International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 76, 2017, p. article no. 1291868
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Studies the linguistic and cultural differences among medical institutions that challenge interpreters who know many of their clients at a personal level.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 16, no. 4, Shamans and Preachers, Color Symbolism and Commercial Evangelism: Reflections on Early Mid-Atlantic , Autumn, 1992, pp. 451-469
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Author discusses the shifting systems of meaning and valuation surrounding colour—specifically in trade goods—and how those systems influenced cultures and the trading relationships.
Transmotion, vol. 3, no. 2, December 6, 2017, pp. 137-149
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Author discusses different incarnations of the wiindigo narrative ranging from those found in the Anishinaabe oral tradition to those found in the journals of fur traders; examines different potential meanings and teachings of the narrative.
Mr. Izbister discusses life in La Ronge before and after the road came as well as the early meetings of the Metis Association and problems in the north resulting from welfare payments.
John Cook gives his impressions of Jim Brady and Malcolm Norris. He talks about the effects of welfare on the northern way of life and the government programs in the north.
John H. Brockelbank was minister in the Dept. of Natural Resources from 1948-56 in the Saskatchewan NDP government. This interview reviews his years in office in relation to the development of the north, development of marketing agencies and cooperatives as well as his impressions of Malcolm Norris.
Mr. Phelps was the Minister of Natural Resources in the Saskatchewan CCF government from 1944 to 1948. He speaks of attempts to replace welfare in the north with programs for fish and fur marketing.
Ken Collier knew Malcolm Norris and Jim Brady during the 1960s. He describes his time spent talking with both men and contrasts them in character and politics.
Sexual Assault in Canada: Law, Legal Practice and Women's Activism
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Lucinda Vandervort
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Examines the case in which three non-Aboriginal men were accused of sexually assaulting a twelve-year-old Aboriginal girl.
Chapter from Sexual Assault in Canada: Law, Legal Practice and Women's Activism edited by Elizabeth A. Sheehy.
Lawrence Cook knew Jim Brady in 1949/50. He talks about the CCF government policies and how the people reacted to them, the Legion, and the various Co-op efforts that were tried in Cumberland. He is the only informant to talk about efforts by Brady to organize a Metis Association in Cumberland in 1949.
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 8, no. 2, Reconciling Research: Perspectives on Research Involving Indigenous Peoples, April 2017, pp. 1-20
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Using experiences from a research project on social transformative social justice, talks about ethical tensions felt and how they were overcome.
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 8, no. 2, Reconciling Research: Perspectives on Research Involving Indigenous Peoples-Part 1, April 2017, pp. 1-17
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Looks at a community project to get safe drinking water through source water protection and water management.
Argues that several bylaws should be removed because they represent social and racial profiling, and are overly and wrongfully used, affecting the well-being of a venerable population..
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 8, no. 2, Reconciling Research: Perspectives on Research Involving Indigenous Peoples-Part 1, April 2017, pp. 1-30
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Analyzes books in OCLC Worldcat with Library of Congress subject heading "Indians of North America", with keywords genocide, holocaust or extermination.
Mr. Laliberte was involved in the early establishment of the Metis Association of Saskatchewan and talks about conditions in the north and how the Metis Association has improved them.
The Journal of American Folklore, vol. 89, no. 353, July-Sept. 1976, pp. 271-293
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Jokes played on the first whites by Native American Indians living in southwestern Washington State became known as a folkloristic reception and were used by Aboriginal storytellers to translate historical fact into record.
Argues that expectations of white, Eurocentric, and middle class versions of mothering, combined with the state's role in producing conditions of material and social marginalization and inequality have resulted in structural risk factors for "neglect" and normalization of Aboriginal child apprehensions.
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Chapter from Bad Mothers: Regulations, Representations, and Resistance edited by Michelle Hughes Miller, Tamar Hager, and Rebecca Jaremko Bromwich.
Three elders from Goodfish Lake Reserve talk about problems of defining accurate boundaries, their rights to a timber berth, and hay meadows which they believe are part of their reserve.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 41, no. 4, 2017, pp. 93-114
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Compares two different editions of Emerson Blackhorse Mitchell’s book Miracle Hill: The Story of a Navajo Boy (1967 and 2004) and discusses how the readers' perceptions of the same text can be influenced by introductions and forewords.
Transmotion, vol. 3, no. 2, December 6, 2017, pp. 79-110
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The authors explore the ways that the design of two different Indigenous video games compels players to enact survivance, and how that experience of survivance creates a space for teaching and learning about culture and for decolonizing perspectives.
Discusses development of Métis culture and values, the history of their agricultural colonies, and the impact of settlement and subsequent changes to the economy of the region.
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 8, no. 4, Reconciling Research: Perspectives on Research Involving Indigenous Peoples-Part 2, 2017, pp. 1-16
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Examines using the Indigenous Cultural Responsiveness Theory as a decolonizing way to research health, education, governance and policies.
Aboriginal History, vol. 41, December 2017, pp. 47-70
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Article examines oral histories and archival content to reveal the lived experiences of Aboriginal women in Australia who formed relationships with the allied service men stationed there during WWII. Discusses how Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and African American, Native American and other servicemen of colour were often drawn together in the face of shared experiences of colonial discrimination and oppression.
Aboriginal History, vol. 41, no. 1, December 2017, pp. 23-45
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Uses the prosecution of Henry Valette Jones and Henry Thomas Morris for the murder of an Aboriginal man to illustrate the shortcomings of the colonial legal system in Australian when it came to prosecuting settlers for violence towards Indigenous peoples.
Autobiography of Leslie Garrett, born 1898 into a religious family in England. He became a minister of the Church of England after emigrating to Canada in 1913. In 1923 he was assigned to Big Trout Lake, ON, and did missionary work among the Aboriginal population for 31 years. In 1953 he moved to Loon Lake, SK, as a senior missionary for the Northern Canada Evangelical Mission.