Honoring Jordan's Principle: Obstacles to Accessing Equitable Health and Social Services for First Nations Children with Special Healthcare Needs Living in Pinaymootang, Manitoba
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Luna Vives
Vandna Sinha
Eric Burnet
Lucyna Lach
Description
Findings from interviews with primary caregivers, local and regional service providers and First Nations leaders centred on funding disparities and uncertainties about sustained funding, difficulties in administration due to distribution of responsibilities between provincial and federal governments, and the travel required to access specialized services.
Housing Needs of American Indians and Alaska Natives in Urban Areas: A Report from the Assessment of American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian Housing Needs
Housing Needs of Native Hawaiians: A Report from the Assessment of American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian Housing Needs
Mortgage Lending on Tribal Land: A Report from the Assessment of American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian Housing Needs
Ethnographic Comparison Conference on Urban Ethnography University of Pennsylvania, 1996
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jane Fraser
Description
Paper presented at the Conference on Urban Ethnography, Philadelphia, PA, March 1996.
Compares Aboriginal Canadian and multicultural adult students funder several categories: family, holism and humanism; culture and voice; school, technology and employment; politics, assimilation and acculturation; and voluntary, involuntary minorities and democracy.
Anglican Journal, vol. 125, no. 9, October 1999, p. [?]
Description
Discussion of various issues including the diocese being named in a lawsuit based on argument of cultural genocide due to its role in running the Mohawk Institute.
Citizenship Studies, vol. 3, no. 1, February 1999, pp. 27-43
Description
Discussion of the issues of 'Indian status' and blood. In this way the Mohawk Nation of Kahnawake examines who should belong, be a member and have citizenship.
Based on a comparison of correspondence between local and imperial administrators in British North America and Australia, argues that development of system reveals entrenched conflict which lasted throughout the nineteenth century.
Director of the Thunderbird Partnership Foundation explains how to use the strength-based Framework to support individuals with additions and mental health issues. Presentation given at the Issues of Substance Conference, 2017.
Duration: 1:18:59.
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 8, no. 2, Reconciling Research; Perspectives on Research Involving Indigenous Peoples-Part 1, April 2017, pp. 1-19
Description
Looks at data from health researchers, research ethics board representatives, financial services administrators and Mi'kmaw community health directors.
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 23, no. 1, Hands Back, Hands Forward: Revising Aboriginal Voices and Revisioning Aboriginal Research, 1999, pp. 64-99
Description
Overview of the education history of the Band, which indicates the need for local control of its education. Describes a workshop where educational philosophy goals were developed.
Book review of 2 books: The Indian History of British Columbia by Wilson Duff.
The First Nations of British Columbia by Robert J. Muckle.
Scroll down to page 130 to read review.
Curator of the exhibition entitled Americans at the National Museum of the American Indian discusses the exhibition about the pervasiveness of the image of the American Indian in popular culture and the controversy surrounding the validity of artist Jimmy Durham's Cherokee identity.
Duration: 58:51.
Full report on project which looked at the effects of situating camps associated with Prince Rupert Gas Transmission pipeline project close to small and already vulnerable communities.
Brief discussion of project which looked at effects of situating camps associated with Prince Rupert Gas Transmission pipeline project close to small and already vulnerable communities.
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 8, no. 2, Reconciling Research: Perspectives on Research Involving Indigenous Peoples -Part 1, April 2017, pp. 1-19
Description
Discusses how research in a community based Indigenous project reflected personal stories of reconciliation.
Case studies of Marine Plan Partnership for the Pacific North Coast and the Great Bear Initiative and discussion of how principles involved might apply in the New Zealand context.
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 8, no. 2, Reconciling Research: Perspectives on Research Involving Indigenous Peoples-Part 1, April 2017, pp. 1-27
Description
Looks at peer reviewed literature by Indigenous scholars and proposed new methods for ethical research.
Describes the opposition of the Indigenous Women's Network with the Meadow Lake (SK) Tribal Council over the building of a nuclear waste dump on Aboriginal land.
Brief business case study discusses the background and activities of for-profit organization which promotes economic development in Innu communities located in Newfoundland and Labrador.
Historical background and submission to Indian Claims Commission (ICC) whether Aht-Len-Jees I.R. 5 ceased to be a reserve by virtue of its dis-allowance by Commissioners Ditchburn and Clark, acting under the British Columbia Land Settlement Act. ICC recommended settlement be negotiated and fast tracked 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.]
Inquiry into the Claim of the Nikaneet First Nation
E-Books
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description
Historical background and submission to Indian Claims Commission (ICC) regarding compensation under Treaty 4 for agricultural benefits, programs and services, annual payments, and failure to provide a reserve in 1874 when Treaty was concluded. ICC suspended its inquiry when the Crown agreed to negotiate the claim. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
Historical background, submissions and recommendations from the Indian Claims Commission (ICC) hearing to determine the appropriate date to use in calculating the population for Treaty entitlement and whether the First Nation qualified under the Saskatchewan Treaty Land Entitlement Framework Agreement. ICC recommended the claim 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.]
Historical background, submissions and recommendations from the Indian Claims Commission (ICC) hearing to determine if population count for land entitlement was accurate at date-of-first-survey. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 8, no. 2, Reconciling Research: Perspectives on Research Involving Indigenous Peoples-Part 1, April 2017, pp. 201-205
Description
Special issue focuses on issues and best practices in research.