International Journal of Canadian Studies, no. 39-40, Culture - Natures in Canada / Culture - natures au Canada, 2009, pp. 137-159
Description
Concludes that relationship of two groups has evolved through four phases: confrontation, relationship building, becoming allies, and shifting terrains.
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 17, no. 3, Heroes of Today, Spring, 2006
Description
Explains the historical trauma suffered by Native American people and describes some of the symptoms such as depression, low self-esteem and substance abuse problems.
Pediatric Clinics of North America, vol. 56, no. 6, Health Issues in Indigenous Children: An Evidence Based Approach for the General Pediatrician, December 2009, pp. 1539-1559
Description
Historical overview of treaty obligations and the link to health care.
Pediatric Clinics of North America, vol. 56, no. 6, Health Issues in Indigenous Children: An Evidence Based Approach for the General Pediatrician, December 2009, pp. 1561-1576
Description
Overview of historical, political, legislation and policy affecting Aboriginal child health.
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 30, no. 3, Two Countries, One People, Fall, 2006
Description
Outlines some problems that residents of the community of Akwesasne have with border crossings, due to the U.S.-Canadian border intersecting their communal lands.
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 30, no. 3, May/June 2006, pp. 33-34
Description
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commissioner and member of the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission, sets out a human rights approach in order to achieve health equality for Indigenous Australians within 25 years.
University of the Fraser Valley Research Review, vol. 2, no. 2, Through Students Eyes: Selected Papers from the Stó:lō Ethnohistory Field School, Spring, 2009, pp. [73]-94
Description
Traces history of welfare, Aboriginal people and perceptions of stigma.
American Journal of Public Health, vol. 96, no. 9, September 2006, pp. 1577-1578
Description
Found that less than half of Indian Health Service (IHS) records matched Veterans Health Administration (VHS) records, and therefore limits IHS provider's treatment options.
Children's Geographies, vol. 7, no. 2, May 2009, pp. 123-140
Description
Focuses on the centrality of Indigenous children and related concepts of childhood to colonial projects in Canada and, more specifically, in the province of British Columbia.
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 43, no. 2, Spring, 2009, p. 137
Description
Examines problems that have confronted the Nunavut Housing Corporation, and looks at program and policy initiatives undertaken to address the situation.
Discusses the evaluation findings and recommendations regarding the impacts of comprehensive land claim agreements and the extent to which the objectives have been achieved.
Teaching Education, vol. 20, no. 1, Special Issue: Indigenous Education, 2009, pp. 7-29
Description
Profiles Native American communities, tribal sovereignty and relationship to the federal government, and explains the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act of 2001.
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 45, no. 2, 2006, pp. 72-76
Description
Comments on a program, involving teachers, parents and students, designed to increase the reading proficiency of children on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.
National Collaborating Centre For Aboriginal Health (NCCAH)
Description
Fact sheet discusses collecting the right kind of data to effectively meet the needs of children, families and communities receiving services from the First Nations Child and Family Services agencies.
Compares principles of good governance to traditional Aboriginal governance prior to contact. Uses the principles to move forward the reconciliation process.
Discusses fundamental elements of governance and good governance, principles in international human rights law, and argues that Western political theory and First Nations governance may, in fact, complement and correct each other.
[Modular Backgrounder] (Parliamentary Information and Research Service) ; PRB 09-12E
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Mary C. Hurley
Description
Includes very brief history (1876-1996), overview of developments (1996-2009), discussion of outstanding matters and list of selected references for further information.
2009 version.
American Indian Law Review, vol. 8, no. 2, 1980, pp. 199-257
Description
Author contends that the destabilization of Aboriginal families is caused by social service policies, provincial family legislation and the actions of the Canadian judiciary.
File contains 3 negatives from an all candidates meeting (presumably held in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan) addressed by Jim Sinclair on July 24, 1980. Three images show Jim Sinclair delivering his address, flanked by other participants. (bad quality photos)
Presentation of the 2006-2007 Departmental Performance Report based on the reporting principles contained in the Guide for the Preparation of Part III of the 2006–2007 Estimates: Reports on Plans and Priorities and Departmental Performance Reports. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
Identifies key performance indicators across six thematic areas: health and well-being, environment, education, economy, governance and infrastructure.
Boarding School Blues: Revisiting American Indian Educational Experiences
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Margaret D. Jacobs
Description
Compares the forced removal of American Indian and Aboriginal children in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, arguing that governments intentionally removed indigenous children to institutions as acts of colonial control, not assimilation.
Chapter from Boarding School Blues: Revisiting American Indian Educational Experiences edited by Clifford E. Trafzer, Jean A. Keller, Lorene Sisquoc.