Colour Category Evolution and Shuswap Yellow with Green
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Author/Creator
Robert E. MacLaury
American Anthropologist, vol. 89, no. 1, New Series, March 1987, pp. 107-124
Description
Use of one term to describe two different colours is rare, except in Indigenous languages of the Pacific Northwest; author examines possible explanations for the phenomenon.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 11, no. 3, Summer, 1987, pp. 187-201
Description
An investigation into the successful implementation of a Cherokee Female Seminary, modeled after seminaries in Massachusetts. The Cherokee Nation embracing a non-Indigenous education with fewer tribal traditions to adhere to leading to less feelings of alienation for the students.
American Antiquity, vol. 52, no. 4, October 1987, pp. 830-831
Description
Explains that paleolithic assemblages also occur in the McKean complex. Adding information to the article in Vol. 51, No. 2 (Apr., 1986) at pages 338-341.
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 3, no. 4, 2007, pp. 59-61
Description
Comments regarding two articles; Margaret Wente's article in the Globe and Mail of October 13, 2007 Section A27 titled "White Guilt, dead children in the name of political correctness" and the response to this article in the next day of the Globe and Mail by Cynthia Wesley-Esquimaux' titled "Inside Looking Out, Outside Looking In".
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 3, no. 2, Special Issue: Adolescent Development, Mental Health, and Promising Research Directions , 2007, pp. 50-51
Description
Author shares her research experiences, as a First Nation support worker, and provides some guiding principles to follow when conducting research with First Nations communities.
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 7, no. 1, 1987, pp. 41-56
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(Abstract in French and English, article in French)
Examines how the Montagnais benefitted from competition between the Hudson's Bay Company and independent fur traders in this region and the methods employed by the Company while trying to control the market.
The Journal of Aboriginal Economic Development, vol. 5, no. 2, Fall, 2007, pp. 74-83
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Describes evolution of cash crop economy due to transportation improvements and the impacts on the local environment.
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Anglican Journal, vol. 133, no. 6, June/July 2007, p. 15
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Discusses the mandate of a yet-to-be formed Truth and Reconciliation Commission regarding deaths and disappearances of former students in residential schools.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 10, no. 8, August 2007, p. 16
Description
Looks at the ways various communities are helping band members prepare for their residential school settlement payments.
Article located by scrolling to page 16.
Looks at tensions and dilemmas which confront governments: social issues such as healing and unity, political issues such as land claims and self-government, accountability, and education and training of administrative staff.
Suggests that successful interventions, to reverse the trend of poor health in Aboriginal people, involve the inclusion of Aboriginal community members as active collaborative partners.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 18, no. 1, January/February 1994, pp. 19-20
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Interview with coordinator of the La Perouse CDEP in Sydney about projects in urban, rural and remote areas. Aboriginal people on unemployment benefits can work for 15 hours a week and receive payment equivalent to the benefit payment.
Journal of Forest Economics, vol. 13, no. 1, May 15, 2007, pp. 49-71
Description
Findings did not reflect a statistical difference between Native Americans and Montana's general population initially, but in-depth interviews later revealed variations.
Journal of Alternative Spiritualities and New Age Studies, vol. 3, 2007, pp. 97-117
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"This paper explores the role of North American Indian Agency in western alternative spiritual practice with a focus on the UK pow-wow scene and an emphasis upon complicating spiritual appropriation discourse."
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Proposed construction of a 100 kilometer all-weather road from Highway 905 in northern Saskatchewan to the settlement of Wollaston Lake and the Hatchet Lake Denesuline First Nation community.