Critical Race and Whiteness Studies, vol. 4, no. 1, The Border Politics of Whiteness, 2008, p. [?]
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Examines white foster/adoptive mothers of Indigenous children in Australia highlighting the problematic nature of research representing experiences that were never talked about.
Examines Aboriginal human resources issues including: challenges with the labour market, skills development and employment, and activities designed to promote business development.
Human Rights Review, vol. 9, no. 4, December 2008, pp. 465-489
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Examines the use of apologies, and truth and reconciliation commissions in four countries with significant indigenous populations: Canada, Australia, Peru, and Guatemala.
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 21, no. 1, Celebrating Tribal College Journals 20th Anniversary, Fall, 2009, pp. 51-52
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Presents a personal narrative titled, A Whole Person, written by a student of Haskell Indian Nations University in Lawrence, KS.
McGill Journal of Education, vol. 43, no. 1, Winter, 2008, pp. 9-20
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Focuses on how students' educational attainment is affected by differences in home and school dialects, and the impact of inadequate assessment and evaluation by teachers and speech practitioners.
Journal of Social Work Values & Ethics, vol. 6, no. 3, Fall, 2009
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Looks at the longstanding over-representation of First Nations children in care, and discusses a new social work theory rooted in First Nations ontology.
Canadian Studies in Population, vol. 36, no. 3-4, pp. 325-345
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Information from the Canadian National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth looks at family income, neighborhood environment, and demographic characteristics and parental preferences.
American Theatre, vol. 26, no. 3, March 2009, p. 23
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Brief discussion of the play Battles of Fire and Water by Dave Hunsaker. The playwright used oral and written histories about battles (in 1802 and 1804) fought by Russians and the Tlingits over land, as the basis for the play.
Law and History Review, vol. 23, no. 1, Spring, 2005, pp. 95-131
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Explains how the concept of terra nullius (empty land) once underway was very difficult to reverse, while in North America the opposite occurred where Aboriginal people were recognized as owners of the land.
Updated version includes three new court cases: Tsilhqo’tin Nation v. British Columbia, Hupacasath First Nation v. British Columbia (Minister of Forests) and Cook v. The Minister of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 17, no. 4, Winter, 2005, pp. 27-78
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Discusses a joint project, which utilized online interactive discourse, between students of Western Washington University and Choctaw-Cherokee-Irish writer Louis Owens regarding his novel Wolfsong.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 27.
Canadian Woman Studies, vol. 26, no. 3/4, Indigenous Women in Canada: The Voices of First Nations, Inuit and Metis Women, Winter/Spring, 2008, pp. 217-222
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Author reflects on the role of women in contemporary Aboriginal communities and more specifically her home community of Kiashke Zaaging Anishinaabek.
Contains autobiographical information about the storyteller from the Lower Similkameen Indian band in British Columbia and his collaborations with Wendy Wickwire that produced three volumes of stories: Write It on Your Heart, Nature Power, and Living by Stories.
American Studies, vol. 49, no. 3/4, Fall/Winter, 2008, pp. 5-38
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Comments on difficulties experienced by Americans adjusting to modernity, by firstly looking at the unconventional behaviour of audiences to the Wild West show.
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 42, no. 3, Fall, 2008, pp. 133-149
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Examines a collection of short stories by Ernest Thompson Seton that explores communication and powers of premonition among wild and domesticated animals.
Anglican Journal, vol. 134, no. 2, February 2008, p. 4
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Discusses the wide range of emotions Anglicans may feel due to the Truth and Reconciliation Commissions findings and reports regarding the churches association with residential schools.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 32, no. 2, Spring, 2008, pp. 141-177
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Article examines the ways that the Yamacraw Leader Tomochichi has been represented and misrepresented in historical texts and narratives surrounding the settlement of the Georgia; works to reconstruct a more accurate biography.
Brief description of William Barak's life and leadership at the Coranderrk settlement and his efforts to preserve aspects of Aboriginal tradition in his art.
William Beaver, a 41-year-old councillor at Trout Lake, complains that members of the Bigstone band who live away from Wabasca receive no help from the band, and stresses the need for a reserve in the Trout Lake area, with sports facilities.