Canadian Journal of Education, vol. 19, no. 2, Culture and Education: Aboriginal Settings, Concerns, and Insights, 1994, pp. 165-181
Description
Outlines motivations for bilingual instruction, curriculum, and difficulties involved in implementation, and argues that such a program will eventually lead to a hybrid language and culture.
"The bill repeals section 67 of the federal human rights statute, which has restricted access to its redress mechanisms with respect to "any provision on the Indian Act or any provision made under or pursuant to that Act."
Environmental Health Perspectives, vol. 105, no. 4, April 1997, pp. 424-429
Description
Study monitoring residents living next to an inactive mercury mine in Clear Lake, California found results consistent with other studies; also considers protective public health measures.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 4, no. 2, A Special Symposium Issue on James Welch's , 1978, pp. 131-139
Description
Looks into the role of humor for the main character in James Welch's novel to take control of his life as things out of his control occur throughout the narrative.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 18, no. 4, Autumn, 1994, pp. 481-494
Description
Literary criticism article which examines Black Hawk: An Autobiography and argues that in addition to its value as a historical text, it should also be considered as an act of literary resistance against the narratives imposed on Indigenous peoples by mainstream society.
Continuing Poundmaker & Riel's Quest: Presentations Made at a Conference on Aboriginal Peoples and Justice
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Author/Creator
Robert W. Mitchell
pp. 303-314
Description
Article from 1993 Conference proceeding, discussing justice reform, self-government in the context of inherent rights and facing the challenge of overlapping roles among the levels of government.
Excerpt from Continuing Poundmaker & Riel's Quest: Presentations Made at a Conference on Aboriginal Peoples and Justice compiled by Richard Gosse, James Youngblood Henderson, Roger Carter.
Concludes that, although a reserve in the Blood Tribe’s home base was not formally set aside by Treaty 7, a joint reserve along the Bow River was set aside for the Blood Tribe, the Blackfeet, and the Peigan. This reserve should be located within the Blood Tribe's territory subject to the terms of Treaty 7. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
Examines whether the rejected claim was properly resolved. Commissioners include: Daniel J. Bellegarde and Alan C. Holman.
[These files were created and compiled by the ICC and provided to the Indigenous Studies Portal in 2009 to make widely available in online format.]
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 18, no. 4, 1994, pp. 253-300
Description
Argues that the occupation of Alcatraz Island started a process of Government repression of Indigenous activists that was without parallel in its virulence and lethal effects.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 9, no. 1, Series 2; [Special Issue on] Gerald Vizenor, Spring, 1997, pp. [33]-46
Description
Discusses the parallels between Chinese and Native American culture as revealed in Griever: An American Monkey King in China.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
Looks at results from the U.S. Department of Education's Indian Nations at Risk (INAR) Task Force and the White House Conference on Indian Education in 1992 regarding Native students in public schools and school reform.
Study conducted using interviews with 62 Alaska Native individuals who had attended schools or had parents who had experienced them. Looked at: disruption of family, multiple losses, coping strategies, and resilience.
Showed mental health outcomes for those attending boarding school fell in to five categories: severely impacted, ambivalent, positive, activated and driven.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 17, no. 1, 1997, pp. 198-199
Description
Book review of: Food Plants of Coastal First Peoples by Nancy J. Turner. An updated second edition of Turner's 1975 British Columbia Provincial Museum Handbook. A companion volume Food Plants of Interior First Peoples has also be revised by Turner.