Reviews the history behind the signing of the treaties in Canada and determines they were negotiated on site and First Nations wishes were taken seriously.
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.
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.
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 1, no. 3, September 1977, pp. 15-20
Description
Comments on the fact that as of 1977 there had not yet been a treaty signed between the original settlers of Australia, the Aborigines and the mostly European settlers that arrived in the past 250 years.
AIDS and Behavior, vol. 8, no. 1, March 2004, pp. 33-45
Description
Findings suggest that as part of HIV prevention and intervention, clinicians and outreach workers should routinely perform assessments on trauma and make appropriate referrals when needed.
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.
Stealing/Steeling the Spirit: American Indian Identities ; and Smoke Screens/Smoke Signals: Looking Through Worlds: Proceedings of the Third and Fourth Native American Symposiums
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Author/Creator
Peter W. Phillips
Description
Discusses progress made to overcome problems that face many tribal police officers within Native American communities.
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.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 16, no. 4, Special Issue: In Honor of Simon J. Ortiz, Winter, 2004, pp. 99-100
Description
Author's thanks to the Acoma Pueblo writer for his power to move the reader to new insights.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 99.
Canadian Literature, no. 183, Winter, 2004, pp. 117-118
Description
Book review of: Border Crossings: Thomas King's Cultural Inversions by Arnold E. Davidson, Priscilla L. Walton and Jennifer Andrews.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access book review, scroll to page 117.
Images, Imaginations, and Beyond: Proceedings of the Eighth Native American Symposium
Native American Symposium ; 8th, 2009
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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.
Western American Literature, vol. 45, no. 1, Spring, 2010, pp. 30-52
Description
Discusses the social and national implications of lying in the popular Western formula through a reading of three works that cross gender and cultural lines.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 13, no. 1, January 2010, p. 5
Description
Discusses the objectives and mandate of the TRC and the need for Aboriginal People to tell their residential school survivor stories with the hope of healing and growing.
Article found by scrolling to page 5.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 13, no. 5, May 2010, p. 8
Description
Looks at the office opening of the Truth and Reconciliation Committee, the mandate of the committee, and the creative ways testimonies are received.
Article found by scrolling to page 8.
Website deals with the misappropriation of a Quileute legend by Stephanie Meyer, the author of the Twilight series.
Contains links to Quileute culture, twilight misconceptions, imaginary indians, and resources.
Information gathered from four individuals who attended the "A Window to Seeing the World Differently, National Symposium of Aboriginal Special Education". Objective was to explore possibilities for incorporating Aboriginal attitudes into the education of special needs children.