Looks at self-governance in Alaska, Canada, and the lower forty-eight states including eleven case studies.
Final report - AFN (Alaska Federation of Natives) version.
Provenance, vol. 10, no. 1-2, Spring-Fall, 1992, pp. 1-24
Description
Looks at how the National Archives of Canada is maintaining the collective memory of Canadian life by acquiring native art for its historical value rather than its artistic value.
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 4, no. 4, December 1980, pp. 48-49
Description
Two personal narratives from employees of Groote Eylandt Mining Company's Industrial Health Department regarding the upheaval of mining development and the importance of hygiene in disease prevention.
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 23, no. 2, 1999, pp. 190-205
Description
Description of the partnerships undertaken between the University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC) and Aboriginal communities at the institutional and individual level.
Mohawks of Kanehsatake and their supporters from Kahnawake, stand-off against the Quebec police and the Canadian military in defense of a sacred burial ground.This film deals with mature subject matter. Viewer discretion is advised.
Duration: 104:34.
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 4, no. 2, June 1980, pp. 16-24
Description
Discusses use of natural substances for medical needs and how contact with Europeans created significant substance abuse problems with substances from alcohol to sugar.
Canadian Journal of Law and Society, vol. 7, 1992, pp. 185-206
Description
Discusses the dispute as to whether Lubicons are included in Treaty Eight or live on unceded land and are therefore entitled to an external adhesion.
A commentary on this article appears in the Canadian Journal of Law and Society, Vol. 7, 1992, pp. 207-212.
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 4, no. 2, June 1980, p. 4
Description
Brief story reports on the Warramirri people from Elcho Island, Australia permitting the Clinical Oncology Society to use their carving of two snakes as the Society's symbol.
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 19, no. 3, May 1980, pp. [5-7]
Description
Successful techniques used in citizen workshops to provide people of the Navajo Nation with the basic information and tools needed to actively participate in land use planning.
After Chiapas Aboriginal Land and Resistance in the New North America
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Deborah Simmons
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 19, no. 1, 1999, pp. 119-148
Description
Analysis the relationship between economic restructuring and Aboriginal land rights in light of the 1994 conflict in Chiapas, Mexico and suggests that fundamental differences can provide directions for finding solutions.
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 7, no. 1, Winter, 1992, pp. 7-13
Description
Comments on the oil boom being a major factor for the success of the arts in the mid-1970s through the mid-1980s.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 7.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 16, no. 3, May/June 1992, pp. 4-5
Description
Looks at some of the key policy decisions identified in the reports The National Aboriginal Health Strategy Working Party Report and The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People and HIV/AIDS.
File includes a pamphlet from the Manitoba Metis Nation with advice about how to vote on the Charlottetown Accord. Personal statement by Yvon Dumont, President of the Metis National Council and Manitoba Metis Federation included in pamphlet.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 19, no. 1, 1999, pp. 37-50
Description
Argues that the use of lead shot shells for hunting is a significant source of lead exposure in children, and results in reduced neurocognitive functions.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 23, no. 3, Special Issue on Disease, Health, and Survival Among Native Americans, 1999, pp. 205-215
Description
Examines a study in California offering practical and culturally sensitive steps for health care providers to help implement a focussed breast cancer educational program.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 16, no. 1, 1992, pp. 137-163
Description
Chronicles the brief rise and fall of Bill S.2770, the Indian Finance Corporation Act, in the U.S. Senate in 1990, which, the author argues, could have been a powerful positive force in solving problems of underdevelopment.