Alberta Journal of Educational Research, vol. 47, no. 2, Summer, 2001, pp. 196-201
Description
Book review of: Indigenous Education Models for Contemporary Practice: In Our Mother's Voice edited by Maenette Kae'ahiokalani Padeken Ah Nee-Beham and Joanne Elizabeth Cooper.
Discusses how communities are reformulating planning practices and incorporating traditional knowledge, cultural identity, and stewardship over land and resources. Includes a case study of the Oneida Tribal Nation of Wisconsin’s Turtle School.
Historical background and submissions to Indian Claims Commission (ICC) regarding whether division and partial surrender of Tsimpsean Reserve was lawful. ICC found the surrender invalid and absolute surrender of aboriginal interests could not be required. Recommendations: settlement agreement provides for Aboriginal interests; redraft agreement; parties meet to discuss ICC report. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 25, no. 3, 2001, pp. 161-177
Description
Argues that the difference between English and Aboriginal languages influences interpreptation, i.e., Indigenous languages assume that movement, change and uncertainty are inherent in the universe.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 20, no. 2, 2000, pp. 263-282
Description
Looks at the Whitefish Lake Cooperative Management Agreement as an example of shared management and suggests this model that may influence future land and resource arrangements.
Looks at the historical time line of the Gitksan peoples since colonization.
Pre-publication of book chapter: Potlatch at Gisegukla: William Beyon's 1945 Fieldbooks edited by Margaret Anderson and Marjorie Halpin.
Final Report examines whether the claim of the Key Lake First Nations discloses a breach of Canada's "lawful obligations" to the First Nation under the Specific Claims Policy. Commissioners include: P. E. James Prentice, Carole T. Corcoran, and Roger J. Augustine.
[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.]
Presents background, issues, analysis (validity, compliance, membership, and the question of fiduciary obligations), and concludes with the recommendation that the surrender portion of IR 65 not be accepted for negotiation under the Specific Claims Policy. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
Argues that the First Nation located in Quebec has laid the foundation for comprehensive development success. Includes history, community profile, discussion of administrative practices, training needs assessment, and five year plan for economic self-sufficiency,
Discusses activities of the Indian Claims Commission over the past ten years and features an interview with Ralph Brant, Director of Mediation. Complete issue on one pdf.
Looks at oral history as part of the Commissions inquiry process and its recommendation to the federal government to accept Esketemc land claim. Complete issue on one pdf.
Examines links between oral tradition and contemporary written texts.
Originally published as essay in Traditionalism vs Modernism: Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Association for the Study of New Literatures in English, June 1-14 1991.
Terms used by First Nation's to identify their people, as well as English and French words used for cultural groups. Includes links to information about sacred beings, ranching, rodeo, arts, entertainment and industries.
California Law Review, vol. 82, no. 4, July 1994, pp. 981-1049
Description
Describes how the five Confederated Tribes of the Iroquois attempted intercultural communication and encounters between the early sixteenth through late eighteenth centuries with Europeans.
Distribution of monies from the first reserve-based commercial casino. Issue, whether "non-band Aboriginal communities" being excluded contravenes the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
Public Health Reports, vol. 109, no. 1, January-February 1994, pp. 99-103
Description
Looks at challenges for a health care center to get services to eligible women and address non-financial barriers such as language, transportation and gender issues.