Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 29, no. 3, Fall, 2017, pp. [29]-63
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Reviews alumni/ae publications free of boarding school censorship, supplemented by archival information to place students in Robert Warrior's nonfiction tradition.
Comments on the breach of legislation made by Australian Aboriginal people illegally crossing the twentieth parallel as form of activism challenging restrictive legislation.
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 36, no. 2, 40 Years of Advocacy, June 2012, p. [?]
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Brief articles discusses the connection between venues selling local vendors crafts as well as being a forum to increase global understanding of Indigenous rights, cultures, and concerns.
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 36, no. 4, Free, Prior, and Informed Consent, December 2012, p. [?]
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Discusses the non-profit organization that seeks to promote economic stability and sustainability and empower women by providing education and aid to establish business opportunities.
Speaker discusses stereotypes of both Indigenous men and women, Canada 150 celebrations, and reactions to the statue of Sir John A. Macdonald erected on the Wilfred Laurier University Waterloo campus, including the video she made, Canadian Conversation.
Duration: 34:22.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 6, no. 4, Series 2. Critical Approaches, Winter, 1994, pp. 36-50
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Looks at how Paula Gunn Allen has constructed a social identity that transforms the borderlands of reader, writer, and text to examine the issues of positionality and essentialism.
Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
Documentary follows three First Nations students as they compete in Saskatchewan's first-ever First Nations Provincial Spelling Bee and their subsequent trip to the National Championships in Toronto.
Duration: 44:08.
Culture, Theory and Critique, vol. 53, no. 2, Special Issue: The Crossroads of Memory, 2012, pp. 199-214
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Discusses national gathering held by the Commission in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Argues that survivors' testimonies served as much to repair the family ties, which residential schools had destroyed, as to alleviate suffering of victims or deal with the oppressor/oppressed relationship.
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 19, no. 1, Special Issue: Reproductive Health Program for Youth, 2012, pp. 15-36
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Study concludes that there is a strong need for better behavioural health programming and support services for at risk youth in American Indian and Alaska Native communities.
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 71, 2012, p. article no. 18588
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Depicts the Board's challenges addressing the declining amount of contaminated, traditional food versus the increasing consumption of high caloric, processed foods.
Child Welfare, vol. 91, no. 3, Services for Native Children and Families in North America, May/June 2012, pp. 135-156
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Comments on a groundbreaking collaboration between The Wisconsin Department of Children and Families and the Midwest Child Welfare Implementation Center.
Guide outlines general considerations, practices and procedures, and provides step-by-step instructions for community engagement sessions. Topics include establishing and earning community support, engagement and consultation activities, communicating with the media, presentation skills, and addressing opposition effectively and respectfully.
Brief discussion of context and implications of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples followed by results of literature review based on research findings and academic literature, primary sources, grey literature, and Indigenous legal orders and case studies of their applications.
Podcast of Interview with artist about his exhibition Awareness Series which focuses on the government's policy of issuing numbered disks to Inuit rather than referring to them by name.
Duration: 6:54.
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 7, no. 2, [2012], pp. 85-96
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Study suggests that by moving beyond church and state officials, we can better understand ourselves and the history of the incidents in order to heal and reconcile.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 6, no. 1, Series 2: Feminist and Post-Colonial Approaches, Spring, 1994, pp. 71-82
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Looks at creative ways of expressing human experience, along with creative critical approaches that tear down artificial boundaries.
Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 36, no. 2, 2012, pp. 47-73
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Studies seven indigenous justice service organizations in four countries to determine the essential characteristics specific to Indigenous organizations.
Describes intent in the making of the section, what has occurred in terms of "Inherent Rights" agenda with respect to governance and self-government, and makes recommendations for further research.