2006 - The Year In Review. A Year of Sadness, Accomplishment and Progressncb703Thu, 12/01/2011 - 00:00
Articles » General
Eagle Feather News, vol. 10, no. 1, January 2007, pp. 1-2
Description
Comments on the North American Indigenous Games, residential school survivors, Dr. Marie Battiste, the death of RCMP officer Robin Cameron, and more.
Article located on page 1 and by scrolling to page 2.
Aboriginal Education and Anti-Racist Education: Building Alliances Across Cultural and Racial IdentityTrudaWed, 03/11/2009 - 11:36
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Verna St. Denis
Canadian Journal of Education, vol. 30, no. 4, Coalition Work in Indigenous Educational Contexts, 2007, pp. 1068-1092
Description
Examines how anti-racist education could provide a foundation to forge alliances between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal communities in search of social justice in education.
"A paper originally prepared for the Westbank First Nation's conference 'Making or Breaking the Treaty Process: The Constitutional Status of Treaty Settlement Land', Kelowna, BC, May 31, 2006."
Paper provides the basic Constitutional background for the conference.
Purpose of act was to eliminate sexual discrimination within the Indian Act and make it congruent with the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Came about because of United Nations Human Rights Commission's ruling that First Nations women were being discriminated against due to loss of status through marriage to non-First Nations men.
Discusses framework of reparations to include the emotional, spiritual, political and social realms all within the context of the particular history of Native peoples.
Chapter in book: Reparations: Interdisciplinary Inquiries edited by Jon Miller and Rahul Kumar.
23 Elizabeth II. Chapter 15. An Act Respecting Oil and Gas in Indian Lands
Indian Oil and Gas Act
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Government of Canada
Description
Cited as Indian Oil and Gas Act. Section 7 provided for consultation, on a continuing basis, with Indian bands most directly affected by oil and gas activities.
Comparison of Metis Settlements with Other Local Governments
Detailed Description of the Metis Settlements Governance System
Governance Discussion Paper: Metis Settlements of Alberta
Interview with Fred Martin on the Development of the Metis Settlement Governance System
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
John Graham
Description
Three papers: detailed description of settlements' governance systems, interview with Fred Martin on development of those systems, and comparison with other local governments.
Assembly of First Nations Urges Awareness of Settlement Details
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Marites N. Sison
Anglican Journal, vol. 133, no. 1, January 2007, p. 10
Description
Explains that frontline workers, working in reserves and native communities, should be sure to inform former First Nations residential school students about the details of the Residential Schools Settlement Agreement including the "opt-out" period.
Paper prepared for the Canadian Human Rights Commission, looks at three emerging models of alternative resolution processes and the common challenges each face, if implemented.
American Indian Culture & Research Journal, vol. 31, no. 1, 2007, pp. 21-37
Description
Explores printed media coverage of Native Americans to determine whether racial and or ethnicity profiling differs from others and whether it contributes to stereotyping.
Interview with the respected storyteller and singer Antoine Lonesinger. Interview includes the Legend of Cut Knife Hill and stories of BlackRock and Chokecherry Wood.
Interview includes two stories: the first about a boy who saves a boy and wins a wife in the process; a second about a boy who upon returning to his band with a wife becomes chief.
Interview includes stories about a ghost priest and a non-existent camp. Also included is a story of how a lame boy's skill as a medicine man won him a chieftainship and a wife.
Interview includes a biographical account of Antoine Lonesinger's life that includes stories about farming, trapping, house construction and the making of charcoal and lime. He also tells of the murder of an Indian Agent at the hands of a Blackfoot named Owl Eyes.
Interview with Mr Lonesinger who tells stories of Indian agents both good and bad. He also tells of the Battle of the Cut Knife Hill and the banning of the Sundance.