A conference where several speakers discuss the role of elders in educating young people and the loss of respect for the elders in modern Indian society. Transcribed by Joanne Greenwood.
A conference where several speakers discuss the role of the elders in guiding the younger generation and in preserving the past. Transcribed by Joanne Greenwood.
Journal of Human Genetics, vol. 43, no. 1, 1998, pp. 37-41
Description
Study found that while the presence of the AGT -6A variant tended to be associated with higher systolic blood pressure, it was not found to be significant in this population of Canadian Oji-Cree.
Topics include overview of First Nation Forestry Program, basics of starting a business, sources of capital, Fort Apache Timber Company, Silviculture Contracting company, ecotourism, and natural resource-based negotiations with industry and governments.
Justice as Healing, vol. 3, no. 1, Spring, 1998, p. [?]
Description
Project offering alternative approaches and services for youth in the present justice system.
Note: This is a sample article from the publication. Subscriptions are available from the Native Law Centre.
Links include sites about land claims, Treaty, case law, business, media, First Nations, Inuit, Metis organizations, and a gateway to many Native American sites.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 8, no. 4, December 1984, pp. 40-43
Description
Author who is a white physician and faculty member of the University of New Mexico School of Medicine reports of the efforts of his University to attract and retain Native American medical students.
Justice as Healing, vol. 3, no. 4, Winter, 1998, p. [?]
Description
Indigenous philosophy about sentencing stresses reconciliation and restoring community peace and equilibrium. Reprint of Chapter 3 of the book: Justice in Aboriginal Communities: Sentencing Alternatives.
Note: This is a sample article from the publication. Subscriptions are available from the Native Law Centre.
Lancet, vol. 352, no. 9138, January 17, 1998, p. 194
Description
Outlines the denial of a deal in which a land claim by the Jawoyn Aboriginal community was traded for an alcohol-rehabilitation centre and two renal-dialysis machines.
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 22, no. 2, 1998, pp. 223-237
Description
Report on the Centre for Indigenous Environmental Resources (CIER), which has created a program to perform environmental assessments from an Aboriginal perspective.
Osgoode Hall Law Journal, vol. 36, no. 3, pp. 448-484
Description
Examines the relationship between the values, principles, and beliefs underlying traditional practices and intellectual products of Aboriginal people, the concept of property in Aboriginal culture, and the concepts of tradition and change in contemporary Aboriginal society in relation to the resurgence in Aboriginal self-governance.