"National publication for the Indians of Canada." Focus on Indigenous issues, events at residential schools and legal decisions. Previously published as
Articles reflect the attitudes and policies of the time.
"National publication for the Indians of Canada." Focus on Indigenous issues, events at residential schools and legal decisions. Previously published as Indian Missionary Record.
Articles reflect the attitudes and policies of the time.
Discusses issues of scholarly attention to settler colonialism in the context of race, white supremacy and links to Native studies.
Chapter from Racial Formation in the Twenty-First Century edited by Daniel Martinez HoSang, Oneka LaBennett, and Laura Pulido.
CAEPR Indigenous Population Project 2011 Census Papers ; no. 3
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Nicholas Biddle
Description
Using data from the 2006 and 2011 Australian censuses, analysis found that although need was greatest in remote areas, there were still large disparities with the non-Indigenous populations in urban areas.
Prominent Métis blogger, lawyer and author of Indigenous Writes covers an extensive list of topics under the headings Specific Myths or Misunderstandings; Identity and Culture; Aboriginal Law and Treaties; Historic and Continuing Injustice; and Indigenous Health and Safety.
Journal of Enterprising Communities, vol. 6, no. 3, Special Issue: Indigenous Communities, the Bioeconomy and Natural Resource Development, 2012, pp. 213-229
Description
Study of use of biological and cultural resources by the Gitga'at First Nation regarding the development of a locally run eco-cultural tourism business.
Looks at female leadership in a community which has undergone tremendous change due to the proximity of the oil sands.
Accompanied by video directed by Catherine Martin. (Duration: 28:52).
Focuses on the process of achieving economic success through the efforts of community members.
Accompanied by video directed by Catherine Martin. (Duration: 28:28).
Brief document discusses female leadership in the community, with a focus on Sharon Bernard, principal of Membertou Elementary School, and her efforts to introduce culture-based education.
Accompanied by video directed by Catherine Martin.
(Duration: 20:29).
Canadian Issues, Aboriginal Immigrant Relations Today, Summer, 2012, pp. 35-45
Description
Focuses on the evolution of three major Aboriginal languages and three major immigrant languages and discusses the factors associated with observed changes.
To access article scroll to p. 35.
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 71, 2012, p. article no. 18543
Description
Results indicate that the Community Health Practitioners provide a wide range of care to residents in remote communities that would otherwise go untreated.
Journal of Family Issues, vol. 33, no. 9, 2012, pp. 1272-1293
Description
Research reveals government relocations programs negatively affects not only well-being of grandparent-generation but ripples out to affect subsequent generations.
Literature search included academic publications, research reports, publications by Inuit organizations, government legislation, working papers and conference presentations between 1991 and 2012.
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 46, no. 2, Special Issue: Finding Common Ground, Spring, 2012, pp. 83-98
Description
Essay combines, If This Is Your Land, Where Are Your Stories?: Finding Common Ground by J. Edwards Chamberlin and Galore by Michael Crummey to consider the kinship Newfoundlanders have with their province.
Mr. Ledoux, aged 99 at the time of the interview is of mixed French and Indian ancestry but is registered as a treaty Indian. He was present during the Riel Rebellion of 1885 and gives an account of what he saw in the Rebellion; views of the rebellion and the people involved.
Looks at the work Decolonizing Settler Legacies: Indigenous New Media Art in Canadian Cities, which focuses on Indigenous new media art practices in urban space.
Duration: 28:51.
Interview of the grandsons of Little Bear who discuss lifestyle. They tell stories about Cree raids on Blackfoot;the hanging of Little Bear and murder of a storekeeper's son by a medicine man. Interpreter by Alphonse Littlepoplar.
Case studies of the Diavik Diamond Mine and the EKATI Diamond Mine in the Northwest Territories and the Voisey Bay Nickel Mine in Labrador. Looks at social, economic and cultural issues associated with mining.