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Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Verna St. Denis
Canadian Journal of Education, vol. 30, no. 4, Coalition Work in Indigenous Educational Contexts, 2007, pp. 1068-1092
Description
Examines how anti-racist education could provide a foundation to forge alliances between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal communities in search of social justice in education.
Aboriginal Women of Québec and Canada: Path Toward Equality
Alternate Title
Cahier DIALOG ; no. 2007-04. Proceedings
Cahiers DIALOG
E-Books
Author/Creator
Marie France Labrecque
Carole Lévesque
Jeannette Corbière Lavell
Evelyn O'Bomsawin
Diana Soroka
Cheryl Knockwood ...
Merilda St.-Onge
Christine Sioui Wanwanoloath ...
Michèle Taïna Audette
Karente Horn-Miller ...
Linda Jean ...
Marceline Picard-Kanapé
Manon Tremblay
Janet Mark
Chantelle Richard
Kahá:wi Jacobs
Roberta Stout
Sheila Swasson
Evelyne St. Onge
Noat Einish
Dolorès André ... [et al.]
Assessing the Right of Forcibly Separated Romani Families to Compensation: Lessons from the Canadian Experience
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Tara Bedard
Roma Rights Quarterly, no. 4, 2007, pp. 25-32
Description
Discusses the parallels between the experiences of children in residential schools with child protection practices which targeted Roma in Europe to build a case for compensation for the Romani families.
Authentically Authored Native American Young Adult Literature (YAL) and Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy (CSP) in the Preparation of Preservice Teachers
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Alice Hays
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 56, no. 2, Summer, 2017, pp. 34-56
Description
Looks at college students reading Eric Gansworth's If I Ever Get Out of Here to determine if their perceptions change about inequalities felt by Indigenous people.
Battles, Syntheses, Revisions, and Prophecies: Histories and
Modernities in the Phoenix Indian School's Native American,
1901–1916
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jennifer Bess
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 29, no. 3, Fall, 2017, pp. [29]-63
Description
Reviews alumni/ae publications free of boarding school censorship, supplemented by archival information to place students in Robert Warrior's nonfiction tradition.
Beyond The Pale: Whiteness as Innocence in Education
Theses
Author/Creator
Sheelah R. McLean
Description
Educational Foundations Thesis (M.Ed.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2007.
Blanket Exercise Treaty 8 and Métis (Alberta) Adaptation: Facilitator Guide
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Alberta Teachers' Association
Description
Adapted for the Alberta context from the KAIROS Blanket Exercise, an interactive learning experience focusing on the historical and contemporary relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples of Canada. Themes explored are: assimilation, discrimination, Indigenous rights and reconciliation.
Carlisle Indian Industrial School: Manuscripts
Documents & Presentations
Description
Bibliography of programs, letters, government reports, student memory books, and other resources in the manuscript collection.
'Chief Illiniwek' Does His Last Dance
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Tim Giago
Indigenous Policy Journal , vol. 18, no. 1, Spring, 2007
Description
Discusses the use of human beings as mascots and the reasons why the University of Illinois dropped its Indian mascot.
Child Slavery in Canada’s Residential-School Prisons
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Richard Sanders
Press for Conversion!, vol. 69, Fictive Canada: Indigenous Slaves and Captivating Narratives of a Mythic Nation, Fall, 2017, pp. 44-51
Description
History of the end of one form of colonialism in slavery and the rise of another through residential schools in Canada.
Children of the Broken Treaty: Canada's Lost Promise and One Girl's Dream
E-Books
Author/Creator
Charlie Angus
Civil Liability for Sexual Assault in Aboriginal Residential Schools: The Baker Did It
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Bruce Feldthusen
Canadian Journal of Law and Society, vol. 22, no. 1, 2007, pp. 61-91
Description
Uses judicial decisions to examine how plaintiffs have fared in tort actions focusing on three issues: credibility, damage assessment and vicarious liability.
Creating Racism-Free Schools through Critical/Courageous Conversations on Race
E-Books
Author/Creator
Manitoba Education and Training, Indigenous Inclusion Directorate
Critical/Courageous Conversations on Race: What Your Child Is Learning at School and How You Can Help
E-Books
Author/Creator
Manitoba Education and Training
Indigenous Inclusion Directorate
A Critical Race Theory Analysis of Métis Teachers' Counter-Stories
Theses
Author/Creator
Carmen Leigh Gillies
Description
Educational Foundations Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2017.
Desistance and Identity Change Among Aboriginal Females
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
John D. Hundleby
Barbara M. Gfellner
Darrell Racine
Identity, vol. 7, no. 3, 2007, pp. 225-253
Description
Comments on a group of women who left a life of problems and antisocial behaviour and adopted a positive view of themselves.
