E-Books
Author/Creator
James C. MacPherson
Research Directorate
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples
James Dumont
Zebedee Nungak
Patricia A. Monture-OKanee ... [et al.]
Aboriginal Peoples of the North and Criminal Justice: A Background Paper for the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Curt T. Griffiths
Darryl Wood
Description
Briefing paper summarizes the issues facing aboriginal Canadians in northern Canada.
Access and Equity Inquiry
Articles » General
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 17, no. 4, July/August 1993, p. 38
Description
Inquiry into the Commonwealth's Access and Equity Strategy regarding Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
ACWS in Conversation with Lewis Cardinal
Alternate Title
Alberta Councial of Women's Shelters in Conversation with Lewis Cardinal
Building Relations Part 2: Stories from Community
Building Relationships Part 1: Lessons From Lewis
Circle Process
Foundations of Indigenous Worldviews
Indigenous Women in Indigenous Societies
Indigenous Women's Leadership
Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls: Inquiry and Action
Treaty Relations: Spirit, Intent, and First Nations Perspectives
[In Coversation with Lewis Cardinal]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Lewis Cardinal
[Tina Fox
Stephanie Harpe
Tracy Bear
Karen MacKenzie
Betty Letendre
Cora Voyageur
Ruth Scalp Lock]
Description
Series of eight hour-long videos developed to educate women's shelter workers, but equally applicable to general audiences. Videos cover wide range of topics such as: treaty relationships; Indigenous worldviews; missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls; Indigenous women in Indigenous societies; women's leadership; and building relationships.
African Nova Scotian-Mi'kmaw Relations
E-Books
Author/Creator
Paula C. Madden
Athabasca Denesuliné Inquiry Into the Claim of the Fond du Lac, Black Lake, and Hatchet Lake First Nations
E-Books
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description
Indian Claims Commission (ICC) considered whether Canada wrongly denied Treaty rights north of the 60th parallel, beyond Treaty 8 and Treaty 10 boundaries. ICC concluded Treaty boundaries did not extend into the traditional lands north of 60; however harvesting rights do extend beyond Treaty boundaries. Recommended the parties negotiate resolution. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
Atopoi of the Modern: Revisiting the Place of the Indian Residential School
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Geoffrey Carr
English Studies in Canada, vol. 35, no. 1, [Special Issue: Aboriginal Redress], March 2009, pp. 109-135
Description
Discusses the design and construction of the Indian Residential School (IRS) system for Indigenous people in British Columbia.
Canada and the Legacy of the Indian Residential Schools: Transitional Justice for Indigenous People in a Non-Transitional Society
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Courtney Jung
Description
Expands on a previously published research brief.
Outlines three areas in which the interests and goals of government and Aboriginals may differ: scope of injustices, government's attempt to draw a line through the past and legitimate current policies, and government's use of the process as an attempt to assert authority.
Canada's Missing and Murdered Indigenous People and the Imperative for a More Inclusive Perspective
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
John G. Hansen
Emeka E. Dim
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 10, no. 1, January 2019, p. Article 2
Description
Explores the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls Inquiry (MMIWG), and questions the exclusion of Indigenous males. Discusses the need for a more comprehensive and holistic model of inquiry that honours the voices of Indigenous communities.
Canada's Truth and Reconciliation Commission for Indian Residential Schools: Whose Truth? Whose Reconciliation?
Alternate Title
[Canadian Political Science Association Annual Conference; 81st, 2009]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Nadine Changfoot
Description
Explores the theory that the experience of victimization will not change if the power structure which inflicted the damage remains unchanged.
Challenging Colonial Spaces: Reconciliation and Decolonizing Work in Canadian Archives
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Krista Mccracken
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 100, no. 2, June 2019, pp. 182-201
Description
Argues that teaching the history of residential schools in Canada requires an examination of how that history has been recorded and preserved; that this examination reveals an incompatibility between the colonial frameworks in archival institutions and structures of Indigenous knowledges. Discusses the impact of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) on Canadian archival practices.
Church Stresses Healing
Articles » General
Anglican Journal, vol. 119, no. 10, December 1993, p. 3
Description
Discussion of some of the recommendations to the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples (RCAP), including urging government to apologize for residential schools.
