Book review of: Stolen Life: The Journey of a Cree Woman by Ruby Wiebe and Yvonne Johnson. This is the life story of "the only Native woman in Canada serving a twenty-five-year sentence for first-degree murder".
Entire issue on one pdf. Scroll to page 154 to access review.
Canadian Woman Studies, vol. 9, no. 3-4, Women and Literacy, 1988, pp. 73-76
Description
Describes two training programs designed to help women develop the knowledge and skills required to better control and make decisions about their lives.
Critique Studies in Contemporary Fiction, vol. 41, no. 3, Spring, 2000, pp. 290-304
Description
Explores myths about "cowboys and Indians" as warriors, the consequences of the influx of settlers, and the conflict between new and old conceptions of family, friendship, and spirituality.
London Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 16, Continuities and Changing Realities: Meanings and Identities among Canadas Aboriginal Peoples, 2000/2001, pp. 23-48
Description
Discussion of "Aboriginal Rock" during the late 1980s and early 1990s as an expression of identity and issues affecting Canadian Aboriginals.
Journal of Aboriginal Economic Development, vol. 1, no. 2, Winter, 2000, pp. 31-45
Description
Assesses the disparities in current income, employment and education between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal populations.
[One or more images have been omitted from this article due to copyright restrictions. These images are accessible in the print version of this journal.]
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 24, no. 2, Rethinking Childhood: Perspectives on Childrens Rights, Summer, 2000
Description
Comments on a children's rights and research project aimed at providing a forum for children from around the world, one in which the children speak and the adults listen.
Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, vol. 45, no. 7, September 2000, pp. 607-616
Description
Reviews research on mental health and finds that despite challenges Aboriginal communities have done well, but feel more research is needed to help identify factors that promote wellness.
Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry, vol. 12, no. 4, 1988, pp. 459-477
Description
Cause of death studies show that First Nations people are undergoing epidemiological and demographic transitions, different from French and British population who have higher risks of cancer and cardiovascular diseases.
Provides information on definitions of abuse, indicators, typical abusers and victims, tribal awareness and handling of the issue, resources for reporting and /or treatment, and the role of the National Indian Council on Aging.
Discusses unanswered questions on education status and experiences of undergraduate, graduate and professional native women and explains the current state of research.
Wisconsin Women's Law Journal, vol. 15, no. 2, Fall, 2000, pp. 293-334
Description
Argues that sentencing circles are of little use to the victim and that only a solution which addresses the imbalance of power between men and women produced by colonial policies will make a substantive difference.
Research Report (Department of Justice Canada) ; 2000-7e
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Naomi Giff
Description
Report provides collection of articles addressing social issues, crime, and justice issues in the North and the nature and results of community-based justice projects in Canada.
"Unrevised".
Old house located west of Duck Lake from which the Metis fired during the Northwest Resistance. Trees and shrubs in foreground; side view of house in background.
Assessment based on sample of approved housing proposals from First Nations which had been under policy for at least two years, visits to two Indian and Northern Affairs regional offices and nine communities, and analysis of INAC data.
Anthropology of Work Review, vol. 21, no. 2, June 2000, pp. 12-17
Description
Discusses Tsimshian women's experience as laborers and producers and their exclusion from wage work and independent harvesting over the past 100 years.
Study focuses on three types of policy initiatives: (1) control of alcohol within tribal jurisdictions; (2) education and treatment (3) social and environmental risk factors.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 24, no. 4, July/August 2000, pp. 7-9
Description
Discusses how the mental health assessment model was modified to ensure cultural appropriateness for the Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander society.