively young women who are placed in a new, urban culture.
To access this article scroll down to page 16.
Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences ; 2011
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Wilton Littlechild
Description
Video of speech given at the 2011 Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences. Commissioner from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission discusses the history of residential schools, their impact on Aboriginal society, and the role of the Commission.
Duration: 1:1:56.
Comments on a group of Indigenous teenagers who use square dancing to help heal from the trauma of a suicide epidemic and bullying in their remote community.
Duration: 16:31.
Looks at the legacy of residential schools, colonization and how personal history of abuse could be a predictor to violent behavior.
On one pdf. Scroll down to page 19 to read article.
Media International Australia Incorporating Culture and Policy, vol. 169, no. 1, 2018, pp. 54-64
Description
Argues that sexualized violence against Indigenous women is both gendered and racialized and originates in ongoing colonialism. Examines social media (SM) narratives that perpetuate violence; discusses how Indigenous online communities are working to mitigate these narratives. Uses Sysomos MAP analytic software to gather information on posts containing #MMIW, #MMIWG and #inquiry between 1 September 2016 and 29 July, 2017.
Discusses the 35 recommendations accepted by the government to address the lasting effects on children, families and communities caused by the forced removal of children under the Aborigines Protection Act 1909.
Survivors of the Thomas Indian School in New York state and the Mohawk Institute (The Mush Hole) of southern Ontario relate their experiences.
Duration: 29:50.
American Indian Law Journal, vol. 2, no. 1, Fall, 2013, pp. 275-299
Description
Looks at criminal jurisdictional hurdles that are being addressed with the Tribal Law and Order Act and Violence Against Women Act and the need for enforcement of legislation by Native government.