American Literature, vol. 86, no. 3, September 2014, pp. 611-614
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Book reviews of:
Red Ink: Native Americans Picking up the Pen in the Colonial Period by Drew Lopenzina.
The Transit of Empire: Indigenous Critiques of Colonialism by Jodi A. Byrd.
On Records: Delaware Indians, Colonists, and the Media of History and Memory Andrew Newman.
Trans-Indigenous: Methodologies for Global Native Literary Studies by Chadwick Allen.
Mount Royal Undergraduate Humanities Review, Review 2, December 2014, pp. 1-12
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Discusses document produced by the British Parliament in 1857 about the land, inhabitants and Hudson Bay activities between the Great Lakes and Rocky Mountains in order to see what lands should be ceded from HBC to Canada for settlement.
Native Studies Review, vol. 6, no. 2, Advocacy and Claims Research, 1990, p. 65–80
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Looks at ethnohistorical documentation and interpretation concerning reserve boundaries and the rights of the Natives to hunt, fish, and gather on the lands ceded by treaty.
Report presented to the Standing Committee on Finance concerning pre-budget consultations on the housing crisis and lack of action by Canadian government.
Focuses on literature relating to driving forces and motivations of governments, education and scholarship providers, and students and families for this education option when students reside in remote locations.
Journal of Ethnic Studies, vol. 18, no. 3, Fall, 1990, pp. 1-27
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Discusses U.S.Government draft policies during World War II and the response of Commissioner Indian Affairs, John Collier, and Native American tribes. Issues included wardship versus citizenship and tribal sovereignty.
Provides summary of past and current policies and programs in Canada, discusses initiatives in Aboriginal communities and common themes or objectives, looks at international Indigenous communities for similarities in concerns and challenges and how they are responding.
Windsor Review of Legal and Social Issues: Digital Companion, vol. 1, 2014, pp. 32-47
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Summarizes statistics complied through the Sisters in Spirit initiative, discusses obligations arising from the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and provides timeline of reports and recommendations and the Canadian government's responses.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 38, no. 4, 2014, pp. 57-84
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Article examines over 600 comments posted to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's (CBC) website in 2009 after the Government of Canada shut the border crossing in Akwesasne First Nation.
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 10, no. 2, 1990, pp. 243-270
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Explores 1944 policies about Métis poverty that were designed by the Canadian Commonwealth Federation (CCF) to facilitate training, development and eventual assimilation.
Good Governance: A Guide for Trustees, School Boards, Directors of Education and Communities
E-Books » Chapters
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Chapter 5 in: Good Governance: A Guide for Trustees, School Boards, Directors of Education and Communities by the Ontario School Trustees. Discusses education in First Nations communities and the role of school board.
Loyal till Death: Indians and the North-West Rebellion
Images » Photographs
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Sketch of Chief Red Pheasant aiding in the escape of John Applegarth, Farm Instructor, and Applegarth's wife from Red Pheasant reserve. Caption: "Chief Red Pheasant and his brother tried to prevent further bloodshed in the Eagle Hills district by warning local Indian officials to flee south to safety."
From the book Loyal till Death: Indians and the North-West Rebellion by Blair Stonechild and Bill Waiser.
To accompany award-winning book by James Daschuk which examines ecological, economic, and political factors affecting Aboriginal health and mortality from the early 1700s to the end of the 19th century.
Outlines the targets made by the Australian government to close the gap in life expectancy, early childhood health, education, and employment between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians.
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 53, no. 2, 2014, pp. 48-65
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Looks at relationships in New Mexico and Oklahoma using qualitative interviews with tribal leaders, quantitative data from survey of 150 Indian education directors, and secondary data on school district characteristics.
Representative from the Indian Residential School Survivor's Society speaking on the history and impacts of residential schools.
Duration: 20:51.
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Part 3.
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 95, no. 3, September 2014, pp. 352-381
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Describes how the Department of Indian Affairs attempted to undermine leaders and gain control of lands by subdividing the reserve into plots which would be individually-owned, with the ultimate goal of dispersing the community.
Examines issues such as models, relationships, and activities surrounding self-government and explores examples of local governmental operations and organization.