Churches Develop Resource: Native Study Guide Helps Reconciliation
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Marites N. Sison
Anglican Journal, vol. 135, no. 2, February 2009, p. 1,3
Description
Overview of a creative discussion guide, prepared by writers from Anglican, United and Presbyterian churches, that can be used to explore the issue of forced assimilation of First Nations through residential schools.
Cold Lake First Nation, Primrose Lake Air Weapons Range Inquiry, Public Release
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description
FILES CAN ONLY BE ACCESSED USING FIREFOX BROWSER. Consists of minutes, transcripts, statements, correspondence/letters, submissions, and reports regarding the historical claim grievances of two First Nations who had 4,500 square miles of land seized to create the weapons range. Commissioners include: Harry S. LaForme, Daniel J. Bellegarde, and P.E. James Prentice. [These files were created and compiled by the ICC and provided to the Indigenous Studies Portal in 2009 to make widely available in online format.]
The Commission, the Community, and the Cree Woman in the Attic: Georgina Lightning's Older Than America in Canada's Culture of Redress
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
K. L. Killebrew
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 31, no. 1-2, Spring-Summer, 2019, pp. 136-169
Description
Film criticism which discusses Lightning’s movie as an act of resistance to colonial backlash to reconciliation, and to settler narratives regarding Indian Residential Schools.
Court Reform and American Indian and Alaskan Native Children: Increasing Protections and Improving Outcomes
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ashley Horne
Timothy Travis
Nancy B. Miller
David Simmons
Description
Looks at the Pew Commission on Children in Foster Care Recommendations and efforts to address problems relating to children.
Discourse on Indigenous Self-Determination in Mexico and Canada and the Disparate Notions of Culture, 1992
Theses
Author/Creator
Shafia Usman
Description
Project towards History Thesis (M.A.)--Simon Fraser University, 2009.
The Effect of Indian Residential Schools on Height and Body Mass Post-1930
Alternate Title
Working Paper Series (The Center for Indian Country Development) ; no. 1905
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Donna Feir
Chris Auld
Description
Study suggests that residential schooling caused increased adult height and decreased adult body weight of the average child who attended.
The Final Word: After the Residential School Apology: Why All Canadians Should Care about a Racial Equality Case Before the Canadian Human Rights Commission
Alternate Title
The Last Word: After the Residential School Apology: Why All Canadians Should Care about a Racial Equality Case Before the Canadian Human Rights Commission
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Cindy Blackstock
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 4, no. 1, 2009, p. 89
Description
Looks at the insufficient government funding for statutory child welfare services.
First Nation Perspectives on Political Identity
Alternate Title
First Nation Citizenship Research & Policy Series: Building Towards Change
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Taiaiake Alfred
Description
Focuses on First Nations perspectives on meaning of being Indigenous, belonging to a community, and relationship of these memberships with the institutions of the Canadian state.
From Reconciliation to Reconciling: Reading What "We Now Recognize" in the Government of Canada's 2008 Residential Schools Apology
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Dorrell Matthew
English Studies in Canada, vol. 35, no. 1, [Special Issue: Aboriginal Redress], Spring, March 2009, pp. 27-45
Description
Discusses how the apology statement for the Indian residential school system in Canada contained omissions and rewritings.
Genocide against Indigenous Peoples: International Law and the Experiences of the Canadian and Guatemalan Truth Commissions
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Emmanuel Guematcha
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 10, no. 2, June 18, 2019
Description
Article compares the processes and findings of the Truth Commissions in Canada and Guatemala; discusses how the idea and crime of genocide appears in national narratives, and how the findings of these commissions are part of a larger evolution of the 1948 United Nations Genocide Convention.
The Great Canadian (and Australian) Secret: The Limits of Non-Indigenous Knowledge and Representation
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Julie McGonegal
English Studies in Canada, vol. 35, no. 1, [Special Issue: Aboriginal Redress], March 2009, pp. 67-83
Description
Discusses the difference between the Australian and Canadian reconciliation processes and the silence on colonial genocide.
'Healing the Heartbreak'?: The Role of Testimony in the Australian Inquiry into the Separation of Indigenous Children From Their Families
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rebecca Devitt
Humanities Research, vol. 15, no. 3, Decolonising Testimony: On the Possibilities and Limits of Witnessing, 2009, pp. 49-70
Description
Looks at international literature on victims of trauma and truth commissions and discusses whether testimony can achieve healing.
