Eagle Feather News, vol. 11, no. 10, October 2008, p. 26
Description
Introduces two new classroom resources for Kindergarten to Grade 6 students which will contribute to the understanding of Treaties for both students and teachers.
Article located by scrolling to page 26.
Board of Education Saskatoon School Division no. 13, Meeting of the Saskatoon Board of Education Tuesday, October 7, 2014
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Scott Tunison
Darryl Isbister
Barry MacDougall
Description
Goal is to evaluate Saskatoon Grade 7 students' knowledge and understanding in six areas: treaties, treaty relationship, history, worldviews, symbolism, and contemporary issues. Compares scores to earlier years.
Scroll to p. 5 to access results.
Uses the Community Well-Being Index, which combines measurements of income, education, housing and labour market participation, to evaluate whether participating First Nations have shown more rapid improvement than those who have not pursued the option.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 26, no. 2, Tribalography, Summer, 2014, pp. 55-64
Description
Examines pseudo-tribal discourses in American political, corporate, media, and social realms and how Indigenous tribalographies can connect past, present, and future together.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 55.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 20, no. 4, Winter, 2008, pp. 68-75
Description
Discusses Allen's many contributions as a scholar, poet, novelist, theorist, political activist, and professor.
To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
Documentary focuses on Treaty 9 (James Bay Treaty), First Nations' fight to see that treaty rights and obligations are respected, and their lands and resources are protected.
Duration: 84:51.
Related material:
Mini-Lesson.
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 8, no. 4, Reconciling Research: Perspectives on Research Involving Indigenous Peoples - Part 2, October 2017, pp. 1-[3]
Description
Book review: Trickster Chases the Tale of Education by Sylvia Moore.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 32, no. 1, 2008, pp. 21-34
Description
Discusses tropes or traditions, the organizing devices societies cohere to, by comparing a book and a movie. As key elements of belief systems, tropes act as powerful mediators between the world and how we experience the world’s meaning . By structuring a shared reality cultures are created, however, sometimes tropes can structure incompatible realities across cultures and distort our ability to understand cultures different from our own.
Understanding Atrocities: Remembering, Representing, and Teaching Genocide
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Adam Muller
Description
Discusses the meaning of genocide and whether or not genocide occurred based on two underlying issues.
Chapter 3 from Understanding Atrocities: Remembering, Representing, and Teaching Genocide edited by Scott W. Murray.
Canadian Journal of Law and Society, vol. 29, no. 2, 2014, pp. 181-197
Description
"In this paper, I argue that Indian Residential School (IRS) litigation, and the emphasis on "cultural loss" or genocide, threatened to expose the illegitimacy of Canada's claim to sovereignty and the settler collective's occupancy of Indigenous lands today".
BC Studies, no. 182, The Great War, Summer, 2014, pp. 217-218
Description
Book review of The True Story of Canada's "War" of Extermination on the Pacific plus the Tsilhqot'in and Other First Nations Resistance by Tom Swanky.
Entire book review section on one pdf. To access this review scroll to p. 217.
Discusses the importance of The Paris Agreement to Indigenous peoples and how it is a step closer to the recognition of their rights in international law.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 32, no. 3, Summer, 2008, pp. 275-296
Description
Examines the strategies used by Harry C. Hale to communicate with and gain the trust of Hunkpapa peoples following the death of Sitting Bull in December of 1890.
Process Inclusive and Transparent, Acknowledging the Emotional Difficulty of the Memory Sharing For Survivors
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Andréa Ledding
Eagle Feather News, vol. 11, no. 6, June 2008, p. 23
Description
Looks at the priorities of the Commission including determining vision and making plans for a Truth and Reconciliation Commission launch.
Article located by scrolling to page 23.
Indigenous Peoples' Access to Justice, Including Truth and Reconciliation Processes
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Marie Wilson
Description
Outlines the mandate and purpose of the TRC.
Chapter 8 from Indigenous Peoples' Access to Justice, Including Truth and Reconciliation Processes edited by Wilton Littlechild and Elsa Stamatopoulou.