Hastings Race & Poverty Law Journal, vol. 4, no. 1, 2006-2007, pp. 45-129
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Brief overview of government policies aimed at eradicating Native Americans, discussion of how schools fit into achieving these goals, and possibilities for achieving redress through litigation.
Canada and International Humanitarian Law: Peacekeeping and War Crimes in the Modern Era
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Roland D. Chrisjohn
Tanya Wasacase
Lisa Nussey
Andrea Smith
Marc Legault ... [et al.]
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Suggests that the genocide of Aboriginals in Canada has never stopped, but continues to exist in altered form.
Excerpt from Canada and International Humanitarian Law: Peacekeeping and War Crimes in the Modern Era edited by Richard D. Wiggers and Ann L. Griffiths.
Argues that Canada's lack of support regarding First Nations issues, due to residential schools trauma, is simply a continuation of human rights violations.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 30, no. 3, 2006, pp. 129-178
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Book reviews of:
Algonquian Spirit: Contemporary Translations of the Algonquian Literatures of North America edited by Brian Swann.
Building on a Borrowed Past: Place and Identity in Pipestone, Minnesota by Sally J. Southwick.
The Cambridge Companion to Native American Literature edited by Joy Porter and Kenneth M.
Process was created to determine whether compensation would be given to people who suffered sexual or serious physical abuse, or certain other wrongful acts that caused significant psychological damage. Any payments would be in addition to the Common Experience Payment.
Full version (1 hr. 48 min.) of documentary about abuse at residential schools which won Best Documentary at the Los Angeles Independent Film Festival and Best Director for an International Documentary at the New York International Film Festival.
Based on Annett's book Hidden from History: The Canadian Holocaust.