Book review: Tlingit Indians of Alaska by Archimandrite Anatolii Kamenskii. Translated, with an Introduction and supplementary material, by Sergei Kan.
MELUS, vol. 25, no. 3-4, Fall-Winter, 2000, pp. 87-116
Description
Discusses the connection between oppressor and oppressed and suggests reading to understand both perspectives leads to evaluating one's own response and eithics.
Section on Aboriginal women deals with right to property and culture, registration under the Indian Act, and unequal access to power and decision-making.
Towards a Broad-Based Precautionary Principle in Law & Policy: A Functional Role for Indigenous Knowledge Systems (TEK) Within Decision-Making Structures
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 20, no. 2, 2000, pp. 455-486
Description
Explores First Nations' participation in current planning and management of parks which are located in traditional territories and how their concerns and interests might be better addressed.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 20, no. 2, 2000, pp. 411-436
Description
Using the Sami people as an example, argues that political decolonization is important for realizing self-determination, reconnecting with culture, and becoming intellectually self-governing.
Excerpt from: Tradition and Education: Towards a Vision of Our Future by the National Indian Brotherhood and Assembly of First Nations. Produced as part of the National Review of First Nations Education.
Summarizes the findings of the National Review of First Nations Education conducted by the National Indian Brotherhood and the Assembly of First Nations.
Ecological Applications, vol. 10, no. 5, October 2000, pp. 1275-1287
Description
Discusses characteristics and application of the knowledge using three groups as examples and presents a case study of the yellow avalanche lily and balsamroot.
Canadian Journal of Criminology, vol. 42, no. 3, July 01, 2000, pp. 323-340
Description
Brief overview of the history of sentencing policies and an examination of public attitude about criminal justice beyond the simplistic question of whether sentences are "tough" enough.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 24, no. 2, Spring, 2000, pp. 165-181
Description
Article engages in a postmodernist cultural critique of the process of “inverted appropriation” in which an oppressed or marginalized culture makes use of the technological or cultural pieces of the dominant cultures as a way of resisting assimilation and erasure.
Virtual exhibit about negotiation of and background to Treaty 8 (Athabasca). "At the time, it was not only the largest land settlement undertaken by the Canadian government with First Nations, but also the first to recognize that the 'aboriginal title' of Indians and Métis are co-existent."
Rebuttal to Dr. Robert Irwin's critique (BC Studies, Autumn 2000, Issue 127, 83-101) of the author's article, "Treaty 8: An Anomaly of the First Nations History First Nations History of British Columbia" (BC Studies Autumn 2000 Issue 127 p.83).
Wilderness Science in a Time of Change Conference: Volume 2: Wilderness within the Context of Larger Systems
Proceedings RMRS-P-15
Proceedings Rock Mountain Research Station P-15
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Dan McDonald
Tom McDonald
Leo McAvoy
Description
Discussion between tribal wilderness managers and researchers on the primary research needs of tribal wilderness to identify a number of research priorities for tribal wildlands. The article also discusses some major issues and challenges faced by researchers conducting research in areas that are culturally sensitive to tribal members.