Explains suicide as the cause of death for one third of Aboriginal youth. Prime Minister Harper suggests that economic development could fix the problem, but the author contends that the issue is too deep rooted for such a quick fix.
Video of representative from the Office of the Treaty Commissioner speaking at the 2010 Growing Saskatchewan Conference.
Five parts. Viewer is automatically sent to next part.
Total duration: 59:10.
International Journal of Mental Health Addiction, vol. 8, no. 2, April 2010, pp. 320-335
Description
Reviews existing research of alcohol and illicit drug treatments and looks at two integrated treatment programs for Aboriginal women, New Choices and Sheway.
Canadian Diversity=Diversitié canadienne, vol. 7, no. 3, One Path, Many Directions: The Complex and Diverse Nature of Contemporary Aboriginal Reality, Fall, 2009, pp. 13-19
Description
Analyzes the intent, rationale and history of the treaty annuity.
Scroll down to page 13 to read article.
Presents a study looking into educational provisions for Michigan Native Americans contained within treaties made between the United States and the Anishinaabe Three Fires Confederacy governments.
Grade 7 students in Saskatchewan were tested for their understanding of history and treaties and the success of the mandatory K-12 treaty education program was assessed with respect to requirements of the Treaty Commissioner.
Discusses the art works created as part of the author's The Treaty Lands Project, focusing on the research conducted for the The Treaty 3 Suite (Outside Promises).
Forward and part IX from: Papers of the Rupert's Land Colloquium 2008: The Centre for Rupert's Land Studies at The University of Winnipeg: May 14 to 16, 2008, Rocky Mountain House, Alberta edited by Margaret Anne Lindsay and Mallory Allyson Richard; foreword by Jennifer S. H. Brown.
Discusses the historical development and fact that these Treaties with the Mississauga and Chippewa peoples did not secure hunting and fishing rights for the First Nations people. Both Canada and Ontario were involved in negotiations.
Discusses historical background, terms, conditions and implications of Treaty 7; concluded during the Klondike gold rush of 1897-98 for economic reasons when settlers were coming into Lake Athabasca, Great Slave Lake, and parts of the Peace River area.
Provides historical context of Treaty-making and argues that acceptance of the Treaty 5 locked both parities into a permanent relationship and set the context for subsequent actions.
Argues that treaty was concluded after provincial borders were created. Report includes instructions to Crown negotiators, historical context and a section on Métis claims.
Treaty Research Report: Treaty No. Nine (1905-1906)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
James Morrison
Description
Argues that treaty represents the end of a colonial policy, which went back to the British Indian Department era. Adhesions to Treaty No. 9, often referred to as the James Bay Treaty, occurred between 1907-1930.
Provides historical context and negotiation overview. Argues that Treaty 3 became the definitive Treaty and that all the subsequent "numbered treaties" in Canada were patterned after it.
Canadian Issues, Journeys of a Generation: Broadening the Aboriginal Well-Being Policy Research Agenda, Winter, 2009, pp. 25-30
Description
Looks at designing a specific health care program that balances main stream design and research while maintaining Aboriginal cultural integrity.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 25.
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 20, no. 4, Tribal College Leadership and Vision, Summer, 2009
Description
Discusses the launch of Diabetes Education in Tribal Schools (DETS), a curriculum designed for K-12, with the purpose being to help American Indian youth learn how to prevent diabetes and to inspire students to pursue a career in the field of health.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 13, no. 1, January 2010, p. 14
Description
Comments on the consortium between two Saskatchewan tribal councils and K-Mech Constructors in an effort to create economic development in local communities.
Article located by scrolling to page 14.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 21, no. 4, Winter, 2009, pp. 20-52
Description
Discusses tensions between African Americans and Native Americans inside and outside of Toni Morrison’s work.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 20.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 22, no. 3, Fall, 2010, pp. 81-84
Description
Book reveiw of: Tribal Theory in Native American Literature: Dakota and Haudenosaunee Writing and Indigenous Worldviews by Penelope Myrtle Kelsey.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access review, scroll to page 81.
Images, Imaginations, and Beyond: Proceedings of the Eighth Native American Symposium
Native American Symposium ; 8th, 2009
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Marija Kneževiċ
Description
Discusses how the comic mobility of the trickster is used to address serious social issues in Sherman Alexie's volume of short stories.
Excerpt from Images, Imaginations, and Beyond: Proceedings of the Eighth Native American Symposium edited by Mark B. Spencer.
Saskatchewan History, vol. 39, no. 1, Winter, 1986, pp. 21-31
Description
Originally published in The Press, Battleford Feb. 17, 1916. Details the trip made by the author and J.D. Noel from Battleford to Île-à-la-Crosse; includes information about the modes and conditions of travel, people they met along the way, and the author’s impressions of the village.
Entire issue on one .pdf, scroll to page 21.