Arctic, vol. 61, no. 5, Supplement 1, December 2008, pp. 48-61
Description
Looks at how the governments commitment to Inuit traditional knowledge and values guides decisions, policies and laws that reflect the key philosophies, attitudes and practices of Nunavut’s Inuit majority.
Theatre Journal, vol. 59, no. 3, October 2007, pp. 449-465
Description
Article investigates the politics of theatre translation in two plays: The Rez Sisters by Tomson Highway, and Up the Ladder by Roger Bennett to determine how plays are altered for different audiences and cultures.
Critiques art exhibition mounted to celebrate the creation of new territory of Nunavut in terms of whether it accurately represented the Inuit, or was just a reflection of southern views about their art.
Canadian Journal of Political Science, vol. 41, no. 3, September 2008, pp. 525-547
Description
Demonstrates that race is of a political nature and that there is a lack of material on race in mainstream English Canadian political science. The author proposes a number of factors that have prevented significant research in this area, including dominant elite-focused and colour-blind approaches to the study of politics, and ways to address this disciplinary lag.
Sixty-Seven Nations and Counting: Proceedings of the Seventh Native American Symposium
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Author/Creator
John B. Love
Michael Kallam
Description
Assesses the academic performance of Native American students relative to other ethnic groups based on cultural issues, learning styles, and questions of choice and participation in educational opportunities.
Paper from Sixty-Seven Nations and Counting: Proceedings of the Seventh Native American Symposium edited by Mark B. Spencer and Rachel Tudor.
Transmotion, vol. 3, no. 2, December 6, 2017, pp. 137-149
Description
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.
Examines environmental journalism strategies of demonizing, orientalizing, essentializing and exaggerating Indigenous peoples as an argumentative strategy to influence readers in the struggle against policies and proposed rule changes that supports Indigenous cultural practices.
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Examines whether the Canadian judiciary system is capable of furthering reconciliation through interpretation of legal rights and duties.
Chapter eight in: The Politics of Reconciliation in Multicultural Societies edited by Will Kymlicka and Bashir Bashir.
Australian Humanities Review, no. 42, August 2007, p. [?]
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Comments on a violent demonstration at the height of the 1965 Freedom Rides in New South Wales where ironically most the opposing participants were related.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 32, no. 2, 2008, pp. 79-84
Description
Looks at the lack of voice for Native Americans in the media, where everything is put in terms of black and white, and argues that what happened in New Orleans was a forced relocation of a population.
Sexual Assault in Canada: Law, Legal Practice and Women's Activism
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Author/Creator
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.
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.
Discusses four-year project undertaken at the University of Victoria to increase retention and success of Aboriginal students through supportive programming, positive community experiences, peer mentoring, financial assistance, and cultural training for faculty and staff.
Guide suggested for Grade 9 students. Film, directed by Lori Lewis, deals with segregation of Aboriginal athletes and the abuse suffered in the residential school system
Niigaanibatowaad: FrontRunners.
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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..
Ethnohistory, vol. 55, no. 1, Winter, 2008, pp. 87-118
Description
Analyzes Indian Agents' responses in 1897 about administrative decisions and confrontations about fishing places, gear, licences and "closed-season" fishing by First Nations; argues Agents conserved fish for settlers and assimilated First Nation fishers into state management practices and extending so-called privileges.
Honourable James K. Bartleman discusses his childhood, the conditions of First Nation communities in Canada and his efforts to establish libraries, summer reading camps, and reading clubs in these communities.
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 8, no. 2, Reconciling Research: Perspectives on Research Involving Indigenous Peoples-Part 1, April 2017, pp. 1-30
Description
Analyzes books in OCLC Worldcat with Library of Congress subject heading "Indians of North America", with keywords genocide, holocaust or extermination.
Research Paper (National Centre for First Nations Governance)
Research Paper for the National Centre for First Nations Governance
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Frances Abele
Description
Analysis of the written Act from public administration and political science perspective, without the context of application or important court decisions.