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Report on Policing in Northern British Columbia: Backgrounder
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Civilian Review and Complaints Commission for the RCMP
Description
Investigation examined conduct relating to policing of pubic intoxication, cross-gender searches, missing persons and domestic violence reports, use of force, and handling of files involving youth.
Includes links to complaint, interim and final report, and Commissioner's response.
Research Plan [National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Research Team [National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls]
Description
Explains basic framework, vision, key considerations, project criteria and overall strategy.
Responding to Human Trafficking: Dispossession, Colonial Violence, and Resistance among Indigenous and Racialized Women
E-Books
Author/Creator
Julie Kaye
Restoring Order: Crime Prevention, Policing and Local Justice in Queensland's Indigenous Communities
E-Books
Author/Creator
Crime and Misconduct Commission
A Review of First Nation Youth and Young Adult Injury Deaths: 2010 - 2015
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
BC Cornoners Service
First Nations Health Authority Death Review Panel
Description
Found that 60% of unexpected deaths were accidental (motor vehicle crashes, overdose, downing and fire), 33% were due to suicide, and 5% were the result of homicide. Identified three key areas to prevent deaths and support wellness and well-being: connectedness to peers, family, community and culture; access to services; and culturally safe and trauma-informed care.
Robert Goodvoice 5
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Robert Goodvoice
Indian History Film Project
Description
He tells stories of treachery by Americans against the Sioux who had fled to Prince Albert, Saskatchewan after the 1862 Minnesota Massacre, including distribution of disease-infested clothing and food. NOTE: Attempt to verify with R.C.M.P. records. He also sings and explains a very old Dakota song sung by children when rabbit-hunting.
Robert Goodvoice 7
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Robert Goodvoice
Indian History Film Project
Description
He tells a story of a woman who was taken prisoner and carried off to live in an enemy camp; her treachery against her brothers and husband when they came to rescue her; how she was killed by her own mother because of her treachery; her mother's atonement after the killing.
Rose Irons Interview
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Rose Irons
Fay Tilden
Indian History Film Project
Description
A rambling conversation that deals with her various neighbors.
Russell Taylor Interview 2
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Russell Taylor
Fay Tilden
Indian History Film Project
Description
The entire document deals with trapping.
Sandy Jacobs Interview
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Sandy Jacobs
Fay Tilden
Indian History Film Project
Description
Discusses problems of non-status Indians and Sandy Jacobs' life as a trapper.
Sexual Colonialism: Aboriginal Women and Gendered Violence
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Derek Warwick
Transcending Silence, Spring, 2009, p. [?]
Description
Argues that not all women experience violence in the same way or to the same extent and analyses should take race into consideration.
Shape Shifters: Reshaping the Native American Law Enforcement and Victim Services
Theses
Author/Creator
Favian Alejandro Martín
Description
Criminal Justice Thesis (M.A.)--Pennsylvania State University, 2009.
Shattered Hearts: The Commercial Sexual Exploitation of American Indian Women and Girls in Minnesota
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Alexandra (Sandi) Pierce
Description
Exploratory study examines social and economic influences contributing to sexual exploitation and provides recommendations for future research.
The Significance of Indigenous Knowledge in Social Work Responses to Collective Recovery: A Rwandan Case Study
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Régine Uwibereyeho King
Nimo Bokore
Suzanne Dudziak
Journal of Indigenous Social Development, vol. 6, no. 1, 2017, pp. 37-63
Description
Reports some findings from a larger research project that focused on post-genocide healing practices in Rwanda. Advocates for community-based and traditional methods for solving socio-economic problems and rebuilding social relations; examines implications for social work education and practice.
Silent Victims: Hate Crimes Against Native Americans
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Michelle D. Johnson-Jennings
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 33, no. 3, Summer, 2009, pp. 414-416
Description
Book review of: Silent Victims: Hate Crimes Against Native Americans by Barbara Perry.
Social Denial: An Analysis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls in Canada
Theses
Author/Creator
Rebecca Bychutsky
Description
Sociology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Ottawa, 2017.
Social Media and the Sexual Exploitation of Indigenous Girls
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Dustin William Louie
Girlhood Studies, vol. 10, no. 2, Summer, 2017, pp. 97-113
Description
Discusses how the technology, particularly Facebook, has increasingly become a tool to recruit and keep underage girls in the sex trade. Research conducted with 19 staff members of Prince Albert Outreach and 5 survivors indicated the importance of recognizing early signs of exploitation so that intervention could take place, family-based prevention and education, and using survivors as educators.
Storying Gendered Violence: Indigenous Understandings of the Interconnectedness of Violence
Theses
Author/Creator
Josie Nelson
Description
Social Justice and Community Engagement Thesis (M.A.)--Wilfred Laurier University, [2017]
Submission to the Government of Canada: Police Abuse of Indigenous Women in Saskatchewan and Failures to Protect Indigenous Women from Violence
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Human Rights Watch
Description
Presents results of six weeks of fact-finding conducted from January to July 2016, interviews and correspondence with police, and complaint mechanisms from August 2016 to January 2017.
