McGill Law Journal, vol. 60, no. 1, June 6, 2014, pp. 1-42
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Looks at the criminal prosecution of Robert Pickton in terms of judicial representation of victims, implications of jury's decision, and impact of trial on families of the murdered women.
Discussion guide to accompany A Place in the Middle, true story about a girl who wants to be in an all-boy hula troupe at her school. For grades 6-12.
Watch A Place in the Middle.
Canadian Journal of Women and the Law, vol. 26, no. 1, White Settler Colonialism and Indigeneity in the Canadian Context: A Tribute to Patricia Monture, 2014, pp. 166-169
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Book review of: Presume Incompetent edited by Gabriella Gutiérrez y Muhs, Yolanda Flores Niemann, Carmen G. González and Angela P. Harris.
Dialogue of 120 community leaders identified shared principles and approaches to support injustices in Canadian society. Presents a speech by a holocaust survivor.
Duration: 15:11.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 38, no. 4, 2014, pp. 3-28
Description
Investigates the defense offered by the Government of Canada that overlapping claims negate any exclusive claims and any obligation in regards to Aboriginal rights to those lands in question.
Study interviews engaged and non-engaged parents, teachers, and school administrators from six Saskatchewan high schools as well as national and international administrators. Concludes with recommendations.
Examines intentionally separate schools for African American students which still exist in spite of the 1954 U.S. Supreme Court decision; Brown v. Board of Education.
Journal of Indigenous Social Development, vol. 3, no. 1, August 2014, pp. 1-16
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Findings from a lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning, and intersex (LGBTQI ) needs assessment on experiences of bias-motivated discrimination due to sexual orientation, and gender identity.
The International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 5, no. 3, June 2014, pp. 1-18
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Study based on interviews with 25 individuals from the Six Nations of the Grand River in Canada and 20 individuals from the Inari municipality in Finland.
Canadian Issues, Perspectives on the History of Education in Canada, Spring, 2014, pp. 31-36
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Outlines government efforts to assimilate and repress Aboriginals and argues that their identities have remained intact.
To access article scroll to p. 31.
Biographical article on the evolution in Aboriginal administration through the eyes of an officer for the Western Australia Department of Native Affairs.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 26, no. 3, Fall, 2014, pp. 62-80
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Interview with Cherokee author who discusses personal, familial, cultural, social, literary, and popular expectations about American Indians.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 62.