IK: Other Ways of Knowing, vol. 1, no. 2, 2015, pp. 1-31
Description
Looks at the success or failure of laws and policies that were meant to protect community rights, culture, and material resources and the use of community protocols as tools.
Journal of Ethnopharmacology, vol. 51, no. 1-3, April 1996, pp. 45-57
Description
Emphasizes the need to provide immediate, short and medium-term benefits, rather than waiting the 8-10 years it may take for monetary reimbursement, when new plant derived therapeutics based on Indigenous Knowledge are being explored. The article uses examples of initiatives taken by Shaman Pharmaceuticals and the Healing Forest Conservancy.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 20, no. 1, Winter, 1996, pp. 135-138
Description
Book review of: Bitter Feast: Amerindians and Europeans in Northeastern North America. 1600-64 by Denys Delage; translated from the French by Jane Brierly.
Psychological Services, vol. 12, no. 2, May 2015, pp. 83-91
Description
Looks at collaborative, community based development of an intervention program for treating substance use disorders that are opposite of the usual treatments.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 11, no. 1, Winter, 1987, pp. 11-35
Description
Discusses the lack of recognition for historical Indigenous cultural achievements. Achievements examined are: medicine, maple sugar, and the use of fertilizer.
Climate and Development, vol. 7, no. 5, 2015, pp. 401-413
Description
Study by researchers and the Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) reports on effects of climate change on hunting and fishing and delivery of supplies in community.
Historical Studies in Education, vol. 27, no. 2, Special Feature II: Selections from the CHEA Conference, Fall, 2015, pp. 65-77
Description
Contends that some Indigenous children were schooled alongside settler children prior to the passage of legislation that legalized such practices in 1951.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 8, no. 3, Series 2, Fall, 1996, pp. [49]-62
Description
Discusses characters which exhibit traits of the opposite sex and cross the borders of expected behaviour.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
Highlights from an exhibit of "nearly 200 images of everyday objects, art pieces” and tools made from natural, barter, and/or modern materials by Canada's First Nations in the 18th-20th centuries.
Public Historian , vol. 18, no. 4, Representing Native American History, Fall, 1996, pp. 119-143
Description
Discusses the history of collecting skeletal remains and associated objects for study or display purposes and the Indigenous movement to have scientific or cultural institutions return them to their nations for proper funeral and burial rights. Looks at the Native American Grave Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) and similar State-enacted legislation.
Justice as Healing, vol. 1, no. 3, Fall, 1996, p. [?]
Description
Book review of: Return to the Teachings by Rupert Ross.
Note: This is a sample article from the publication. Subscriptions are available from the Native Law Centre.
American Ethnologist, vol. 23, no. 1, February 1996, pp. 148-150
Description
Book reviews of: Who Needs the Past? Indigenous Values and Archaeology edited by R. Layton, Conflict in the Archaeology of Living Traditions edited by R. Layton, and Archaeological Approaches to Cultural Identity edited by S.J. Shennan.
Native Studies Review, vol. 3, no. 2, Native Peoples, Museums, and Heritage Resource Management, 1987, pp. 139-144
Description
Review of: The Spirit Sings: Artistic Traditions of Canada's First People by Julia D. Harrison, co-ordinating curator, with Ted J. Brasser, Bernadette Driscoll, Ruth B. Phillips, Martine J. Reid, Judy Thompson, and Ruth Holmes Whitehead, editors.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 16, no. 1, 1996, pp. 181-210
Description
Book review of 12 books:
Thomas Crosby and the Tsimshian: Small Shoes for Feet Too Large by Clarence Bolt.
A Study of Omaha Indian Music by Alice C. Fletcher.
Earth is My Mother, Sky is My Father: Space, Time, and Astronomy in Navajo Sandpainting by Trudy Griffin-Pierce.
Taking Control: Power and Contradiction in First Nations Adult Education by Celia Haig-Brown.
Applied Anthropology in Canada: Understanding Aboriginal Issues by Edward J.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 7, no. 1, 1987, pp. 139-147
Description
Book reviews of 3 books:
Too Few To Count: Canadian Women In Conflict With The Law edited by Ellen Adelberg and Claudia Currie.
The Foot of the River by George Lalor.
Ste. Madeleine, Community Without a Town: Métis Elders in Interview by Ken Zeilig and Victoria Zeilig.