Quantitative study of broadband access, device use, and uses of the internet by Tribal peoples. Combines survey results, normed against other national surveys, and case studies of six successful projects.
Sheilla Jones and Sheila North to discuss Let the People Speak: Oppression in a Time of Reconciliation. The pair have taken the ideas in the book and formed the Modernized Annuity Working Group.
Provides guidance of each step in the process: creating a framework, pre-planning, planning, implementation, monitoring and assessment, and adaptation.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 43, no. 4, Fraud in Native American Communities, 2019, pp. 33-36
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Artist James Luna discusses what it means to be accepted as an American Indian by examining the criteria for tribal enrollment and critiques the work of self-declared Cherokee artist Jimmie Durham.
Saskatchewan History, vol. 44, no. 3, Autumn, 1992, pp. 81-85
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Discusses the purpose and process of developing the Wanuskewin Heritage site; describes the different spaces on the site, and the different stakeholders involved with the park’s development.
Entire issue on one .pdf, scroll to page 81.
Uses literature on environmental racism to frame case study of the Canadian government's inaction on the issue and provides overview of Indigenous-government relations to illustrate factors which have allowed this human rights violation. Argues that the current situation is a result of lack of government accountability and the country's colonial history.
AlterNative, vol. 15, no. 2, June 2019, pp. 111-120
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Author examines the multiple factors at play in defining the term indigeneity. Considers the right of people to self-identify, the legal implications and complications that result based on the definition, and the gap between the legal definition and the sociocultural practice thereof. Discuss both United States contexts and global ones.
Photo of illustration made from photograph of White Cap, Sioux Chief, pledging friendship to his white brother, taken from Illustrated War News, 25 April 1885.
Timeline from the General Enfranchisement Act to the Indian Act and pertinent court cases and decisions which resulted in legislation to amend the Act.
Statement on behalf of the federal government including a snapshot of Canada in 1993: Constitutional changes, land claims, B.C. Treaty Commission, Nunavut, Council of Yukon Indians, self-government and Northern issues.
First Nations Programs and Partnerships Unit (FNPP)
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Topics include Yukon First Nations, their territories, languages, and governments, culturally responsive educational practices, working with Elders, and curriculum elaborations.
American Indian Law Review, vol. 17, no. 2, 1992, pp. 589-637
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Discusses how declarations as a sovereign nation and using established rules of customary international law, will with help the tribe in the return of its cultural property