Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 20, no. 4, Winter, 2008, pp. 1-23
Description
Discusses the Pequot activist and writer's attempts to subvert the myth of the "Vanishing American", and his unique position as an Indian intellectual in the early 1800s.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 1.
Discusses recommendations to improve the participation and inclusion of Aboriginal women in policy and decision making processes, and to enhance, promote and foster the social, economic, political, cultural, and personal well being of Aboriginal women.
The Need to Conduct Studies of Swedish Sami Reindeer-Herder Subsistence Behaviours: A Case of Indigenous Resource-Use Rights
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robert P. Wheelersburg
Northern Review, no. 28, Spring, 2008, pp. 161-180
Description
Examines the current political situation in Sweden related to efforts to comply with the European Community's International Labour Organization Convention No. 169 Concerning Indigenous and Tribal Peoples in Independent Countries.
Canadian Woman Studies, vol. 26, no. 3-4, Indigenous Women in Canada: the Voices of First Nations, Inuit and Métis Women, Winter/Spring, 2008, pp. 39-51
Description
Paper discusses the author's personal journey to self-determination through ceremony and spirituality.
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.
Indian Claims Commission: Neskonlith, Adams Lake, and Little Shuswap Indian Bands Neskonlith Douglas Reserve Inquiry
E-Books
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description
Submitted specific claim to the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development arguing that a reserve had been created in 1862 by the British Crown and was later unlawfully reduced. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
Transmotion, vol. 3, no. 1, Indigenous Gaming, July 31, 2017, pp. 22-44
Description
Article examines the use of gaming and other communication technologies as strategies for resistance, survivance and cultural resurgence; discusses practices of re/mapping, kinship-making and relationality.
Arctic, vol. 61, no. 5, Supplement 1, December 2008, pp. 71-85
Description
Looks at the importance of Aboriginal involvement with land-claim boards, and their influence over government decisions affecting the wildlife and environment of traditional aboriginal lands.
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 89, no. 2, June 2008, pp. 189-221
Description
Examines the eviction of the Keeseekowenin Ojibway Band from a small reserve within the Riding Mountain National Park boundary in response to local economic development, tourism, and federal administrative priorities.
Canadian Woman Studies, vol. 26, no. 3/4, Indigenous Women in Canada: the Voices of First Nations, Inuit and Métis Women, Winter/Spring, 2008, pp. 128-134
Description
Article explores how the relationship between Indigenous peoples and nationalism as well as gender and tradition have has developed in Nunavut, Canada.
Social and Political Thought Thesis (Ph.D.)--York University, 2017.
Refers to works by Bonnie Devine, Kent Monkman, Kade Twist, Christian Chapman, the Ogimaa Mikana Project, Cheryl L'Hirondelle, Carl Beam, Merritt Johnson, A Tribe Called Red, and Fallon Simard.
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 23, no. 1, Spring, 2008, pp. 7-24
Description
Examines civil rights and sovereignty issues. The article argues that interests of anti-racists, local and state governments jealous of tax bases, corporate America and the federal government are converging in a way that even the Supreme Court will not be able to contain.
Author examines the ongoing conflicts between Indigenous peoples and state government in Brazil, notes that at the root of the conflict is a profound difference in worldview and what is an appropriate use of resources. Where Indigenous perspective advocate for subsistence use, state governing bodies are tied to extractive practices and focus on growth centered economies.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 32, no. 1, 2008, pp. 1-19
Description
Argues that treaties are a fourth-world text, both promoting and negating sovereignty. To gain in the courts means the American legal system is recognized and ultimately pronounces decisions that effect the reality of Native Americans.
Canadian Literature, no. 198, Autumn, 2008, pp. 176-178
Description
Book reviews of: The New Buffalo: The Struggle for Aboriginal Post-Secondary Education in Canada by Blair Stonechild and Healing Wounded Hearts by Fyre Jean Graveline.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access reviews, scroll to page 176.
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.
Playing in the Digital Qargi: Inupiat Gaming and Online Competition in Kisima Innitchuna
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Katherine Meloche
Transmotion, vol. 3, no. 1, Indigenous Gaming, July 31, 2017, pp. 1-21
Description
Article considers the online platform used in the game Kisima Inŋitchuŋa (Never Alone) as a “place” where people gather and examines the ways that Inuit culture, values and sovereignty are taught and engaged with in those spaces.