Canadian Medical Association, vol. 181, no. 11, November 24, 2009, pp. 249-250
Description
Examines the reluctance of the federal government to invest in local nursing stations within Aboriginal communities, and looks at evidence that suggests First Nations control of health care leads to better health.
Looks at the mainstreaming of Indigeneity along indigenous policymaking lines in New Zealand and Canada by examining self determining autonomy models and state determination governance models.
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 90, no. 3, September 2009, pp. 427-461
Description
Looks at the governments attempt to create a one-size-fits-all category of societal Canadian citizenship, and reveals the extent to which First Nations peoples and immigrants were expected to conform to Canadian values and standards.
Overview and guide to aid in developing a meaningful Aboriginal consultation processes for distinct Aboriginal peoples in Canada, one that would accommodate Aboriginal rights.
Northern Exposure: Peoples, Powers and Prospects in Canada's North
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Author/Creator
Frances Abele
Thomas J. Courchene
F. Leslie Seidle
France St.Hilaire
Description
Chapter in book: Northern Exposure: Peoples, Powers and Prospects in Canada's North edited by Frances, Abele, Thomas J. Courchene, F. Leslie Seidle and Frances St. Hilaire. Suggests that in the face of climate change, northerners should have more control over their environment.
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 43, no. 2, Spring, 2009, pp. 82-108, 263
Description
Discusses unresolved legal and political matters that question Canadian Arctic sovereignty and looks at different approaches to sovereignty by the Government of Canada, Arctic Indigenous peoples, and other Northerners.
Teaching Education, vol. 20, no. 1, Special Issue: Indigenous Education, 2009, pp. 1-5
Description
Introduction to special issue presenting research on Indigenous education and policies in Native American, Maori, Aborigine and Torres Strait Island education systems.
Genocide Studies and Prevention, vol. 4, no. 1, Spring, 2009, pp. 81-97
Description
Looks at how Aboriginal groups experienced assimilation in different ways and discusses the separation between cultural and physical forms of destruction.
Examines the political, social, and economic influences on First Nation and Métis youth’s attitudes toward higher levels of education and career planning; and looks at some of the institutional and policy structures that support or hinder the ability of First Nation and Métis youth to finding pathways that will lead to sustained employment.
Canadian Diversity=Diversitié canadienne, vol. 7, no. 3, One Path, Many Directions: The Complex and Diverse Nature of Contemporary Aboriginal Reality, Fall, 2009, pp. 85-92
Description
Discusses epidemiology, cost to society and individuals, government commitment, risk factors and socio-economic inequities.
Scroll down to page 85 to read article.
Researcher relates oral histories about members of the Peepeekisis Reserve concerning the experimental agricultural farm that was established to continue the work of the residential schools and to keep students from returning to their "uncivilized" ways.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 12, no. 4, April 2009, p. 11
Description
Discusses Métis citizens feelings of being rushed to implement Draft Duty to Consult and Accomodate policies without time to respond to the draft in a meaningful way.
Article located by scrolling to page 11.