Response to the Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Taskforce of the Steering Committee on Canada’s Archives
Description
Survey topics: outreach programs and level of engagement with, and understanding of, regional communities; level of understanding and awareness of the work done by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada; and institutional policies and procedures related to Indigenous information resources.
Process to take place as a result of the decision in Descheneaux c. Canada (Procureur général) which ruled on sex-based inequities in Indian registration affecting first cousins and siblings that were carried forward in the 1985 and 2010 amendments to the Indian Act. Bill S-3, the government's response, extends entitlement to status to people omitted from historic list.
Details the proceedings of a two-day workshop held in Australia that brought together scholars and policy practitioners from Australia, Aotearoa/New Zealand, Canada and the United States in July of 2015. The workshop examined the implications of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) for collection, maintenance, and use of data related to Indigenous peoples and the potential effects for Indigenous sovereignties.
Looks at recent discourse on domestic trafficking of Indigenous women and girls and the shift in language and framework towards an effort to recategorize violence as worthy of legal response.
"This paper argues that there has been a mildly positive trend in the recognition of Aboriginal land rights in Australia, along with an ever-increasing demand for sovereignty, as demonstrated by the proclamation of the Republic of Murrawarri."
In webinar, representative from the First Nations Information Governance Centre (FNIGC) discusses organization's development and purpose, the issue of data sovereignty, the principles of OCAP (Ownership, Control, Access and Possession) and their implications for researchers.
Duration: 49:31.
[Ministry of Children and Family Development (MCFD)
Government of British Columbia]
Description
Data for Indigenous and general population on: admissions to care; provincial CYIC (Children and Youth in Care) admissions; new Out-of-Care (OCO) / Agreements; and fatalities.
Australia’s National Research Organisation for Women’s Safety (ANROWS)
Description
Lists literature on prevention, prevalence/incidence, impact, justice responses, services and practices, culture and cultural competence, data sovereignty, as well as useful websites.
Education lead for the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation discusses ways in which everyone can incorporate reconciliation into daily life.
Duration: 41:56.
Presents examples of how reconciliation can be enacted in everyday life and talks about the National Center for Truth and Reconciliation, Project of Heart and the film Students in the Classroom.
Duration: 41:56.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 42, no. 1, 2018, pp. 17-39
Description
Uses legal precedence and practices in the state of Montana as a case study to discuss on-reservation taxation powers and policy, and revenue-sharing agreements between the state and tribal government.
Revisiting RCAP: Towards Reconciliation: The Future of Indigenous Governance
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Institute on Governance
Description
Summary of conference discussions which focused on six themes: state of reconciliation; imaging possibilities, assessing priorities for immediate action, identifying best practices, restoring trust to relationships with governments, and building relationships with industry.
Collection of Dr. Peter Purdue, College of Education, University of Saskatchewan.
Images include:The Riel Insurrection in Canada. Half-breed Insurgents on Picket Duty and Mounted Police.
Published in Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, April 11, 1885 [Page] 125.
No article associated with this image in the newspaper.
Looks at the traditional role of grandparents and options available for maintaining a connection when a grandchild is in the care of the Alberta Government.
Duration: 21:20.
Journal of Indigenous Social Development, vol. 7, no. 2, 2018, pp. 1-21
Description
Reports on research done using semi-structured face-to-face interviews to examine Indigenous practices around conflict resolution. Findings indicate that Indigenous practices: are more flexible than formal court proceedings, focus on consensus building, and aim to restore harmony rather than on punishment.
Photocopied partial pages of the Saskatchewan Herald, dated 15 June 1885, 25 September 1885, 19 October 1885, and 21 October 1885, with stories relating to the Northwest Resistance.
A photograph of the Duck Lake battleground, taken sometime after the fight itself. The house near where many of the Prince Albert Volunteers fell in action is clearly visible in the distance. The battleground itself is located near what is today highway # 212.
Indigenous Law Journal, vol. 16/17, no. 1, 2018, pp. 1-20
Description
Examines the difficulties involved in reconciling tikanga Māori (traditional law) which is based on whanaungatanga (familial relationships), whakapapa (lines of descent) and iwi (tribes), and contemporary New Zealand law which has its basis in individualism.
Analyzes 30 stories and conversations with community members to articulate the First Nation's legal principles with respect to: territorial and harvesting protocols and practices; establishing and maintaining agreements and conflict resolution; decision making; relationships, responsibilities and rights; and consequences, enforcement and teaching. Uses individual traditional stories as a foundation for case briefings.
The individual in the photograph is on guard duty at a sentry post at Prince Albert, NWT, 1885. A few possibilities exist for what this photograph represents. It appears to be a Northwest Mounted Police man (note the pith helmet), or less likely, a member of the Prince Albert Volunteers, or the Prince Albert Home Guard taken during the "siege" of Prince Albert.
Website contains links to information to assist in the writing or reviewing of a Gladue Report, a document which is presented after conviction and before sentencing and takes into account special cultural considerations and the impacts of colonialism.
Human Rights Review, vol. 16, no. 3, September 2015, pp. 273-293
Description
Rethinks Indigenous deaths as being grievable and uses grief as a resource to bring about change. Case study using Residential schools and Project Heart.
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 2, no. 1, Spring, 2015, pp. 15-39
Description
Supports apology for wrongs of the past and/or present and a credible commitment by the state for changes in future policy behavior.
Article located by scrolling down page.
National Task Force on Sex Trafficking in Canada concludes that true equality for women and girls will not be achieved until all forms of violence against women are eradicated.
Duration: 1:13:31.
Canadian Journal of Education, vol. 41, no. 2, 2018, pp. [633]-663
Description
Looks at the nine pathways to exploitation identified in interviews with survivors and service providers, discusses how girls are recruited into the sex trade, and explains the author's cycle of resistance model as basis for prevention programming.
Contrasts British male colonial attitudes to women in general and Indigenous women in particular to their status in traditional Indigenous societies; traces the development of stereotypes about both men and women; looks at the impacts of government-church alliances, the role of contemporary media and incidence and types of violence perpetrated against Indigenous women; and argues that restoring safety will mean recognizing and attempting to correct harms done by non-Indigenous societies, and decolonization of communities so that they may heal from historic trauma.
Includes statistics for prevalence broken down by type of violence both nationally and for the state, comparisons to white (non-Hispanic) population, race/ethnicity of survivors reported to law enforcement, and number of victims served agencies and assault nurse examiners.