Updated version includes three new court cases: Tsilhqo’tin Nation v. British Columbia, Hupacasath First Nation v. British Columbia (Minister of Forests) and Cook v. The Minister of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation.
Culture & Mental Health Research Unit Report ; no. 8
Widening the Circle: Developing Partnerships for Aboriginal Mental Health Conference 1997
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Caroline Oblin
Laurence J. Kirmayer
Elisapie Tookalak
Laverne Gervais-Contois
Liesel Urtnowski ... [et al.]
Culture & Mental Health Research Unit Report
Description
Proceedings of conference which focused on assessment of current programs in communities, efficacy of program types and how research can improve services and prevention.
Canadian Woman Studies, vol. 26, no. 3/4, Indigenous Women in Canada: The Voices of First Nations, Inuit and Metis Women, Winter/Spring, 2008, pp. 217-222
Description
Author reflects on the role of women in contemporary Aboriginal communities and more specifically her home community of Kiashke Zaaging Anishinaabek.
American Studies, vol. 49, no. 3/4, Fall/Winter, 2008, pp. 5-38
Description
Comments on difficulties experienced by Americans adjusting to modernity, by firstly looking at the unconventional behaviour of audiences to the Wild West show.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 10, no. 2, Series 2; [Special Issue on] Louis Owens, Summer, 1998, pp. 79-93
Description
Discussion of the novel's theme tracing the environmental and spiritual devastation caused by the concepts of manifest destiny and nation building as used by EuroAmericans.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 42, no. 3, Fall, 2008, pp. 133-149
Description
Examines a collection of short stories by Ernest Thompson Seton that explores communication and powers of premonition among wild and domesticated animals.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 24, no. 4, 2000, pp. 107-125
Description
Describes the destruction of the wolf and argues that with the reintroduction of the wolf to their native habitat, there may be a restored harmony and balance for the Navajo people.
Anglican Journal, vol. 134, no. 2, February 2008, p. 4
Description
Discusses the wide range of emotions Anglicans may feel due to the Truth and Reconciliation Commissions findings and reports regarding the churches association with residential schools.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 32, no. 2, Spring, 2008, pp. 141-177
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Article examines the ways that the Yamacraw Leader Tomochichi has been represented and misrepresented in historical texts and narratives surrounding the settlement of the Georgia; works to reconstruct a more accurate biography.
William Clark of Southend has been using dog teams for sixty years. Page one, one photo, William Clark unloads firewood hauled home by his dog team. Page two, one photo, William Clark sitting.
Guide to help communities gain economic strength and autonomy through private sector philanthropy by creating American Native controlled community foundations and endowments. Provides an overview of giving traditions.
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 32, no. 1, Inuit Urbains / Urban Inuit, 2008, pp. 168-170
Description
Book Reviews of: Wise Words of the Yup'ik People Peopleby Ann Fienup-Riordan. Translations by Alice Rearden.
Yupiit Qanruyutaitedited by Ann Fienup-Riordan.
Canadian Woman Studies, vol. 26, no. 3-4, Indigenous Women in Canada: The Voices of First Nations, Inuit and Métis Women, Winter/Spring, 2008, pp. 77-89
Description
Author describes the measures in place to ensure employment equity and the barriers still existing in the workplace.
English Thesis (Ph.D.)--Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, 2000.
Examines works by Rudolfo Anaya, Louise Erdrich, Linda Hogan, Ana Castillo, Leslie Marmon Silko, Paula Gunn Allen and Sandra Cisneros.
Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies (CAEFS)
Native Women's Association of Canada (NWAC)
Canadian Woman Studies, vol. 26, no. 3/4, Indigenous Women in Canada: the Voices of First Nations, Inuit and Métis Women, Winter/Spring, 2008, pp. 94-104
Description
Paper asserts that the state must take positive and progressive action to eliminate discrimination against marginalized women.
Indigenous Affairs, no. 3, Indigenous Women, July/August/September 2000, pp. 24-27
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Discusses developments leading to the implementation of a cease-fire and how it's impacted the Naga's lives.
To access this article scroll down to page 24.
Canadian Woman Studies, vol. 26, no. 3-4, Indigenous Women in Canada: the Voices of First Nations, Inuit and Métis Women, Winter/Spring, 2008, pp. 154-159
Description
Author describes how words define her and cannot be separated from the Aboriginal oral traditions and world view.
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 32, no. 3, Becoming a Healer, Fall, 2008
Description
Highlights the commitment of the Wind River reservation in Wyoming to offer Arapaho language immersion at the elementary school in an effort to keep the language alive for years to come.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 24, no. 4, July/August 2000, pp. 10-12
Description
Describes the joint initiative of the University of Queensland Indigenous Health Program and the community of Woorabinda, a remote community located in Queensland, Australia.
Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts, vol. 19, no. 2, 2008, pp. [204-223]
Description
Discusses theme of "Indian" versus "White" identities, intertwining of real-world setting with mythology, and the juxtaposition of biblical and Aboriginal creation stories.
Book review of: Words of Our Country, Stories, Place Names and Vocabulary in Yidiny, the Aboriginal Language of the Cairns-Yarrabah Region compiled and edited by R. M. W. Dixon.
Review located by scrolling to page 272.