Author argues that race is an idea and not a biological fact, therefore Aboriginal rights are not products of ill-conceived "race-based" notions, but rather they are fundamental values and general principles.
Journal of Indigenous Social Development, vol. 6, no. 2, 2017, pp. [23]-49
Description
Explores collective documentary filmmaking as an instrument of decolonizing storytelling, describes the consensus-based work of a diverse group including both Indigenous and settler artists involved in the Stories of Decolonization project's first short film Stories of Decolonization: Land Dispossession and Settlement.
Journal of Indigenous Social Development, vol. 5, no. 2, 2017, pp. 20-12
Description
Study looks at how to create culturally safe research methods for improving health equity; stresses that trust is the overarching theme fundamental to cultural safety, and that this trust is built by accommodating and engaging cultural and community practices and knowledges.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 29, no. 4, Winter, 2017, pp. 58-75
Description
Explore Vizenor’s use of devices such as humour, code-switching, and subversion of the English language to undermine Eurocentric narratives and create agency for the characters in his writing.
Discusses historical and contemporary factors which contribute to high rate of homeless found in the Indigenous population and looks at 12 different dimensions: historic displacement, contemporary geographic separation, spiritual disconnection, mental disruption and imbalance, cultural disintegration and loss, overcrowding, relocation and mobility, nowhere to go, escaping or evading harm, emergency crisis, and climatic refuge,
Arctic Anthropology, vol. 54, no. 2, 2017, pp. 71-82
Description
Article follows up on a small ethnographic survey conducted in 2011-2012; examines the ideas of cultural citizenship and social mobility as they are expressed by students from Greenland who are studying in Denmark.
Includes sections on historiography and colonialism in the context of Africa, South and East Asia, the Pacific, the Caribbean, the Middle East, Central Steppes, and North America.
Borderlands E-Journal: New Spaces in the Humanities, vol. 1, no. 2, 2002, p. [?]
Description
Examines significant court decisions from an Aboriginal perspective to illustrate the problems facing First Nations when dealing with the Canadian judicial system's inherent legal colonialism.
Cultural Dynamics and Social Representations of Dogs in the Inuit Community of Kuujjuaq (Nunavik)
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Patricia Brunet
Francis Lévesque
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 41, no. 1-2, Bestiaire inuit = Inuit Bestiary, 2017, pp. 265-283
Description
Presents the findings of research conducted in September of 2016 on the changing place of dogs in Kuujjaq, a community where Inuit and non-Inuit live together. Researchers found “that dogs in the community occupy a position that oscillates between appreciation and repulsion—a position shaped by cultural and community contexts.”
Text in French.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 22, no. 1, 2002, pp. 1-22
Description
Argues that education has been used as a tool for assimilation and that reflection on its power and control is necessary in resisting cultural homogenization.
[Circle on Philanthropy and Aboriginal Peoples in Canada]
Description
Defines the sector, maps funding economy, identifies key issues, gives insights from focus groups, and makes recommendations. Includes five case studies: Got Bannock, Bear Clan, Indspire, Families First Foundation, and the Royal Bank of Canada.
Examines the historical, political, and social issues that affect the health outcomes of Métis; looks at Métis organizations directly involved in the areas of health policy, programs, or services; and discusses federal and provincial initiatives that deal with the health issues of Métis.
AlterNative, vol. 13, no. 3, Fostering Cultural Safety across Contexts, September 2017, pp. 179-189
Description
Discusses how two organizations, the National Collaborating Centre for Aboriginal Health (NCCAH) and Northern Health, have approached incorporating Indigenous knowledge about health and wellness into their healthcare practices.
Arctic Anthropology, vol. 54, no. 2, 2017, pp. 1-23
Description
Authors discuss how oral histories can influence and change collective memories and memory negotiation; argue that collective memory which includes a diversity of perspective is vital increasing human understanding of the past and a sense of belonging in the present.
University of Saskatchewan Undergraduate Research Journal, vol. 3, no. 2, April 2017, pp. 1-10
Description
Looks at flow of foodstuffs between Hudson's Bay Company men and the James Bay Cree who lived near the Fort. Argues that traders were consistently reliant upon provisions supplied by Indigenous trappers, hunters, and fishers.