Canada’s First Nations: A Legacy of Institutional Racism
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Claire Hutchings
Description
Brief history with respect to the treatment of Aboriginal people.
Relates how a cultural awareness workshop for staff initiated by chaplain Leonard Bananish has changed attitudes about Aboriginal inmates of the Thunder Bay district jail.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.8.
Discusses controversy over the use of Chief Illiniwek as a mascot at the University of Illinois. Chapter from book: Native Chicago edited by Terry Straus.
Highlights the different views the Minister of Indian Affairs and the Assembly of First Nations national chief have in regards to what constitutes First Nations' major and pressing issues.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.2.