Canadian Woman Studies, vol. 26, no. 3-4, Indigenous Women in Canada: The Voices of First Nations, Inuit and Metis Women, Winter/Spring, 2008, pp. 233-234
Description
Book review of: Exhalted Subjects by Sunera Thobani.
Looks at shortcomings of the current system, provides statistical data, and advocates for changes that will reduce the number of children in care.
Follow-up to the 2016 report.
Arctic Anthropology, vol. 54, no. 2, 2017, pp. 52-70
Description
From a Russian-Anthropological perspective, the author discusses the history, society, and culture of the Eyak peoples during the time that Alaska was controlled by the Russian Empire.
Article in translation.
FNQLHSSC [First Nation of Quebec and Labrador Health and Social Services Commission] Research Department
Description
Topics included external environment, housing and infrastructure, nutrition, employment and economic development, education, justice and safety, health and social services, identity, and governance.
AFN [Assembly of First Nations]-INAC [Indian and Northern Affairs] Joint Technical Working Group
Description
Includes: brief history of issues, observations on the current state of affairs, review of existing research and information, and identification of areas for future investigation.
Book review of: For Indigenous Eyes Only: A Decolonization Handbook edited by Waziyatawin Angela Wilson, Michael Yellow Bird, and Angela Cavender Wilson.
Canadian Woman Studies, vol. 26, no. 3-4, Indigenous Women in Canada: The Voices of First Nations, Inuit and Metis Women, Winter/Spring, 2008, pp. 208-212
Description
Author recalls her childhood in a small, isolated Vancouver Island community and some of the changes that lead to the death of a 13 year old resident.
Indigenous Cultures and Mental Health Counselling: Four Directions for Integration With Counselling Psychology
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Joseph P. Gone
Description
Foreword in the book: Indigenous Cultures and Mental Health Counselling: Four Directions for Integration With Counselling Psychology edited by Suzanne L. Stewart, Roy Moodley and Ashley Hyatt.
Looks at mental health policies, practices and institutions in Aboriginal communities.
Plan for promoting educational success of Native American students focuses on measuring the progress of relationships between government, tribes and schools districts and supporting a curriculum based on tribal history, culture and government.
Includes links to documents, audio recordings of sessions, and programming.
Pt. 1:
Indigenous Voices? Challenges in Community Radio featuring Francella Fiallos, Maureen Googoo, Aggie Baby.
Review of gatherings in Manitoba, Nunavut, Alberta, and British Columbia.
Pt. 2:
Decolonization? Hand the Media Back! A View from Pjilasi Mi'kma'ki featuring Annie Claire.
Pt. 3:
Preserving Indigenous Language: Challenges and Solutions featuring Morris Prokop.
e-Centres: Community-Based Production/Broadcast Facilities featuring Brian Beaton.
Pt.
Argues that the legal framework has not kept up with demographic shifts because it focuses on land-related rights and ignores off-reserve and non-status population. As such, it disproportionately affects women who have been displaced through discriminatory effects of the Indian Act.
Saskatchewan History, vol. 69, no. 1, Winter, 2017-2018, pp. 5-7
Description
Describes a project undertaken collaboratively by First Nations University (FNU) in Regina, the Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan (PAS), and the Pasqua First Nation, to research and provide better descriptive information for a number of photos of First Nations people in the FNU library.
Entire Issue on one .pdf, scroll to page 5.
Global Activism and Collective Identities: A Comparative Analysis of Their Evolution in the Grand Council of the Crees, the Sami Council and Médecins Sans Frontières-Canada, 1990--2005
Theses
Author/Creator
Kristina Maud Bergeron
Description
Political Science Thesis (Ph.D.)--McMaster University, 2008.
Arctic, vol. 61, no. 4, December 2008, pp. 442-443
Description
Book review of: Gwichya Gwich'in Googwandak: The History and Stories of the Gwichya Gwich'in as told by the Elders of Tsiigehtshik by Micheal Heine, Alestine Andre, Ingrid Kritsch and Alma Cardinal.
Preserving the Past, Inspiring the Future Lecture Series
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
George MacDonald
Description
Discusses the architecture of houses and design style of totem Poles in the villages of Skidegate, Xaina, Skedans, Tanu, Skungwai and Chaatl Haida.
Part 1 duration: 25:08.
Part 2 duration: 32:08.
Examines how Indigenous populations have contributed to the enhancement of Canadian culture and identity.
Entire issue on one pdf. Scroll down to page 16 to access article.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 11, no. 7, July 2008, p. 16
Description
Promotes June as Aboriginal History Month to profile First Nations and Métis heritage, history, and cultural contributions to Canadian society.
Article located by scrolling to page 16.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 37, no. 2, 2017, pp. 159-178
Description
Interview in which Larocque talks about her work and her focus on collaborative practices; includes discussion of representations of Aboriginal Canadians, identity, post-colonial criticism, decolonization, resistance and resurgence, and colonial schooling of Indigenous peoples.