Canadian Journal Educational Administration and Policy, no. 32, Special Issue: Initial Teacher Education in Canada and the United Kingdom, July 1, 2004, p. [?]
Description
Author outlines the attitudes she considers essential when teaching in a cross-cultural setting.
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 12, no. 2, 2017, pp. 64-83
Description
Comments on the discrimination and poorer health status of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and two-spirit Native American and Alaska Natives compared to mainstream Americans.
Talking Together to Improve Health = Gi-noondidaa ji mina-maajiishkag noojimoowin
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Annie Berthiaume
Renée Chevrier-Lamoureux
Sheila Cote-Meek
Ryan Ferguson
Ghislaine Goudreau ... [et al.]
Description
Looked at both grey and peer-reviewed literature about research conducted in North America and Australia. Summarizes search results under four themes: respect, trust, self-determination, and commitment.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 24, no. 1, 2004, pp. 36-63
Description
Using 1996 Census Canada data the article compares earning differentials of Aboriginal to non-Aboriginal populations and comparison of the majority population to the non-visible minority population.
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 24, no. 3, 2017, pp. 39-62
Description
American Indians and Alaska Natives were compared to general population on demographic variables, alcohol problems, and religious affiliations and practices. Found that those who engaged in Native-specific spiritual practices had lower alcohol use.
Examines the opportunities and challenges to establishing co-operatives to help decolonize academia.
Chapter from Co-operative Membership and Globalization: New Directions in Research and Practice edited by Brett Fairbarn and Nora Russell.
Entire ebook on one PDF. To access chapter, scroll down to page 145.
International Journal of American Linguistics, vol. 66, no. 4, October 2000, pp. 499-520
Description
Argues that in a number of languages, from both branches of Salish, there is evidence of two simultaneously occupied subject positions in transitive verb clauses.
College Literature, vol. 31, no. 3, Summer, 2004, pp. 70-91
Description
Analyzes documents of the American Indian Movement and use of Wounded Knee as an association for abuses by the United States government on American Indian groups.
Describes the questionnaires used by archival and folklore societies in Saskatchewan to gather information on settler histories; discusses how they both showcase settler-Indigenous relationships in some cases and obscure them in others, creating a segregated history of the province.
Entire Issue on one .pdf, scroll to page 32.
Discusses the development of Canadian anthropology with American and British influences and major personalities in the discipline. The related article is entitled Co-habitation and Co-optation: some Intersections between Native American and Euroamerican Legal Systems in the Nineteenth Century.
Commission established pursuant to the Saskatchewan Public Inquires Act to report on findings and to make recommendations, without drawing conclusions about the civil or criminal responsibility for the death of Mr. Stonechild.
Commission of Inquiry into Matters Relating to the Death of Neil Stonechild
David H. Wright
Description
Includes links to witness list, exhibits, final submissions, transcripts, etc.
"... public inquiry into the circumstances that resulted in the death of Mr. Stonechild, including the nature and extent of contact between Mr. Stonechild and members of the Saskatoon Police Service. The Commission is also to look into the way in which the 1990 investigation of Mr. Stonechild’s death was conducted. "
Background Paper (Parliamentary Research Branch) ; PRB 99-24E
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Mary C. Hurley
Jill Wherrett
Description
Overview prepared by Research Services, Library of Parliament of the seven-volume Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples Report (RCAP).
"Revised 2 August 2000."
Civilian Review and Complaints Commission for the RCMP
Description
Investigation examined conduct relating to policing of pubic intoxication, cross-gender searches, missing persons and domestic violence reports, use of force, and handling of files involving youth.
Includes links to complaint, interim and final report, and Commissioner's response.
Looks at community efforts to work within federal programmes and develop and deliver services to First Nations students with limited funding from Indian and Northern Affairs Canada.
Survey asked indeterminate, term and casual employees with at least six months of continuous service to rate 55 statements. Twenty-one were benchmark questions common to federal, provincial and territorial government public service Engagement Surveys across Canada. Total of 1,692 respondents participated.
Report discusses the practical recommendations needed to facilitate elections and referenda taking place November 20, 2000. These recommendations, if acted upon, will ensure the rights of non-resident band members to fully participate in the democratic process.
Historical background and submission to Indian Claims Commission (ICC) regarding the mediation process that helped bring the negotiations between Canada and the First Nation to a successful conclusion over the 1909 land surrender issues related to IR 112 and 112A. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
Historical background and submission to Indian Claims Commission (ICC) facilitation of claim for loss of use of flooded lands in Qu'Appelle Valley Indian Development Agency (QVIDA). ICC facilitated process, parties reached Settlement Agreement that was ratified and approved in 2003.
Historical background and submissions to Indian Claims Commission (ICC) concerning the surrender of land by the Band in 1908 and the unsuitable replacement / relocation lands, IR 115B. ICC assisted the parties in reaching a settlement agreement. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
FPT Heads of Prosecutions Committee Report of the Working Group on the Prevention of Miscarriages of Justice
E-Books
Author/Creator
D. A. Bellemare
Rob Finlayson
Description
Report has recommendations for the creation of a separate community controlled justice system for Aboriginal peoples. Report also includes information on the Donald Marshall, Jr., prosecution.
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 189, no. 33, August 21, 2017, pp. e1080-1081
Description
Talks about the report, Tubal Ligation in the Saskatoon Health Region: The Lived Experience of Aboriginal Women that confirmed allegations against the Saskatoon Health Region.