Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice, vol. 52, no. 3, June 2010, pp. 285-301
Description
Looks at restorative justice practices and diversion programs aimed at street-based workers; and argues for a shift in focus, regarding the conceptualization of victim, harm, and reparation needed.
Harvard Educational Review, vol. 58, no. 3, August 1988, pp. 280-298
Description
Author uses the debate over process-oriented versus skills-oriented writing instruction as the starting point for a discussion on five aspects of the "culture of power" in the field of education.
Looks at the forced removal of Aboriginal children from their families and its effects and discusses the shifts in child welfare policy, and amendment to adoption laws.
Critical Social Work, vol. 11, no. 1, Special Indigenous Issue, 2010, pp. [53]-61
Description
Discusses the impact of residential schools and the forced removal of children for the purposes of foster care or adoption. Argues that current practices and training must take into account the damage inflicted by the drive for assimilation and incorporate the Aboriginal worldview when dealing with clients.
Futureplay '10: Proceedings of the International Academic Conference on the Future of Game Design and Technology
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Author/Creator
Beth Aileen Lameman
Jason E. Lewis
Skawennati Fragnito
Description
Examines the integration of Indigenous cultural framework within video game design. The pilot project was introduced at the Mohawk Kahnawake Survival School.
Chapter from Futureplay '10: Proceedings of the International Academic Conference on the Future of Game Design and Technology.
Social Forces, vol. 72, no. 2, December 1993, pp. 295-313
Description
Study generally supports Gerhard Lenski's theory of social stratification with the exception of power differences or inequalities emerging before the inequalities of wealth.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 17, no. 3, Special Issue on Encounter of Two Worlds: The Next Five Hundred Years, 1993, pp. 101-120
Description
Explores tourism as a means of assimilation or internal colonialism and how the Taos Pueblo in New Mexico are able to maintain their cultural integrity.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 17, no. 4, 1993, pp. 107-113
Description
Explains that the National Archives contains regional archives, in cities across the United States, in an attempt to preserve original records created by field offices of federal agencies and microfilm copies of records kept in Washington.
Looks at the success, implementation and relevance of an initiative developed in response to an increasing rate of suicide among First Nations and Inuit youth.
Project purpose was to increase understanding of the current accessibility and availability of speech-language pathology and audiology services for First Nations, Inuit and Métis heritage in Canada.
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 13, no. 1, 1993, pp. 1-16
Description
Argues that communication needs to be studied at a spiritual level "especially in intercultural settings". Examples are given from the Plains Cree tradition and Christian tradition.(Abstract in French/English, article in French only)
Theatre Journal, vol. 45, no. 4, December 1993, pp. 461-486
Description
Argues that "Indians" and "Americans" were replayed on the national stage, and because of this a theatre culture emerged with a history of the "Native" in what became Native history.
Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 21, no. 2, Proceedings of the 2010 Western Social Science Association American Indian Studies Section, Summer, 2010, pp. 1-6
Description
Comments on the cost of mining to people and the environment, for corporate and government benefit.