Canadian Journal of Criminology, vol. 42, no. 3, July 2000, pp. 412-420
Description
Commentary on the decision on s. 718 of the Criminal Code, aimed at reducing the over-representation of Aboriginal peoples in the prison system by using alternate sentencing methods.
A set of 11 photographs of Calvin McKenzie setting a snare. Snaring animals, fish, and birds has been a way of securing food for thousands of years in northern Saskatchewan. Even today many people use snares to catch food when living in the bush.
[Background Paper (Parliamentary Information and Research Service)] ; PRB 09-16E
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Mary C. Hurley
Description
"Comprehensive land claims are based on the assertion of continuing Aboriginal rights and title that have not been dealt with by treaty or other legal means".
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 12, no. 4, Series 2, Winter, 2000, pp. [65]-90
Description
Discusses Silko's major texts and argues that they can be understood within historical webs, which in turn prompts an examination of the ethical and political choices involved in historical process and textual analysis.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 07, no. 2, 1983, pp. 3-23
Description
Discusses the 1796, Seven Nations Treaty, the context in which it was concluded, whether entered into lawfully, not ratified by congress, and its applicability to Mohawk land claims in 1974.
Pimatisiwin, vol. 7, no. 1, Summer, 2009, pp. 27-47
Description
Questions whether Aboriginal children are experiencing significantly lower rates of sexual abuse than their parents did or if abuse is being underreported.
Assistant Deputy Ministers' Committee on Prostitution and the Sexual Exploitation of Youth
Description
Discusses concerns Aboriginal communities have about sexual exploitation of their children and youth and the need for this issue to be addressed by the community and the government.
Focuses on three of the "grandmothers" of Native theatre: Eizabeth Miguel (aka Lisa Mayo), Gloria Miguel and Muriel Miguel, who now face discrimination in the theatre world due to their advanced age.
Institutional Issues: Pupils, Schools and Teacher Education
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Jane Pearce
Description
Explores how 36 teachers and student teachers rose to the challenges.
Chapter 2 from Institutional Issues: Pupils, Schools and Teacher Education, Volume 2 of Education, Culture and Values edited by Mal Leicester, Celia Modgil, and Sohan Modgil.
Chapter located by scrolling to page 14.
Discusses the Saskatchewan Indian Cultural Centre's First Nations Language Deeper's Conference which promoted and celebrated all First Nations languages.
Article located by scrolling to page 15.
INALCO 2009, Proceedings of the 15th Inuit Studies Conference, Orality (Paris, 2006)
Orality in the 21st Century: Inuit Discourse and Practices. Proceedings of the 15th Inuit Studies Conference
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Michell Daveluy
Jenanne Ferguson
Description
Study of the use of multilingual and multigraphic signs in Inuit localities.
Paper from Orality in the 21st Century: Inuit Discourse and Practices. Proceedings of the 15th Inuit Studies Conference edited by B. Collingnon and M. Therrien.
Saskatchewan Indian Institute of Technologies Gets 2 Million Dollar Injection From Province
Articles » General
Author/Creator
John Lagimodiere
Eagle Feather News, vol. 12, no. 2, February 2009, p. 17
Description
Discusses the Saskatchewan Instiitute of Technologies (SIIT) plan to use funding received from the Saskatchewan government to improve its facility and develop a space for video conferencing.
Article located by scrolling down to page 17.
Indigenous Affairs, no. 1-2, REDD and Indigenous Peoples, 2009, pp. 58-59
Description
Discusses the Indigenous Peoples' Alliance of the Archipelago (AMAN) National consultation of Indigenous communities, on climate change and Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD).