Looks at some of the characters and controversies that have arisen due to the depictions of Indigenous peoples. Games examined include GUN, Custer's Revenge, Turok series, and Prey.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 37, no. 1, 2017, pp. 1-28
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Article examines some of the barriers to the engagement and participation of urban Indigenous communities in municipal policy-making. Author asserts that racial and cultural stereotyping and discrimination against Aboriginal peoples and communities are key issues.
Author of Neoliberal Apartheid discusses commonalities between two states, including the patterns of extreme inequality, racialized poverty and advanced securitization which are symptomatic neoliberal regimes.
Aboriginal History, vol. 41, December 2017, pp. 3-21
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Article examines textual descriptions from the letters and journals of Australian settlers of painted story boards depicting colonially prescribed behaviors and threatened consequences for not conforming. The journals and letters also describe how these picture boards were installed in various wilderness locations where known to be frequented by Indigenous peoples.
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 32, no. 2, Fall, 2017, pp. 70-90
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This literary criticism article examines the intersections and lasting consequences of settler colonialism and the chattel enslavement of African people on North American lands, cultures and identities in the context of the novel.
Group formed to examine the role of racism in Sinclair's death and the subsequent inquest. The 45-year-old Aboriginal man died while awaiting treatment in the Health Sciences Centre Emergency Department. He had been in the department for 34 hours.
Looks at the dominant visual representations of Native Americans and the use of photography as a form of resistance to racist photographic representations.
Looks at how province's first lieutenant-governor's attitudes about the land question continued to exert influence during two periods: the years following entry into Confederation (1871 to 1876) and during the era of postwar hydroelectric development using case studies from 1951 to 1989.
Describes the history of Canada's residential schools which were financed by the federal government, but largely run by various religious organizations.
Survey conducted with 19 students found that they experienced isolation, racism, lack of respect and insufficient support from the institution. Author argues that present policies address the symptoms rather than the root causes of the lack of student retention.
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Drama Review / T D R: The Journal of Performance Studies, vol. 44, no. 3, Fall, 2000, pp. 11-36
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Discusses the decolonization process, which the author states is accomplished by, "moving the center", in this case, from Europe to their own centers. The writer concludes that "underneath the new globalized skin" is the same Euro-defined ethnicity, carrying the same biases that are written into scripts.
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 108, no. 5-6, 2017, pp. e482-e487
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Results of cross-sectional, interviewer-administered survey of 874 adults living on two Cree reserves in Saskatchewan conducted from May 2012 to August 2013. Found association between interpersonal discrimination and depression.
Canadian Ethnic Studies, vol. 32, no. 2, April 30, 2000, p. 119
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Book reviews of: Colour-Coded: A Legal History of Racism in Canada, 1900-1950 by Constance Backhouse and Race, Rights and the Law in the Supreme Court: Historical Case Studies by James W. St. G. Walker.
Canadian Literature, no. 167, First Nations Writing, Winter, 2000, pp. 68-84
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Discusses the novel Inside Out: An Autobiography of a Native Canadian which incorporates prison confession narrative and First Nation autobiography.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p. 68.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 35, no. 2, Spring, 2011, pp. 241-257
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Looks at a study on the depictions of Native Americans on the video web site YouTube. The article focuses on viewers' ratings and reactions, considering both stereotypical and counterstereotypical racial representations of Indians.
Canadian Journal of Communication, vol. 25, no. 4, 2000, pp. [497-515]
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Explores how the myth of tolerance has become part of the national identity despite evidence to the contrary; uses the results of a survey conducted on attitudes toward immigration as an illustration of this dichotomy.
Canadian Journal of Education, vol. 40, no. 1, 2017, pp. 1-30
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Shows contemporary teachings about settler innocence and Aboriginal responsibility run the risk of re-inscribing the same old past colonial characteristics.