Commission on Human Rights: Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities; Fifty-first Session: Item 7 of the Provisional Agenda
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Miguel Alfonso Martínez
[United Nations Economic and Social Council]
Description
Examination of the various aspects surrounding treaties or agreements between Indigenous peoples and the nation states.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 21, no. 4, Cultural Property in American Indian Literatures: Representation and Interpretation, Autumn, 1997, pp. 621-631
Description
Literary criticism article that emphasizes the need for a culturally informed perspective in the criticism of Indigenous literatures; stresses the roles of reciprocity, humour, and the act of positioning the self as a fiction.
Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health, vol. 16, no. 2, Mental Health in Aboriginal Communities, Fall, 1997, pp. 29-36
Description
Looks at the partnership between First Nations community workers and mainstream mental health service providers with the goal of providing better service to their clients.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 21, no. 3, May/June 1997, p. 29
Description
Draft summary makes recommendations to increase efforts to record Indigenous health information accurately in a standardized method for meaningful comparisons.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 17, no. 2, 1997, pp. 227-257
Description
Examines Noel Dyck's view of Indian Agents as people who uncritically reproduced the Institutions definition of the 'Indian problem' and looks at responses to a 1946 questionnaire for insight into Indian agents' views.
Overview of the Indian Claims Commission's activities for the year including inquiries and reports, special initiatives and plans for the next year. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
Justice as Healing, vol. 2, no. 1, Spring, 1997, p. [?]
Description
Discusses the interpretations of the justice clause in the Treaties.
Note: This is a sample article from the publication. Subscriptions are available from the Native Law Centre.
Justice as Healing, vol. 2, no. 3, Fall, 1997, p. [?]
Description
Excerpt from the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations (FSIN) Strategic Plan for Indian Justice; advocates a system that restores traditions, is community driven and promotes healing.
Note: This is a sample article from the publication. Subscriptions are available from the Native Law Centre.
West Shore, vol. 13, no. 1, January 1887, pp. 5-12
Description
Rationalizes need for boarding school system, describes school and its curriculum, and includes list of staff.
Reflects attitudes and policies of the time
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 21, no. 4, Cultural Property in American Indian Literatures: Representation and Interpretation, Autumn, 1997, pp. 675-702
Description
Author examines the neocolonial practice of cultural appropriation as “theft of cultural property” and notes its connection to the erasure of history and language performed by colonial states.
Office of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission
Australian Indigenous Law Reporter, vol. 2, no. 2, April 1997, p. 30
Description
Uses findings of coroners inquests as a way of auditing the implementation of the recommendations of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody.
Round table discussion on Indigenous Peoples, Asia-Pactific Economic Co-operation (APEC) and Canadian Foreign Policy; included participants from: Canada, the Pacific, Asia and Central America.