Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 8, no. 2, Series 2; Teaching American Indian Literatures, Summer, 1996, pp. [21]-28
Description
Educator discusses his move from written to oral exams/conferences in Native American literature courses as a way of incorporating Aboriginal styles of teaching and learning.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
Shows cost in communities eligible for the Nutrition North Canada program. Amounts are estimates of what it cost to feed family of four a healthy diet for one week.
Loyal till Death: Indians and the North-West Rebellion
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On back of photograph: "(North-West Rebellion - 1885) Coulee at Fort Qu'Appelle, N.W.T. 12th and 35th Regiments and Winnipeg Cavalry, York and Simcoe Batteries, en route through Touchwood Hills to Humboldt [Sask.]. [Lt.-Col. Wm. E. O'Brien on white horse commanding the York and Simcoe Battalions."
From the book Loyal till Death: Indians and the North-West Rebellion by Blair Stonechild and Bill Waiser.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 20, no. 1, January/February 1996, pp. 9-10
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Discusses the kinds of family counseling services provided: viewing a body and identification, postmortems, inquests and resulting information, guidance through the inquest, information about rights, and short, medium and long-term counseling.
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 7, no. 2, 1987, pp. 181-193
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In Navajo mythology, the coyote is an important figure representing a wide variety of beings while also demonstrating and reinforcing concepts of harmony and order.
Explores themes such as use of oral tradition, humour, dreams and visions, nature, and family.
Excerpt from the book, A Literary History of the American West..
Image of four Aboriginal male chiefs and an non-Aboriginal man posing for the camera; [indoor scene]. Note with photo: "Cree Chiefs from Crooked Lake. Seated - Flying in a Circle, Big Child Star Blanket. Standing - O'Soup a Blackfoot, P. Hourie an interpreter. Taken at Brantford, Ontario, at unveiling of Brant memorial Oct. 13, 1886. O'Soup Chippewa Chief / P. Hourie Interpreter / Front: Flying in a Circle / Big Child Mistawasis / Star Blanket Ahtahkakoop / names according to two of Rev.
Loyal till Death: Indians and the North-west Rebellion
Images » Photographs
Description
Photograph of council held near Battleford. People; horses and terrain in foreground; buildings on extreme left and right of image.
Caption "The Battleford-bound Cree held a council on the Sweetgrass reserve in late March 1885; the meeting was interrupted by two Metis messengers who wanted the Indians to capture the fort."
From the book Loyal till Death: Indians and the North-west Rebellion by Blair Stonechild and Bill Waiser.
"This book is an expanded and edited version of Canadian Ethnology Service Paper no. 30, published by the National Museum of Man in the Mercury Series in 1975".
Social Justice, vol. 29, no. 1/2, Globalization and Environmental Harm, 2002, pp. 144-160
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Examines the historical domination and continued oppression created and continued by Western nations and its relation to the perpetuation of crime and injustice in Aboriginal communities.
Buffalo Criminal Law Review, vol. 5, no. 2, January 2002, pp. 451-495
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Looks at social and cultural inequalities between Aboriginal and non-aboriginal persons in the criminal justice system. Discusses the Indian Act, the White Paper of 1969 and Constitution Act of 1982.
Working Paper (Sustainable Forest Management Network) ; 2002-2
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
David C. Natcher
Clifford G. Hickey
Working Paper (Sustainable Forest Management Network)
Description
Describes the community-based process of the Little Red River Cree Nation and the development of a self-improving forest management system that is responsive to the values, expectations and changing needs of community members.
Article discusses philosophical underpinnings of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (2007) noting that the Declaration favours Western cultures, hierarchical rankings of rights, and focuses on the rights of individuals rather than communities and fails to consider the rights of the land itself.