Anglican Journal, vol. 122, no. 3, March 1996, p. 6
Description
Briefly discusses the lawsuit launched by former students of Alberni Indian Residential School in January 1996, now jointly and severally naming United Church of Canada and the Federal Government.
Website contains publications, videos, resources and related links to address strategic issues of concern for sustainable development and solutions to pressing global concerns.
Journal of the Canadian Historical Association, vol. 26, no. 1, 2015, pp. 191-223
Description
Discusses comparative biochemical studies conducted to discover physiological basis for the Inuit's cold-weather acclimatization, in hopes that it could be applied to screen for Arctic service.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 39, no. 4, 2015, pp. 79-92
Description
Looks at the play, SongCatcher: A Native Interpretaion of the Story of Frances Densmore to critique Densmore's attempt to be the nonindigenous voice of Indigenous culture.
The author describes the concept of Transmotion and how it relates to Indigenous literatures, worldviews and systems of knowledge. Discusses how the concept became central to his work and scholarship.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 20, no. 2, Repatriation: An Interdisciplinary Dialogue, Spring, 1996, pp. 197-208
Description
Article describes the phenomenon of site-looting, or artefact collecting by amateur or hobbyist archeologists; discusses the motivations of the collectors and the effects for the scholarly archeological community.
Survivors of the Thomas Indian School in New York state and the Mohawk Institute (The Mush Hole) of southern Ontario relate their experiences.
Duration: 29:50.
Journal of the Canadian Association for Curriculum Studies, vol. 7, no. 1, 2009, pp. [24]-57
Description
Looks at the importance of Indigenous stories for children, raises issues with the process of sharing cultural stories from around the world, comments on trickster stories, and critiques the book Raven: A Trickster Tale from the Pacific Northwest.
Collection of commentaries based on excerpts from works such as Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, What Does Justice Look Like, Indians 'R' Us: Culture and Genocide, The Color of Violence: The INCITE! Anthology and Conquest: Sexual Violence and American Indian Genocide.
Uses the work of Will Kymlicka and Patrick Macklem to discuss the legal protection or entrenchment of Indigenous rights.
An unfinished draft paper for a presentation at the Oxford Jurisprudence Discussion Group.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 20, no. 3/4, To Hear the Eagles Cry: Contemporary Themes in Native American Spirituality (Parts 1 & 2), Summer-Autumn, 1996, pp. 527-562
Description
Author examines the different ways that Mexican national culture and Indigenous Nahua culture interact, adopt each other’s practices, and blend together at intersections of meaning and practice.
Sketch subtitle: White inhabitants of the Saskatchewan region leaving a settlement after an Indian raid. Two males and one female, all wearing snowshoes and heavy coats, walking through the snow. The woman is carrying a small child.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 20, no. 2, 1996, pp. 173-185
Description
Describes how the Navajo fabric of life was disturbed by uranium mining in the 1940s and 1950s and how the United States Government knew the health risks, but neglected to inform Navajo workers.
Information gathered from interviews with 16 representatives from service organizations. Questions concerned services and programs offered, partnership development, gaps in service provision, and funding.
Identifies resources, practices and instructional methods that would support Aboriginal students in the Intermediate-Advanced English as a Second Language Program (ESL) at Mount Royal Collegiate in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
Topics examined in report are: demographics, data sources, health status, determinants of health, jurisdictional issues, trends in research, and suggested topics for future research.