[Sharing the Land, Sharing a Future Forum, November 2016]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Yvonne Boyer
Josee Lavoie
Derek Kornelson
Jeff Reading
Description
Paper given at the Sharing the Land, Sharing a Future: Realizing the Promise, Facing the Challenge of Reconciliation" Forum, dialog and conference marking the 20th anniversary of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, November 2-3, 2016.
First Nations Women's Council on Economic Security
Government of Alberta
Description
Focuses on women's issues in the areas of leadership and empowerment, professional development, restorative justice, access to justice, post-secondary education and upgrading, and Indigenous representation on school boards.
Canadian Review of Social Policy, vol. 74, Spring, 2016, pp. 82-108
Description
Analysis of When Talk Trumped Service: A Decade of Lost Opportunity for Aboriginal Children by the British Columbia Representative for Children and Youth. Argues that while some recommendations are relevant, on the whole the document undermines First Nations' right to self-determination and control over programs and services for their communities.
Power point provides overview of history, facts about current situation, Constitutional rights, the Crown's duty to consult and accommodate, and Canada's international obligations.
BC Studies, no. 190, Histories of Settler Colonialism, Summer, 2016, pp. 147-149
Description
Book review of: Aboriginal Populations edited by Frank Trovato and Anatole Romaniuk.
Entire book review section on one pdf. To access this review scroll to p. 148.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 40, no. 3, 2016, pp. 103-122
Description
Argues that the president had little knowledge of Native Americans, considered them a low priority, and basically continued the assimilationist policies of previous governments.
University of Saskatchewan Undergraduate Research Journal, vol. 2, no. 2, April 2016, p. [?]
Description
Analysis of the Canadian government's program which offers retail-based subsidies on nutritious foods shipped by air to remote communities. Focuses on inadequacies in structure of community eligibility target, subsidy design, and compliance reports.
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 5, no. 18, October 17, 1975, p. 2
Description
Chief of the Federation of Saskatchewan Indians warned the delegates of the 17th General Assembly of the dangers of losing Treaty rights by incorporating or signing education agreements. He urged them to press for a single service federal agency.
History Teacher, vol. 8, no. 2, February 1975, pp. 229-241
Description
Discusses how marginalization and isolation of the Native American from written history disregards the historical roots of diplomacy and foreign relations.
Plaintiffs asked for three judicial declarations: that Métis and non-status Indians are considered "Indians" in the Constitution Act, 1867, that federal Crown owes a fiduciary duty to the two groups, and that they have the right to be consulted and negotiated with by the federal government.
Speaker argues that negotiations between the Red River Métis and the Canadian government prior to passage of The Manitoba Act constituted treaty-making.
Duration: 1:04:03.