Highlights comments made in response to four questions: meaning of citizenship in the past, present and future, roles and responsibilities of citizens and their governments, vision for the future, and tools required to make change.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 23, no. 2, Digital Technologies and Native Literature, Summer, 2011, pp. 3-23
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Focuses on the internet site Noongwa e-Anishinaabemjig: People Who Speak Anishinaabemowin Today hosted by the University of Michigan.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p. 3.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 35, no. 4, Fall, 2011, pp. 515-548
Description
Looks at the need for aboriginal education opportunities for urban aboriginal people and identifies three central challenges facing both language workers and learners.
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 26, no. 1, Spring, 2011, pp. 67-83
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Discusses the development of the syllabary, making reading and writing in Cherokee possible, and looks at how present-day efforts of reading and writing with the syllabary and speaking Cherokee contribute to language perseverance.
National Collaborating Centre for Aboriginal Health (NCCAH)
Description
Overview of two-day gathering of over 100 individuals to address social and cultural changes for Inuit, Mètis and First Nations men.
Accompanying documentary.
National Collaborating Centre for Aboriginal Health
Arlene Moscovitch
Description
Documentary with Elders, fathers, and matriarchs on strengthening the role for First Nations, Inuit and Mètis fathers.
Accompanying Report.
Durations: 26:30.
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 31, no. 1, 2011, pp. 215-217
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Book reviews of 2 books:
X-Marks: Native Signatures of Assent by Scott Richard Lyons.
Native Authenticity: Transnational Perspectives on Native American Literary Studies edited by Deborah L. Madsen.
Video includes a compilation of conversations on the strength and resilience of Métis peoples in the context of the residential school experience and its after-effects.
Duration: 9:54.
Summary of a survey on cultural planning, adoption and Aboriginal children, that looks at ways to keep children connected with their Indigenous identities.