Comments on the proposed revisions regarding whether First Nations are allowed to "expand their reserve land base to deal with increased population, take advantage of economic opportunities, resolve land claims for insufficient land entitlement under treaties or for past deprivations of their legal entitlement to reserve land, or in extreme cases, to relocate their communities".
Documentary examines the controversy surrounding the decline in the sled dog population between 1950-1970. Many Inuit believe that dogs were killed as part of government policy, while officials deny this claim.
Some images may be disturbing to viewers.
Duration: 68:08.
Qikiqtani Truth Commission Final Report: Achieving Saimaqatigiingniq
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Qikiqtani Truth Commission
Description
Commission was established to create a record of how government policies between 1950 and 1975 affected the Inuit living in the Baffin region. Report based testimonies and interviews, and archival research. Includes recommendations.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 22, no. 4, Winter, 2010, pp. [1]-31
Description
Discusses how U.S. federal Indian policy attempted to disrupt existing relationships, alliances and traditional ways of thinking.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p. 1.
Brief discussion of the impact of colonialism, factors which place individuals at risk for homelessness, common life experiences of the majority of the population, government responses, and list of practices needed in the continuum of care.
Canadian Political Science Association Annual Conference; 82nd, 2010
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Peter H. Russell
Description
Argues that while RCAP may be seen as a failure in terms of its recommendations being implemented, as an attempt to establish consensual understanding of the relationship between Aboriginal people and other Canadians, it was a success.
Pimatisiwin, vol. 8, no. 1, Summer, 2010, pp. 151-170
Description
Outlines the main topics covered at the conference, including the need for effective Northern governance, and concludes with ten recommendations to meet this and other needs.
Native Studies Review, vol. 19, no. 2, 2010, pp. 59-93
Description
Looks at archival evidence of Shab-eh-nay's life and experiences to challenge the racial stereotyping utilized by Chief Justice John Marshall regarding American Indian law and policy.
Looks at the forced removal of Aboriginal children from their families and its effects and discusses the shifts in child welfare policy, and amendment to adoption laws.
Looks at Aboriginal title and self-determination, structure of Canadian federalism, and self-government strategies.
Scroll down to page 50 to read article.
Albert Journal of Educational Research, vol. 56, no. 1, Spring, 2010, pp. 72-81
Description
Presents themes of review: lack of willingness by the federal government to honor constitutional obligations; focus of providing provincial level of special education services; limited funding; lack of respect for First Nations knowledge.
American Antiquity, vol. 78, no. 1, January 2013, pp. 89-103
Description
Identifies three dimensions of Indigenous political economies (polity size, polity structure, landscape management practices) as important elements in colonial research.
Argues that the Federal government has failed to provide adequate support to First Nations children (both on and off-reserve) in terms of programs for birth and adoptive parents, has not implemented Jordan's principle, and does not monitor international adoption placements.
The First Nations Post-Secondary Education: Access
Opportunity and Outcomes Panel
Description
Presents a dialogue between AFN members to inform and advance a policy regarding the need to support post-secondary education and skills training for First Nations youth and adults.
Video of representative from the Office of the Treaty Commissioner speaking at the 2010 Growing Saskatchewan Conference.
Five parts. Viewer is automatically sent to next part.
Total duration: 59:10.
Looks at the historical and modern meaning of the annuity and its significance as an annual reminder of obligations and promises made during treaty-making.
Chapter from A History of Treaties and Policies edited by Jerry P. White, Erik Anderson, Jean-Pierre Morin, and Dan Beavon, which is vol. 7 in the Aboriginal Policy Research series.
Originally presented at the Aboriginal Policy Research Conference, 2009.
George Wright Forum, The, vol. 27, no. 2, 2010, p. 222–233
Description
Examines the unique legal and constitutional relationship with First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples and Parks Canada including the legislative policy and corporate changes that have occurred over the last 30 years.