Annual report outlining strategies and actions for economic development, employment, child well-being, land claim obligations and improvement of programs and services.
Annual report outlining strategies and actions for economic development, improvement of well-being, employment, land claim obligations, and improvement of programs and services.
Journal of Research in Rural Education, vol. 26, no. 3, 2011, pp. 1-13
Description
Explores a theoretical perspective that assertive individuals with a strong cultural identity are more likely to return to tribal areas and seek careers in which they serve Native communities.
Argues that Saskatoon Police Service's refusal to accept blame in the death of Neil Stonechild, despite the findings of Justice David Wright's final report, has serious ramifications for improved relations between Aboriginals and the city's other residents.
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 92, no. 1, March 2011, pp. 1-41
Description
Examines the controversial law enacted in 1849 to compensate Lower Canadians who lost property during the Rebellions of 1837, and the strategies used to defuse the political protests.
Histories of Anthropology Annual, vol. 6, 2010, pp. 129-170
Description
Looks at how Sol Tax incorporated action anthropology, through conventional tactics, into his goals of challenging the United States government policies and also challenged assimilationist ideals found in both science and politics.
Analyzes the kinds of art that are deemed acceptable as Aboriginal and discusses the ways the Barkindji people in Wilcannia deal with issues pertaining to the politics of culture, cultural subjectivity and identity.
American Antiquity, vol. 75, no. 2, April 2010, pp. 387-407
Description
Studies population trends, using archaeological settlement remains and methods developed in recent research on Iroquois cultures, to create a model of two precontact Native American populations and show the effects of European contact.
BC Studies, no. 172, Winter, 2011/2012, pp. 128-129
Description
Book review of The Power of Place, the Problem of Time by Keith Thor Carlson.
Entire book review section on one pdf. To access this review, scroll to p. 128.
Preventing Ecological Decline in the Bras d'Or Bioregion: The State Versus the Micmac 'Metamorphosis Machine'
Preventing Ecological Decline in the Bras d'Or Bioregion: The State Versus the Mikmaw 'Metamorphosis Machine'
Preventing Ecological Decline in the Bras d'Or Bioregion: The State Versus the Miqmaq 'Metamorphosis Machine'
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
William T. Hipwell
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 24, no. 2, 2004, pp. 253-281
Description
Discusses the ecological degradation of the central Bras d'Or Lakes watershed region and the active stance the Mi'kmaq people have taken to implement an integrated management approach to the issue.
Symposium on Reconciliation ; Toronto, Ontario February, 2011
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Marlene Brant Castellano
Description
Marlene Brant Castellano, Professor Emeritus at Trent University, speaks at the Symposium on Reconciliation in Toronto, Ontario, February, 2011.
Duration: 4:49.
Part 1 of 5.
Symposium on Reconciliation ; Toronto, Ontario February, 2011
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Marlene Brant Castellano
Description
Marlene Brant Castellano, Professor Emeritus at Trent University, speaks at the Symposium on Reconciliation in Toronto, Ontario, February, 2011.
Duration: 5:01.
Part 2 of 5.
Symposium on Reconciliation ; Toronto, Ontario February, 2011
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Marlene Brant Castellano
Description
Marlene Brant Castellano, Professor Emeritus at Trent University, speaks at the Symposium on Reconciliation in Toronto, Ontario, February, 2011.
Duration: 5:29.
Part 4 of 5.
Symposium on Reconciliation ; Toronto, Ontario February, 2011
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Marlene Brant Castellano
Description
Marlene Brant Castellano, Professor Emeritus at Trent University speaks at the Symposium on Reconciliation in Toronto, Ontario, February, 2011.
Duration: 6:09.
Part 5 of 5.
Overview of the actions taken by the Government of Canada with respect to Aboriginal issues of education, reconciliation, governance and self-government, economic development, empowering citizens and protecting the vulnerable, and resolution of land issues.
Website's purpose is to examine legacy and history of Residential Schools, commemorate lives of children who died, and promote social justice endeavours.
Contains links to general news and information about the initiative, social justice campaigns and educational resources.
Highlights contemporary challenges facing Indigenous peoples including American Indians and Alaskan Natives.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page vii.
Qikiqtani Truth Commission Final Report: Achieving Saimaqatigiingniq
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Qikiqtani Truth Commission
Description
Commission was established to create a record of how government policies between 1950 and 1975 affected the Inuit living in the Baffin region. Report based testimonies and interviews, and archival research. Includes recommendations.