A total of 495 survey respondents were Indigenous, representing 39% of the population, and proportion was higher for unsheltered (46%) than sheltered (34%). Snapshot was taken March 13, 2019.
A Vanishing People: The Systematic Destruction of American Indian Identity for the Sake of American Manifest Destiny
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Francine M. Miranda
Description
Argues that governmental recognition of American Indian tribes as well as criteria for tribe membership needs to be altered.
Capstone Experience Manuscript--Commonwealth Honors College, 2011.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 30, no. 2, 2006, pp. 35-61
Description
Argues that the success of the Native American fair is a rare example of a government program for Native Americans that was going in the right direction.
Reports that Aboriginal peoples were three times as likely to experience a violent victimization and that this was more likely within the youth population. Data from the 2004 General Social Survey.
Victimization, Substance Use, and HIV Risk Behaviors among Gay / Bisexual / Two-Spirit and Heterosexual American Indian Men in New York City
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jane M. Simoni
Karina L. Walters
Kimberly F. Balsam
Seth B. Meyers
American Journal of Public Health, vol. 96, no. 12, December 2006, pp. 2240-2245
Description
Argues that two-spirited men are a vulnerable population whose victimization must be understood within an appropriate historical and political context.
Observations of the resistance and determination of the Mohawk people in the Oka crisis, which became a source of pride within the First Nations community across Canada.
Reports on responses to survey which involved 688 individuals. Purpose was to identify factors associated with academic success and develop policy recommendations.
Canadian Theatre Review, no. 128, Fall, 2006, pp. 112-115
Description
Critiques various articles within the issue as they pertain to regional identity and discusses Aboriginal Canadian drama in theatre as a mode of engagement.
Highlights the Europeans role change, exploration, and colonization of New France. Includes links to genealogy, explorers, First Nations, and daily life.
Highlights comments made in response to four questions: meaning of citizenship in the past, present and future, roles and responsibilities of citizens and their governments, vision for the future, and tools required to make change.
Survey consisted of ten questions and results are based on 365 respondents. Some of the areas covered were financial support, prioximity to educational opportunities, post-graduate employment, cultural responsiveness of institutions.
Book reviews of 2 books: Visions of British Columbia: A Landscape Manual edited by Bruce Grenville and Scott Steedman.
Solitary Raven: The Essential Writings of Bill Reid edited by Robert Bringhurst.
Scroll down to page 135 to read review.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 21, no. 1, 2001, pp. 105-135
Description
Argues that the current federal vision of self-government is unacceptable and that any attempt to renew the relationship between Aboriginal peoples and the settler society, must be established as Nation to Nation relations.
Journal of American Folklore, vol. 119, no. 473, Summer, 2006, pp. 312-336
Description
Studies the Mi'kmaq Indians' descriptions of journeys between six parallel worlds as found in tales collected from the early seventeenth century to the early twentieth.