North-South Partnership for Children in Remote First Nations Communities (Mamow Sha-way-gi-kay-win)
Description
Assessment focuses on six key areas: livelihoods, infrastructure, community participation, education/recreation, children and parents and mental and physical health.
The Drama Review, vol. 36, no. 1, 1992, pp. 135-159
Description
Discusses the history of Native Theatre in Canada, the founding of Native Earth Performing Arts Inc., and various productions including The Rez Sisters by Tomson Highway.
Key Findings From Wen:de: We are Coming to the Light of Day and Wen:de the Journey Continues
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada
Description
List of the key findings of two reports done regarding the number of First Nations children in state care and examining ways to keep them safely at home.
See also : Wen:de: We Are Coming to the Light of Day and Wen:de The Journey Continues
Issue Analysis, no. 86, April 04, 2007, pp. [1]-[20]
Description
Contends that the best results come from a combination of good teaching and management on the school side, and support and determination on the community side.
Journal of Ethnicity in Criminal Justice, vol. 5, no. 1, 2007, pp. 57-80
Description
Examines the social and emotional impact of being moved from an island to the mainland as a result of hydro-electric development on an Aboriginal community.
Unlimited Boundaries: Dichotomy of Place in Contemporary Native American Art
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Nancy Marie Mithlo
Description
Excerpt from Unlimited Boundaries: Dichotomy of Place in Contemporary Native American Art exhibition organized by The Albuquerque Museum in collaboration with the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center, January 28-April 15, 2007.
File contains a photocopy of Arthur O. Wheeler's daily diary from March to July, 1885. Wheeler served in the Survey (scout) Corp for the Government, and was present during some of the battles of the 1885 rebellion.
Indigenous Law & Policy Center Occasional Paper Series
Indigenous Law & Policy Center Working Paper ; 2007-08
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Kathryn E. Fort
Indigenous Law & Policy Center Working Paper
Description
Discusses the importance for all state court practitioners to understand the application of different laws and standards when handling Native American citizens in family law cases.
Local Environment, vol. 12, no. 6, December 2007, pp. 565-577
Description
Argues that neo-liberal reform in Ontario has served to exacerbate historical disparities in the health, environment
and well-being of First Nations in southern Ontario.
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 9, no. 1, Parks and People, Spring, 1985
Description
Suggests that Parks Canada should follow similar guidelines to other nations, such as Australia, where a national park is created in conjunction with the settlement of an aboriginal land claim.
Book review of: Whiskey Bullets by Garry Gottfriedson. The book has a stereotypical cover, but is intended as a tribute to First Nation and Metis cowboys who herd, observe council politics, lecture on alternate histories, speak of love and write poetry.
To access this review, scroll to page 157.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 10, no. 9, September 2007, p. 12
Description
Comments on a youth camp, held at White Bear Lake Resort, which focused on discovering the beauty of the land and natural resources.
Article located by scrolling to page 12.
Photo of illustration made from photograph of White Cap, Sioux Chief, pledging friendship to his white brother, taken from Illustrated War News, 25 April 1885.
Whitefish Lake Band of Indians and the Attorney General of Canada and Lac Seul First Nation, Lawrynowicz and Associates, Snuneymuxw First Nation, Snaw-naw-as First Nation, Malahat First Nation, Songhees First Nation, Sci' Anew First Nation, T' sou-ke ...
Whitefish Lake Band v. A.-G. Canada and Lac Seul First Nation ...
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ontario Court of Appeal
Description
Appeal regarding the compensation for the breach of fiduciary duty to the Whitefish Band 120 years ago and the determination of a fair value for Whitefish's timber rights in 1886.
Canadian Journal of Criminology, vol. 34, no. 3-4, July-October 1992, pp. [417]-434
Description
Compares methods of dealing with crime on-reserve (communities with a majority Aboriginal population) which may not involve formal processes and off-reserve (communities with a minority Aboriginal population) which are dealt with through the criminal justice system.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 16, no. 1, 1992, pp. 1-22
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Comments on the way tribal status was determined and depicts the historical background of the tribe which inhabited the eastern section of Long Island.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 4, no. 1, Series 2 , Spring, 1992, pp. 28-48
Description
Explores how Erdrich transforms her Chippewa oral traditions to create a female character who is able to transform between human and animal in her novel Tracks.
Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.