American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 41, no. 4, 2017, pp. 45-70
Description
Argues that tribal historic preservation methods provide insight for all cultural heritage managers. Uses the approach and findings of the Grand Ronde Land Tenure Project as an example of repurposing archival documents in the interests of the Indigenous peoples.
Basic Income Guarantee and First Nations: Cautions for Implementation
Basic Income Guarantee Series
Research Paper (Northern Policy Institute) ; no. 19
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Gayle Broad
Jessica Nadjiwon-Smith
Description
Discusses suitability of Ontario's basic income guarantee program. Looks at differences between poverty experienced by First Nations as opposed to general population, challenges associated with administration, results of literature review on implementation, and identifies questions that should be asked during the evaluation phase.
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 10, no. 5, Special Issue: The Impact of Reserve and Reservation Systems on Indigenous Well-Being, 11 22, 2019
Description
Author offers a critical perspective on the perspectives in discussion papers being released by municipal government agencies in response to reserves being created within and adjacent to urban centers; argues that many of the perspective within these documents reinforce settler colonialism and ignore Indigenous sovereignty.
Practices based on experiences shared by First Nations leaders and managers, lawyers specializing in Indigenous law, and previous reports. Primary focus is British Columbia, but information generally applies across Canada.
Updated version of Best Practices for Consultation and Accommodation by MNP.
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 8, no. 4, Reconciling Research: Perspectives on Research-Part 2, October 2017, pp. 1-32
Description
Uses U.S. census data and linear regression model to predict per capital income and house hold income for Hawaiians and compares information to U.S. census data in California.
Documentary about three sisters and a brother meeting for the first time after being taken from their mother and adopted out as part of the "Sixties Scoop".
Duration: 1:19:21.
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 51, no. 2, 2017, pp. 289-310
Description
Discusses failure of new protocols put in place to ensure safe drinking water on reserves and contrasts the response to the failure of water system in Walkerton, Ontario, which took place the same year.
Discusses how Crown and Indigenous governments can engage with each other on the basis of a nation-to-nation relationship to develop regimes for management of resources which ensure mutually beneficial outcomes.
Indigenous Cultures and Mental Health Counselling: Four Directions for Integration with Counselling Psychology
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Terry Mitchell
Description
Looks at the effects of personal and collective trauma through a political lens.
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Chapter from Indigenous Cultures and Mental Health Counselling edited by Suzanne L. Stewart, Roy Moodley, and Ashely Hyatt.
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University of Saskatchewan Undergraduate Research Journal, vol. 3, no. 2, April 2017, pp. 1-8
Description
An analysis of four primary sources published by William Johnson, Superintendent of Northern Indian Affairs, British General Charles Lee, University of Pennsylvania Provost William Smith, and plantation owner and British soldier Peter Williamson.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 43, no. 3, Indigeneity, Feminism, Activism, 2019, pp. 1-40
Description
A discussion of Indigenous feminist politics and the relationship between Indigenous women and water using the Flint water crisis and NoDAPL action at Standing Rock to illustrate.
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 8, no. 2, Reconciling Research: Perspectives on Research Involving Indigenous Peoples, April 2017, pp. 1-31
Description
Article provides two case studies of the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe and their demographic and socioeconomic data initiatives to create locally and culturally relevant data for decision making.
BC Studies , no. 200, 50th Anniversary, Winter, 2019, pp. 13-18
Description
Originally released November 17, 1970, this paper responds to the federal government’s White Paper, released in June of 1969. The Union of BC Indian Chiefs rejects the policies in the White Paper, reminding the government that changing or abridging the historic relationship between First Nations and the Federal Government requires consent from the First Nations.
Looks at experiences of social workers in agencies providing guardianship and protective services to children and families within and outside Indigenous communities and reports how current funding arrangements affect availability of supports.
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 51, no. 1, Destabilizing Canada / Le Canada déstabilisé, Winter, 2017, pp. 153-185
Description
General discussion of consultation and consent, and analysis of recent legal cases which illustrate how Indigenous peoples in Alberta have been excluded from decision-making involving the oil industry.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 4, no. 3, 1978, pp. 211-221
Description
An examination of the political and economical reasons for the Iroquois Nation to war with southern American Indigenous groups during the eighteenth century.
Discusses disparate outcomes in health, socioeconomic, and family welfare between Indigenous and non-Indigenous populations, the importance of early childhood in determining life trajectory, current programs, need for performance data, and future directions.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal , vol. 41, no. 3, Indigenous Food Sovereignty, 2017, pp. 113-125
Description
Discusses how colonization has disrupted communities' relationship with the land, efforts to restore the connection on the reservation, and how ideas about tradition and sustainability are linked to food sovereignty.
An Assessment of Major Phases of the Research Methodology Used in IFSD’s First Nations Child and Family Services Project
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Halaina Gaspard
[Scott Edward Bennett]
Description
Study conducted as a result of the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal ruling that First Nations children were being discriminated against in the existing child welfare system. Purpose was to: develop reliable data collection, analysis and reporting methodology; provide technical expertise to analyze current agency needs and advice on how to monitor and respond to needs from fiscal and governance perspectives; analyze complete needs assessments; and complete a cost analysis.
Annual Meeting of the International Conference on Sustainable Development ; 2019
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Lateisha Ugwuegbula
Darlene Coyle
Alexander Wightman
Description
Argues that fragmentation of jurisdiction and lack of coordination over different levels of government has led to gaps, uncertainty about responsibility, problems with accountability, and failure to protect source water. Further argues that the current model of using watershed management agencies is inadequate and government should be moving to Integrated Water Resource Management, which is a more inclusive and holistic approach.
Examines the need for an auditor general, potential benefits, and options for design and establishment of the institution as part of a new fiscal relationship between First Nations and the Government of Canada.
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 100, no. 3, September 2019, pp. 398-438
Description
Discusses how Department of Indian Affairs (DIA) Secretary (1936-52), Thomas Robert Loftus (T.R.L.) MacInnes created and used racializing narratives to respond to Indigenous peoples’ resistance to assimilation and promoted “Indian executions” as a means to address “the problem.”
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 32, no. 2, Fall, 2017, pp. 115-122
Description
Essay situates the #NoDAPL movement to stop the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL), within the historical context and the longer histories of Oceti Sakowin resistance against the trespass of settlers, dams, and pipelines across the Mni Sose, the Missouri River, and into Sioux territory.
Purpose of study was to identify barriers to filing and benefit uptake. Conducted 12 discussion groups with community and band council members in six Indigenous communities (Sunchild First Nation, Sagamok Anishnawbek First Nation, Cree Nation of Mistissini, Sheshatshiu Innu First Nation, K’atl’odeeche First Nation, Fort Nelson First Nation); and 42 in-depth telephone interviews with intermediaries
Final revision date: July 28, 2017.
Geography Thesis (Ph.D.)--Wilfrid Laurier University, 2017.
Focuses on the Six Nations of the Grand River, Oneida Nation of the Thames, and Mississaugas of the New Credit First Nation.
Reports results of document search and interviews with representatives from regional First nations data governance centres. Focus of environment scan and research included: state and history of initiatives, regional considerations around the government-First Nation relationship, and regional data sovereignty, Nation building and intergovernmental relationships.