Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 38, no. 1, From the Heart of the Earth, March 2014, p. [?]
Description
Results of an experiment to whether the Polynesians in their voyaging canoes were able to intentionally travel from island group to island group in the Pacific using only traditional methods of navigation.
Researchers conducted 89 household interviews about changes in the watershed and how this had affected residents' food and water security. Findings indicated that while adaptation was taking place, it was not without difficulties.
Presents the third installment in a webinar series on social paediatrics which focuses on vulnerable populations, including inner city and aboriginal children and youth
Duration: 1:26:36.
Saskatchewan History, vol. 41, no. 1, Winter, 1988, pp. 1-17
Description
Examines the political and economic motives of both the Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC) and the Northwest Company (NWC), their role in the development of capitalism in North America, and how these factors affected their labour relations policies and practices.
Entire issue on one .pdf, scroll to page 1.
Early American Literature, vol. 49, no. 3, 2014, pp. 771-785
Description
Review essay of: Pen and Ink Witchcraft: Treaties and Treaty Making in American Indian History by Colin G. Calloway.
Bradford's Indian Book: Being the True Roote and Rise of American Letters as Revealed by the Native Text Embedded in "Of Plimoth Plantation" by Betty Booth Donohue.
John Eliot and the Praying Indians of Massachusetts Bay by Kathryn N. Gray.
Book review of: Wandjuk Marika: Life Story (as told to Jennifer Isaacs) by Wandjuk Marika ; edited by Jennifer Isaacs.
Review located by scrolling to page 230.
American Indian Law Review, vol. 23, 1998-1999, pp. 497-503
Description
Discussion of legal issues arising from various cases including, the Oliphant decision that concluded that Indian Nations do not have jurisdiction over non-Indians in criminal cases.
Brief news story discusses history of residential schools, the apology by the Minister of Indian Affairs and some solutions to problems on the Indian Brook Reserve in Nova Scotia. Includes synopsis.
Duration: 5:13
Mino-B'maadiziwin Project, 2-Spirited People of the 1st Nations
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Gilbert Deschamps
Description
Purpose of manual is to assist people in giving culturally-sensitive workshops by providing information on teachings, history, spirituality, etc. and homophobia / prejudice and AIDS.