Success Only Comes From Taking Responsibility
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Doug Cuthand
Star-Phoenix, March 13, 2009, p. A9
Description
Comments on the success of Chief Clarence Louis, from the Osoyoos Indian Band, who has made his community stronger by working together. By also looking at the tragedy surrounding the Christopher Pauchay case, the author argues for more individual and community responsibilty.
Supporting Aboriginal Sex Workers' Struggles
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Jessica Yee
Canadian Dimension, vol. 43, no. 1, January/February 2009, pp. 45-47
Description
Looks at the reasons for the disproportionate number of Aboriginal people in the sex trade.
Symbolic and Discursive Violence in Media Representations of Aboriginal Missing and Murdered Women
Alternate Title
Understanding Violence: Contexts and Portrayals
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Yasmin Jiwani
Description
Analysis of articles published in The Globe and Mail from 2000 to 2007.
Chapter from: Understanding Violence: Contexts and Portrayals edited by Marika Guggisberg and David Weir.
Teacher's Guide: The Life of Helen Betty Osborne: A Graphic Novel by David Alexander Robertson, illustrated by Madison Blackstone
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Pat Adamson
Lauree Kopetsky
Description
Recommended for students in Grade 10 and above.
A Teacher's Guide to Student Inquiry for the Graphic Novel Betty: The Helen Betty Osborne Story by David Alexander Robertson and Scott B. Henderson
E-Books
Author/Creator
Connie Wyatt Anderson
Description
Novel tells the story of the nineteen-year-old Cree girl from Norway House Cree Nation who was murdered near The Pas, Manitoba on November 13, 1971. Recommended for use with students Grade 10 or above.
Tough on Crime Ideology Doesn't Fix Problems
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Doug Cuthand
Star-Phoenix, April 3, 2009, p. A11
Description
Argues that tough on crime policies do not work, and that Canada is heading down the same path as the United States. The author further contends that poverty is the core issue surrounding crime and that it must be addressed.
Towards an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Violence Prevention Framework for Men and Boys
Alternate Title
White Ribbon Policy Research Series
E-Books
Author/Creator
Patrick Shepherdson
Mick Adams
MarkWenitong
Amanda Porter
Harry Blagg
Lisa Hillan
Steven Torres-Carne
Trafficking of Aboriginal Women and Girls in Canada
Alternate Title
Aboriginal Policy Research Series (Institute on Governance)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Anette Sikka
Aboriginal Policy Research
Description
Discusses the exploitive circumstances of recruitment and how these methods fall within the definition of "trafficking in persons" under Canadian criminal law.
"A Tragedy to Be Sure": Heteropatriarchy, Historical Amnesia, and Housing Crises in Northern Ontario
Alternate Title
Arts in Action ; no. 1
Understanding Atrocities: Remembering, Representing and Teaching Genocide
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Travis Hay
Kristin Burnett
Lori Chambers
Description
Looks at media coverage of the Declaration of Emergency which was issued for the housing crises in the communities of Kashechewan, Attawapiskat, and Fort Albany in 2012, with particular attention to the backlash that occurred against Chief Teresa Spence's hunger strike.
Chapter six from Understanding Atrocities: Remembering, Representing and Teaching Genocide edited by Scott W. Murray.
The Transmutation of Visceral Desecration: Marginalized Women, Murder and the Urban Environment Contextualized in Film
Theses
Author/Creator
Laura Rena Marie Del Pieve Gobbi
Description
Media Arts Thesis (M.F.A.)--Emily Carr University of Art & Design, 2009.
Troubling History, Troubling Law: The Question of Indigenous Genocide in Canada
Alternate Title
Arts in Action ; no. 1
Understanding Atrocities: Remembering, Representing, and Teaching Genocide
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Adam Muller
Description
Discusses the meaning of genocide and whether or not genocide occurred based on two underlying issues.
Chapter 3 from Understanding Atrocities: Remembering, Representing, and Teaching Genocide edited by Scott W. Murray.
Two Tiered Prostitution Law: Aboriginal Women in the Sex Trade
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Michelle M. Mann
Canadian Diversity=Diversité canadienne, vol. 7, no. 3, One Path, Many Directions: The Complex and Diverse Nature of Contemporary Aboriginal Reality, Fall, 2009, pp. 103-108
Description
Brief article argues that Aboriginals are the most disadvantaged of an already marginalized class and discusses whether other legal options would improve the situation.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access this article, scroll to p. 103.