Heartsong: Exploring Emotional Suppression and Disconnection in Aboriginal Canada.
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Rupert Ross
Description
Looks at possible causes of suppression of emotion in aboriginal populations.
Ilira, or Why it was Unthinkable for Inuit to Challenge Qallunaat Authority
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Rosemarie Kuptana
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 8, no. 3, Fall, 1993, pp. 5-7
Description
Presents a speech delivered by Susan Aglukark to the Royal Commission for Aboriginal Peoples regarding the Inuit relocation program. This article helps to explain difficulties artists have challenging programs that do not meet their needs.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 5.
In an Era of Stalled Reconciliation: The Uncanny Witness of Ray Lawrence's Jindabyne
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rosanne Kennedy
Humanities Research, vol. 15, no. 3, Decolonising Testimony: On the Possibilities and Limits of Witnessing, 2009, pp. 107-126
Description
Discusses that while a national apology has been welcomed by many Indigenous Australians, the work towards achieving social justice still remains.
Indian Claims Commission: Annual Report 1991-1992 to 1993-1994
E-Books
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
The Indian Residential Schools Truth and Reconciliation Commission
Alternate Title
[Modular Backgrounder] (Parliamentary Information and Research Service) ; PRB 08-48E
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Julian Walker
Description
Provides a historical overview of the TRC and looks at its purpose, terms of reference, and transitional justice initiatives.
Indian Specific Claims Commission, Final Report, 1991-2009: A Unique Contribution to the Resolution of First Nations' Specific Claims in Canada
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description
Contains the 2009 report, which is the last and final, for the Indian Claims Commission.
Indigenous Health Research and Reconciliation
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Marcia Anderson
CMAJ, vol. 191, no. 34, August 26, 2019, pp. E930-E931
Description
Author discusses the role that healthcare and health research can play in reconciliation. Stresses the need to attend to the Truth and Reconciliation Commissions’ Calls to Action and to the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, to participate in disrupting systems of whiteness and colonial violence, and building explicitly antiracist systems of care.
Indigenous Peoples of Canada and Their Efforts to Achieve True Reparations
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Bradford W. Morse
Description
Chapter in book: Reparations For Indigenous Peoples: International Comparative Perspectives edited by Federico Lenzerini.
Introduction to the Canadian Historical Review Forum on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Matthew Hayday
Mary-Ellen Kelm
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 100, no. 2, June 2019, pp. 160-162
Description
Introduces and provides background information on the special forum on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC).
Learning from Lost Lives: Examining the Calls for Justice for Police from the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Laurence Rankin
Jennie Gill
Description
Vancouver Police Department's response outlines present and future initiatives. Discusses recruitment practices, strengthening community relations, culturally appropriate and gender-neutral policy, practices and procedures, increased training in cultural competence and trauma informed responses, review of investigative practices and future directions.
Mainly Urban: House of Representatives Standing Committee on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs
Articles » General
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 17, no. 2, March/April 1993, pp. 22-26
Description
Comments on the report Mainly Urban, an inquiry into the needs of Aboriginal people living in urban communities.
Meaningful Consultation in Canada: The Alternative to Forced Aboriginal Assimilation
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
R. G. Herbert
Description
Overview and guide to aid in developing a meaningful Aboriginal consultation processes for distinct Aboriginal peoples in Canada, one that would accommodate Aboriginal rights.
The National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls: A Counter-Archive
Theses
Author/Creator
Sheridan Conty
Description
Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--Carleton University, 2019.
No Indication When TRC Will Resume
Articles » General
Anglican Journal, vol. 135, no. 2, February 2009, p. 3
Description
Comments on implementation delays to the First Nations Residential Schools Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), and describes how the delays effect former students who are frail and elderly.
Our Interconnected Journey
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lorna Williams
BC Studies , no. 200, 50th Anniversary, Winter, 2019, pp. 53-75
Description
In this personal essay, the author explores issues rooted in the conflicting worldviews of Indigenous and settler society; she further compares the legal traditions rooted in these worldviews and explores concepts surrounding the rule of law and its failure versus unjust laws within the context of her own Jewish heritage and the legacy of Nazi Germany.
