Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 17, no. 6, November/December 1993, pp. 15-17
Description
Looks at alcohol abuse and violence in Aboriginal communities and how some communities are using community shelter for women, rehabilitation, fewer liquor outlets and night patrols to deal with it.
Purpose of study was to: describe extent and nature of violence/abuse, identify socio-economic issues associated with it, describe how it is identified and dealt within each community, assess available services from client's perspective, and make recommendations for providing more appropriate responses in the future.
Describes how the Innu gave up the remnants of their nomadic culture to settle in half-built houses on the northeast coast of Labrador.
Duration: 8:11.
Discusses the social disintegration of an Innu settlement and the possible causes.
Classroom lesson plan to accompany segment on DVD News in Review. March, 1993.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 17, no. 1, Spring, 1993, pp. 193-207
Description
Article examines the ways that the settler colonial narrative “erased” the reality that members of the Abenaki nation continued to reside in Western Maine following Dummer’s War (1722-1727) and present evidence to support this case.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 17, no. 1, Special Issue on International Year of Indigenous Peoples: Discovery and Human Rights, 1993, pp. 55-78
Description
Focuses on the Tainui people's efforts to seek redress for the confiscation of their lands in the mid 1860s.
Discrimination against Indigenous Peoples: Report of the Working Group on Indigenous Populations on its 11th Session
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Working Group on Indigenous Populations
United Nations
Description
Report provides overview of the debate, evolution of standards, developments on the promotion and protection of rights and freedoms, study of Treaties, and cultural and intellectual property, and includes the 1993 Draft Declaration of Indigenous Rights
Canadian Journal of Communication, vol. 18, no. 3, [Crossing Borders: Issues in Native Communications], Summer, 1993, pp. [333-350]
Description
Argues that powwows provide the opportunity to display a rich legacy of signifying materials, that can be modified for the changing political winds in Canada.
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 1, no. 1, 1981, pp. 1-31
Description
Based on their 1976 survey, the authors discuss the relationship between ethnic factors of non-First Nations, including immigrants to Canada, and their perspective of First Nations peoples.
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 1, no. 1, 1981, pp. 89-100
Description
Four leaders: Maniilaq, Punginguhk, Uyagaq and Egaq and their influence on maintaining Inuit cultural patterns through creative accommodation to white contact.
Canadian Journal of Communication, vol. 18, no. 3, [Crossing Borders: Issues in Native Communications], Summer, 1993, pp. [297-313]
Description
Assessment of anthropological analyses of "culture" and the use of ethnography in aboriginal media; concludes with a reading of pertinent studies in the field of exposure and use of mass media by indigenous peoples.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 5, no. 4, December 1981, pp. 18-22
Description
Author reports on his family's resettlement to better opportunities in Bathurst, NSW, Australia which was aided greatly by the Family Resettlement Aboriginal Corporation (FRAC).
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 17, no. 1, Winter, 1993, pp. 45-67
Description
Literary Criticism article in which the author examines the place-based and relational nature of Indigenous spiritual practices, and the treatment of these in the McNickle’s novel.
A Guide to the Indian and Northern Affairs Canada "File History Cards", 1872-c1980
Guide pour les Fiches sur l'historique de dossiers des Affaires Indiennes et du Nord Canada, 1872-c1980
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC)
Description
Lists subject file blocks and subsections, and contains guide to various fiches used by Indian Affairs and its predecessors to track files created in headquarters central registry.
English guide follows French version.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 17, no. 3, May/June 1993, pp. 7-10
Description
Topics for discussion at conference included HIV/AIDS, the effects of infectious diseases on children, and Aboriginal community controlled service delivery.
Father Charles Gamache recalls fifty-four years in Fond du Lac. Page one: portrait of Father Charles Gamache and Brother Jean Marie Labonte. Page two: picture of church.
Film depicts the experience of and response to racism by Rhonda Gordon and her daughter, Angela, while on a bus. Accompanying material: For Angela: Study Guide.
Duration: 21:20.