Lead story item deals with the issue of women's status under the Indian Act and is followed by various news items. Includes synopsis and "Did You Know?" section.
Duration: 45:38
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 32, no. 2, Fall, 2017, pp. 70-90
Description
This literary criticism article examines the intersections and lasting consequences of settler colonialism and the chattel enslavement of African people on North American lands, cultures and identities in the context of the novel.
Group formed to examine the role of racism in Sinclair's death and the subsequent inquest. The 45-year-old Aboriginal man died while awaiting treatment in the Health Sciences Centre Emergency Department. He had been in the department for 34 hours.
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 2, no. 2, 1982, pp. 347-351
Description
An introduction, including excerpts from the publication Outstanding Business - A Native Claims Policy published by the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs in 1982.
Reviews ten sentencing decisions to better understand how s. 718.2(e) of the Criminal Code and R. vs. Gladue 1999 are interpreted by sentencing judges.
Criminology Honours Thesis (B.A.)--Saint Mary's University, 2017.
Statistics for overdose events from January 31, 2015 - November 30, 2016 and for overdose deaths from January 31, 2015 - July 31, 2016.
Sources: BC Coroners Service, Drug and Poison Information Centre, BC Emergency Health Services/Ambulance Service and emergency department visits at hospitals; supplemented by information from Centre for Disease Control.
Historical data based on 1981 Census. Analysis of key demographic, social and economic indicators and comparison between on- and off-reserve populations.
Historical data based on 1981 Census. Analysis of key demographic, social and economic indicators and comparison between on- and off-reserve populations.
Research Report (Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business) ; Spring, 2017
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business (CCAB)
OMX
Description
Reports information about specific barriers gathered at two half-day workshops and through in-depth interviews with approximately 50 industry-related individuals from government, corporate Canada, and Aboriginal businesses.
Overview of project designed to address the gap in supporting and advancing learning opportunities for Indigenous students, and learners pursuing Indigenous Studies.
Developed as primer for mentoring in the workplace for employers, employees, Elders and volunteers working in Aboriginal non-profit service organizations.
Patricia Carriere uses moose hair to create works of art. Her method is known as moose-hair tufting and is a traditional aboriginal art form. Two pictures: one of Patricia Carriere working her craft, one example of her artwork.
In Education, vol. 23, no. 2, Autumn, 2017, pp. 43-70
Description
Study examined two groups of books, 57 titles published 2005 and 120 published in 2015 in terms of authors, illustrators, characterization, genre, and audiences.
A profile of the northern community of Patuanak, Saskatchewan. Images included are as follows. Page one: cover; one picture of moose hide cleaning. Page two: one picture of father Moraud's grave. Page three: Patuanak in spring. Page four: three pictures; children making string designs; birch toboggans; local business man. Page five: seven pictures; mukluks; mittens; moccasins; porcupine quills; birch bark basket; bone flesher.
Canadian Woman Studies, vol. 32, no. 1-2, Violence in Education: Transnational, Global and Local Perspectives, 2017-2018
Description
Focuses of the National Operational Overview on Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women (NOOMMIW) to demonstrate how state-produced and supported documents, and narratives around gender and sexual violence against Indigenous girls and women constitute a form of public education which sustains rather than prevents these crimes.
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 41, no. 1-2, Bestiaire inuit = Inuit Bestiary, 2017, pp. 243-263
Description
Author describes the different perceptions of the wolverine in Dené and Gwich’in culture both as a presence that people must be wary of in the bush and status as a powerful tuurngaq (totem or spirit guide).
Text in French.
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 29, no. 3, May 1990, pp. [19-28]
Description
Examines relationship between the students' perception of family background as either traditional or modern and characteristics in students’ personal behaviour.
International Journal of Leadership in Education, vol. 20, no. 3, 2017, pp. 328-344
Description
Using interviews from Prince Edward Island and Saskatchewan principals to discuss their roles in student success through promoting Indigenous learning and values.
Looks at how province's first lieutenant-governor's attitudes about the land question continued to exert influence during two periods: the years following entry into Confederation (1871 to 1876) and during the era of postwar hydroelectric development using case studies from 1951 to 1989.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 10, no. 3, 1986, pp. 65-70
Description
Book reviews of:
Lost and Found Traditions: Native American Art 1965-1985 by Ralph T. Coe.
A Persistent Vision: Art of the Reservation Days by Richard Conn.
The Song of the Loom: New Traditions in Navajo Weaving by Frederick J. Dockstader.
Bill Reid: Beyond the Essential Form by Karen Duffek.
Robes of Power: Totem Poles on Cloth Doreen Jensen and Polly Sargent.
Bill Reid by Doris Shadbolt.
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 6, no. 1, 1986, pp. 105-128
Description
Reviews Penner Report on self-government claiming it misreads history and fails to take into account the conflict of values between the homo-centric Western-oriented Canadian and the eco-centric First Nations.