Explains suggested revisions and updates to Indian Control of Indian Education 1972 (ICIE 1972) document to reflect current challenges and changes in education.
International Journal of Canadian Studies, no. 41, Representations of First Nations and Métis / Les représentations des Premiéres Nations et des Métis, 2010, pp. 13-36
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Looks at the role First Nations play in establishing casinos and strategies to help with health related issues for gambling problems of reserve residents.
Purpose of study was to examine the development, impact and effectives of the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development's Post-Secondary, Indian Studies, and University and College Entrance programs. Research design included literature review, database analysis, regional survey reviews, national telephone survey, and national analysis.
Anglican Journal, vol. 126, no. 8, October 2000, p. 1
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Alvin Tolley, an Algonquin who attended a residential school, forms Organization of United Reborn Survivors with the goal of forming alliance with churches to demand establishment of independent tribunal.
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 101, no. 3, May/June 2010, pp. 196-201
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Looks at a community-based study in Igloolik, Nunavut on food insecurity, and how it is influenced by social, economic, political and environmental conditions.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 13, no. 1, Winter, 1989, pp. 1-14
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Investigates the importance of interpreters during early Indigenous-white relations. A translator was a difficult position due to the numerous variations of the Indigenous linguistic groups. The best translators also needed to not only know the languages but also have an understanding of Indigenous cultures and traditions due to the symbolic nature of Indigenous speeches.
Indigenous Affairs, no. 4, Indochina, October/November/December 2000, pp. 56-65
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Analyzes demographic, environmental and economic changes that have impacted the indigenous people of Vietnam's Central Highlands.
To access this article scroll down to page 56.
Canadian Journal of Education Administration and Policy, no. 106, June 7, 2010, pp. 1-26
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Looks at the federal government's responsibility for special education programs on reserves. Provides recommendations for strategies to develop a system to support students, teachers and communities.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 34, no. 4, Fall, 2010, pp. 409-434
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Looks at six states with the largest percentage of American Indian populations and analyzes if a proportional representation of American Indians hold desirable positions in state and local governments.
Argues that the Federal government's Post-Secondary Student Support Program is failing in its objectives because the money is not being given directly to students and it should be replaced by a Aboriginal Post-Secondary Savings Account opened at birth for each Registered Indian.
World Indigenous Nations High Education Consortium Journal, [Indigenous Voices, Indigenous Research], 2010, pp. 11-25
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Overview of Indigenous ways of knowing, education assimilation policy, first Nations control of education and post-secondary Indigenous Studies programs.
Entire issue on one pdf. To read article scroll to p. 11.
Canadian Bar Review, vol. 79, no. 1, February 2000, pp. 196-224
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Argues that the Crown has a repsponsility to make good faith efforts to negotiate agreements specifiying the rights of the parties when it engages in actions which effect Aboriginal interests so that disputes do not end up in litigation.
From Mauka To Makai: The River of Justice Must Flow Freely: Report on the Reconciliation Process Between the Federal Government and the Native Hawaiians
Documents & Presentations
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Contains report and plan of action needed to continue the reconciliation process and urges the Federal Government to use the process to rectify injustices and compensation for harm.
Based on five principles: recognition, partnership, comprehensiveness, capacity and accountability. Developed as a result of the findings of the Aboriginal Justice Inquiry.
Canadian Dimension, vol. 44, no. 5, September 2010, pp. 12-13
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Discusses the federal government's funding cuts in 2010 to the Aboriginal Healing Foundation and the effects on organizations such as the Native Women's Shelter of Montreal which provided healing support from the trauma of residential schools.
The Georgia Historical Quarterly, vol. 73, no. 3, Special Issue Commemorating The Sesquicentennial of Cherokee Removal 1838-1939 , Fall, 1989, pp. 519-539
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Looks at the plight of the Cherokee Nation during this period ending with their removal to Oklahoma.
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 44, no. 2, Spring, 2010, pp. 219-229
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Book reviews of: Compact, Contract, Covenant: Aboriginal Treaty-Making in Canada by J.R. Miller.
Home is the Hunter: The James Bay Cree and Their Land by Hans M.
Discusses the inequity of federal funding to First Nations Child and Family Services Program in comparison to provincial agencies and off reserve child welfare programs.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 24, no. 4, 2000, pp. 127-165
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Discussion of the 1933 removal of the Timbisha Shoshone from Death Valley and then the 1994 legal requirement of the Department of Interior to study the ancestral lands within and outside of Death Valley National Park with the purpose of identifying lands suitable for a reservation.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 13, no. 9, September 2010, p. 3,5
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Comments on Governor General Michaëlle Jean's tour through Saskatchewan during the International Year of Youth.
Article found by scrolling to pages 3 and 5.