Arbutus Review, vol. 3, no. 2, Special Focus on Indigenous Governance, 2012, pp. 98-115
Description
Looks at the Supreme Court of Canada's tendency to characterize Aboriginal rights as arising from the Crown's fiduciary responsibilities, rather than being inherent.
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 5, no. 2, Fall, 2018, pp. 91-122
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Describes the process of the Mohican people of Wisconsin as they negotiated Mission House Museum for the repatriation of a Bible and Communion set over more than 30 years. Highlights issues of material culture; of accessibility, possession, and control.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 42, no. 3, Summer, 2018, pp. 344-374
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Article uses a critical race analysis of oral histories and documents to examine how and why the first historically Native American fraternity and sorority (HNAFS), Alpha Pi Omega, was created, and the role that it played in experience of Indigenous students attending UNC – Chapel Hill in the mid-1990s.
Former reporter and host of Sharing Circle discusses her previous experiences and her latest production, We Were Children, which deals with residential schools.
Episode of Trailbreakers which aired August 21, 2012.
Duration: 27:30.
Looks at the issue in the context of gender-based violence as a human rights violation which is rooted in deep, structural discrimination and intersects with socio-economic and cultural rights violations. Outlines essential elements of a human-rights based response and identifies three keys to effectiveness.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 14, no. 2, 1990, pp. 1-18
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Analysis of the Indian Self-Determination Act (1975) concludes that achieving self-determination is seriously compromised by declining levels of funding in real terms.
McGill Journal of Education, vol. 53, no. 2, Spring, 2018, pp. 331-349
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Author explores what the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Calls to Action ask of teacher educators and specifically in the field of science education. Considers how Indigenous and Western ways of knowing might be brought together to highlight “the role that Land and the natural world might play in reconciliation via science teacher education.”
Aboriginal Policy Studies, vol. 2, no. 1, 2012, pp. 56-87
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Explores the question "what ecological and social (institutional) factors affect how, when, and to what extent Traditional Knowledge holders have in decisions about key resource management issues?"
Loyal till Death: Indians and the North-West Rebellion
Images » Photographs
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Photograph of Chief Fine Day posing with rifle and wearing battle dress.
Caption: "War chief Fine Day of the Strike-Him-on-the-Back band directed the Cree counter-attack at the Cut Knife battle."
From the book Loyal till Death: Indians and the North-West Rebellion by Blair Stonechild and Bill Waiser.
Note: The title of this document uses wording that was common to mainstream society of that time period in history. As such, it contains language that is no longer in common use and may offend some readers. This wording should not be construed to represent the views of the Indigenous Studies Portal or the University of Saskatchewan Library.
A sketch of a steamboat, possibly the Northcote, coming under Metis fire during the Northwest Resistance. The title is apparently erroneous as there was only one relief expedition to Battleford and it neither came under fire or involved river boats.
Northern Public Affairs, vol. 6, no. Special Issue 2, Connectivity in Northern and Indigenous Communities, October 2018, pp. 46-49
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Describes the development and administration of Atlantic Canada's First Nation Help Desk network, which provides broadband services to 30 Mi’kmaq, Maliseet, and Innu First Nation communities.
Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada (AANDC)
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Shows First Nation name, reserve name, election system, Chief's name, population, address for Band Office, location of Tribal Councils, and Tribal Council -First Nation relationship.
Compilation of five handbooks: Introduction to Quality; Quality and Quality Improvement: Theory and Tools; Risk and Management: theory and Tools; Electronic Resources and References; and Glossary.
States that First Nations are increasingly developing plans for commercial and industrial development projects, and that the FNCIDA will fill the regulatory gap and provide benefits.
International Journal of Population Data Science, vol. 3, no. 4, Conference Proceedings for International Population Data Linkage Conference 2018 , 2018, p. [?]
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Looks at the creation of the OCAP prinicples to help researchers appropriately collect data collaboratively with Indigenous communities.
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 109, no. 5-6, December 2018, pp. 717-725
Description
Study coordinated by the health centre with some support from academic partners, assessed the types of programming Elders would be interested in, and what they saw to be barriers to participation. Researchers offered participants several options to encourage survey participation including language and location of interview; a well-respected Elder was hired to conduct the interviews.
Study involves five components: household interviews collecting information on dietary patterns, lifestyle and general health status, environmental concerns and food security; sampling traditional foods for contaminants; sampling water for trace metals; hair sampling for mercury; and surface water sampling for pharmaceuticals.