Unsettling Ourselves: Reflections and Resources for Deconstructing Colonial Mentality: A Sourcebook Compiled by Unsettling Minnesota
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Derrick Jensen
Wicanhpi Iyotan Win
Scott Demuth
Waziyatawin
Dee Brown ... [et al.]
Description
Collection of commentaries based on excerpts from works such as Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, What Does Justice Look Like, Indians 'R' Us: Culture and Genocide, The Color of Violence: The INCITE! Anthology and Conquest: Sexual Violence and American Indian Genocide.
Verna Richards Interview 1
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Verna Richards
Murray Dobbin
Indian History Film Project
Description
Verna Richards ran the La Ronge Cafe in the 1950s and 1960s. She knew many of the local Indian and Metis people including Brady and Norris.
Victimization of Indigenous Women and Girls
Alternate Title
JustFacts
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Research and Statistics Division
Department of Justice Canada
Description
Statistics for sexual assault, maltreatment of Indigenous girls before the age of 15, spousal violence, injury, interpersonal violence after separation, and contact with victim services.
Violence against Indigenous Women: Literature, Activism, Resistance
Alternate Title
Indigenous Studies Series
E-Books
Author/Creator
Allison Hargreaves
Indigenous Studies Series
Violence Continues to Plague North Central Regina with Aboriginal Residents Feeling Most of the Pain
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Brett Cyr
Eagle Feather News, vol. 12, no. 8, August 2009, p. 15
Description
Discusses the escalating violence in a Regina neighborhood.
Article located by scrolling to page 15.
Voices of Our Sisters in Spirit: A Report to Families and Communities
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Native Women's Association of Canada (NWAC)
Description
Includes new life stories, updates to the list of missing and murdered women, expanded research framework, and outlines trends and recommendations.
2nd edition.
Walking in Her Moccasins Bundle: An Experiential Violence Prevention Resource for Indigenous Men and Boys [Introduction]
Alternate Title
Bundle Introduction: Considerations for Bundle Use
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Congress of Aboriginal Peoples (CAP)
Description
Walking in Her Moccasins Bundle: An Experiential Violence Prevention Resource for Indigenous Men and Boys: Train-the Trainer Guide
E-Books
Author/Creator
Congress of Aboriginal Peoples (CAP)
Description
Additional material:
Trainee Guide.
Walking Together: Ontario's Long-Term Strategy to End Violence against Indigenous Women: Year One Update--March 2017
E-Books
Author/Creator
[Government of Ontario]
Wapos Bay: Raiders of the Lost Art: Study Guide
Alternate Title
Wapos Bay: episode 19
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Lyn Daniels]
Description
Study guide to accompany film, Wapos Bay: Raiders of the Lost Art. Oriented toward elementary school students; contains an episode description, background information, previewing and post-viewing activities and questions which pertain to the key themes.
The Waters of Sexual Exploitation: Understanding the World of Sexually Exploited Youth
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Cathy Rocke
Laurie J. MacKenzie
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 12, no. 1, 2017, pp. [49]-63
Description
Examines graphic illustration which is used as a training tool for social services personnel.
What We Know and Don't Know about Risk Assessment with Offenders of Indigenous Heritage
Alternate Title
Research Report (Public Safety Canada) ; 2017-R009
E-Books
Author/Creator
Leticia Gutierrez
L. Maaike Helmus
R. Karl Hanson
Research Report (Public Safety Canada)
Description
Related material:
Research Summary.
Where Did That Come From? Indigenous Activists Discuss the Creation of Canada's National Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Inquiry
Theses
Author/Creator
Lorimer S. Shenher
Description
Professional Communications Thesis (M.A.)--Royal Roads University, 2017.
Women and the Criminal Justice System
Alternate Title
Women in Canada: A Gender-based Statistical Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Tina Hotton Mahony
Joanna Jacob
Heather Hobson
Description
Statistics on violent crime, criminal and violent victimization, childhood assault, spousal violence, homicide, and females charged with violent offences.
Working Together for a Common Purpose: Report of the Inquiry into Missing or Murdered Nunavimmiut
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Pascale Laneuville
Description
Project involved organizing gathering of families in order to hear their stories and opinions, and interviewing front line workers and police officers working in Nunavik.
Working Together to End Violence against Indigenous Women and Girls: National Scan of RCMP Initiatives
E-Books
Author/Creator
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
"You Need to Tell That True Albert Johnson Story Like We Know it": Meanings Embedded in the Gwich'in Version of the Albert Johnson Story
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Leslie McCartney
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 37, no. 1, 2017, pp. 201-235
Description
Discusses how cultural differences affect interpretations of events surrounding the 1931 shooting of the "Mad Trapper of Rat River".
Youth Voice Was Heard, Respected and Appreciated
Articles » General
Eagle Feather News, vol. 12, no. 4, April 2009, p. 22
Description
Looks at the Youth Board Fights Crime project and a co-operative development program to exchange ideas.
Article located by scrolling to page 22.