Disciplining the Savages: Savaging the Disciplines
E-Books
Author/Creator
Martin Nakata
Education as a Healing Process
Theses
Author/Creator
Belkacem Taieb
Description
Integrated Studies in Education Thesis (M.A.)--McGill University, 2007.
The Equity Myth: Racialization and Indigeneity at Canadian Universities
E-Books
Author/Creator
Frances Henry
Enakshi Dua
Carl E. James
Audrey Kobayashi
Peter Li
Howard Ramos
Malinda S. Smith
Equity Works: Achieving the Target of 2% Aboriginal Employment in the South Australian Public Sector: Accompanying Report I: Literature Review
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Kate Barnett
Description
Topics include quantity and quality of employment, closed and open gateways to employment, and governments as gatekeepers to public service employment.
Equity Works: Achieving the Target of 2% Aboriginal Employment in the South Australian Public Sector: Final Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Kate Barnett
John Spoehr
Eric Parnis
Description
Discussion of the nature of Aboriginal employment and barriers to achieving the desired number and level of appointments and retaining those hired to fill positions.
Factors Associated with Reduced Depression and Suicide Risk among Maori High School Students New Zealand
Theses
Author/Creator
Terryann Coralie Clark
Description
[Nursing] Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Minnesota, 2007.
Good Things in Indian Country Barely Noticed
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Doug Cuthand
StarPhoenix, June 29, 2007, p. A11
Description
Discusses two education success stories and the relative lack of positive media exposure.
Historical Trauma and Its Effects on a Ni Mii Puu Family: Finding Story - Healing Wounds
Theses
Author/Creator
Robert Lynn Tow-le-kit-we-son-my Paul
Description
Professional Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--Gonzaga University, 2007.
“I Thought You'd Call Her White Feather”: Native Women and Racial Microaggressions in Doctoral Education
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Heather J. Shotton
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 56, no. 1, Spring, 2017, pp. 32-54
Description
Looks at the cross-cultural experiences of female Indigenous doctoral students in the United States.
The Indian Boarding School Era and Its Continuing Impact on Tribal Families and the Provision of Government Services
Alternate Title
Indian Tribes and Statehood: A Symposium in Recognition of Oklahoma's Centennial
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Ann Murray Haag
Tulsa Law Review, vol. 43, no. 1, Fall, 2007, pp. 149-168
Description
Discusses: history of the schools, consequences of removal for individuals and their families, impact of child placement services and welfare programs, and potential remedies.
Indian School, Company Town: Outing Students from Sherman Institute at Fontana Farms Company, 1907-1930
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kevin Whalen
Pacific Historical Review, vol. 86, no. 2, May 2017, pp. 290-321
Description
Argues that while school officials regarded the practice of placing male students as farm labourers during the summer months as a method of assimilation, many used their employment to serve their own purposes.
A Library Matter of Genocide: The Library of Congress and the Historiography of the Native American Holocaust
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Michael Q. Dudley
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.
Louise Bernice Halfe
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Louise Bernice Halfe
Ian Ferrier
Description
Interview with an author at the Words Aloud 4 Spoken Word Festival in Durham, Ontario, November 2007.
Duration: 9:37.
Moving Between Opposing Worlds: The Moral Experiences of White, Anti-Racism Educators in Saskatchewan
Theses
Author/Creator
Vonda Plett Martens
Description
Psychology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2007.
Niigaanibatowaad: FrontRunners
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Lori Lewis
Laura Robinson
Description
Presents play FrontRunners by Laura Robinson about segregation and abuse in residential school, the Aboriginal teenage boys selected to run 800 kilometers carrying the torch for the Pan Am Games in Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1967, and the apology by the province thirty-two years later.
Duration: 47:27
Niigaanibatowaad: FrontRunner Study Guide.
Lesson Plan.
Oh, Canada
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Mark Cherrington
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 31, no. 3, Reparations for Indigenous Peoples, Fall, 2007, p. [?]
Description
Describes abuses suffered by children in residential schools, the settlement process and the system for "grading" abuses in determining reparations.
The Ole Crab Story: Analysis of a Personal Experience in Colonialism and Antiracism Theory
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Barb Lateroute
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 30, no. 2, 2007, pp. 289-304
Description
Comments on the debilitating aspects of colonialism and how Aboriginal people can combat racism effectively by working together to empower each other as a cultural group.
Plain Talk 6: Residential Schools
Alternate Title
It's Our Time: First Nations Tool Kit
Plain Talk ; 6
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Assembly of First Nations]
Description
Describes the history of Canada's residential schools which were financed by the federal government, but largely run by various religious organizations.
