Book review of:
Dreams and Thunder by Zitkala-Sa.
Native American Women's Writing 1800-1924 edited by Karen L. Kilcup.
Sarah Winnemucca by Sally Zanjani.
Looks to identify tourism development opportunities in the park to enhance the role of the park as a core attraction and to optimize the economic benefits to the surrounding area.
Author speaks about the six determinants of form, Native societies and traditional dwellings. Uses examples from book produced in collaboration with architect Robert Easton.
Duration: 52:14.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 16, no. 2, Spring, 1992, pp. 141-156
Description
Author analyzes baptismal, burial, and census records from five missions in the San Francisco Bay area to explore the realities of demographic collapse among Indigenous communities during colonization.
Laidlaw Foundation’s Working Paper Series, Perspectives on Social Inclusion
E-Books
Author/Creator
Terry Wotherspoon
Description
Explores the renewed focus on social inclusion and exclusion in Canada's public education system by discussing the changes within the education system, the major dynamics to promote social inclusion, and the impact the process on children and youth with an emphasis on Aboriginal communities.
Briefly outlines determinants of children's health and explains various options (both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal) in programming and service delivery.
Designed to assist organizations in creating employment strategies. Contains general information on the Aboriginal population, finding the correct candidates, and completing the selection process.
International Journal of Critical Indigenous Studies, vol. 3, no. 1, 2010, p. 1
Description
Introductory editorial to themed issue on how different epistemologies and cultural values inform power relations in different locations, situations and contemporary contexts.
Journal of Aboriginal Economic Development, vol. 7, no. 1, Fall , 2010, pp. 27-28
Description
Introduction to articles relating to Aboriginal wineries in New Zealand and Canada, Indigenous labour mobility, First Nation social economy and the gaming industry.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 22, no. 1, 2002, pp. 1-22
Description
Argues that education has been used as a tool for assimilation and that reflection on its power and control is necessary in resisting cultural homogenization.
CCPA Monitor, vol. 17, no. 3, July/August 2010, p. 16
Description
Professor discusses her philosophy of action education and education for social change, which involves a responsibility to make a difference in the community.
Research Highlight (Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation)
Research Highlight. Socio-economic Series ; 114
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Policy and Research Division]
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC)
Description
Summary of study of same name which looked at movement of individuals or households within the same area and how it affected agencies which provide social services.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 34, no. 2, 2010, pp. 27-46
Description
Study probes the importance of kinship relations, with respect to individual and collective identity, for members of the Cowessess First Nation, Saskatchewan.
[Inuit People and the Aboriginal World] Inuit Studies Conference : 17th]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Louis McComber
Description
Comments on the lack of improvement in housing, education, and health since the creation of Nunavut and the signing of the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement.
Indigenous Affairs , no. 1-2, Development and Customary Law, 2010, pp. 22-27
Description
Examines the evolution and adaptation of customary law for use by African women in their communities to advance their own positions. To access this article, scroll down to page 22.