Report looks at increased financial costs associated with amendments to Bill S-3, which could potentially raise the number of Status Indians by 670,000.
Bill introduced to comply with Superior Court of Quebec's decision in Descheneaux c. Canada which found current Act violated equality provisions of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Court case involved eligibility for Indian Status.ibc_bill_S-3.pdf
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Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Norah Kielland
Marlisa Tiedemann
Description
Bill introduced to comply with Superior Court of Quebec's decision in Descheneaux c. Canada which found current Act violated equality provisions of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
Amendments were to address the cousin, siblings and omitted minors issues. Outlines the issue, the effect, the situation of the comparator group, and proposed remedy. Includes graphics to illustrate each scenario.
Addresses remedies for issues identified in Descheneaux.
Author presents a case study of Indigenous people and biodiversity from Papua New Guinea. Paper presented at the Indigenous Knowledge Conference 2001 held at the University of Saskatchewan.
Documentary about three sisters and a brother meeting for the first time after being taken from their mother and adopted out as part of the "Sixties Scoop".
Duration: 1:19:21.
Documentary about three sisters and a brother meeting for the first time after being taken from their mother and adopted out as part of the "Sixties Scoop". Edited version of the original.
Duration: 45:00.
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Health Reports, vol. 28, no. 11, November 2017, pp. 11-15
Description
Compares rates of preterm birth, small-for-gestational-age birth, large-for-gestational-age birth, stillbirth, and infant mortality (neonatal, postneonatal, and cause-specific) in cohort of 17,547 births to Indigenous mothers and 112,112 births to non-Indigenous mothers from 2004 through 2006.
Great Plains Quarterly, vol. 21, no. 2, Spring, 2001 , pp. 99-100
Description
Briefly outlines the three essays highlighted in this issue of the Great Plains Quarterly chosen from those presented at the Center for Great Plains Studies' 24th Interdisciplinary Symposium on the Bison.
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 36, no. 1, Spring, 2001, pp. 166-179
Description
Book review of: Black Eyes All of the Time by Anne McGillivray and Brenda Comaskey. Focuses on Carol LaPrairie's chapter on sentencing of Aboriginal offenders.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 11, no. 1, Winter, 1987, pp. 11-35
Description
Discusses the lack of recognition for historical Indigenous cultural achievements. Achievements examined are: medicine, maple sugar, and the use of fertilizer.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 37, no. 1, 2017, pp. 117-135
Description
Argues that the Government of Canada has not learned from previous mistakes and its failure to change its behaviour has led to the ongoing trauma inflicted by residential schools and the high number of missing and murdered women.
Adapted for the Alberta context from the KAIROS Blanket Exercise, an interactive learning experience focusing on the historical and contemporary relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples of Canada. Themes explored are: assimilation, discrimination, Indigenous rights and reconciliation.
Discusses a case where the Blueberry River Indian Band was awarded damages against the Government of Canada for breach of fiduciary duty regarding mineral rights.
Northern Review, no. 45, Innovation in the Circumpolar North, June 2017, pp. 141-160
Description
Researchers interviewed female participants between the ages of 18 and 23 and found that all participants experienced BID as young adults. Participants provided suggestions for working with Indigenous Alaska females who suffer from BID.
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 51, no. 2, 2017, pp. 289-310
Description
Discusses failure of new protocols put in place to ensure safe drinking water on reserves and contrasts the response to the failure of water system in Walkerton, Ontario, which took place the same year.
Bone Marrow Transplantation, vol. 27, no. 7, April 1, 2001, pp. 703-709
Description
Report examines treatment on 18 Navajo and Dene children with SCIDA. Findings demonstrate the efficacy of bone marrow transplantation when treating infants with this distinct form of SCID and indicates those who were treated with immunosuppressive and myeloablative therapy had a poor outcome.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 25, no. 4, Fall, 2001, pp. 656-666
Description
Book reviews of 4 books:
Indian Treaty-Making in the United States and Canada, 1867-1877 by Jill St. Germain.
"I Remain Alive": The Sioux Literary Renaissance by Ruth J. Heflin.
Native American Voices: A Reader edited by Susan Lobo and Steve Talbot.
Tribal Epistemologies: Essays in the Philosophy of Anthropology edited by Helmut Wautischer
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 21, no. 1, 2001, pp. 179-190
Description
Book reviews of 6 books:
Your Fyre Shall Burn No More: Iroquois Policy Toward New France and Its Native Allies to 1701 by José Antonio Brandao.
Into the Daylight: A Wholistic Approach to Healing by Calvin Morrisseau.
Talking on the Page: Editing Aboriginal Oral Texts by Laura J. Murray and Keren Rice.
"Keeping the Lakes' Way:" Reburial and the Re-creation of a Moral World Among an Invisible People by Paul Pryce.
Grandmother's Grandchild: My Crow Indian Life by Alma Hogan Snell.
Red on Red: Native American Literary Separatism by Craig S. Womack.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 21, no. 2, 2001, pp. 367-376
Description
Book reviews of 7 books:
A Recognition of Being: Reconstructing Native Womanhood by Kim Anderson.
Harvest of Souls: The Jesuit Missions and Colonialism in North America by Carol Blackbum.
Aboriginal Education: Fulfilling the Promise edited by Marlene Brant Castellano, Lynne Davis, and Louise Lahache.
In the Words of Elders: Aboriginal Cultures in Transition edited by Peter Kulchyski, Don McCaskill, and David Newhouse.
Suicide in Canada edited by Antoon A. Leenaars, Susanne Wenckstern, Isaac Sakinofsky, Ronald J. Dyck, Michael J. Kral, and Roger C.
Prairie Forum, vol. 26, no. 2, Fall, 2001, pp. 266-269
Description
Book review of 3 books:
Treaty Elders of Saskatchewan: Our Dream Is That Our Peoples Will One Day be Clearly Recognized as Nations by Harold Cardinal and Walter Hildebrandt.
Bounty and Benevolence: A History of Saskatchewan Treaties by Arthur Ray and Jim Miller.
Indian Treaty-Making Policy in the United States and Canada, 1867-1877 by Jill St. Germain.
Native Studies Review, vol. 3, no. 2, Native Peoples, Museums, and Heritage Resource Management, 1987, pp. 139-144
Description
Review of: The Spirit Sings: Artistic Traditions of Canada's First People by Julia D. Harrison, co-ordinating curator, with Ted J. Brasser, Bernadette Driscoll, Ruth B. Phillips, Martine J. Reid, Judy Thompson, and Ruth Holmes Whitehead, editors.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 2, no. 2, 1982, pp. 395-414
Description
Reviews of 10 books:
Handbook for Aboriginal and Islander History edited by Diane Barwick, Michael Mace and Tom Stannage.
The Ballad of Alice of Alice Moonchild...and Others by Aleata E. Blythe.
My Spirit Soars by Chief Dan George and Helmut Hirnschall.
Indian Healing: Shamanic Ceremonialism in the Pacific Northwest Today by Wolfgang G. Jilek.
Métis Land Rights in Alberta: A Political History by Joe Sawchuk, Pat Sawchuk and Theresa Ferguson.
Long Lance, The True Story of an Impostor by Donald B.