Power point from presentation that discussed the issues pertaining to complete assessment of Aboriginal learning while acknowledging and integrating elements that are unique to the learning perspectives of Aboriginal people.
Journal of Social History, vol. 44, no. 1, Fall, 2010, pp. 239-245
Description
Book reviews of:
Ties That Bind: The Story of an Afro-Cherokee Family in Slavery and Freedom by Tiya Miles.
Authentic Indians: Episodes of Encounter from the Late-Nineteenth-Century North-west Coast by Paige Raibmon.
Hawaiian Blood: Colonialism and the Politics of Sovereignty and Indigeneity by J. Kēhaulani Kauanui.
"An alternative report from the Shannen's Dream Campaign to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child on the occasion of Canada's 3rd and 4th periodic reviews."
Award-winning documentary about Aboriginal rights and the response to the Australian Federal Government's Northern Territory Intervention which exerts compulsory control over 73 communities.
Duration: 1:13:42.
Accompanied by Study Guide
Canadian Review of Sociology, vol. 48, no. 1, February 2011, pp. 67-85
Description
Provides an analysis of the First Nations women who served as chiefs and councilors across Canada, and explores whether gender makes a difference in their experiences as leaders.
Canadian Review of Sociology, vol. 47, no. 4, 2010, pp. 327-357
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Discussion on media coverage across multiple instances of collective action by Indigenous peoples. The article attempts to identify factors associated with the quality and quantity of event media coverage.
Annual report outlining strategies and actions for economic development, employment, child well-being, land claim obligations and improvement of programs and services.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 23, no. 1, Spring, 2011, pp. [1]-37
Description
Discusses how the political activist chose to represent herself in order to use the media to further her cause.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p. 1.
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 92, no. 1, March 2011, pp. 1-41
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Examines the controversial law enacted in 1849 to compensate Lower Canadians who lost property during the Rebellions of 1837, and the strategies used to defuse the political protests.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 22, no. 1, Spring, 2010, pp. 49-75
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Looks at the connection between images and stories in the documentary and exposes the politics associated with American Indian filmmaking.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 49.
Review of Constitutional Studies, vol. 16, no. 1, 2011, pp. 1-29
Description
Examines how the Meech Lake Accord resulted in increased activism and the implications for national politics and Aboriginal policy. Also explores how the momentum of that period has been lost and what could be done to renew it.
Organization & Environment, vol. 23, no. 1, March 2010, p. 76–98
Description
Argues that Impact and Benefit Agreements may provide more direct engagement with industry and a sharing of benefits from resource development than has been provided in Northern Canada.
Canadian Theatre Review, vol. 147, The Activist Classroom: Performance and Pedagogy, Summer, 2011, pp. 49-54
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Discusses using Marie Clements' play to teach a course on political theatre and social justice to stop conventional, linear forms of historical memory.
Draft document released at the 2011 Assembly of First Nations (AFN) General Assembly. The goal is for First Nations to drive the change for self-determination, by working towards a methodical and clear plan away from the Indian Act.
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 5, no. 1, 2010, pp. 50-56
Description
Discusses various Indigenizing approaches to research including concepts of actualizing, regeneration of cultures and communities, and sustainable self-determination.
Documentary investigates the resource boom's effects on the Indigenous people of Peru.
Episode of The Nature of Things which aired July 7, 2011.
Duration: 1:22:47.