Indigenous Policy: Journal of the Indigenous Studies Network, vol. 17, no. 1, Spring, 2006, p. [?]
Description
Discusses the author's perspectives regarding the steps that have been taken towards addressing race equality issues in South Dakota.
Full issue on one page.
Resources for Nation Building: Governance, Development, and the Future of American Indian Nations
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Stephen Cornell
Joseph P. Kalt
Description
Describes the standard and nation-building approaches to development, and discusses why one works and the other does not. The authors also make suggestions as to how Indian nations can move from one approach to the other.
Report identified four common themes: self sufficiency and ownership, community development/infrastructure, curriculum based on Cree culture and values, and increased economic development.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 30, no. 2, 2006, pp. 17-34
Description
Looks at the proposed construction of coal gasification plants on the Navajo Reservation in northwestern New Mexico in 1977, and how the interests of local residents were ignored.
Comments on several current topics including Aboriginal veterans at the ceremonial march on Remembrance Day, artist Allen Sapp winning the Governor General's Award for illustrations in the children's book The Song Within Our Heart, the Frank Calder Treaty case and elections at Big River First Nation.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 30, no. 2, 2006, pp. 35-61
Description
Argues that the success of the Native American fair is a rare example of a government program for Native Americans that was going in the right direction.
Observations of the resistance and determination of the Mohawk people in the Oka crisis, which became a source of pride within the First Nations community across Canada.
New Socialist, no. 58, Special Issue on Indigenous Resurgence, Sept-Oct 2006, pp. 21-22
Description
Highlights discussions that took place at the 2006 Indigenous Forum held June 5 to 16 at the University of Victoria.
Scroll down to page 21 to read article.
Recounts the history of the disagreement over control of water in the Qu'Appelle Valley between the Qu'Appelle Valley Indian Development Authority (QVIDA) and the Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration (PFRA).
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 21, no. 1, Spring, 2006, pp. 29-41
Description
Relates how colonization and Western influences have caused societal problems in Indian cultures. Restorative justice models by the Navajo and Haudenosaunee are also explored.
Presentation to 6th International Conference on Restorative Justice describing prevention, intervention, rehabilitation and support Program implemented in 1992 in northwest British Columbia.
The Truth about Stories: A Native Narrative. Pt. 5
[2003 CBC Massey Lectures]
[Ideas with Paul Kennedy]
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Thomas King
Description
In speech, noted author uses a coyote story as a springboard for a discussion on European-Aboriginal relations throughout the history of Canada and United States. To listen to this audio, scroll down to Part 5.
Duration: 54:22.
Overview of a project intended to identify effective human resource management strategies, practices and programs (specifically, within the areas of recruitment and career development).
File contains a photocopy of Arthur O. Wheeler's daily diary from March to July, 1885. Wheeler served in the Survey (scout) Corp for the Government, and was present during some of the battles of the 1885 rebellion.
Native Social Work Journal, vol. 4, no. 1, Aboriginal Children and Youth, Issues and Challenges, December 2003, pp. 51-83
Description
Study designed to provide a vehicle for communities to articulate the nature and structure of child care in their community; to provide recommendations for the development of First Nations quality child care programs; and to examine options for First Nations jurisdiction in child care.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 27, no. 1/2, Special Issue: Native Experiences in the Ivory Tower, Winter-Spring, 2003, pp. 50-51
Description
An anonymous contribution to the issue which briefly describes the first American Indian Support Program (AISP) within a public Community College from its conceptualization to dissolution 23 years later.
Historical background and submission to the Indian Claims Commission (ICC) regarding what lands the Bands occupied around Missioner Creek and Williams Lake in 1861 and if Canada had an obligation to protect the settlement. ICC held that the village sites should have been set aside for the Band and that Canada should accept 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.]