First Nations Information Governance Centre (FNIGC)
Description
Looks at child-care use, types of child-care arrangements, and satisfaction with options available. Uses data from the 2016 First Nations Early Childhood, Education and Employment Survey.
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 13, no. 1, 2018, pp. [50]-54
Description
French language transcript, with English translation, of a speech given by a student from The Sacred Heart School of Montreal, about on-reserve boil water advisories, urban infrastructure, and access to medicine, nutrition and food security issues.
Given at Art Oratoire, a public speaking competition in Quebec.
Decolonization, vol. 7, no. 1, Indigenous Peoples and the Politics of Water, 2018, pp. 200-214
Description
Focuses on Standing Rock Sioux Water Protectors' fight against construction of the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines, United States v. Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska, and the Omaha Tribe of Nebraska’s defense of Blackbird Bend.
Journal of Indigenous Social Development, vol. 7, no. 1, 2018, pp. [1]-19
Description
Study surveys members of 19 Anishinabek First Nations in northeastern Ontario, about perceived impact of devolution of federal and provincial programs and services on mino-bimaadiziwin (good health). Results suggest that interventions have reduced community solidarity, led to higher unemployment, poorer health, and reliance on materialism, technology, and social programs.