Annual William Walters Symposium on Urban Education ; 5th
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Ellen Gabriel
Taiaiake Alfred
Susan Dion
Description
Showcases three keynote speakers discuss issues connecting teaching and learning in an anti-colonial framework.
Showcases a film, dance, and drama by students. Duration: 2:49:36.
Canadian Political Science Association Annual Conference; 80th, 2008
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Kevin Bruyneel
Description
Looks at Riel's exile in 1870 after the Red River Rebellion; examines the tensions between French and English Canada over Riel's execution; and discusses the two statues which serve as a metaphor for the relationship between liberal and colonial dynamics in Canadian political history.
Later published in the Canadian Journal of Political Science, vol. 43, no. 3, 2010.
Examines the Canadian Aboriginal fiscal inter-governmental system by comparing it to other countries. Also focuses on the key characteristics of the Canadian system including the constitutional, legal and fiscal; revenues, functions and responsibilities; reporting arrangements; funding agreements; financial reporting; and Aboriginal and federal fiscal intergovernmental relations.
Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 24, no. 2, Proceedings of the 2013 WSSA American Indian Studies Section, Fall, 2013, pp. 1-53
Description
Looks at the impacts of contact between Native People and Europeans through history and the benefits of more knowledge of traditional American Indian ways.
Presents a policy that ensures that modern treaties are implemented to protect the rights of Aboriginal signatories, ensure their continuity as peoples, and provide for their political, social, economic and cultural development.
CS 321: Peoples and Cultures of the Circumpolar World I
Module Eight: Self-Determination throughout History
University of the Arctic – CS 321
[Bachelor of Circumpolar Studies (BCS) 321]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Michel Bouchard
Greg Poelzer
Heather Exner
Ludmilla Zhukova
Jeremei Gabyshev
Ken Coates ... [et al.]]
Description
Discusses northern movements for regional and Indigenous autonomy and cultural self-determination. Includes three examples: Greenland, Nunavut, and the Sami people of Northern Europe.
Developed for class delivered by the University of the Arctic.
Looks at data from the General Social Survey for the year 2006 to determine where Indians stand on issues of religion and politics as compared to other ethnic groups.
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Speaking My Truth: Reflections on Reconciliation and Residential Schools
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Gerald Taiaiake Alfred
Description
Author sees reconciliation as a half-hearted measure and instead contends that massive forms of compensation including land, transfers of federal and provincial funds are needed. Essay is adapted from the author’s discussion of reconciliation in Wasáse: Indigenous Pathways of Action and Freedom.
Chapter from Speaking My Truth edited by Shelagh Rogers.
Curriculum Sub-committee of the Shared Standards and Capacity Building Council
Saskatchewan Ministry of Education
Description
Lists specific expectations for Kindergarten to Grade 12 students in the subject areas of treaty relationships, spirit and intent of treaties, historical context, and treaty promises and provisions.
Native Studies Review, vol. 17, no. 1, 2008, pp. 1-23
Description
Examines how, in spite of increasingly hostile Colonial, then Canadian government relations toward First Nations people, they still maintained a strong attachment to the monarchy.