Nationhood Interrupted: Revitalizing nehiyaw Legal Systems
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Sylvia McAdam
Justice as Healing, vol. 20, no. 1, 2015, pp. 1-8
Description
Comments on problematic and questionable bills as well as the Idle No More movement.
Excerpts from Nationhood Interrupted: Revitalizing nêhiyaw Legal Systems by Sylvia McAdam.
Central themes included are: Indigenous governance and socio-cultural relationships with water, water allocation and implications for water rights, legal framework for water and territorial rights, and drinking water issues on reserves.
[Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada (AANDC)]
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"The material provides an overview of the mandate and history of the Department, the parliamentary environment, the Minister's portfolio, key relationships, and departmental sectors and their mandates. It also includes an overview of First Nation, Métis and Inuit protocols, cultures and traditions."
John Collier and the Controversial Resignation of Indian Commissioner Charles Burke, 1921-1929
Native American Symposium ; 2nd, 1997
Reclaiming the Feminine in the Chitimacha Creation Myth
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Ginger R. Davis
Carlon Andre
Carole McAllister
Description
John Collier and the Controversial Resignation of Indian Commissioner Charles Burke, 1921-1929 by Ginger R. Davis examines the federal Native American policy, and Burke's assimilationist policy and the end of his administration.
Reclaiming the Feminine in the Chitimacha Creation Myth by Carlon Andre and Carole McAllister discusses ways in which French influence altered and disturbed Chitimacha of Louisiana's oral traditions.
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.
Discusses: typical mechanisms, community-based justice models, and processes derived from Indigenous legal traditions; governance, community and participant considerations for discussion; and guiding questions and building blocks. Includes examples of existing models and how they function.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 27, no. 1, Spring, 2015, pp. 1-32
Description
Looks at recognition of life within human remains and objects through the writings of Heid Erdrich, LeAnne Howe, and Allison Adelle Hedge Coke in the context of the 1990 Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act.
Mino-B'maadiziwin Project, 2-Spirited People of the 1st Nations
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Gilbert Deschamps
Description
Purpose of manual is to assist people in giving culturally-sensitive workshops by providing information on teachings, history, spirituality, etc. and homophobia / prejudice and AIDS.