Canadian Public Policy, vol. 20, no. 3, September 1994, pp. 297-317
Description
Recommends ways to keep Aboriginal people in their communities by offering support for sustaining hunting, fishing and trapping through co-management of renewable resources, better use of under utilized resources, training and support for wildlife harvesters and more support for entrepreneurship.
Includes historical review of the industry and its impact on the Inuit, role of mining sector in the Canadian economy, and identification of key problems and opportunities with respect to Inuit participation.
Continuing Poundmaker & Riel's Quest: Presentations Made at a Conference on Aboriginal Peoples and Justice
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Author/Creator
Jim Harding
Description
Article from 1993 Conference proceedings, discussing self-government challenges in the context of the "urban social crisis," inherent rights, shifting demography and future prospects for change.
Excerpt from Continuing Poundmaker & Riel's Quest: Presentations Made at a Conference on Aboriginal Peoples and Justice compiled by Richard Gosse, James Youngblood Henderson, Roger Carter.
University of British Columbia Law Review, vol. 32, November 1998, pp. 23-54
Description
Argues that the Supreme Court of Canada jurisprudence is making a transformation that was unlikely to happen from Charter legislation, but that most of the progress has come about due to political process and will of women.
Investigates how mandatory charging policies are not uniform throughout various federal, provincial and territorial jurisdictions regarding domestic violence against Aboriginal women.
Book review of three books: Aboriginal Workers edited by Ann McGrath and Kay Saunders, with Jackie Huggins.
Aboriginal Labour and the Cattle Industry by Dawn May.
Indians at Work by Rolf Knight.
To read review, scroll down to page 75.
Continuing Poundmaker & Riel's Quest: Presentations Made at a Conference on Aboriginal Peoples and Justice
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James Youngblood Henderson
pp. 423-432
Description
Article from 1993 Conference proceedings, provides some concluding remarks on the Conference discussions of the justice system, its failing of Aboriginal peoples and the necessary reform and commitment to change required.
Excerpt from Continuing Poundmaker & Riel's Quest: Presentations Made at a Conference on Aboriginal Peoples and Justice compiled by Richard Gosse, James Youngblood Henderson, Roger Carter.
Journal of Management Inquiry, vol. 7, no. 1, March 1998, pp. 4-28
Description
Look at links between gender and racio-ethnicity, historical and cultural patterns and switching techniques strategies. Concludes with recommendations for further research.
Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development (DIAND)
Description
Annual reference report on the demographic, social and economic conditions of First Nations people on and off-reserve. Topics include population, education, health and social conditions, housing, self-government and economic and labour force activity.
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Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development (DIAND)
Description
Annual reference report on the demographic, social and economic conditions of First Nations people on and off-reserve. Topics include population, education, health and social conditions, housing, self-government, and economic and labour force activity.
IPA Backgrounder, vol. 10, no. 1, February 1998, pp. 1-24
Description
Disputes issues discussed in the 1997 national inquiry report, Bringing Them Home, such as specific cases, comparison of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal child removal and the claim of genocide.
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 14, no. 1, 1994, pp. 1-46
Description
Surveys statistical data dealing with population, economy, health, family integrity and social conditions which demonstrate persistent inequalities and relationships among poverty, health and social structure.
Canadian Journal of Law and Society, vol. 13, no. 1, Spring, 1998, pp. 215-229
Description
Book review of: The Circle Game: Shadows and Substance in the Indian Residential School Experience in Canada by Roland Chrisjohn, Sherri Young, Michael Maraun.
Book review found by scrolling to page 226.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 22, no. 1, January/February 1998, pp. 5-6
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Describes how local activists in New South Wales, Australia have initiated and maintained "The Glen", a centre for men based on Aboriginal cultural beliefs.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 18, no. 1, January/February 1994, pp. 19-20
Description
Interview with coordinator of the La Perouse CDEP in Sydney about projects in urban, rural and remote areas. Aboriginal people on unemployment benefits can work for 15 hours a week and receive payment equivalent to the benefit payment.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 22, no. 4, 1998, pp. 187-198
Description
Shows how declining agricultural results forced people to look at other means of survival, how the arrival of railroading provided the alternative employment opportunity needed, and how this all led to the departure of many Laguna to distant areas as wage laborers.
Canadian Bulletin of Medical History, vol. 15, no. 2, fa, 1998, pp. 251-276
Description
Looks at patterns of tuberculosis among different tribes living on the reservation and bands, and the link between tuberculosis to government policies, housing, food and sanitation.