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Brokering Aboriginal Art: A Critical Perspective on Marketing, Institutions, and the State
Cultural Chasm: A 1960s Hydro Development and the Tsay Keh Dene Native Community of Northern British Columbia
Education and Learning in an Aboriginal Community
Effective Local Institutions for Collective Action in Arctic Communities
The Evolution of Health Status and Health Determinants in the Cree Region (Eeyou Istchee): Eastmain-1-A Powerhouse and Rupert Diversion Sectoral Report: Volume 1: Context and Findings
Inscribing a Rural Economy in Alaska, 1938-1972
Lessons From the Tiwi Islands: The Need for Radical Improvement in Remote Aboriginal Communities
Module 1: Self-Determination as a Contemporary Characteristic
Module 5: Identity and Language
Module 7: Modern State–Building and Indigenous Peoples
Module 9: Secondary Societies: Centralization, Collectivization, and Relocation
Municipal Governance for Northern Communities: Perspectives from Saskatchewan
A New Deal for Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders in Remote Communities
Northern Indicators 2004
Out in the Cold: The Legacy of Canada's Inuit Relocation Experiment in the Arctic
Peoples and Cultures II: An Introduction
Policy Recommendations for Native Elders: Prepared for the National Congress of American Indians 2005 Mid-year Conference
Public Hearings: Overview of the First Round
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Bonita Chlow, Ingamo Hall Friendship Centre
Presenter discusses the need for: literacy programs in the community, hands-on practically oriented education programs, low-level educational and life skills training, alcoholism counselling services, detox centre; problems with increasingly limited hospital facilities and a lack of psychiatric facilities; the need for a local victim assistance service organization in the community; as well as financial and staffing concerns at the Friendship Centre itself. Following the presentation Jimmy Omilgoituk comments on related education matters in the community.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Cece McAuley and Closing Remarks
McCauley comments on Aboriginal staffing issues with the Inuvik RCMP, as well as job training and government employment generally in Northern communities. Following McCauley's comments is a general discussion between Commissioners John Holman and preceding presenter George Gillies on Inuvik hospital maintenance costs.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Charlotte Wolfrey and Toby Andersen
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Dick Hill
Presenter discusses the administrative, economic, and demographic composition of Inuvik, Northwest Territories. Hill discusses its' ethnic composition (1/3 First Nations, 1/3 Inuit, 1/3 other), its' administrative and institutional apparatus, and related issues in response to questioning from Commissioners Rene Dussault, Allan Blakeney, Grace Blake, and Mary Sillett. Land claims and economic development are also discussed.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Elizabeth Hansen, Councillor, Inuvik Native Band
Presenter discusses the importance of promoting, preserving, and maintaining Gwich'in cultural heritage and issues such as economic development, housing, social services, alcoholism, drug, and solvent abuse, justice and health services.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by George Gillies, Inuvik Regional Hospital
In response to a question by Commissioner Allan Blakeney, Gillies discusses the amount of health staff in the Mackenzie Delta area including the proportion of Aboriginal employees, and their positions. Commissioner Mary Sillett also asks a staffing question, and then preceding presenter Patricia Lowe and Allan Blakeney discuss northern community staffing issues.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Patricia Lowe, Society of Friends Against Family Violence
Lowe discusses the society's work promoting the establishment of a shelter for battered women and children in Inuvik over the past four years, and why such a facility is needed.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Victor Allen
presentation on the history of Inuvik going back to the establishment of the community in the 1950s. Followed by Commissioner Mary Sillett delivering opening remarks, and Commissioner Allan Blakeney and local Commissioner John Holman discuss the presentation with Allen.