Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 40, no. 1, 2001, pp. [31-56]
Description
Discusses Mohawk Education Project aimed at discovering how attitudes and behaviour patterns are acquired, and how to use knowledge to develop effective strategies.
Midcontinental Journal of Archeology, vol. 24, no. 2, Fall, 1999, pp. 153-?
Description
Describes shards found in the Birch Hills - Muskoday area, compares them to pottery of the east and southeast and proposes a cultural context for their uncommon occurrence in southern Saskatchewan.
Duncan's First Nation Inquiry, 1928 Surrender Claim (French Version)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description
Historical background and submissions to Indian Claims Commission (ICC) regarding eight reserve surrenders, IR 151 and 151B-151H, under section 51, 1927 Indian Act. ICC determined Canada breached its fiduciary obligations regarding IR 151E and the claim be accepted for negotiation under the Specific Claims Policy. (French language version) Commissioners include: Daniel J. Bellegarde, P.E. James Prentice, Carole T. Corcoran, and Roger J. Augustine.
[These files were created and compiled by the ICC and provided to the Indigenous Studies Portal in 2009 to make widely available in online format.]
Aboriginal History, vol. 10, no. 1, 1986, pp. 47-58
Description
Presents comments from two Spanish officers on the state of relations between the Aboriginal people and the English settlers including excerpts from their reports and documents.
Argues that different historical perspectives between Native and non-Native cultures impact on writings about Native populations and suggests methodology of community input into writing local histories.
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 25, no. 2, 2001, pp. 129-139
Description
Summary of the methodology and analysis results on the costs of special and regular education in First Nations Education Council of Quebec (FNEC) communities.
Yearbook of English Studies, vol. 31, 2001, pp. 155-167
Description
Explores the use of the narrative as an authority and legitimization of Native American stories, which is often decentralized or omitted within Sherman Alexie's works.
Discusses Burnt Church Youth Culture Camps, which bring youth together with Elders, police officers and visitors to take part in gatherings and teachings.
Historical background, submissions and recommendations from Indian Claims Commission (ICC) hearing to determine whether Canada failed to satisfy its fiduciary obligation to the Band for exclusion of reserves from its land base. ICC found in the Band's favour and recommended claim be accepted for negotiation under Specific Claims Policy. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
Pacific Health Dialog, vol. 8, no. 2, Health of the Hawaiians, 2001, pp. 340-352
Description
Introduces a number of sources of data on the internet that offer health data relevant to Native Hawaiians and other minority populations in the State of Hawai'i.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 23, no. 1, 1999, pp. 191-205
Description
Review of three books:
Postethnic America: Beyond Multiculturalism by David Hollinger.
That the People Might Live: Native American Literatures and Native American Community by Jace Weaver.
When Nickels Were Indians: An Urban Mixed-Blood Story by Patricia Penn Hilden.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 23, no. 3, Special Issue on Disease, Health, and Survival Among Native Americans, 1999, pp. 155-184
Description
Investigates differences in perceptions, by health care providers and their Aboriginal clients, which led the author to believe that the differences were due, in part, to attempts by health professionals to assert authoritative control.
Study used information gathered between 1998-2000 about the First Nations Partnership Programs developed in cooperation with the University of Victoria.
Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Postsecondary Education, 2001.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 10, no. 1, The History of American Indian Leadership, Winter, 1986, pp. 65-82
Description
Challenges the stereotype of static Indigenous political organization with an investigation of the historical adaptability of Indigenous leadership on the Great Plains.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 19, no. 2, 1999, pp. 289-319
Description
Examines four Native Studies programs, in four provinces, and how each University has increased its responsiveness to First Nation needs since the 1960s.
Indigenous Affairs, no. 1, Racism, 2001, pp. 62-70
Description
Article outlines examples of discrimination endured by the Forest People of Central Africa through examples and the work of James Woodburn.
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