Annual Meetings of the Western Association of Sociology and Anthropology, Vancouver, B.C., 1993.
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ted Palys
Description
General discussion of differences in interpretation between the Euro-Canadian and Aboriginal concept of "justice". The article argues that although the federal government is seeking to implement programs based on the Aboriginal concept, they continue to operate within parameters imposed by the current system.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 17, no. 3, Special Issue on Encounter of Two Worlds: The Next Five Hundred Years, 1993, pp. 33-52
Description
Looks at two cases that deny religious protection, a right under the First Amendment, regarding ancient religious practices that predate the founding of the United States and the writing of its Constitution.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 17, no. 3, Special Issue on Encounter of Two Worlds: The Next Five Hundred Years, 1993, pp. 121-130
Description
While others celebrate the 'discovery' of the New World, the 1.5 million Aboriginal peoples in the United States will celebrate their survival against centuries of genocide, legal restrictions on religion and language and other oppressive measures.
This file contains a transcript of part of a portion of a sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at Prince George, British Columbia. This part includes a presentation by Vern Solonas of the McLeod Lake Band on the topic of social philosophies of the Aboriginal Community and the non-native community.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 17, no. 1, Winter, 1993, pp. 83-99
Description
Article describes the different layers of meaning embedded in the Sacred Pole of the Omaha people; recounts the narrative of the pole being moved to the Peabody Museum in Cambridge, Massachusetts and the process of repatriation.