The American Indian Quarterly, vol. 39, no. 3, Summer, 2015, pp. 243-270
Description
Article investigates how the forces of United States government and corporate interests worked together to entrench imperialist social relations and conditions. Refers to both the Occupy Wall Street movement and the Occupy Oakland movement.
Teacher's guide for use with documentary which looks at the Iroquois Nationals, a lacrosse team from Six Nations of the Grand River Territory, their efforts to win a gold medal at the World Indoor Lacrosse Championship, and the controversy which erupted when they traveled with Haudenosaunee Confederacy passports.
Luminary, no. 6, Visualizing Fantastika, Summer, 2015, p. [?]
Description
Looks at a superhero team storyline set in Northern Ontario which underscores how the characters can provide real-life negotiations of American, Canadian and Indigenous identity.
Canadian Journal of Educational Administration and Policy, no. 132, April 11, 2012, pp. 1-28
Description
Reviews policy papers, reports and self-governance agreements to show the present state of First-Nations rights to control education as well as forms of institutional arrangements and agreements for educational self-determination.
Journal of Indigenous Social Development, vol. 1, no. 1, January 2012, pp. 1-17
Description
Examines a conceptual framework used with food security movement that helps young people understand their social context and values and engages them in social justice work.
Canadian Journal of Human Rights, vol. 1, no. 1, 2012, pp. 94-125
Description
Assesses cultural harm under international law and human rights authority by looking at recovery in the colonial context, restoration of land-based and water based cultural practices, and regenerating Indigenous nationhood.
Cumulative Impacts to Fort McMurray First Nation #468 Traditional Lands & Lifeways: Shell Jackpine Mine Expansion and Pierre River Mine Report for Regulatory Hearings
FMFN #468 - Shell Hearing
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Sherri Labour
Beth Dickson
Description
Existing effects and disturbances analysis prepared for a regulatory hearing for Shell Canada's Jackpine Mine Expansion and Pierre River Mine proposals on Fort McMurray First Nation traditional lands.
Discussion on the performance-based budgeting process for tribal administration and program service delivery that focuses on strategic planning.
Duration: 23:19. Includes textual transcript.
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Journal of Rural and Community Development, vol. 7, no. 1, Human Resources and Remote Indigenous Communities, 2012, pp. 93-109
Description
Looks at the Finnmark Act in 2005, the establishment of Finnmark Estate and contemporary Sami nature practices.
Follows two local women and their families.
Canadian Journal of Environmental Education, vol. 17, [Indigenizing and Decolonizing Environmental Education], 2012, pp. 148-158
Description
Argues that place-based education can promote greater cross-cultural understanding between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Canadians, promote social and ecological justice, and act as a site for Indigenous resurgence.
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 36, no. 3, Defending Life First, September 2012, p. [?]
Description
Discusses the community resistance to a hydroelectric project in Guatemala, the death of a community leader, President Molina's response, and military retaliation to the conflict.
Environment and History, vol. 18, no. 4, pecial Places and Protected Spaces: Historical and Global Perspectives on Non-National Parks in Cana, 2012, pp. 529-559
Description
Examines the interactions between British Columbia's provincial officials and the Sliammon Indigenous group regarding their land rights and cultural interests in the Desolation Sound Marine Park.
Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 22, no. 4, Special Issue of Indigenous Policy: Anthropology, Archaeology and Litigation - Alaska Style, Spring, 2012, pp. 1-19
Description
Comments on opinions presented as fact in a court case and questions if guidelines need to be established for the use of anthropological and archaeological data in court testimony.
Ethnopolitics, vol. 14, no. 1, January 2015, pp. 32-51
Description
In spite of similar political systems between the two countries, considerable differences were found between the two Sami parliaments regarding legal basis, authority, mandates, electoral system, influence and autonomy.
Discussion of international legal principle created and justified by ideas of European superiority; doctrine provided newly arrived Europeans with automatic property rights and entitled them to exercise governmental, political, and commercial power over the original inhabitants.
Panel discussion at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's closing events.
Duration: 1:03:21.
Journal of Development Economics, vol. 116, September 2015, pp. 43-56
Description
Discusses impact of clarifying property rights on local economic conditions by using employment and income data found in census data micro-data on reservations.
Ecological Economics, vol. 73, January 15, 2012, pp. 47-55
Description
Looks at influences contributing to the success and failure of ecotourism including shortages in human, financial and social capital, lack of economic benefits and land insecurity.
Philosophical Inquiry in Education, vol. 22, no. 2, Philosophical Perspectives on Education for Well-Being, 2015, pp. 24-37
Description
Discusses using Inuit Quajimajatuqangit (IQ) philosophy in curricula, learning resources and teaching material to assist teachers in teaching two ways of seeing.