Prairie Forum, vol. 24, no. 2, Fall, 1999, pp. 143-169
Description
Discusses the results of an 1857 British parliamentary committee report, reviewing the monopolist activities of the Hudson's Bay Company, and the impact on the Aboriginal peoples of Rupert's Land.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 23, no. 2, Spring, 1999, pp. 23-37
Description
The authors examine the campaign, local media coverage, and the exit poll of the 1994 Navajo presidential campaign and election offer analysis of the even and its significance.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 23, no. 6, November/December 1999, p. 25
Description
Notes that while expenditure levels are similar, Aboriginal Australians are much more reliant on publicly funded services than non-Aboriginal Australians.
Native Studies Review, vol. 12, no. 2, Aboriginal Peoples and National Rights Issues in Quebec, 1999, pp. 93-110
Description
Discusses how global economic and political developments such as the Multilateral Agreement on Investment can affect traditional concepts of state territorial sovereignty.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 19, no. 2, 1999, pp. 365-379
Description
Examines issues concerning accuracy of Aboriginal census data, specifically changes to the ethnic questions and terminologies used and how this has caused problems with the total count.
Our Peoples' Education: Cut the Shackles, Cut the Crap and Cut the Mustard
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Verna J. Kirkness
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 39, no. 1, Special Issue 2, Fall , 1999, pp. [14-30]
Description
Reprint two articles, one published in 1985 entitled: Indian Education: Past, Present and Future and a second published in 1998: Our Peoples' Education: Cut the Shackles, Cut the Crap and Cut the Mustard.
Osgoode Hall Law Journal, vol. 37, no. 4, 1999, pp. 712-774
Description
Looks at the legal and regulatory basis of forest management, and assess how new tenure systems might be developed that would uphold traditional values while providing economic and employment opportunities.
Background Paper (Law and Government Division, Library of Parliament) ; BP-359E
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Peter Niemczak
Description
Brief overview of efforts made in Scandinavia, New Zealand, Australia, Maine and Canada to increase Indigenous presence in government institutions.
1999 version.
Summary of the background, analysis and federal processes related to self-government. Based on the report of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples (RCAP).
Looks at self-governance in Alaska, Canada, and the lower forty-eight states including eleven case studies.
Final report - AFN (Alaska Federation of Natives) version.
Native Studies Review, vol. 1, no. 1, 1984, pp. 108-114
Description
Evaluation of the "Native Participation Policy" which was introduced to the Public Service in an attempt to make the Canadian workforce resemble more closely the composition of the population.
After Chiapas Aboriginal Land and Resistance in the New North America
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Deborah Simmons
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 19, no. 1, 1999, pp. 119-148
Description
Analysis the relationship between economic restructuring and Aboriginal land rights in light of the 1994 conflict in Chiapas, Mexico and suggests that fundamental differences can provide directions for finding solutions.
An interview with Alfred Mishibinijima who recounts the inadequacy of schooling on the reserve, the terms of the Robinson Treaty and the Indian agents of Manitoulin. Transcribed by Joanne Greenwood ; interpreter : Ernest Debassigae.