Discusses a research methodology that provides opportunity for non-Indigenous researchers to be connected to the cultural, political, and social meanings and understandings of Indigenous knowledge.
"This paper argues that the incorporation of Aboriginal principles requires some understanding of their significance via a process of cross-cultural translation that also puts conventional non-Aboriginal understandings of reconciliation under the microscope."
Position Statement for ICMM members to engage with Indigenous people in order to have constructive relationship based on mutual respect, trust and mutual benefit.
Round table discussion on Indigenous Peoples, Asia-Pactific Economic Co-operation (APEC) and Canadian Foreign Policy; included participants from: Canada, the Pacific, Asia and Central America.
International Journal of Canadian Studies, no. 41, Representations of First Nations and Métis in Canada and Quebec / Présentation: Représentations des, 2010, pp. 315-333
Description
Discusses and compares Disrobing the Aboriginal Industry: The Deception Behind Indigenous Cultural Preservation by Frances Widdowson and Albert Howard and A Fair Country: Telling Truths About Canada by John Ralston Saul.
Discusses two approaches to reconciliation: one focusing on victims and perpetrators involved in residential schools as an isolated policy of the past, the other which considers the schools part of a system which perpetuates harm and discord.
Global Environmental Politics, vol. 10, no. 4, November 2010, pp. 12-35
Description
Looks at the environmental justice struggles of Indigenous peoples and their demands for equity, recognition, participation, and other capabilities, looking at all of these in terms of a concern for the basic functioning of nature, culture, and communities.
Journal of Sustainable Tourism, vol. 18, no. 1, January 2010, pp. 43-60
Description
Examines the evolution of the relationship between tourism and Indigenous peoples; and discusses the proposed six-stage model and sustainability implications of the model.
Paper presented at the Under Western Skies Conference on "Indigenous Ways of Knowing" and the environmental challenges facing western Canada including global warming, endangered species and the tar sands.
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 5, no. 2, 2010, pp. 96-106
Description
The author examines his life-work of community development and healing work in northern Aboriginal communities of Ontario in a reflective and narrative way.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 21, no. 2, 1997, pp. 229-254
Description
Argues that future research will determine whether Native Americans share in biased condemnations against suspects in crimes, based on internalized negative stereotypes.
AIATSIS National Indigenous Studies Conference ; 2009
Information Technologies and Indigenous Communities Symosium ; 2010
E-Books
Author/Creator
Laurel Evelyn Dyson
Fiona Brady
Daniel Featherstone
Inge Kral
Cat Kutay ... [et al.]
Description
Developed from papers presented at the 2009 AIATSIS National Indigenous Studies Conference and the 2010 Symposium, Information Technologies and Indigenous Communities.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 21, no. 1, 1997, pp. 131-154
Description
Discusses the impact of various legislation including the Jay Treaty of 1794, which assured border crossing rights, the 1891 Immigration Act deeming them neither USA nor Canadian citizens, and the Alien Registration Act of 1940 that classified First Nations as aliens.
Canadian Studies in Population, vol. 37, no. 1-2, 2010, pp. 151-174
Description
Study shows that when children and parents belong to the same ethnic group, children will take their parents identity and in Aboriginal/non-Aboriginal unions, children will favor Aboriginal identities.
Excerpts from author's talk discussing Hul'qumi'num Treaty Group's complaint against Canada before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and his book Savage Anxieties.
Duration: 55:17.