Explores the problem of neoliberalism and nativist desire, and examines the possible answers to globalized neoliberalism and its reliance on multicultural difference.
Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice, vol. 49, no. 1, January 2007, pp. 109-123
Description
Examines Aboriginal youth being sentenced differently from non-Aboriginal youth and suggests it may be caused by the number of Aboriginals living in cities where longer sentences are frequently handed down.
Native Studies Review, vol. 19, no. 1, 2010, pp. 101-118
Description
Interprets the relationships between the settler colonizer, the Indigenous colonized, and a variety of differently categorized exogenous "Others" and how they interpenetrate and overlap, but remain separate as they co-define each other.
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.
Challenges the fact that communication or solicitation for the purpose of sex, otherwise known as prostitution, is illegal and yet is so open, with 14 escort agencies listed in Saskatoon and 17 in Regina.
Introduces Native American literature and history and looks at the influences and accuracy of Alexie's work.
Philology Thesis (B.A.)--University of West Bohemia, 2013.
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 4, no. 1, Indigenous Early Parenthood, 2013, pp. 1-14
Description
Literature review demonstrates the closely intertwined factors that serve to highlight the differences and similarities between First Nation and non-First Nation perspectives.
American Literary History, vol. 25, no. 3, Fall, 2013, pp. 625-637
Description
Book reviews of 3 books:
On Records: Delaware Indians, Colonists, and the Media of History and Memory by Andrew Newman.
Firsting and Lasting: Writing Indians Out of Existence in New England by Jean O'Brien.
English Letters and Indian Literacies: Reading, Writing, and New England Missionary Schools, 1750-1830 by Hilary E. Wyss.
Objectives of study were to explore practices within healthcare that were perceived to be stigmatizing, develop design to eliminate these practices, and describe process to re-align services to reflect this design.
Education Canada, vol. 47, no. 1, Making Space For Critical Reflection: Dreams & Solutions For Aboriginal Children, Winter, 2007, pp. 48-51
Description
Through the author's experiences, looks at how power and privilege spills over into the classroom setting through oppression that is related to gender, race, class and sexual orientation.
Deviant Behavior, vol. 28, no. 3, 2007, pp. 219-246
Description
Tests Robert Agnew's general strain theory to explain suicide in minority groups. Results shows how coercive parenting, caretaker rejection, and negative school attitudes contribute to youth suicide.
Policy Paper Series (Aboriginal Family Violence Prevention and Legal Service Victoria)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Aboriginal Family Violence Prevention and Legal Service Victoria (FVPLS Victoria)
Description
Looks at key law and justice issues: funding services in rural areas; national women's legal program; and women's law and justice policy development and funding issues.
Indigenous Affairs, no. 4, Social Suffering, 2007, pp. 16-21
Description
Explores consequences resulting from ethnic discrimination, racism, sexism, exploitation, poverty and political violence.
To access this article, scroll down to page 16.
Study conducted to discover how to better promote and support the success of Aboriginal education in public schools, and how to create an on-going dialogue regarding learning within teacher organizations and the broader educational community.
Frank Paul Inquiry: William H. Davies, Q.C. Commissioner Appointed under the Public Inquiry Act, S.B.C., 2007, c.9
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
A. Cameron Ward
Neil Chantler
Description
Inquiry looked into circumstances surrounding the death of a Mi'kmaq man who was removed from Vancouver Police Department lock-up, left in an nearby alley and subsequently died of exposure and hypothermia.
Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society, vol. 100, no. 3, Fall, 2007, pp. 268-278
Description
Comments on dysconscious and systemic racism which justifies inequality as natural and deserved and cultivates a distorted way of thinking in institutions of mass media and education.
Looks at the history of the Brandon Friendship Centre and the women who made the establishment possible by raising awareness on the issue of racism and providing help for Native peoples.
Due to a negotiated settlement, the victims of residential schools will soon receive compensation. This article argues that it is now time to look to the future.
First National Trudeau Fellow discusses the Canadian art establishment's failure to recognize continuum of Aboriginal art or its aesthetic.
Duration: 1:08:05.
Journal of the Association for Research on Mothering, vol. 9, no. 2, 2007, pp. 20-30
Description
Looks at anti-racist mothering for mothers of white-inscribed children as well as for mothers whose children are racially and/or culturally marginalized.