Links to audio of interviews with over 190 Aboriginals who were taken from their families by the Australian government in an effort to assimilate them.
Explores reasons why the epidemic figures prominently in First Nations' histories; includes oral remembrances of the devastation the disease brought to First Nations communities.
Canadian Woman Studies, vol. 26, no. 3/4, Indigenous Women in Canada: the Voices of First Nations, Inuit and Métis Women, Winter/Spring, 2008, pp. 177-178
Description
Highlights the difficulties faced by reserve residents when accessing urban amenities.
Interview is a general account of Mr. Pocha's life. He describes his involvement in early Metis organizations, and discusses his view on ways to improve the situation of natives.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 43, no. 2, Spring, 2019, pp. 168-203
Description
Critical essay in which the author argues that Coups’s autobiography, originally published in 1930 as American: The Life Story of a Great Indian, Plenty- coups, Chief of the Crows is best read as multivocal text that presents both human and more-than-human voices and perspectives.
Canadian Journal of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, vol. 35, no. 2, Service Delivery to First Nations, Inuit and Métis in Canada: Part 1, Summer, 2011, pp. 136-143
Description
Identifies information important for a non-Aboriginal professional to know before working with Aboriginal peoples.
First Nations Journeys of Justice: A Curriculum for Kindergarten to Grade Seven
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Author/Creator
Anne Goodfellow
Description
Focuses on the values of respect, responsibility and seeing others people's points of view.
Chapter Four from First Nations Journeys of Justice: A Curriculum for Kindergarten to Grade Seven by Anne Goodfellow.
First Nations Journeys of Justice: A Curriculum for Kindergarten to Grade Seven
Grade One: Growing and Learning
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Anne Goodfellow
Description
Focuses on respect of self and others.
Chapter One from First Nations Journeys of Justice: A Curriculum for Kindergarten to Grade Seven by Anne Goodfellow.
Note: Page after title page is placed out of order in error. Scroll past page 83 and chapter begins with page i.
First Nations Journeys of Justice: A Curriculum for Kindergarten to Grade Seven
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Anne Goodfellow
Description
Overview of how the court system operates in British Columbia.
Chapter Six from First Nations Journeys of Justice: A Curriculum for Kindergarten to Grade Seven by Anne Goodfellow.
First Nations Journeys of Justice: A Curriculum for Kindergarten to Grade Seven
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Anne Goodfellow
Description
Focuses on the rules that must be followed in order to achieve certain goals in life.
Chapter 3 from First Nations Journeys of Justice: A Curriculum for Kindergarten to Grade Seven by Anne Goodfellow.
First Nations Journeys of Justice: A Curriculum for Kindergarten to Grade Seven
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
[Anne Goodfellow]
Description
Focuses on rules within the home, school and community.
Chapter Two from First Nations Journeys of Justice: A Curriculum for Kindergarten to Grade Seven by Anne Goodfellow.
Studies gender roles in three novels: Not Wanted on the Voyage, Salt Fish Girl, and Kiss of the Fur Queen.
English & Cultural Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--McMaster University, 2014.
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 29, no. 1, 2006, pp. 58-74
Description
Describes a program that records the narratives of youths who were bullied, the films were shown to non-Aboriginal youth in an effort to address racism and its effects.
Satirical article which appeared in an unknown Native American activist newsletter. Reverses the roles of Euro-Americans and Native Americans in history.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 21, no. 2, Spring, 1997, pp. 265-298
Description
Literary criticism article which explores the way that Indigenous bodies appear and are used to articulate the struggles between Indigenous and Euro-American cultures in the novels Winter in the Blood and Bearhear.
Indigenous lawyers and law students from British Columbia recount their experiences with stereotyping, race-based assumptions, and discrimination within the legal profession and while practicing in the justice system.
Duration: 25:43.
Related material: Part 2.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 13, no. 4, Winter, 2001, pp. [51]-78
Description
Discusses how Pauline Johnson explores her own identity by way of the chief's story, a character in the book Legends of Vancouver.
Scroll to page 51 to access article.
Overview of scholarly literature about, by and for Aboriginal women of Canada focusing on five disciplines: history, law, health, education, and literature.
BC Studies, no. 199, Indigeneities and Museums: Ongoing Conversations, Autumn, 2018, pp. 45-52
Description
Excerpt from a conversation between the authors about the exhibition c̓əsnaʔəm, the city before the city. Discussion includes exhibit process and impact, and the role of museums in supporting and consulting with Indigenous communities,
Evidence given by Camoose Bottle, aged 71, including an account of the taking of Treaty #7 following a deterioration in Indian life after introduction of alcohol; allocation of lands to various tribes and later loss of part of the Blood Reserve.
Description, field diary and pictures of Alice Fletcher's (1834-1923) six-week travels to Dakota territory in the fall of 1881. Includes photos of Sitting Bull.
Primary focus is the personal narratives of two survivors of the Mohawk Institute Indian Residential School, with some general information of the school system and the work of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
Duration: 47:30.
Child Welfare, vol. 77, no. 4, July/Aug 1998, pp. 441-460
Description
Looks at information gathered from interviews conducted with clients to develop a course of action for child protection. Text from interviews included.