Indigenous Affairs, no. 1, Africa and the Millennium Development Goals, 2006, pp. 30-37
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Discusses pastoral districts, government support, and gender issues related to roles, education, healthcare and HIV/AIDS.
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Boarding School Blues: Revisiting American Indian Educational Experiences
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Margaret D. Jacobs
Description
Compares the forced removal of American Indian and Aboriginal children in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, arguing that governments intentionally removed indigenous children to institutions as acts of colonial control, not assimilation.
Chapter from Boarding School Blues: Revisiting American Indian Educational Experiences edited by Clifford E. Trafzer, Jean A. Keller, Lorene Sisquoc.
Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, vol. 100, Special Supplement, 2006, pp. 877-880
Description
Discusses the impact of Public Law 93-638 on the IHS (Indian Health Services) delivery of eye care, deficiencies in the system and recommendations for improvement.
Pacific Historical Review, vol. 86, no. 2, May 2017, pp. 290-321
Description
Argues that while school officials regarded the practice of placing male students as farm labourers during the summer months as a method of assimilation, many used their employment to serve their own purposes.
Canadian Journal of Women and the Law, vol. 18, no. 2, 2006, pp. 513-533
Description
Discusses divorce settlements involving real property on-reserve, issues arising from the Constitution and Indian Act that prevent application of provincial law and focuses on the impact of policy on women.
Looks at Native-newcomer relations in BC through various meetings and delegations of Aboriginal elders to the British Crown.
Chapter from Majesty in Canada: Essays on the Role of Royalty edited by Colin MacMillan Coates.
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Discusses works by authors: James Fenimore Cooper, William Faulkner, Toni Morrison, Alice Walker, Leslie Marmon Silko.
English Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2006.
AlterNative, vol. 13, no. 4, December 2017, pp. 235-245
Description
Focuses on the experience of facilitators and leaders in the program dealing with the challenges associated with adapting Western research methods to the Indigenous context.
Summarizes ongoing research on urban and provincial Indigenous Australian entrepreneurs, and examines some of the social factors that inhibit Indigenous entry into the Australian business environment.
Topics discussed were collecting and collections management, and repatriation and initiatives for reconciliation; includes case studies, witness reflections and link to the webinar Museum Perspectives on the Task Force on Museums & First Peoples and the Recommendations of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
Full report on project which looked at the effects of situating camps associated with Prince Rupert Gas Transmission pipeline project close to small and already vulnerable communities.
Brief discussion of project which looked at effects of situating camps associated with Prince Rupert Gas Transmission pipeline project close to small and already vulnerable communities.
Developmental Entrepreneurship: Adversity, Risk, and Isolation
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Author/Creator
Ana María Peredo
Robert W. Anderson
Description
An overview of the current study of Indigenous entrepreneurship, especially the fundamental issue of the relation between entrepreneurship and cultural values.
Chapter from Developmental Entrepreneurship: Adversity, Risk, and Isolationedited by Curt Stiles and Craig S Galbraith.
Article outlines possibilities for the inclusion of Indigenous Games and Sports (IGaS) across Australian schools; authors provide details on IGaS and suggest appropriate pedagogy for teaching purposes. Authors argue that inclusion of IGaS can promote inclusive classrooms and social justice within the school setting.
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 8, no. 2, Reconciling Research: Perspectives on Research Involving Indigenous Peoples -Part 1, April 2017, pp. 1-19
Description
Discusses how research in a community based Indigenous project reflected personal stories of reconciliation.
Reports results from a survey of 135 housing providers to check status of Indigenous employment, obtain information on training experiences, and gauge how organizations were coping as housing agreements expired.
Includes 11 case studies: Lloydminster Métis Housing Group; Tawaak Housing Association; Native People of Sudbury Development Corporation; Native Inter-Tribal Housing Co-operative; Kinew Housing Incorporated; Namerind Housing Corporation; Centre d’Amité Autochtone de Val d’Or; Metis Urban Housing Corporation; Cariboo Friendship Society; Grey Mountain Housing Society; and Skigen-Elnoog H
Looks at the high rates of incarceration of Indigenous Australians and the economic and social costs of imprisonment, advocates for a holistic approach to reduce over-representation in the criminal justice system, and discusses possible initiatives and their cost.
New Socialist, no. 58, Special Issue on Indigenous Resurgence, September-October 2006, p. 28
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Interview with President of the United Steelworkers Union Local 1005 concerning their support for the Six Nations during the dispute.
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Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 37, no. 1, 2017, pp. 175-199
Description
Looks at barriers preventing Indigenous people from entering the field and offers solutions. Author shares responses to questionnaires issued to Indigenous librarians across Canada.
Background Paper (The Joint Center Health Policy Institute)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Bryan McKinley Jones Brayboy
Description
Examines status of enrolment, identifies factors which contribute to low rates, and makes recommendations for improvement at both state and federal levels.