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.
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 21, no. 2, K-12 Education, Winter, 2009
Description
Authors' narrative describes leaving his work with the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis to start his own company committed to aid the economic development of American Indian tribes.
Argues that there is an over-emphasis in the Closing the Gap approach on equality between Indigenous and other Australians and too little emphasis on diversity and difference.
Author explores relationship between Indigenous knowledge and Western thought. Paper presented at the Indigenous Knowledge Conference 2001 held at the University of Saskatchewan.
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 8, no. 4, Reconciling Research: Perspectives on Research-Part 2, October 2017, pp. 1-32
Description
Uses U.S. census data and linear regression model to predict per capital income and house hold income for Hawaiians and compares information to U.S. census data in California.
Educational website focuses on the photographs taken by Edward S. Curtis. Contains links to thumbnail images with notes, lesson plans, slide show and kit manual.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 25, no. 2, 2001, pp. 93-105
Description
Describes research on social services issues concerning Ojibwa First Nation communities, particularly the high incidence of youth suicide, addiction, and court appearances.
Paper produced as part of the Community Governance Project at University of Victoria. Includes sources, analysis, and recommendations for future initiatives.
8 p. list of Band histories on file, compiled in August 1983. Tape number IH-345, transcript disc 67.This is a list of bibliographical material and cannot be indexed.
Book review of: Bibliometric Analysis of Soviet and Post-Soviet Histiography of the Native Population of Alaska of the Russian-American Period by A. V. Grinëv, translated by Richard L. Bland.
Legislative Summary (Parliamentary Information and Research Service) ; LS-642E
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Mary C. Hurley
Description
Brief description of background and contents of the Bill, which address two issues: enhancement of the Cree Regional Authority's powers of governance and the inclusion of the Oujé-Bourgoumou Crees in the James Bay and Northern Québec Agreement regime.
Revised version.
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
Legislative Summary (Parliamentary Information and Research Service) ; 42-1-23-E
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.