Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 20, no. 4, Winter, 2008, pp. 1-23
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Discusses the Pequot activist and writer's attempts to subvert the myth of the "Vanishing American", and his unique position as an Indian intellectual in the early 1800s.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 1.
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 26, no. 2, The Collaborative Research Center for American Indian Health’s Partnership River of Life, 2019, pp. 172-176
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In this editorial article the author discusses Indigenous rights and Indigenous resistance to colonization and considers the other articles in this journal issue in the context of resistance and sovereignty.
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 10, no. 3, January 14, 2019
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Authors advocate for a reflexive practice of research methods which engage Indigenous people and communities, creating a more equitable and relevant body of research and representing the needs and interests of Indigenous communities.
Ada Ladu was born on the Mistawasis Reserve, worked for wages in the 1930s, married and mother of five. Beatrice Nightraveller, daughter of Josie Cuthand, was born on the Little Pine Reserve, Saskatchewan, worked for wages in the 1930s, also married with five children.They share: a story of a white baby girl abducted and raised by Indians in the Prince Albert, Saskatchewan district; accounts of the Riel Rebellion (1885), especially the aftermath in the North Battleford district; philosophies of child-rearing; loss of portions of Little Pine Reserve and the death of Little Pine.
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 78, no. 1, 2019
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Article examines Canadian Community Health Survey data from 2013/14 to determine if there is a disparity in multimorbidity prevalence between the provinces and the territories. No significant difference was found.
Identifies importance of goals related to infrastructure, recreation, information and education, and social supports.
Part of a larger project "The Cultural and Visual Context of Healthy Body Weight and Body Image Among Aboriginal Women in the Battlefords Tribal Council Region".
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 89, no. 4, December 2008, pp. 541-580
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Looks at the conflict of city planning with settler claims to Indian reserves in Vancouver, and discusses the municipal governments decisions regarding land-use planning, land claims, and their attempts to acquire and control the Kitsilano and Musqueam reserves.
Aboriginal History, vol. 41, no. 1, December 2017, pp. 23-45
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Uses the prosecution of Henry Valette Jones and Henry Thomas Morris for the murder of an Aboriginal man to illustrate the shortcomings of the colonial legal system in Australian when it came to prosecuting settlers for violence towards Indigenous peoples.
Supports the Cree Nation's proposal of a wellness centre, which will include a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) clinic, on the urban reserve land in Saskatoon.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 11, no. 2, February 2008, p. 3
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Looks at the economic benefits and social development opportunities that the settlement agreement will bring to the Muskoday First Nation.
Article located by scrolling to page 3.
Found that the Crown breached its pre-surrender fiduciary obligations to the Muskowekwan First Nation regarding both surrenders. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
Pennsylvania History, vol. 71, no. 4, 2004, pp. 479-493
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Author, who graduated in 1894, relates his initial experiences at the school. He later became one of its most successful graduates and a vocal supporter of the principle of assimilation or extinction.
Poem by Nils-Aslak Valkeapāā and translated by Ralph Salisbury, Lars Nordström and Harald Gaski describes how the Sámi people live in relation to the land.
BC Studies , no. 200, 50th Anniversary, Winter, 2019, pp. 19-26
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Armstrong gives her personal account of the Indigenous rights movements that took place in British Columbia and across Canada, connecting the events and attitudes of the time to the larger Civil Rights Movement taking place across the continent and to other contemporary social/cultural shifts.