American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 22, no. 3, Special Issues on Reservation Economies, 1998, pp. 157-172
Description
Looks at successful gaming operations made possible by the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act and other agreements with state governments. The author argues that the Self-Determination Act can be used by Native Americans to gain control over some federal services.
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 13, no. 1, Spring, 1998, pp. 73-91
Description
Focuses on gaming and gambling, discussing economic effects on the Native American communities and the neighbouring non-native communities as well as the variables that make an enterprise a success or failure.
Image of a house used as a barracks by the Metis during the Northwest Resistance. On back of photo: "House built in 1879 and Â’80 by Xavier Batoche. Used as store and dwelling. In 1885 used as barracks by the Metis."
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 22, no. 2, March/April 1998, pp. 24-25
Description
Describes the publication on the housing status of Australia's Indigenous people. Less than 30% of Indigenous people owned their home compared to a 70% home ownership rate of non-Indigenous Australians.
Film about the Québec Provincial Police (QPP) raid on the Restigouche Reserve in June 1981 due to disputes over the salmon-fishing rights of the Micmac people. This film deal with mature subject matter. Viewer discretion is advised.
Duration: 45:57.
Jim Panamick describes working in a lumber camp, how to play an Indian game with a bat and ball, and tells stories of medicine men and curses. Transcribed by Joanne Greenwood ; interpreter : Ernest Debassigae.
Jim Panamick recalls some memorable baseball and hockey games from his youth and the Manitoulin people involved in them. Transcribed by Joanne Greenwood ; interpreter : Ernest Debassigae.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 22, no. 4, July/August 1998, pp. 2-3
Description
Reports on a program which encompassed older, influential women in a remote, outback community in Northern Territory, Australia empowering them to take responsibility for their own well being.
Lancet, vol. 352, no. 9143, December 5, 1998, p. 1800
Description
Brief look at The Report of the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), The Report of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody (RCADIC) and Bringing them Home, the report of the National Inquiry into the Separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children from Their Families.
Provides information on background of the national survey, recommendations of feasibility study, development Manitoba survey and questionnaire, and presents results of key variables in graphic form.
[Income Research Paper Series (Statistics Canada) ; no. 13]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Maryanne Webber
Description
Examines low income rates based on Low Income Cutoff (LICO) or Low Income Measure (LIM), neither are intended as a poverty line, but they are sometimes used as such.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 22, no. 3, May/June 1998, p. 7
Description
Reports on men's health workshops that have been held throughout Australia to enable Indigenous men to re-establish themselves as positive role models.
Justice as Healing, vol. 3, no. 4, Winter, 1998, p. [?]
Description
Analysis and commentary by the Law Commission of Canada on abuse in residential schools. Excerpt from Discussion Paper's Executive Summary.
Note: This is a sample article from the publication. Subscriptions are available from the Native Law Centre.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 22, no. 1, January/February 1998, pp. 6-10
Description
Reports on the conference which was hosted by Nunkawarrin Yunti, the community controlled Aboriginal medical and substance abuse service based in Adelaide, Australia.
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 4, no. 1, 1984, pp. 67-83
Description
Examines patterns of interpersonal relationships established during the "Nortran Training Program" which was introduced by petroleum companies in 1974.