Our Stories: First Peoples in Canada
E-Books
Author/Creator
[Jodie Adams
Liz Clarke
Dani Kwan-Lafond
Meera Mather
Natalie Thornhill ... [et al.]]
Description
eTextbook is a multi-media resource developed in collaboration with Indigenous peoples from across Canada. Covers both historical and contemporary topics.
Can be downloaded as iBook, ePub, or PDF.
Our Stories: First Peoples in Canada
E-Books
Author/Creator
[Jodie Adams
Liz Clarke
Dani Kwan-Lafond
Meera Mather
Natalie Thornhill ... [et al.]]
Description
eTextbook is a multi-media resource developed in collaboration with Indigenous peoples from across Canada. Covers both historical and contemporary topics.
Can be downloaded as iBook, ePub, or PDF.
Patriarchy and Paternalism: The Legacy of the Canadian State for First Nations Women
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mary Ellen Turpel (Aki-Kwe)
Canadian Journal of Women and the Law, vol. 6, 1993, pp. 174-192
Description
Shares perspective and reflections on the relationship between First Nations women and the Canadian State on the 20th anniversary of the Report of the Royal Commission on the Status of Women in Canada
Police Investigating Police: Final Public Report
Alternate Title
Chair's Final Report After Commissioner's Notice
Police Investigating Police
Documents & Presentations
Description
Report on finding of investigation by RCMP (Royal Canadian Mounted Police) members for complaints against other members involving injuries or death in Canada between April 1, 2002 and March 1, 2007.
Policy Development and Aboriginal Broadcasting: A Case Study of the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network
Alternate Title
Canadian Political Science Association Annual Conference; 81st, 2009
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Frances Widdowson
James Lawrence Davidson
Description
Discusses the Canadian Radio and Television Commission's (CRTC) decision to make carriage of the network mandatory for cable companies and require those companies to remit 15 cents per subscriber to it.
Primrose Lake Air Weapons Range Report: Cold Lake First Nations Rejected Claim Inquiry, Canoe Lake Cree Nation Rejected Claim Inquiry
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description
Historical background and submission to Indian Claims Commission (ICC) regarding the loss of 4500 square miles of land by the two First Nations. ICC found breaches of Treaty and other fiduciary obligations and recommended the claim be negotiated under Canada's Specific Claims Policy.
Commissioners include: Harry S. LaForme, Daniel J. Bellegarde, and P. E. James Prentice. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
Public Hearings: Discussion Paper 2: Focusing the Dialogue
E-Books
Author/Creator
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples
Public Inquiry Commission on Relations between Indigenous Peoples and Certain Public Services in Québec: Listening, Reconciliation and Progress: Final Report
Alternate Title
Commission d'enquête sur les relations entre les Autochtones et certains services publics
Viens Commission
E-Books
Author/Creator
Jacques Viens
Description
Public Inquiry Commission on Relations between Indigenous Peoples and Certain Public Services in Québec: Listening, Reconciliation and Progress: Summary Report
Alternate Title
Commission d'enquête sur les relations entre les Autochtones et certains services publics
Viens Commission
E-Books
Author/Creator
Jacques Viens
Description
Rapport sur L'Enquête Relative aux Revendications de Cold Lake Polygone de Tir Aérien de Primrose Lake
Alternate Title
Primrose Lake Air Weapons Report: Cold Lake First Nations Rejected Claim Inquiry, Canoe Lake Cree Nation Rejected Claim Inquiry (French Language Version)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description
Historical background and submission to Indian Claims Commission (ICC) regarding the loss of 4500 square miles of land by the two First Nations. ICC found breaches of Treaty and other fiduciary obligations and recommended the claim be negotiated under Canada's Specific Claims Policy. French language version.
Commissioners include: Harry S. LaForme, Daniel J. Bellegarde, and P. E. James Prentice.
[These files were created and compiled by the ICC and provided to the Indigenous Studies Portal in 2009 to make widely available in online format.]
Re-Storying Canada's Past: A Case Study in the Significance of Narratives in Healing Intractable Conflict
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Christina Woolner
Description
Examines the value of storytelling in facilitating cultural spaces, connecting the past with the future, and resolving historical injustices.