Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada (AANDC)
Description
Outlines activities undertaken in three priority areas: enhanced capacity building and training, enforceable standards and protocols, and infrastructure investments. Also summarizes capital investments and outcomes of recent inspections of systems.
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 3, no. 3, Water and Indigenous Peoples, 2012, pp. 1-23
Description
Examines three issues: need to establish stronger legal and ethical frameworks, need to raise biodiversity/water security profile, need to improve cross-cultural understanding.
Arctic Anthropology, vol. 49, no. 1, 2012, pp. 3-17
Description
Looks at the origins of names for the Indigenous people of the Lower Kenai Peninsula of Alaska and explains the difficulties encountered when deciding which term is most appropriate.
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.
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.
Document aimed at developing workers' knowledge of world views, skill sets to deal with Aboriginal individuals and communities and ability to act as advocates of systemic change.
Arbutus Review, vol. 3, no. 2, Special Focus on Indigenous Governance, 2012, pp. 6-19
Description
Reviews scholarship on British Columbia resettlement, examines the Saanichton Marina court case, and discusses ongoing disputes over recognition of the Douglas Treaties.
Focuses on the third objective of the report which is to engage Aboriginal women in setting priorities and set the direction for future work on Aboriginal women's issues in Yukon. Held October 13 and 14, 2012, Whitehorse, Yukon.
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 35, no. 1, Indigenous Pedagogies Resurgence and Restoration, 2012, pp. 23-41, 224
Description
Discusses the history of settler control for Indigenous education and how local Native communities now design and institute culturally appropriate curricula for their youth in the educational system.