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.
Board of Education Saskatoon School Division no. 13, Meeting of the Saskatoon Board of Education Tuesday, October 8, 2013
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Scott Tunison
Jennifer Hingley
Barry MacDougall
Description
Measures Saskatoon Grade 7 students' knowledge in six areas: treaties, treaty relationship, history, worldviews, symbolism and contemporary issues. Compares scores to earlier years.
Survey results appear on p. 10.
Prairie Forum, vol. 22, no. 2, Fall, 1997, pp. 353-354
Description
Book review of: The True Spirit and Intent of Treaty 7 by Treaty 7 Elders and Tribal Council with Walter Hildebrandt, Sarah Carter and Dorothy First Rider.
Assessing the Indian Residential Schools Litigation and Settlement Processes, Session 7
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Murray Sinclair
Description
Session Seven from public conference Assessing the Indian Residential Schools Litigation and Settlement Processes held Friday, January 18, 2013 at the University of Toronto. Murray Sinclair, chair of the TRC, speaks about the commission's mandate and reconciliation going forward.
Duration: 35:53.
"This articles examines how Kanak youth have used a structure of French governance, the association loi de 1901, to subvert the cultural and political hegemony of French settler society".
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 21, no. 3, 1997, pp. 211-230
Description
Argues that Indigenous nations bring a diversity to the dominant society that is unique and contingent upon the integrity of political boundaries within the United States. The article discusses the challenges within this framework.
Contends that sufficient evidence exists that Indigenous peoples of Canada and Australia have been victims of "genocide".
Entire journal on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 57.
Aboriginal Policy Studies, vol. 2, no. 2, 2013, pp. 34-63
Description
Looks at income disparities between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people, reasons for this disparity and proportions of Aboriginal people in the middle-income category.
National Research Conference on Urban Aboriginal Peoples, 2011
Well-being in the Urban Aboriginal Community: [Fostering Biimaadiziwin]
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Kevin FitzMaurice
Don McCaskill
Jaime Cidro
Description
Focuses on seven of the fourteen research topics: general demographics; poverty and social services; the emerging middle class; the two-spirited community; law and justice; racism; and the arts.
Chapter from Well-being in the Urban Aboriginal Community: Fostering Biimaadiziwin edited by David Newhouse, Kevin FitzMaurice, Tricia McGuire-Adams, and Daniel Jetté.
Originally presented at the 2011 National Research Conference on Urban Aboriginal Peoples.
National Research Conference on Urban Aboriginal Peoples, 2011
Well-being in the Urban Aboriginal Community: [Fostering Biimaadiziwin]
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Joanne Heritz
Description
Looks at community-building and governance initiatives such as the city of Toronto's Statement of Commitment to Aboriginal Communities, Aboriginal Legal Services of Toronto, Anishnawbe Health Toronto, and Native Child and Family Services of Toronto.
Excerpt from Well-Being in the Urban Aboriginal Community: Fostering Biimaadiziwin edited by David Newhouse, Kevin FitzMaurice, Tricia McGuire-Adams, and Daniel Jetté.
Originally presented at the 2011 National Research Conference on Urban Aboriginal Peoples.
Interviews survivors of the 1952 relocation program whereby American Indians were encouraged to leave their home and move to urban centers across the United States.
Duration: 56:46.
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 37, no. 3, The World on Our Shoulders: Cultivating Indigenous Youth Leadership, September 2013, p. [?]
Description
Young environmentalist discusses her views and her song, Shallow Waters which highlights how an oil spill in the northwest coast could tragically end the traditional way of life for many coastal First Nations and devastate all marine and coastal life and habitat.
Discusses lessons that can be learned from collaborative inquiry and the advantages of involving the people of the communities that are affected when conducting studies involving Aboriginal groups.
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 4, no. 1, Indigenous Early Parenthood, 2013, pp. 1-15
Description
Article reports on the reflections of traditional healers at, The Gathering of Traditional Medical Practitioners, held at University of Alberta in October 2010.
Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 23, no. 4, Special Issue: Exploring the Governance Landscape of Indigenous Peoples and Water in Canada, Spring, 2013, pp. 1-12
Description
Suggests that both Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples have a role in water governance processes.
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 37, no. 2, The Seventh Generation: Spotlight on Indigenous Youth, June 2013, p. [?]
Description
Describes effective grant-making strategies to support sustainable and culturally appropriate development projects, planned and implemented by and for Indigenous communities.
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 28, no. 1, Spring, 2013, pp. 38-64
Description
Discusses issues which arose during construction of the replica, as well as those that have developed over its use, identity and value as a cultural building.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 9, no. 4, Series 2: Sherman Alexie, Winter, 1997
Description
Explores the author's use of Indian characters, shadowed by non-Indian doubles, to illuminate the differences in the mores of the two cultures.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 21, no. 4, Cultural Property in American Indian Literatures: Representation and Interpretation, Fall, 1997, pp. 663-673
Description
Argues that while Indigenous authors are determined to express their unique perspectives while doing so in a hostile environment..