Adapted for the Alberta context from the KAIROS Blanket Exercise, an interactive learning experience focusing on the historical and contemporary relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples of Canada. Themes explored are: assimilation, discrimination, Indigenous rights and reconciliation.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 12, no. 1, 1992, pp. 147-183
Description
Book reviews of 12 books:
Prison of Grass: Canada from a Native Point of View by Howard Adams.
From Wooden Ploughs to Welfare: Why Indian Policy Failed in the Prairie Provinces by Helen Buckley.
To Please the Caribou: Painted Caribou-Skin Coats Worn by the Naskapi, Montagnais, Cree Hunters of the Quebec-Labrador Peninsula by Dorothy K. Burnham.
Manitoba's Metis Settlement Scheme of 1870 Paul L. A. H. Chartrand.
Disputed Waters: Native Americans and the Great Lakes Fishery by Robert Doherty.
Indian Heroes and Great Chieftains by Charles A.
Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, vol. 27, no. 1, Autumn, 2001, pp. 59-85
Description
Examines policies which were designed to reinforce the ideology of patriarchal descent, recreate the Aboriginal family in the image of European norms and ultimately undermine the position of Aboriginal women.
Discusses how Crown and Indigenous governments can engage with each other on the basis of a nation-to-nation relationship to develop regimes for management of resources which ensure mutually beneficial outcomes.
Article describes the ways that colonial governments identified and signaled out “criminal tribes” in India, how the identity, language and culture of these tribes was stigmatized and consequently diminished. Describes present-day efforts to protect and revitalize these languages and cultures and provides commentary on the effectiveness of these efforts.
Indigenous Cultures and Mental Health Counselling: Four Directions for Integration with Counselling Psychology
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Terry Mitchell
Description
Looks at the effects of personal and collective trauma through a political lens.
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Chapter from Indigenous Cultures and Mental Health Counselling edited by Suzanne L. Stewart, Roy Moodley, and Ashely Hyatt.
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Tribal Implementation of GIS: A Case Study of Planning Applications With the Colville Confederated Tribes
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Michael E. Marchand
Richard Winchell
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 16, no. 4, 1992, pp. 175-183
Description
Paper presents a case study of critical issues in the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) within the tribal government of one of ten demonstration projects selected.
BC Studies, no. 92, Anthropology and History of the Courts, Autumn, 1992, pp. 55-65
Description
Contends that the Delgamuukw decision employed a type of argumentation in which over simplification of language and common sense resulted in a decision based on faulty grounds and inadequate versions of history.
Aboriginal Policy Studies, vol. 6, no. 2, 2017, pp. 142-163
Description
Based on analysis of transcripts of Hirsekorn case in which judges had to render a decision on the Métis identity of the accused and his membership in a rights-holding Métis community.
Examines several aspects of knowledge systems including: food security, healing systems and medicinal plants. Paper presented at the Indigenous Knowledge Conference 2001 held at the University of Saskatchewan.
Presents a draft paper prepared for the Canadian/Indigenous Studies Association conference in Saskatoon, June 2, 2001 that discusses the history and definition of "Métis".
Presentation made at the Canadian Bar Association in 1992 examining the constitution, histories, and contemporary political processes of Aboriginal peoples in Canada.
Aboriginal Policy Studies, vol. 6, no. 2, 2017, pp. 120-131
Description
Focuses on development of doctrine of Aboriginal rights by the courts since the 1982 amendment and defining who constitutes the "Métis people" in section 35.
The Journal of Aboriginal Economic Development, vol. 2, no. 1, Winter, 2001, pp. 61-74
Description
Conducts an overview of the different definitions of the term "Métis", plus a review of events leading up to the enactment of the Métis Legislation in the province.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 41, no. 2, 2017, pp. 65-92
Description
Analysis of rhetoric used in news coverage of 1998 referendum on the Nisga'a Treaty and 2002 BC Treaty Referendum in the National Post, Globe and Mail, Vancouver Sun, The Province, Abbotsford Times, Chilliwack Times, and Kamloops Daily News.