Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 28, no. 1, October 1988, pp. [1-8]
Description
College graduates responses to questionnaire indicated family motivation and encouragement were the most important factors contributing to academic success.
Looks into criticisms of the Indian Health Service and offers an analysis of how the Service can support the expansion of sovereignty.
Food and Drug Law Paper (3rd Year)--Harvard University, 2005.
Discusses the historic approach of governments and the courts in addressing Aboriginal rights relating to land, and some of the key historical circumstances that have prevented resolution of the issues in the past. The article also looks at the current federal and provincial land claims policies in Ontario.
Adrian Hope has been active in Metis politics since the 1920s. He was involved in the organization of the Metis Association of Alberta, the Ewing Commission hearings, and the development of Metis colonies in Alberta.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 22, no. 1/2, Winter-Spring, 1998, pp. 203-229
Description
Article explores the pride expressed by Black Americans in a mixed ancestry that included Indigenous lineage; considers the discourses created by social Darwinism and scientific racism.
Discusses success stories at Lapwai Middle School and Lapwai Elementary School and the eight common factors that have become apparent to reverse low school performance.
Describes the First Nations Agricultural Council of Saskatchewan (FNACS) mandate, which is to access federal and provincial assistance programs available to farmers.
Commentary on the history and developments in Saskatchewan First Nation affairs and of a media that seems to favour sensationalism over positive political legacies.
Ed Broome was a government employee at the time the CCF government took power. He talks about the NDP programs in northern Saskatchewan, particularly government trading posts, the conversion of trading posts into cooperatives and his brief impressions of Norris and Brady.
For King and Country: Alberta in the Second World War
World War II: The Homefront in Alberta
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
James Dempsey
Description
Looks at post-war developments in the area of political recognition.
Excerpt from For King and Country: Alberta in the Second World War, edited by Ken Tingley.
Alcohol Consumption Among Radical / Ethnic Minorities
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Raul Caetano
Catherine L. Clark
Tammy Tam
Alcohol Health and Research World, vol. 22, no. 4, 1998, pp. 233-241
Description
Discussion of the "firewater myth," assumptions about binge drinking, differences in social attitude towards drinking, and the move away from the presumption of the existence of single-factor explanations about drinking.
Mr. Bishop is a long time resident of Green Lake, Saskatchewan He talks about problems in the area, his work for the Metis people and his impressions of Malcolm Norris and Howard Adams.
Emergency Librarian, vol. 25, no. 4, March/April 1998, pp. 47-[?]
Description
Reviews a number of children's books which are retellings of First Nations legends:
Beardream by Will Hobbs.
The Day the Sun was Stolen by Jamie Oliviero.
Eagle's Gift by Rafe Martin.
Echoes of the Elders by Chief Lelooska, edited by Christine Normandin.
Frog Girl by Paul Owen Lewis.
The Girl Who Dreamed only Geese, and Other Tales of the Far North by Howard Norman, illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon.
The Girl Who Lived with Bears retold by Barbara Diamond Goldin.
Messenger of Spring by C. J.