Looks at the Ministerial Summit on Indigenous Deaths in Custody which was held on the 4 July 1997, and discussed the over–representation of Aboriginal people in prisons and the high number of continuing deaths in custody.
The Theory and Practice of Sentencing: Are They on the Same Wavelength? [Part Two]
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Edward D. Bayda
Justice as Healing, vol. 2, no. 4, Winter, 1997, p. [?]
Description
Reprint of a lecture given by Chief Justice of the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal (SaskCA) at the University of Saskatchewan in 1997.
Note: This is a two-part sample article available courtesy of the Native Law Centre of Canada. Subscriptions for the publication are available from the Centre.
Bringing Home Animals: Religious Ideology and Mode of Production of the Mistassini Cree Hunters
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Philip Goldring
Prairie Forum, vol. 10, no. 1, Spring, 1985, pp. 234-240
Description
Book reviews of:
Partners in Furs: A History of the Fur Trade in Eastern James Bay, 1600-1870 by Daniel Francis and Toby Morantz.
Bringing Home Animals: Religious Ideology and Mode of Production of the Mistassini Cree Hunters by Adrian Tanner.
Towards 2012, Part III: Culture and Language, 1997, p. [?]
Description
Discusses different characteristics of Clowns in different tribes from the Oglala and Lakota to the Salish and Hopis and the importance of the Clowns to the community spirit.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 7, no. 1, 1983, pp. 27-40
Description
Discusses and compares the literary methods of two Indigenous writers to encourage readers to perceive their own connection between personal and mythic space in their own lives.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 21, no. 2, Spring, 1997, pp. 299-320
Description
Author examines both the text and its reception to offer a critical analysis of factors that affect the interaction between dominant and marginalized cultures including acts of appropriation on the part of reviewers, and the devaluing of oral literatures.
Uses Paul's life to illustrate the distinctions in roles within the Red River community as well as differences between Métis inside and outside the community.
Chemosphere, vol. 34, no. 5-7, 1997, pp. 1459-1468
Description
Studies the high exposure of organochlorines, via food-chain contamination, on Inuit in Northern Quebec, and discusses the impact it has on their health.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 17, no. 1, 1997, pp. 149-157
Description
Reviews three books, each providing a life history of an Indigenous male: Blackfoot warrior Red Crow, Comanche Chief Quanah Parker, and Nuumuu farm labourer Corbett Mack.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 17, no. 2, 1997, pp. 329-350
Description
Reviews the research project developed to examine the attitudes of both incarcerated Aboriginal youth and senior management on the issue of racism in British Columbia's youth correctional facilities.
Canadian Ethnic Studies, vol. 17, no. 2, 1985, pp. 1-30
Description
Examines how Canada failed to fulfill its promise of land security after the creation of Manitoba, and that fears the same would happen in the North West Territories contributed to the armed conflict in 1885.
New story about Manitoba Grand Chief Phil Fontaine being under fire for hiring Brian Contois, leader of the Manitoba Warriors, to keep Aboriginal youth out of street gangs. Includes synopsis.
Duration: 2:13.
Aboriginal History, vol. 9, no. 1, 1985, pp. 81-100
Description
Presents two texts, that were recorded seven years apart, to illustrate the continuity of an Aboriginal oral tradition as held by a particular story-teller.