Paper developed as a result of the Crown-First Nations Gathering, January 23-24, 2012. Discusses general goals as well as those in specific areas: families and communities, rights, self-government, and economic and environmental interests.
First Nations Women's Council on Economic Security
Government of Alberta
Description
Focuses on women's issues in the areas of leadership and empowerment, professional development, restorative justice, access to justice, post-secondary education and upgrading, and Indigenous representation on school boards.
Book review of: Aboriginal Child Welfare, Self-Government and the Rights of Indigenous Children by Sonia Harris-Short.
Review located by scrolling down to page 189.
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 3, no. 2, June 1979, pp. 19-24
Description
Reports on a government program that relocates Australian Aboriginal families from poorer outlying areas into five towns with better employment and education opportunities.
Justice as Healing, vol. 3, no. 1, Spring, 1998, p. [?]
Description
Project offering alternative approaches and services for youth in the present justice system.
Note: This is a sample article from the publication. Subscriptions are available from the Native Law Centre.
Contends that Aboriginal participation rates will lag behind the non-Aboriginal population until major reforms are executed in elementary and secondary school education and the curriculum used in Aboriginal schools.
Evaluates sixteen communities in Alberta as part of initiative to assist Aboriginal communities prevent youth suicides through increasing cultural awareness activities and providing role models for youth.
Comments on the key component of concept of Ahp-cii-uk which is to create increased self-reliance of First Nations communities through partnerships with government, corporations, and other organizations.
Interview includes a biographical account of Antoine Lonesinger's life that includes stories about farming, trapping, house construction and the making of charcoal and lime. He also tells of the murder of an Indian Agent at the hands of a Blackfoot named Owl Eyes.
IPA Backgrounder, vol. 10, no. 1, February 1998, pp. 1-24
Description
Disputes issues discussed in the 1997 national inquiry report, Bringing Them Home, such as specific cases, comparison of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal child removal and the claim of genocide.
Documentary about three sisters and a brother meeting for the first time after being taken from their mother and adopted out as part of the "Sixties Scoop".
Duration: 1:19:21.
Documentary about three sisters and a brother meeting for the first time after being taken from their mother and adopted out as part of the "Sixties Scoop". Edited version of the original.
Duration: 45:00.
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Mini-Lesson.
Discusses typology of gangs with four levels of progression through violence and intention. Makes recommendations based on five themes which emerged: infrastructure and leadership; addressing trauma, colonization, and settler colonialism; knowledge translation and mobilization; addressing systemic oppression and structural issues of poverty and homelessness; and institutional supports.
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 3, no. 2, 2007, pp. 75-83
Description
Discusses similarities of two residential structures, government schools and foster homes, that have housed Aboriginal children when they were removed from their people. The paper is an attempt to influence child welfare practice in ways that would respect the integrity of family and Aboriginal communities.
Looks at key themes which emerged from year long consultations with Aboriginal communities, Aboriginal Children's Aid Societies, service providers and organizations.
Children on the APY Lands Commission of Inquiry: [Introduction]
[Mullighan Inquiry]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Children on the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Commission of Inquiry
Description
Looked into allegations of child abuse in remote South Australian Aboriginal communities which had come to light during the course of the Children in State Care Commission of Inquiry (CISC Inquiry).
Part I: The Inquiry.
Part II: Child Sexual Abuse on the Lands.
History and explanation of "Jordan's Principle", where the welfare of the child comes first and governments work together for the benefit of the weakest citizens.
Results found that programing was adequate for the Aboriginal community but there were barriers to the overall delivery of sports and recreation programs.
Inquest investigated the deaths of seven youths who had relocated to Thunder Bay, Ontario to complete their high school education.
2017 Report.
2018 Report