International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 8, no. 4, Reconciling Research: Perspectives on Research-Part 2, October 2017, pp. 1-32
Description
Uses U.S. census data and linear regression model to predict per capital income and house hold income for Hawaiians and compares information to U.S. census data in California.
Book review of: Bibliometric Analysis of Soviet and Post-Soviet Histiography of the Native Population of Alaska of the Russian-American Period by A. V. Grinëv, translated by Richard L. Bland.
Report looks at increased financial costs associated with amendments to Bill S-3, which could potentially raise the number of Status Indians by 670,000.
Bill introduced to comply with Superior Court of Quebec's decision in Descheneaux c. Canada which found current Act violated equality provisions of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Court case involved eligibility for Indian Status.ibc_bill_S-3.pdf
Legislative Summary (Parliamentary Information and Research Service) ; 42-1-23-E
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Norah Kielland
Marlisa Tiedemann
Description
Bill introduced to comply with Superior Court of Quebec's decision in Descheneaux c. Canada which found current Act violated equality provisions of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
Amendments were to address the cousin, siblings and omitted minors issues. Outlines the issue, the effect, the situation of the comparator group, and proposed remedy. Includes graphics to illustrate each scenario.
Addresses remedies for issues identified in Descheneaux.
Documentary about three sisters and a brother meeting for the first time after being taken from their mother and adopted out as part of the "Sixties Scoop".
Duration: 1:19:21.
Documentary about three sisters and a brother meeting for the first time after being taken from their mother and adopted out as part of the "Sixties Scoop". Edited version of the original.
Duration: 45:00.
Related material:
Mini-Lesson.
Health Reports, vol. 28, no. 11, November 2017, pp. 11-15
Description
Compares rates of preterm birth, small-for-gestational-age birth, large-for-gestational-age birth, stillbirth, and infant mortality (neonatal, postneonatal, and cause-specific) in cohort of 17,547 births to Indigenous mothers and 112,112 births to non-Indigenous mothers from 2004 through 2006.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 37, no. 1, 2017, pp. 117-135
Description
Argues that the Government of Canada has not learned from previous mistakes and its failure to change its behaviour has led to the ongoing trauma inflicted by residential schools and the high number of missing and murdered women.
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.
Looks at results from the U.S. Department of Education's Indian Nations at Risk (INAR) Task Force and the White House Conference on Indian Education in 1992 regarding Native students in public schools and school reform.
Northern Review, no. 45, Innovation in the Circumpolar North, June 2017, pp. 141-160
Description
Researchers interviewed female participants between the ages of 18 and 23 and found that all participants experienced BID as young adults. Participants provided suggestions for working with Indigenous Alaska females who suffer from BID.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 14, no. 2, 1994, pp. 395-434
Description
Book review of 14 books:
Drum Songs: Glimpses of Dene History by Kerry Abel.
Names, Numbers, and Northern Policy by Valerie Alia.
Sacred Stories of the Sweet Grass Cree by Leonard Bloomfield.
Guide to Oral History Collections in Canada/Guide des fonds d'histoire orale au Canada by Normand Fortier.
The Mohicans of Stockbridge by Patrick Frazier.
500 Jahre danach: Zur heutigen Lage der indigenen Volker beider Amerika (500 Years Thereafter: The Present Day Situation of the Indigenous Peoples of Both Americas) edited by Peter R.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 14, no. 1, 1994, pp. 1-31
Description
Book review of 10 books:
Indians Are Us: Culture and Genocide in Native North America by Ward Churchill.
Thresholds of Differences: Feminist Critique, Native Women's Writings, Postcolonial Theory by Julia Emberly.
Nation to Nation: Aboriginal Sovereignty and the Future of Canada edited by Diane Englestad and John Bird.
Arctic Dreams and Nightmares by Alootook Ipellie.
The Porcupine Hunter and Other Stories: The Original Tsimshian Texts of Henry Tate by Ralph Maud.
Ethnophilosophical and Ethnolinguistic Perspectives on the Huron Soul by Michael Pomedli.
House of Commons Canada, 42nd Parliament, 1st Session ; June 2017
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
MaryAnn Mihychuk
Romeo Saganash
David Yurdiga
Gary Anandasangaree
Mike Bossio ... [et al.]
Description
Reports on information gathered through a series of public hearings involving approximately 100 witnesses, including government officials, Aboriginal organizations, communities, service providers, and professional organizations, and a meeting with 50 Indigenous youth. Concludes with 28 recommendations
Report of investigation into factors that may have led to the suicide of an 18-year-old Métis youth who was under the care of the BC Ministry of Children and Family Development.
Discusses the relationship between bronchitis and environmental factors that increase the likelihood of contracting the illness amongst Indigenous populations.
First Nations Journeys of Justice: A Curriculum for Kindergarten to Grade Seven
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Anne Goodfellow
Description
Students investigate the origins of their own communities.
Chapter Five from First Nations Journeys of Justice: A Curriculum for Kindergarten to Grade Seven by Anne Goodfellow.
First Nations Journeys of Justice: A Curriculum for Kindergarten to Grade Seven
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Anne Goodfellow
Description
Focuses on the values of respect, responsibility and seeing others people's points of view.
Chapter Four from First Nations Journeys of Justice: A Curriculum for Kindergarten to Grade Seven by Anne Goodfellow.
First Nations Journeys of Justice: A Curriculum for Kindergarten to Grade Seven
Grade One: Growing and Learning
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Anne Goodfellow
Description
Focuses on respect of self and others.
Chapter One from First Nations Journeys of Justice: A Curriculum for Kindergarten to Grade Seven by Anne Goodfellow.
Note: Page after title page is placed out of order in error. Scroll past page 83 and chapter begins with page i.
First Nations Journeys of Justice: A Curriculum for Kindergarten to Grade Seven
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Anne Goodfellow
Description
Overview of how the court system operates in British Columbia.
Chapter Six from First Nations Journeys of Justice: A Curriculum for Kindergarten to Grade Seven by Anne Goodfellow.
First Nations Journeys of Justice: A Curriculum for Kindergarten to Grade Seven
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Anne Goodfellow
Description
Focuses on the rules that must be followed in order to achieve certain goals in life.
Chapter 3 from First Nations Journeys of Justice: A Curriculum for Kindergarten to Grade Seven by Anne Goodfellow.
First Nations Journeys of Justice: A Curriculum for Kindergarten to Grade Seven
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
[Anne Goodfellow]
Description
Focuses on rules within the home, school and community.
Chapter Two from First Nations Journeys of Justice: A Curriculum for Kindergarten to Grade Seven by Anne Goodfellow.
Indigenous lawyers and law students from British Columbia recount their experiences with stereotyping, race-based assumptions, and discrimination within the legal profession and while practicing in the justice system.
Duration: 25:43.
Related material: Part 2.
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.
Primary focus is the personal narratives of two survivors of the Mohawk Institute Indian Residential School, with some general information of the school system and the work of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
Duration: 47:30.
National online survey was conducted in September, 2016 and had a sample of 521 Indigenous and 1,529 non-Indigenous respondents.
Results for individual provinces and regions can be found here.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 6, no. 3, Series 2: Linda Hogan: Calling Us Home, Fall, 1994, pp. 37-48
Description
Examines the relationship between work, profit, and the land in Mean Spirit; and invites the reader to think and act on the issues, such as the health of our culture and our physical world.
Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.