Dwellings: A Spiritual History of the Living World
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Linda Hogan
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Author explores her lifelong love of the living world and all its inhabitants.
Chapter from Dwellings: A Spiritual History of the Living World by Linda Hogan.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 14, no. 9, September 2011, p. 9
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Discussion on the importance of finding a support group to help deal with cancer diagnosis, cancer treatments and survivor guilt.
Article found by scrolling to page 9.
Early American Literature, vol. 46, no. 1, 2011, pp. 165-184
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Review essay of: Cultural Narratives: Textuality and Performance in American Culture before 1900 edited by Sandra M. Gustafson and Caroline F. Sloat; Early Native Literacies in New England: A Documentary and Critical Anthology edited by Kristina Bross and Hilary E. Wyss.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 19, no. 1, 1995, pp. 119-131
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Examines the 1988 U.S. Indian Gaming Regulatory Act as a vehicle for self-government; also argues that there is a need to look at pathological gambling behaviour in the state.
Library & Information Science Research, vol. 17, no. 1, Winter, 1995, pp. 49-67
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Analyzed the literature on gaming and natural resource exploitation in terms of authors, publication forms, type of source, titles of frequently cited works, and age of publication. Compared results to previous study by Metoyer-Duran.
Study found that patterns of sharing of country foods varied between hunters and wage earners; hunters tended to favour associations with distant and collateral relatives, while wage earners focused on parents and siblings. Discusses how these affiliations can affect vulnerability to environmental change.
Canadian Journal of Forest Research, vol. 41, no. 11, 2011, pp. 2247-2258
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Compares forest planning strategies, one with collaboration with the Innu Nation, to look at the at the benefits of Indigenous participation in the planning of forestry management
Saskatchewan History, vol. 35, no. 3, Autumn, 1982, pp. 101-107
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Discusses the life and art of Edmond Morris. Morris lived in Manitoba as a young child, the youngest child of Alexander Morris, First Chief Justice of MB and Lieutenant-Governor of Manitoba and the North-West Territories. Morris’s work focused on portraiture of Treaty Chiefs, and “pure Cree types.”
Entire issue on one .pdf, scroll to page 101.
Revista Espanola de Educacion Comparada, vol. 18, 2011, pp. 125-156
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Addresses the quality and equity of Canada's education systems by drawing on educational indicators and
discussing educational reforms that have taken place.
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 50, no. 1, 2011, pp. 7-31
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"This article traces the Native American policy career of William Demmert, Jr. from the development and implementation of the Indian Education Act of 1972 through the implementation of the Executive Order on American Indian and Alaska Native Education signed by President Clinton to the initiation of a unique research partnership to document the impact of culturally based education on the academic achievement of Native American students".
Writing Postcolonial Histories of Intercultural Education
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Jonas Jakobsen
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Comments on the struggle for equal and special rights for the Sami people in the Norwegian education system.
Chapter from Writing Postcolonial Histories of Intercultural Education edited by H. Niedrig and C. Ydesen.
Study of the school and the principal's daily activities during the 1960s as a Federally operated residential school and as operated by the Yukon Department of Education in 2008.
Identifies issues in six areas: financial, institutional, historical, geographical, educational, and personal, and makes 19 recommendations to minimize barriers to education.