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.
Based on interviews with Indigenous women and Elders about relationships to the environment, observed changes, traditional practices on the land, and the health of their families and communities.
American Indian Law Review, vol. 17, no. 2, 1992, pp. 457-521
Description
Article seeks to illustrate the complexity of the ownership issue and urges governments and museums to reevaluate perceived rights to cultural property.
Current Research: The Aboriginal courtworker Program of Manitoba: A Needs Assessment
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Thérèse Lajeunesse and Associates Ltd.
Canadian Journal of Criminology, vol. 34, no. 3/4, July-October 1992, p. [?]
Description
Looks at the need for courtworker services and at the Aboriginal courtworker program regarding number and locations of workers, programming and administration.
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.
University of British Columbia Law Review, vol. 26, Special Edition: Aboriginal Justice, 1992, pp. 1-3
Description
Highlights the five papers in volume, which were originally commissioned as background studies to the Law Reform Commission's report Aboriginal Peoples and Criminal Justice: Equality, Respect and the Search for Justice.
University of British Columbia Law Review, Special Edition: Aboriginal Justice, 1992, pp. [239]-279
Description
Various contributors give the "Aboriginal perspective" on the current applications of the Criminal Code, workings of the justice system in general, and required improvements.
"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.
Outlines the transfer of Rupert's Land and the North-Western Territory to the Dominion of Canada, and compares the Hudson Bay Company's claim versus the Aboriginal claim.
Aboriginal Victories at Constitutional Talks; Oldman Dam Opponents Receive Support; Arrests at Logging Blockade
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Articles » General
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 16, no. 3, Speaking for Ourselves, Fall, 1992
Description
Discussion of an aboriginal consitution success, a recommendation to the government regarding an environmental assessment, and a protest staged in Saskatchewan.
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.
Analyzes and assigns grades to the Bill in five areas: national standards, accountability, funding, jurisdiction, and data collecting and reporting.
Related material: Factsheet: Overview and Recommendations
Alberta Councial of Women's Shelters in Conversation with Lewis Cardinal
Building Relations Part 2: Stories from Community
Building Relationships Part 1: Lessons From Lewis
Circle Process
Foundations of Indigenous Worldviews
Indigenous Women in Indigenous Societies
Indigenous Women's Leadership
Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls: Inquiry and Action
Treaty Relations: Spirit, Intent, and First Nations Perspectives
[In Coversation with Lewis Cardinal]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Lewis Cardinal
[Tina Fox
Stephanie Harpe
Tracy Bear
Karen MacKenzie
Betty Letendre
Cora Voyageur
Ruth Scalp Lock]
Description
Series of eight hour-long videos developed to educate women's shelter workers, but equally applicable to general audiences. Videos cover wide range of topics such as: treaty relationships; Indigenous worldviews; missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls; Indigenous women in Indigenous societies; women's leadership; and building relationships.