Federal Court of Appeal upheld decision concerning lower pension benefits for First Nation people on-reserve, who had not contributed to the Canada Pension Plan until 1988.
Image of four Aboriginal male chiefs and an non-Aboriginal man posing for the camera; [indoor scene]. Note with photo: "Cree Chiefs from Crooked Lake. Seated - Flying in a Circle, Big Child Star Blanket. Standing - O'Soup a Blackfoot, P. Hourie an interpreter. Taken at Brantford, Ontario, at unveiling of Brant memorial Oct. 13, 1886. O'Soup Chippewa Chief / P. Hourie Interpreter / Front: Flying in a Circle / Big Child Mistawasis / Star Blanket Ahtahkakoop / names according to two of Rev.
Loyal till Death: Indians and the North-west Rebellion
Images » Photographs
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Photograph of council held near Battleford. People; horses and terrain in foreground; buildings on extreme left and right of image.
Caption "The Battleford-bound Cree held a council on the Sweetgrass reserve in late March 1885; the meeting was interrupted by two Metis messengers who wanted the Indians to capture the fort."
From the book Loyal till Death: Indians and the North-west Rebellion by Blair Stonechild and Bill Waiser.
Discusses common challenges facing Indigenous peoples, main criteria being used to respond and shape 'good practices', national crime prevention policies and strategies in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States and examples of promising practices.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 19, no. 4, July/August 1995, pp. 22-25
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Copy of Appendix 1 of Choosing Life: Special Report on Suicide Among Aboriginal People. Concerns identified in report apply to Australian Aboriginal suicide.
Art Journal, vol. 54, no. 3, Rethinking the Introductory Art History Survey, Autumn, 1995, pp. 72-75
Description
Comments how course content is arranged to give the student a multicultural introduction to the art of five cultures; those identified as the major ethnic groups in the United States.
American Literature, vol. 67, no. 4, December 1995, pp. 777-792
Description
Examines the concept of the road as a conduit for encounters, which Montana Ojibwa author Louise Erdrich uses to represent chance meetings between characters in the opening and closing portions of her novel.
Journal of Popular Film and Television, vol. 30, no. 4, Winter, 2003, pp. 181-[?]
Description
Western films from 1908 to 1916 depict popular attitudes toward interracial romance and government policies of the time in areas such as the military, land use, Indian assimilation and boarding schools.
Charity Law Bulletin, no. 19, January 31, 2003, p. [?]
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Discusses the implications when a law suit involves not only the entity which is directly responsible for abuse, but the affiliated national church organizations as well.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 27, no. 1, 2003, pp. 91-117
Description
Examines the controversy of the 1862 Dakota Conflict in Minnesota, followed by the execution of 38 Sioux men, and questions whether military tribunals can balance civil liberties and state necessities.
Studies in Canadian Literature / Études en littérature canadienne, vol. 20, no. 2, 1995, pp. 34-43
Description
Argues that Highway's plays have succeeded in bridging the gap between cultures through dramatizing the collision of feelings of hope and despair, comedy and tragedy, order and chaos and social issues like poverty, crime and abuse. Looks at The Rez Sisters and Dry Lips Oughta Move to Kapuskasing.
Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, vol. 35, no. 1, Morning Star Rising: Healing in Native American Communities, January-March 2003, pp. 53-58
Description
Interviews graduates of substance abuse treatment program which uses Native American medicine combined with Western models. Presents twelve emerging themes.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 27, no. 1/2, Special Issue: Native Experiences in the Ivory Tower, Winter-Spring, 2003, pp. 91-102
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Author discusses different factors that have led to and possible solutions to the education gap that exists between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples in the United States.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 19, no. 3, 1995, pp. 1-31
Description
Looks at the marketing of Indigenous spirituality and how it enables the dominant culture to secure political and social control, as well as profiting economically from Aboriginal cultures.
Part III: Repatriation and Protection of First Nations Culture in Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
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University of British Columbia Law Review, Special Issue: Material Culture in Flux: Law and Policy of Repatriation of Cultural Property, 1995, pp. [183]-201
Description
Discusses First Nations' conceptions of cultural property and argues, by using Haida Gwaii examples, that objects should be placed in centres managed and controlled by First Nations, not residing in museums.
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 18, no. 2, Autumn, 2003, pp. 127-134
Description
Highlights the importance of incorporating the Ojibwa's cultural history in the analysis of their sacred stories and explores the variety and many versions of stories regarding Anishinaabe myth.
Supreme Court Law Review , vol. 21, 2nd, 2003, pp. 105-138
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Examines three court cases in 2002 that discuss provincial authority in relation to Aboriginal culture: Kitkatla Band v. British Columbia (Minister of Small Business, Tourism and Culture), Ross River Dena Council Band v. Canada and Wewaykum Indian Band v. Canada.
Child Welfare, vol. 82, no. 2, March/April 2003, pp. 201-207
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Describes collaboration among a university, a state child welfare agency, and a Native American community organization to develop a culturally driven practice model for urban, Native American child welfare.
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 27, no. 4, pp. 59-64
Description
Looks at Indigenous education in Alaska, and discusses the Alaska Rural Systemic Initiative (AKRSI), which focuses on the connection between Indigenous Knowledge systems and formal education systems.
Social Science & Medicine, vol. 41, no. 11, December 1995, pp. 1487-1498
Description
Comparison of substance abuse programs that incorporate traditional healing practices and the promotion of culture as both preventive and curing agents.