American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 21, no. 3, 1997, pp. 183-190
Description
Focuses on the unacknowledged or unrecognized bands or tribes, especially in California, and their legal rights of
repatriation that are enforceable through the courts.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 8, no. 2, June 1984, pp. 55-61
Description
Describes the alcohol treatment program offered at the Kalkadoon Aboriginal Sobriety House (K.A.S.H.) in Queensland plus programs in Victoria and Western Australia.
Document defines the consultation framework including a brief background summary, definition of the issues that will be addressed and the questions that will be used as a starting point for discussion at the meeting November 5 and 6, 2013.
Proceedings of the 15th International Congress on Circumpolar Health
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Marnie Bell
Karen MacDougall
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 72, Supplement 1, 2013, p. article no. 21345
Description
Pilot project findings found that online learning is a cost effective tool that can overcome geographical challenges presented by vast northern distances.
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 52, no. 2, 2013, pp. 45-57
Description
"This study examined teacher candidates' perceptions of elementary school curriculum related to Native American peoples in general and local Native communities in particular".
Three case studies: Community of Membertou in Nova Scotia, Chippewas of Rama First Nation in Ontario, and the Osoyoos Indian Band in British Columbia. Each one reviews a specific project; identifies barriers encountered during development; and where possible, assesses specific transaction costs incurred in overcoming barriers.
Histoire Sociale / Social History, vol. 46, no. 91, May 2013, pp. 145-172
Description
Focuses on two separate long-term studies done without the consent of participants, who were viewed as "experimental materials". Partial motivations were to further researchers' careers and correct "Indian problems" of disease and dependency on the state.
[Harvest of Hope: A Symposium on Reconciliation ; pt. 3]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Caroline Davis
Description
Assistant Deputy Minister, Resolution and Individual Affairs Sector at Indian and Northern Affairs Canada speaks about the events leading to, and administration of, the Residential Schools Settlement Agreement.
Duration: 19:43.
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 37, no. 4, The Future We Want: Indigenous Women of the World Unite, December 2013, p. [?]
Description
Outlined the issues, challenges and barriers linked to the UN advisory body that aids in the promotion and protection of the rights of Indigenous peoples.
Native Studies Review, vol. 1, no. 1, 1984, pp. 108-114
Description
Evaluation of the "Native Participation Policy" which was introduced to the Public Service in an attempt to make the Canadian workforce resemble more closely the composition of the population.
Alberta Journal of Educational Research, vol. 59, no. 3, Fall, 2013, pp. 344-362
Description
Discusses philosophies found in selected African Indigenous proverbs to talk about traditions, power and authority, relationships, and responsibilities and the individual in the context of youth violence.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 9, no. 3, Series 2; Twentieth-Anniversary Issue on the Flagstaff Conference on Native American Literatures, Fall, 1997, pp. 41-48
Description
Author reflects on the legacies of the Flagstaff Conference of 1977 and the challenges that lay ahead.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 8, no. 1, March 1984, pp. 26-27
Description
Briefly discusses the logistical challenges of providing health care to isolated island located 72 kilometres north east of Thursday Island in the Torres Strait, Australia.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 8, no. 2, June 1984, pp. 46-49
Description
Author describes her role and the history of the (Australian) Aboriginal Health Programme located in Brisbane, Queensland. Provides several reasons for alcohol abuse.