Histories of Anthropology Annual, vol. 6, 2010, pp. 129-170
Description
Looks at how Sol Tax incorporated action anthropology, through conventional tactics, into his goals of challenging the United States government policies and also challenged assimilationist ideals found in both science and politics.
Maytree Policy in Focus, no. 5, September 2008, pp. 1-8
Description
Describes the failure of the educational system on reserves and gives recommendations to improve educational attainment.
Presents background and context to Michael Mendelson's research Improving Education on Reserves: A First Nations Authority Act
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
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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.
Canadian Woman Studies, vol. 26, no. 3/4, Indigenous Women in Canada: The Voices of First Nations, Inuit and Metis Women, Winter/Spring, 2008, pp. 227-229
Description
Book review of: "Real" Indians and Others by Bonita Lawrence.
Secret document giving Associate Deputy Minister's approval to draft a memorandum to Cabinet seeking both mandate and funding to consult First Nations peoples regarding the consolidation and redesign of support programs for core Indian government operations.
Looks at data from the General Social Survey for the year 2006 to determine where Indians stand on issues of religion and politics as compared to other ethnic groups.
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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.
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.
Indian Claims Commission: Report of the Mediation of the Sturgeon Lake First Nation Treaty Land Entitlement Negotiations
E-Books
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Indian Claims Commission
p. 19
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Summary of a ratified settlement of $10.4 million in compensation, with authorization to purchase 38 thousand acres of land. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
George Gordon First Nation: Treaty Land Entitlement Negotiations Mediation
Indian Claims Commission: Report on the Mediation of the George Gordon First Nation Treaty Land Entitlement Negotiations
E-Books
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description
Submission of treaty land entitlement claim to the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development for a shortfall of entitlement lands based on additions to band membership after the first survey. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
Discusses ways of revitalizing the Ngoni culture, traditions and governance through personal historical memories, sacred oral histories & documented written sources.
Native Studies Review, vol. 17, no. 2, 2008, pp. 115-141
Description
Gives context of the dispute and occupation of Anicinabe Park, in Kenora, Ontario which brought about a new era of bad relations and distrust between the Canadian Government and Native groups.
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.
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.
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.