Brief discussion of the impact of colonialism, factors which place individuals at risk for homelessness, common life experiences of the majority of the population, government responses, and list of practices needed in the continuum of care.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 20, no. 2, 1996, pp. 127-154
Description
Examines key potests and conflict leading up to the occupation of Wounded Knee of 1973, the evolution of the American Indian Movement (AIM), and more recent disputes concerning assets from gambling.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 21, no. 4, Cultural Property in American Indian Literatures: Representation and Interpretation, Autumn, 1997, pp. 633-662
Description
Literary criticism article in which the author explores the different ways that knowledge is made, transferred, and protected in Indigenous literatures. Stresses the relational understandings of oral traditions and the resistance to colonial commodification by Indigenous writers.
Traces Pete Standing Alone's last round up of his horses and how his life has changed in the last twenty years. Accompanying material: An Integrated Educator's Guide.
Duration:18:02.
Canadian Political Science Association Annual Conference; 82nd, 2010
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Peter H. Russell
Description
Argues that while RCAP may be seen as a failure in terms of its recommendations being implemented, as an attempt to establish consensual understanding of the relationship between Aboriginal people and other Canadians, it was a success.
Cando-Royal Bank Symposium on the Economic Development Recommendations of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Fred Wien
Description
Looks at four types of Aboriginal economies, discusses conditions needed for rebuilding, and gives a summary of recommendations put forward by the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples.
Revised edition of article published by IWGIA in Challenging Politics: Indigenous People's Experiences with Political Parties and Elections edited by Kathrin Wessendorf.
Also published as no. 2, 2007 of the journal Gáldu Čála.
Arctic, vol. 37, no. 4, Unveiling the Arctic, December 1984, pp. 373-384
Description
Describes Sami people between year 900 to 1700 from accounts by various individuals that made journeys through the territory of present day northern Norway.
Native American writers such as Leslie Marmon Silko, Gerald Vizenor, and Louise Erdrich, explore the role of traditional gambling practices in the modern world and the rise of high stakes reservation gambling.
Acta Borealia, vol. 27, no. 1, June 2010, pp. 66-90
Description
Compares political involvement of Sami to the general Norwegian population and finds a high degree of participation with little marginalization or political segregation.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 13, no. 12, December 2010, p. 1,14
Description
Comments on the investiture of a Métis sash during at ceremony at the Saskatchewan Legislature to celebrate 2010 as Year of the Métis.
Article found on page 1 and continued by scrolling to page 14.
Includes Saskatoon City Council minutes from a meeting on Monday, June 11, 1984 regarding a request by Bruce Sanderson of the Saskatchewan Association of Friendship Centres that City Council respond to a tentative proposal to integrate Aboriginal people in Urban Communities. The Council moves that the letter be received and referred to the Planning and Development Committee.
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 27, no. 1, April 1997, pp. 5, 23-24
Description
Reviews the trial of Steven Kummerfield and Alexander Ternowetsky for the murder of Pamela George of the Sakimay First Nation and questions whether judicial bias was present.
Discusses government strategy which hopes to reduce the number of new infections; improve quality of life in infected individuals and reduce risk factors for acquisition of HIV infection.