Review found that there is a need for affordable mental health services for children and youth and recommends an increase to prevention funding which specifically targets at risk youth and adolescents.
United States Government Accountability Office Report to Congressional Requesters
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United States Government Accountability Office
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Reports results of surveys conducted with tribal and urban law enforcement agencies about investigations conducted 2014-2016, and victim service providers.
Testimony before the Committee on Indian Affairs, U.S. Senate
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Gretta L. Goodwin
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Statement by director of Homeland Security and Justice before the Committee on Indian Affairs, U.S. Senate. Discusses the extent to which: federal agencies collect and maintain data on investigations and prosecutions; tribal and major urban law enforcement agencies have encountered human trafficking and what factors affect the ability to investigate and prosecute; and available federal grants and how well positioned service providers are to know the numbers served.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 41, no. 4, Fall, 2017, pp. 299-335
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Traces women's political activities from the 1950s through the 1970s to the Splatsín te Secwépemc child welfare bylaw and Indian Child Caravan in 1980.
Indian Residential Schools Adjudication Secretariat
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Statistics for Independent Assessment Process for abuse claims by former residential school students. Lists claims received, resolved and in progress by province and territory, stage of progress, and total compensation paid. Includes links to historical data and charts.
Identifies problems in areas of time taken for processing applications and returning decisions on their success or failure, increasing rates of denial of status, and falling rate of restorations for women who lost status as a result of marriage
Report prepared for Insight Information's conference Aboriginal Oil and Gas: Preparing and Planning for the Next Wave of Resource Development Projects, April 24-25, 2006, Edmonton, Alberta. With additional comments on:
Haida Nation v. British Columbia and Taku River Tlingit First Nation v. British Columbia
Indigenous Affairs, no. 1, Africa and the Millennium Development Goals, 2006, pp. 30-37
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Discusses pastoral districts, government support, and gender issues related to roles, education, healthcare and HIV/AIDS.
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Overview of the Indian Claims Commission's activities for the year including inquiries and reports, special initiatives and plans for the next year. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
History of the ICC and of Specific Claims in Canada: Recent Developments
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Indian Claims Commission
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Brief history of the ICC (Indian Claims Commission) from 1995 and the Apsassin case to the year 2004. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
Book review of: Indian Education in Canada. Volume 2: The Challenge. Nakoda Institute Occasional Paper No. 2 edited by Jean Barman, Yvonne Hebert, Don McCaskill
Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, vol. 100, Special Supplement, 2006, pp. 877-880
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Discusses the impact of Public Law 93-638 on the IHS (Indian Health Services) delivery of eye care, deficiencies in the system and recommendations for improvement.
Prairie Forum, vol. 13, no. 1, Spring, 1988, pp. 25-42
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Examines the aftermath of the North-West Rebellion and the consequences of a pass system established by Indian Affairs intended to control Native Peoples movements.
Saskatchewan Law Review, vol. 69, no. 1, 2006, pp. 251-267
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Discusses the U.S. doctrine which states that when a reservation is created, water is reserved to satisfy the needs of the reservation, and the ramifications if Canada adopts a similar policy.
Describes events in a class-action lawsuit filed in 1996 against the U.S. Government seeking an accounting of monies held in trust for Native Americans since the late 19th century.
Canadian Journal of Women and the Law, vol. 18, no. 2, 2006, pp. 513-533
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Discusses divorce settlements involving real property on-reserve, issues arising from the Constitution and Indian Act that prevent application of provincial law and focuses on the impact of policy on women.
Looks at Native-newcomer relations in BC through various meetings and delegations of Aboriginal elders to the British Crown.
Chapter from Majesty in Canada: Essays on the Role of Royalty edited by Colin MacMillan Coates.
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American Indian Quarterly, vol. 30, no. 3/4, Decolonizing Archaeology , Summer - Autumn, 2006, pp. 280-310
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Author examines the colonial nature of historic and contemporary archaeological practice, offers a post-colonial critique of the methods and values of the field, and suggests strategies for decolonizing the field and upholding the rights and sovereignties of Indigenous peoples.