Research Paper (National Centre for First Nations Governance)
Research Paper for the National Centre for First Nations Governance
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Evelyn Peters
Description
Covers topics relating to urban reserves as vehicles for economic development. The paper also explores routes available to establish urban reserves and existing works which discuss negotiating with municipalities.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 24, no. 4, July/August 2000, pp. 3-5
Description
Describes the events arising at the Aboriginal Health Forum which led to the creation of a Coordinator of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heart Care Project in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia.
Journal of Food Composition and Analysis, vol. 7, no. 3, September 1994, pp. 144-157
Description
First comprehensive report on this group of nutrients in the primary foods of the Sahtú Dene/Métis traditional food system. The report includes use frequency and composition of caribou, moose, beaver and other species..
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 18, no. 3, 1994, pp. 211-233
Description
Analysis of the political problems faced by Native American people in United States local government and the lack of consensus attained due to the complexity of some of the issues.
Medical Care, vol. 38, no. 12, December 2000, pp. 1191-1199
Description
Study examines the extent these practices are used by urban patients, identifies related characteristics, associations with health status and functioning and attitudes about care provided.
Argues that ADR provides the most viable solution to class action suits because its flexibility allows accommodation of the interests of churches, government and victims.
Australian Occupational Therapy Journal, vol. 47, no. 1, 2000, pp. 28-40
Description
Qualitative study involving five urban-dwelling families with children between the ages of 18 months and 25 years. Set of values were, in order of importance, parenting, education, culture, family and community, socio-economics, impact of history, and health care and disability.
London Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 16, Continuities and Changing Realities: Meanings and Identities Among Canadas Aboriginal People, 2000/2001, pp. 109-124
Description
Discusses the legal, social and cultural differences between Indigenous groups in Canada.
Tribute to the life of Senator Myles Venne, 1918-2007, of the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations and former Chief of the Lac La Ronge Indian Band.
Confederacy of Treaty Six First Nations Perspectives on Consultation January 17-18, 2009
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Peter W. Hutchins
Description
Looks at the Federal Court of Canada and the Federal Court of Appeal Judgments in the Samson Cree Nation case and the Victor Buffalo v. Her Majesty the Queen case.
NWSA Journal, vol. 12, no. 1, Spring-Summer, 2000, pp. 187-190
Description
Book reviews of 2 books:
Violence Against Women edited by Stanley G. French, Wanda Teays, and Laura M. Purdy; and
Daring to be Good edited by Bat-Ami On and Ann Ferguson.
Developed to provide Aboriginal youth and girls with tools to protect themselves, teach about safety nets and community resource people, and provide communities with tools to prevent youth violence.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 24, no. 6, November/December 2000, p. 23
Description
Reports on a new plan to improve the vision of Australians with particular emphasis on Indigenous blindness which is ten times higher than non-Indigenous Australians.
Native Studies Review, vol. 9, no. 2, l993-1994, p. 1–21
Description
Discusses the development of respectful relationships between the Garden River Anishinaabe and the Anglican Diocese of Algoma from the beginning to the present.
Looks at the history of Thanadelthur, a young Dene women who is famous for her involvement in the early Canadian fur trade, linking together the Hudson's Bay Company and northern Dene peoples living west of Hudson's Bay.
Canada West Foundation's report, Hard Times, highlights the devastating issues needed to be addressed by Aboriginal organizations in order to avoid a 'social catastrophe'.