Looks at the rejection of federal Bill C-33, First Nations Control of First Nations Education Act, and an alternative education decision-making model that is more aligned with the Mi'kmaq "Talking Circle" tradition.
James Henderson: Wicite Owapi Wicasa: The Man Who Paints the Old Men
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
[Sherry Farrell-Racette]
Description
Excerpt from exhibition catalogue: James Henderson: Wicite Owapi Wicasa: the Man Who Paints the Old Men curated by Dan Ring and Neal McLeod.
Looks at material and ornamentation on clothing worn by men.
International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, vol. 15, no. 1, February 2014
Description
Based on interviews with members of Elsipogtog First Nation (formerly Big Cove Band) in New Brunswick who had used videoconferencing and online web-based course delivery systems.
Historical background and submission to Indian Claims Commission (ICC) regarding the loss of 4500 square miles of land by the two First Nations. ICC found breaches of Treaty and other fiduciary obligations and recommended the claim be negotiated under Canada's Specific Claims Policy.
Commissioners include: Harry S. LaForme, Daniel J. Bellegarde, and P. E. James Prentice. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
Looks at health determinants such as chronic illness and risky behaviors that effect well-being and social determinants that contribute to disadvantages in areas of education, income and employment.
Primrose Lake Air Weapons Report: Cold Lake First Nations Rejected Claim Inquiry, Canoe Lake Cree Nation Rejected Claim Inquiry (French Language Version)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description
Historical background and submission to Indian Claims Commission (ICC) regarding the loss of 4500 square miles of land by the two First Nations. ICC found breaches of Treaty and other fiduciary obligations and recommended the claim be negotiated under Canada's Specific Claims Policy. French language version.
Commissioners include: Harry S. LaForme, Daniel J. Bellegarde, and P. E. James Prentice.
[These files were created and compiled by the ICC and provided to the Indigenous Studies Portal in 2009 to make widely available in online format.]
Transcultural Psychiatry, vol. 51, no. 3, 2014, pp. 387-406
Description
Discusses a story told by an older Gros Ventre woman in 1901 to an anthropologist about an intertribal battle and her escape and American Indian historical trauma.
R.A.C.E. Network’s 14th Annual Critical Race and Anticolonial Studies Conference
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Glen Coulthard
Description
Author presents thoughts on where decolonization should take us. Podcast from the 14th Annual Critical Race and AntiColonial Studies Conference, Unsettling Conversations, Unmaking Racisms and Colonialisms.
Duration: 57:22.
Canadian Studies in Population, vol. 41, no. 1-2, Spring/Summer, 2014, pp. 144-164
Description
Uses Statistics Canada's model to assess the impact an increase in educational attainment will have on future labour force inclusion of Aboriginal people.
International Journal of Canadian Studies, no. 41, Representations of First Nations and Métis / Les représentations des Premiéres Nations et des Métis, 2010, pp. 99-135
Description
Looks at strategies Indigenous peoples use to deal with state power and suggests an alternative way.
Background Paper (Parliamentary Information and Research Service) ;
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jed Chong
Description
Looks at the location, size and geology of the area, federal jurisdiction, economic benefits of mining development, ecosystem sensitivity and infrastructure, and initiatives by the federal and provincial governments.
"Revised 29 May 2014."
The Northern Review, no. 38, Political and Economic Change in Canada’s Provincial North, 2014, pp. 65-92
Description
Looks at development of new economic standards based on the seven sacred teachings and then applied by Aboriginal communities for asset-building strategies.