1 file containing a Minister of State Multiculturalism news release on multiculturalism grants including information on a grant to Indian communities in Saint John.
Social Science & Medicine, vol. 110, June 2014, p. 41–48
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Qualitative research study on how young street-entrenched drug users characterize their understandings and experiences of using crystal methamphetamine.
Aboriginal History, vol. 41, no. 1, December 2017, pp. 23-45
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Uses the prosecution of Henry Valette Jones and Henry Thomas Morris for the murder of an Aboriginal man to illustrate the shortcomings of the colonial legal system in Australian when it came to prosecuting settlers for violence towards Indigenous peoples.
Theatre Survey, vol. 55, no. 2, May 2014, pp. 202--232
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Focuses on the anniversary production of The Ecstasy of Rita Joe directed by Yvette Nolan and the work of Marie Clements and Rebecca Belmore in terms of the way they challenge mainstream representations of the women as expendable victims.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 38, no. 2, Spring, 2014, pp. 177-206
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Discusses actions of an elder woman who appeared to support American settlers while protecting the interests of her Cherokee people to prevent bloodshed.
Critical review of policy problems that have application beyond the United States border and comments on the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
Indigenous Law Bulletin, vol. 8, no. 30, July-Sept 2017, pp. 6-10
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"This article will provide an overview of the context surrounding the national crisis, as well as outline the bottom-up initiatives which have provoked a political response".
American Indian Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Arizona, 2017.
Looks at novels by Linda Hogan, Tom Holm, Frances Washburn, Louise Erdrich, Louis Owens, and Tony Hillerman, and films by Chris Eyre.
Key note speech and panel discussion highlights perspectives on racial equity to inspire policymakers, foundations and other advocates to make Native American youth a priority.
Duration: 1:24:17.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 26, no. 1, Spring, 2014, pp. 125-127
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Book review of: Native Americans on Film edited by M. Elise Marubbio and Eric L. Buffalohead.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access review, scroll to page 125.
Reclaiming Children and Youth, vol. 22, no. 4, Winter, 2014, pp. 56-58
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Comments on how the Circle of Courage bridges together Indigenous and Western knowledge and provides a foundation for positive youth development in any culture.
This bibliography includes materials relating primarily to Canadian Aboriginals in the area of ethnographic, historical and political geography. Specific subjects include ethnography and human ecology; early European contacts, settlers and the fur trade; conflict and control over native peoples; the British Indian Department and the Canadas; and contemporary Indian reserves. Also included are materials from the United States, Latin America, Australia, New Zealand, Greenland Inuit and Russian minorities.
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 8, no. 1, January 2017, pp. 1-25
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Looks at the primary reasons for returning back to the reservation to live and work: family support, community, cultural identity, the simple life, reservation economy, and commitment to the reservation.
Study involved interviews and focus groups with 32 community members and front-line service providers both in Aboriginal organizations and government. Themes which emerged were health, parenting supports, mobility, and employment, as well as three overarching issues: service gaps and barriers, funding gaps, and impermanence of programs and funding.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 26, no. 1, Spring, 2014, pp. 29-53
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Presents Indian “intellectual” as a writer possessing political awareness who represents tribal community while being on the margins of traditional academia.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 29.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 37, no. 1, 2017, pp. 1-28
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Article examines some of the barriers to the engagement and participation of urban Indigenous communities in municipal policy-making. Author asserts that racial and cultural stereotyping and discrimination against Aboriginal peoples and communities are key issues.
Author of Neoliberal Apartheid discusses commonalities between two states, including the patterns of extreme inequality, racialized poverty and advanced securitization which are symptomatic neoliberal regimes.