Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 5, no. 12, July 15, 1975, pp. 7-8
Description
Essay by Verna Kirkness of the Fisher River First Nation, Manitoba, publishes report in Encyclopaedia Britannica, the first Indigenous person to do so.
Windsor Review of Legal and Social Issues: Digital Companion, vol. 1, 2014, pp. 32-47
Description
Summarizes statistics complied through the Sisters in Spirit initiative, discusses obligations arising from the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and provides timeline of reports and recommendations and the Canadian government's responses.
Northern Sovereignty and Political Geography in North America
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jean-François Arteau
Description
Representative from the Makivik Corporation discusses geographic, political, economic, environmental, and socio-cultural issues in the north.
Paper given at the conference Northern Sovereignty and Political Geography in North America, Washington DC, 2010.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 38, no. 4, 2014, pp. 57-84
Description
Article examines over 600 comments posted to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's (CBC) website in 2009 after the Government of Canada shut the border crossing in Akwesasne First Nation.
Aboriginal Law Bulletin, vol. 1, no. 12, February 1985, p. 8
Description
Discussion on Canadian land rights, self-government including the Cree-Naskapi (of Quebec) Act, constitutional initiatives and possible future directions.
International Criminal Law Review, vol. 10, no. 1, 2010, pp. 111-135
Description
Discusses the Indigenous Human Rights Tribunal into Genocide in Canada, formed to gather proof of genocide which could result in criminal cases against personnel responsible and compensation.
[Intersections 2010]: Encounters: Situating "Relation" in Communication and Culture
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jason Stabler
Description
Looks at how the social construction of Canadian identity may present a barrier in achieving a meaningful reconciliation with Indigenous peoples.
Paper presented at "Encounters: Situating 'Relation' in Communication and Culture" Intersections 2010
9th Annual Graduate Student Conference hosted hosted by the students in the Joint Program in Communication and Culture, York and Ryerson Universities.
Chronic Diseases and Injuries in Canada, vol. 34, no. 2-3, July 2014, pp. 103-112
Description
Compares prevalence of smoking, obesity, level of physical activity, fruit and vegetable consumption, and alcohol use as well as uptake of screening for breast, cervical and colorectal cancer. Uses data from 2007 and 2011 Canadian Community Health Survey.
Journal of Aboriginal Economic Development, vol. 7, no. 1, Fall, 2010, pp. 3-10
Description
Interviews with winners for Aboriginal Private Sector Business Award, the Community Category, and Individual Economic Developer of the year.
[One or more images have been omitted from this article due to copyright restrictions. These images are accessible in the print version of this journal.]
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 9, no. 4, December 1985, p. 6
Description
Brief history about origins of the first settlement south of Sydney, Australia which was located in the Bass Strait between Tasmania and the Australian mainland.
Is This Our Canada? How Racial Discrimination in Children's Services Undermines the Potential of This Generation of First Nations Children and What You Can do to Help
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Cindy Blackstock
Description
Executive Director of First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada speaks on inequities in funding for Aboriginal children, focusing on Jordan's Principle, Shannen's Dream, and the discrimination complaint lodged with the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal.
Part 2Part 3Part 4Part 5 (slide show)
Total Duration: 41:88.
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 22, no. 2, Crossing Borders, Winter, 2010
Description
Comments and observations from a writer and photographer, who toured five tribal colleges in Montana, including noting a strong female presence in leadership roles and feeling very welcomed by all campuses.
Book review of Carrying on Irregardless edited by Peter Morin, Martine J. Reid, and Mike Robinson.
Entire book review section on one pdf. To access this review scroll to p. 157.
Indigenous Law Journal, vol. 8, no. 1, 2010, pp. 81-94
Description
Discusses ramifications of the courts' ruling on a case which alleged discrimination on the part of the federal government's Pilot Sales Program, a program which allowed Aboriginals preferential treatment not only for sustenance salmon fishing, but for commercial purposes as well.
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 73, 2014, p. article no. 25760
Description
Study contends exposure to the parent compound of the phthalate metabolite MEHP may be associated with breast cancer but further study is warranted using a larger sample size.
Indigenous Peoples' Access to Justice, Including Truth and Reconciliation Processes
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Denise K. Lajimodiere
Andrea Carmen
Description
Looks at the purposes of the National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition.
Chapter 17 from Indigenous Peoples' Access to Justice, Including Truth and Reconciliation Processes edited by Wilton Littlechild and Elsa Stamatopoulou.