The history of La Ronge, Saskatchewan, is detailed from pre-contact to the arrival of Jean Etienne Waden, first European in the La Ronge area, to present-day businesses, schools and churches in the town; numerous photographs.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 17, no. 1, 1997, pp. 159-161
Description
Video review of: The Place of Falling Water produced by Roy Bigcrane and Thompson Smith about the experiences of the Salish and Kootenai peoples on the Flathead Reservation.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 21, no. 3, Summer, 1997, pp. 451-470
Description
Authors discuss different positions and policies on resource extraction from traditional Diné territories and how these have created and maintained poverty conditions on the Navajo Reservation in Utah.
Includes Saskatoon City Council minutes from a meeting on Monday, January 19, 1981 regarding actions taken to date and the progress made towards developing an Affirmative Action Program for the City by the City's Director of Personnel Services. Includes discussion of meetings with Native Outreach and Native Placing and Training-on-the-Job Units of the Canada Employment Centre, as well as feedback from civic Unions and women's groups.
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 3, no. 3, Summer, 1988, pp. 13-15
Description
In brief interview, former carver talks about production and marketing of works.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll down to appropriate page.
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 27, no. 4, winter, 1997, p. 20
Description
Agreement with Wascana Energy Inc. provides for development of resources on lands selected by Red Pheasant First Nation as part of its Saskatchewan Treaty Land Entitlement (TLE).
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 17, no. 1, 1997, pp. 115-148
Description
Examines the active and effective involvement of the Mi'kmaq Nation in the resource management processes in Nova Scotia and the beneficial use of traditional knowledge in conservation and resource use planning.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 12, no. 1, 1988, pp. 39-57
Description
Studies how the mixed-tribe Native American community's economies were destroyed during the war, resulting in their complete dislocation from the region.
Cando-Royal Bank Symposium on the Economic Development Recommendations of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Fred Wien
Description
Looks at four types of Aboriginal economies, discusses conditions needed for rebuilding, and gives a summary of recommendations put forward by the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples.
S.705: In the Senate of the United States: the Bradley Bill
Section 705: In the Senate of the United States
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Bill Bradley
Daniel Inouye
Claiborne Pell
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 4, no. 1, Spring, 1988, pp. 3-9
Description
Act outlines the rights of the Sioux Nation related to economic development, self-determination, traditional religion, and preserving the sacred Black Hills.
BC Studies, no. 115/116, Native Peoples and Colonialism, Autumn/Winter, 1997/1998, pp. 45-82
Description
Examines the current scholarship of colonialism by looking at three aspects of Northwest coast history: geopolitical recording and transposition of information, the introduction and distribution of disease, and the profits of fur trade.
Arctic Anthropology, vol. 34, no. 1, 1997, pp. 18-29
Description
Discusses the negative opinions about the use of scientific research conducted in Nunavut and how this research may be in conflict with the needs of the Inuit.