Looks at the historical, environmental, social, legal and political aspects of mining and the development of co-operative relationships between mining companies, governments and Aboriginal communities from the exploration stage onwards.
Aboriginal Victimization and Offending: The Picture From Police Records
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Jacqueline Fitzgerald
Don Weatherburn
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 26, no. 4, July/August 2002, pp. 26-28
Description
Investigates the over-representation of Aboriginal people as victims of crime in Australia. The majority of the violent offending against Aboriginal women and children is committed by Aboriginal men.
Presents seventy-five recommendations based on education, outreach, social determinants, harm reduction, accessible treatment services and support for research.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 26, no. 2, March/April 2002, pp. 4-5
Description
Report studies the issues and provides several proposals for concrete action by Cape York (Australia) Indigenous people to achieve a more positive outcome.
Description and evaluation of Odawa Native Friendship Centre project which aimed to provide alternatives to mainstream justice system for Aboriginals living in the Ottawa-Carleton region. Sources of information include project files, Aboriginal Healing Foundation National Process Evaluation Survey, interviews with members of Aboriginal Peoples Justice Circle and community service providers, and documents and data collected by community support manager.
A book containing Indian Agent's ledgers from the Duck Lake agency for 1885-1889, and 1921-1929. The first half of this ledger is "Issues to Destitute Settlers" (Mrs. Gabriel Dumont and others connected to the 1885 Uprising are included); the second half is a calendar of outgoing correspondence.
Historical note:
Harold Nelson Woodsworth served as an Indian Agent at a number of agencies in Saskatchewan.
Indigenous Affairs, no. 1, International Processes: Perspectives and Challenges, April 2002, pp. 20-25
Description
Comments on the apparent double standard that exists in International Labour Organization (ILO) Conventions.
To access this article scroll down to page 20.
FORUM on Corrections Research, vol. 14, no. 3, Focusing on Aboriginal Issues, September 2002, pp. 58-60
Description
Research conducted to examine successful reintegration, development and maintenance of successful behaviours and make recommendations based on findings.
FORUM on Corrections Research, vol. 14, no. 3, Focusing on Aboriginal Issues, September 2002, pp. 42-45
Description
Survey conducted through structured interviews with offenders and family members in order to provide profile of offenders and develop appropriate programming.
FORUM on Corrections Research, vol. 14, no. 3, Focusing on Aboriginal Issues, September 2002, pp. 20-24
Description
Argues these offenders are characterized by multiple problems including various types of abuse and identity problems. As such, they pose specific challenges for the corrections process. Information was gathered by study conducted in Vancouver.
American Studies, vol. 43, no. 1, Spring, 2002, pp. 75-99
Description
Looks at the promotion of home-building programs on reservations, from the white imagination to the realities of tribal life, by examining instances of attempted domestic reform.
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 17, no. 4, Winter, 2002, pp. 16-27
Description
Focuses on the organization's leadership in issues of concern to women and the materials it produces for public education purposes.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to p. 16.
Round table talk held with Rick August, Ken Battle, Harvey Bostrom, Louis Grignon, Carol Laprairie, Kevin Little, Sharon Manson Singer, Marie-France Raynault and Arthur Milner.
Alaska Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
Description
Reports on education, economic opportunity and employment, and administration of justice regarding Alaskan Natives. Provides recommendations for change.
University of Western Sydney Law Review, vol. 2, 2002, p. [?]
Description
Brief discussion of the history of the process, demands for reparations, and government responses; argues that general principle of justice demands that reparations must made.
Journal of Aboriginal Economic Development, vol. 2, no. 2, Special Issue on Gaming, Winter, 2002, pp. 111-123
Description
Discussion of intercultural relations between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people and the vision of a renewed relationship based on mutuality and respect.
Provides background and description of agreement, analysis of major court decisions, information on programs currently delivered by Metis organizations, and identifies areas where greater supports are needed but funding has been inadequate.