Reconciliation or Racialization? Contemporary Discourses About Residential Schools in the Canadian Prairies
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Amanda M. Gebhard
Canadian Journal of Education, vol. 40, no. 1, 2017, pp. 1-30
Description
Shows contemporary teachings about settler innocence and Aboriginal responsibility run the risk of re-inscribing the same old past colonial characteristics.
Reparations: Putting The Past to Rights
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Ellen L. Lutz
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 31, no. 3, Reparations for Indigenous Peoples, Fall, 2007
Description
Discusses the past violations that the indigenous peoples have suffered and the reparations necessary to honour those who were wronged.
Research Reveals Discrimination, Explodes Stereotypes
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Paul Barnsley
Windspeaker, vol. 25, no. 1, April 2007, p. 9
Description
Michael Mendelson, a senior scholar at the Caledon Institute of Social Policy in Toronto, suggests discrimination on the part of Canadian government policies in regards to the delivering and funding of Aboriginal education.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.9.
Reshaping the University: Responsibility, Indigenous Epistemes, and the Logic of the Gift
E-Books
Author/Creator
Rauna Kuokkanen
Running Solo: Indigenous Teacher Identity in Roman Catholic Education
Theses
Author/Creator
Tyler Larry Wright
Description
Curriculum and Instruction Thesis (M.Ed.)--University of Regina, 2017.
Speaking In Circles: Indigenous Identity and White Privilege
Theses
Author/Creator
Adrian Downey
Description
Education Thesis (M.A.)--Mount Saint Vincent University, 2017.
Stop and Think: Addressing Social Injustices Through Critical Reflection
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Sherry Ramrattan Smith
Education Canada, vol. 47, no. 1, Making Space For Critical Reflection: Dreams & Solutions For Aboriginal Children, Winter, 2007, pp. 48-51
Description
Through the author's experiences, looks at how power and privilege spills over into the classroom setting through oppression that is related to gender, race, class and sexual orientation.
Strain, Emotion, and Suicide Among American Indian Youth
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Melissa L. Walls
Constance L. Chapple
Kurt D. Johnson
Deviant Behavior, vol. 28, no. 3, 2007, pp. 219-246
Description
Tests Robert Agnew's general strain theory to explain suicide in minority groups. Results shows how coercive parenting, caretaker rejection, and negative school attitudes contribute to youth suicide.
Teachers' Constructions of Racism and Anti-Racism in the School
Theses
Author/Creator
Tyler McCreary
Description
Geography Thesis (M.A.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2007.
Time to Deal With School Issue and Move On
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Doug Cuthand
Leader Post, May 7, 2007, p. B1
Description
Due to a negotiated settlement, the victims of residential schools will soon receive compensation. This article argues that it is now time to look to the future.
Trauma, Child Development, Healing and Resilience: A Review of Literature with Focus on Indigenous Peoples and Communities
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Patti LaBoucane-Benson
Nicole Sherren
Deanna Yerichuk
Description
Search of literature published between 2010 and 2016 which focused on either Alberta or Canada produced 44 results. Results are arranged under the headings interconnected worldview, development of legal traditions, positive individual and collective identity, and self-determination.
Truth on Trial: Indigenous News Media and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada
Alternate Title
Media@LSE MSc Dissertation series
Theses
Author/Creator
Tomas Borsa
Description
Politics & Communication Thesis (M.Sc.)--London School of Economics, 2016.
Two Per Cent is No Solution, Secret Report
Alternate Title
Two Percent is No Solution, Secret Report
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Paul Barnsley
Windspeaker, vol. 25, no. 2, May 2007, p. 8
Description
Assembly of First Nations National Chief Phil Fontaine contends that government funding for First Nations basic services is inadequate.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.8.
Urban Aboriginal Task Force: Kenora Final Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Don McCaskill
Kevin Fitzmaurice
Tara Letwiniuk
Joint Steering Committee
Urban Aboriginal Task Force (UATF)
Description
Study focused on: education, income, employment, housing, culture and identity, racism, health, issues specific to youth, women and men and provision of social services. Research conducted through key informant interviews, life histories, focus groups and community survey.
Sample size of 280 participants 96 percent of whom were Aboriginal.
Urban Aboriginal Task Force: Ottawa Final Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Joint Steering Committee
Urban Aboriginal Task Force (UATF)
Don McCaskill
Kevin Fitzmaurice
Description
Study focused on: education, culture and identity, political representation, housing, economic development, racism, health, economically successful residents, youth issues, and gaps in social services. Research conducted through key informant interviews, life histories, focus groups and community survey.
Sample size of 340.