Study conducted with the women and children of the Miccosukee and Seminole tribes of Florida and reports that a traditional group had higher positive self-regard than the more integrated group.
Adrian Hope has been active in Metis politics since the 1920s. He was involved in the organization of the Metis Association of Alberta, the Ewing Commission hearings, and the development of Metis colonies in Alberta.
CBC report concerning an invitation issued by Chief Louis Stevenson to South African Ambassador Babb to visit the Reserve; invitation meant to highlight parallels between Apartheid and living conditions of Aboriginal Canadians.
Duration: 6:39.
Discusses amendments to the Act involving reinstatement of status that had been lost due to gender discrimination in the previous Act, the issue of transmission of status to children, difficulties in producing documentation, and band membership vs. status.
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 5, no. 1, January 1976, p. 12
Description
Describes ceremony on Sweetgrass Reserve in Saskatchewan; administrative offices officially opened by Dr. J. Cliff McIsaac (Liberal representative from Battleford/Kindersley area).
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 6, no. 8, August 1976, p. 38
Description
Chief Rod King, of the Lucky Man First Nation, declined medals and asked the Crown to honour the Treaty 6 promises at a commemorative centenary ceremony.
Assessment of performance in achieving objectives, need for programs, impacts, cost-effectiveness, and alternatives to practices in place at that time.
Examines reasons for supporting Aboriginal participation in the management and development of surrounding land and resources for the economic sustainability of Aboriginal communities.
Arctic, vol. 40, no. 4, Fortieth Anniversary Special, December 1987, pp. 358-359
Description
Book review of: Collected Paper on the Human History of the Northwest Territories. Occasional Paper No. 1 edited by Margaret Jean Patterson, Charles D. Arnold and Robert R. Janes.
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 7, no. 1, 1987, pp. 41-56
Description
(Abstract in French and English, article in French)
Examines how the Montagnais benefitted from competition between the Hudson's Bay Company and independent fur traders in this region and the methods employed by the Company while trying to control the market.
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 7, no. 2, 1987, pp. 181-193
Description
In Navajo mythology, the coyote is an important figure representing a wide variety of beings while also demonstrating and reinforcing concepts of harmony and order.
Book review of: Cultures in Contact, The Impact of European Contacts on Native American Cultural Institutions, A.D. 1000-1800 edited and with commentary by William W. Fitzhugh.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 20, no. 2, 1996, pp. 155-172
Description
Commentary on the assertions that the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) and other Native American confederacies helped shape ideas of democracy the early U.S. and Europe.
Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, vol. 24, no. 3, June 1996, pp. 217-221
Description
Compares 1988 and 1980 data gathered by the Medical Services Branch, from the Pacific Region of Health Canada and the recent B.C. Children's Health Survey.