Department Of Northern Saskatchewan (photographer)
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Trapper, trader, prankster, guide - Stanley Mission's George McKenzie has been all of them. Now he remembers. Page one: one picture of George McKenzie. Page two: two pictures, one of George and Betsy McKenzie, one of George McKenzie. Both taken outside their cabin.
Ontario Federation of Indian Friendship Centres (OFIFC)
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Discusses how migration from the insulated and regulated life on reserves to urban centres has impacted First Nations people, the importance of friendship centres' role in alleviating problems, and their need for additional resources.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 20, no. 2, March/April 1996, pp. 53-55
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Overview of funding of health and substance misuse services and hearing and mental health and agreements being negotiated between the Commonwealth and each State and Territory.
Saskatchewan History, vol. 48, no. 1, Spring, 1996, pp. 3-17
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Examines the policies of the Saskatchewan government under Premier Ross Thatcher; notes that while the intentions of the government were based in empathy and a desire to implement changes that would improve the quality of life for First Nations peoples, their practice was rooted in paternalistic methods and assimilation policies bringing the Provincial government into conflict with the Federation of Saskatchewan Indians (FSI, now the FSIN).
Entire issue on one .pdf, scroll to page 3.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 20, no. 1, January/February 1996, pp. 23-24
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Conference held in 1995 looks at the imbalance in health circumstances of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and provides recommendations to address the situation through policy changes and funding.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 20, no. 1, 1996, pp. 147-194
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Looks at the several billion dollars in profits from gaming and how the gaming money has helped sovereignty for the Navajo and Pequot Nations. The article also compares results it compiled against the Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 8, no. 1, Series 2, Spring, 1996, pp. [13]-24
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Discusses treatment of these subjects in the work of Ella Doloria, LeAnne Howe, Mary Crow Dog, Louise Erdrich, and Janet Campbell Hale.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
Journal of Historical Sociology, vol. 9, no. 2, June 1996, pp. [188]-212
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Argues that rather than being a case cultural differences, the crime was motivated by extreme hunger as well an act of resistance against federal government authority and policies.
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 20, no. 1, Voices From The Commons, Spring, 1996
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Promotes womens' input into decisions about the future of the fisheries industry, arguing that women are familiar with the needs of the rural communities that they live in.