Includes brief description of child welfare in Ontario and the current context, discusses effects of the provincial moratorium on new agency designations, and makes specific recommendations to Ontario Ministry of Community and Social Services with respect to service provision, relationships with mainstream Children's Aid Societies, funding, capacity building and staff retention.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 25, no. 1, 2001, pp. 18-20
Description
Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Nation, in northwestern Montana, and how their land is protected by the State Historic Preservation Office.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 20, no. 2, Repatriation: An Interdisciplinary Dialogue, Spring, 1996, pp. 238-250
Description
The author, a historian, Pawnee man, and activist discusses his experience and perspective in dealing with the archaeological and museum communities while advocating for the repatriation of human remains and burial offerings.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 20, no. 2, Repatriation: An Interdisciplinary Dialogue, Spring, 1996, pp. 274-286
Description
Article describes the social and political factors and events that influenced and were a part of the extended process of repatriating potlatch artifacts that had been confiscated in 1922 under an amendment to the Indian Act prohibiting the potlatch ceremony.
Conflict Analysis Management Thesis (M.A.)--Royal Roads University, 2001. Conflict about the harvesting of the Pine Mushroom (tricholoma magnivelare) in Nisga'a territory.
International Journal on Minority & Group Rights , vol. 8, no. 2/3, Special Issue on Sami Rights in Finland, Norway, Russia and Sweden, 2001, pp. 223-234
Description
Looks at proposed statute in Northern Europe regarding unenclosed land resources with focus on Norwegian Finnmark Act.
Historical background and submission to Indian Claims Commission (ICC) in respect to the Crown deducting payments for medical aid from 1909-1934 from the Band's interest trust account. ICC recommended that the claim be accepted for negotiation and that the subject of medical aid is worthy of a comprehensive study to clarify the intentions of the various treaties. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
Focuses on issues facing Métis settlements, particularly water testing, treatment, and maintenance, and regulatory framework for single wells.
Submission to the Walkerton Inquiry Commission.
CultureWork, vol. 6, no. 1, September 2001, p. [?]
Description
Study consisted of literature review, survey of art galleries and interviews with practicing artists. Found that issues with accessibility to markets involved differences in culture, categorization of works as "traditional" or "contemporary", and expectations based on identity.
Discusses the negotiating problems between Aboriginal groups and mining companies and the need to develop a long-term vision about mineral development.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 20, no. 2, March/April 1996, pp. 53-55
Description
Overview of funding of health and substance misuse services and hearing and mental health and agreements being negotiated between the Commonwealth and each State and Territory.
New Mexico Law Review, vol. 26, no. 169, 1996, pp. [169]-190
Description
Explains Aboriginal law and defines who is an Aboriginal. Presents results from questionnaire sent to faculty claiming Indian descent and teaching courses related to Aboriginal law in American law schools.
Murdoch University Electronic Journal of Law, vol. 8, no. 2, June 1, 2001, p. [?]
Description
Discusses importance of physical activitiy to culture and the historical efforts of sport organizations and federal legislation to exclude First Nations People from sport participation.
Report to the National Congress of American Indians on three policy areas: income support and support services, job skills, and training and employment.
Agreement guided by the principles established in the Devolution Protocol Accord and signed by Canada, the YTG (Government of the Yukon), the Council of Yukon First Nations and members of the Kwanlin Dun First Nation, the Liard First Nation, Kaska Tribal Council, on behalf of the Ross River Dena Council and Kaska Dena Council.