Journal of Global Indigeneity, vol. 2, no. 2, Global Solidarity Symposium, 2016
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Presentation by the Director of the African Studies Centre, University of Michigan, at the Global Solidarity symposium, State University of New York, November 7, 2016.
Duration: 44:22.
Urban and Regional Planning Project (M.PL.)--Queen's University, 2016.
Includes case studies of Westbank First Nation, Muskeg Lake Cree Nation, and Long Plain First Nation.
Settler Colonial Studies, vol. 6, no. 4, October 2016, pp. 317-338
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Examines how Canada investigated and distorted Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence's band finances as a way to discredit her demands that governments respect her community's treaty rights.
Sites provides information to assist non-indigenous people grow relationships with Indigenous people. Includes links and video to topics on Aboriginal Title, residential schools, concepts on colonialism, racism, missing and murdered women, privilege, and allies as well as section on basic terminology.
Looks at the organization's participation in economic projects using program data, survey research, and a comparative case study and discusses critical success factors, barriers, and limitations.
Discusses the colonial marginalization of "country foods" and the resulting food insecurity in Inuit communities in Nunavut.
Geography [Honours] Thesis (B.A)--McGill University, 2016.
Arctic Anthropology, vol. 53, no. 2, 2016, pp. 11-32
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Examines how intensified hunting of seals for their skins and oil in order to trade with the Alaska Commercial Company altered northern societies' relationship with their natural environment.
Uses primary source which recorded heads of households, their age, religion, country of origin, martial status, number of offspring, and agricultural data (livestock numbers, kind and number of buildings and number of cultivated acres). Concludes that at that point in time, the socio-economic structure of the Red River Settlement was not necessarily arranged in a hierarchy with a powerful settler élite at its apex.
Reports the results of a survey completed by 62 women, aged 19 or older which asked questions about experience, perceptions and feelings with respect to the Meadow bank goldmine which operates in the vicinity.
Related content:
Qualitative Assessement.
Federal program is meant to reduce cost of food in remote communities by subsidizing transportation costs for northern retailers. Paper argues that the system has been built on flawed and overly ambitious policy rationale. Lists steps needed to address issues with program.
The Canadian Historical Review, vol. 97, no. 3, September 2016, pp. 346-376
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Examines the work of a social worker who oversaw a significant survey of Indigenous people and recommended an integrated citizenship model in an attempt for greater social cohesion.
"This report discusses the international human rights framework as it relates to Indigenous Peoples' right to health with a focus on the full spectrum of sexual and reproductive health, rights, and justice issues related to children and youth."
Looks at barriers faced by Aboriginal students trying to acquire post-secondary education and move into the skilled labour force. Study consisted of interviews/focus groups in three case study communities located in Atlantic Canada, a literature search, and identification of promising practices.
Based upon synthesis of views and perspectives found in published studies, three key areas of concern are: the social ills generated by the wage labour relationship including substance use and domestic stress and reduction in engagement in cultural practices and shared family experiences; environmental effects of the industry and therefore on traditional practices taking place on the land; and a formal role in partnerships in order to establish legally binding protection for their rights.