BC Studies, no. 170, Provincial Parks, Summer, 2011, pp. 174-175
Description
Book review of: Aboriginal Title and Indigenous Peoples edited by Louis A. Knafla and Haijo Westra.
Entire review section on one pdf. To access this review scroll to p. 174.
Rethinking the Great White North: Race, Nature, and the Historical Geographies of Whiteness in Canada
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Jessica Dempsey
Kevin Gould
Juanita Sundberg
Description
Advocates for promotion of private property ownership as opposed to collective ownership as the path to poverty reduction.
Chapter 12 from Rethinking the Great White North: Race, Nature, and the Historical Geographies of Whiteness in Canada edited by Andrew Baldwin, Laura Cameron and Audrey Kobayashi.
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 2, no. 2, 2011, pp. 1-15
Description
Reviews First Nations' role in provincial land and resource management and conservation and the related opportunities and challenges of Conservancy designation.
Arctic Review on Law and Politics, vol. 2, no. 1, 2011, pp. 25-51
Description
Looks at the partnership between the Inuit of Nunavut, governments of Canada and Nunavut, and the necessary policies and processes for the effective implementation of the agreement.
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 25, no. 3, May 1986, pp. [12-21]
Description
Discusses the rapid social change and long-term effects that undermined traditional self-sufficient Alaskan lifestyle including factors such as welfare dependence; and stresses strategies about education and community development are essential.
Native Studies Review, vol. 2, no. 2, 1986, pp. 1-45
Description
Paper attempts to provide an overview of Indian policy
developments in context of recent policy initiatives of the Minister of Indian Affairs, Concludes with with observations on the current status of policy reforms.Part I appeared in NSR, Vol.2, no.1
Our Home on Native Land: Native Awareness Days 2011
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Roland Chrisjohn
Description
Introduction and complete lecture given at 2011 STU Native Awareness Days in Fredericton, Brunswick.
Introduction video: duration: 16.27
Lecture audio: duration: 2:09:11.
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 2, no. 4, Traditional knowledge, Spirituality and Lands, 2011, pp. 1-13
Description
References national and international talks with Indigenous peoples and stakeholders, while reviewing ten years of sacred land management and policies.
Native Studies Review, vol. 2, no. 2, 1986, pp. 65-77
Description
Response to paper Indian Policy in the New Conservative Government Part I, The Nielsen Task Force of 1985 and Part II, The Nielsen Task Force in the Context of Recent Policy Initiative by Sally M. Weaver.
Annual report outlining strategies and actions for economic development, improvement of well-being, employment, land claim obligations, and improvement of programs and services.
Royal Society of Canada 2012 Governor General Lecture Series
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Jim Miller
Description
Speaker discusses the initial relationship between Aboriginals and Europeans, the motives behind the numbered treaties, the two parties' differing interpretations of the agreements, and the modern situation.
Lecture given at the University of Victoria.
Duration: 40:16.
Discusses discrepancies between what had been promised in the agreement and what was later published by the Canadian government, and the government's actions after it was signed. Focuses on education, fishing, hunting, mineral, forestry, and wild plant rights, assistance for agriculture, and self-government.