Settler Colonial Studies, vol. 3, no. 3-04, Settler Colonialism and Indigenous Alternatives in Global Context (2): Recuperating Binarism, Sept 13, 2013, pp. 352-368
Description
Author explores some of the reasons that Indigenous communities in the United States have historically had low voter turnout. Compares the difference in perception of enfranchisement between Indigenous and Black American communities.
Social Science & Medicine, vol. 169, November 2016, pp. 18-26
Description
"In this paper, we develop a framework for assessing vulnerability to injury and use it to identify and characterize the determinants of injuries on the land in Nunavut".
Accompanies the Social Return on Investment (SROI) analysis. Together the two documents provide the context for understanding the case for support of the Walking the Path Together strategy and plan.
Information on funding and new initiatives in six areas: supporting children, youth and families, community safety and healing, policing and justice, leadership, collaboration, alignment and accountability, and improved data and research.
Book review of: Wandjuk Marika: Life Story (as told to Jennifer Isaacs) by Wandjuk Marika ; edited by Jennifer Isaacs.
Review located by scrolling to page 230.
American Review of Canadian Studies, vol. 43, no. 2, Québec Cinema in the 21st Century , 2013, pp. 283-289
Description
Discusses the travelling production unit which has visited 19 Aboriginal communities with the goal of inspiring creativity in youth through involvement in filmmaking and multimedia production skills.
Proceedings of the 15th International Congress on Circumpolar Health
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Timothy K. Thomas
Jake Bell
Dana Bruden
Millie Hawley
Michael Brubaker
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 72, Supplement 1, 2013, p. article no. 21233
Description
Study results indicated that initial closures of the facilities providing public showers, laundry and flush toilets, probably resulted in increased skin infection rates. Further study is recommended.
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 28, no. 2, Taking It to the Hill, Winter, November 13, 2016, pp. [34-36,7]
Description
Describes how the American Indian Higher Education Consortium and the organization called Washington Partners collaborate to advocate for policies which support tribal colleges and universities.
Parallel Encounters: Culture and the Canada-U.S. Border
Waste-full Crossings: Thomas King's Rubbishy Border
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Catherine Bates
Description
Comments on the Canadian-American border which King calls "this line of someone else's imagination" and the river that separates the town of Truth from the First Nation, Bright Water.
Chapter from Parallel Encounters: Culture and the Canada-U.S. Border [edited by Gillian Roberts and David Stirrup]
American Indian Law Review, vol. 23, 1998-1999, pp. 497-503
Description
Discussion of legal issues arising from various cases including, the Oliphant decision that concluded that Indian Nations do not have jurisdiction over non-Indians in criminal cases.
Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 23, no. 4, Special Issue: Exploring the Governance Landscape of Indigenous Peoples and Water in Canada, Spring, 2013, pp. 1-12
Description
Suggests that both Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples have a role in water governance processes.
Canadian Journal of Aboriginal Community-based HIV/AIDS Research , vol. 8, Winter, 2016, pp. 61-79
Description
Discusses key themes which emerged from four sharing circles conducted as part of the project: strength, resilience and hope; intersectionality; barriers across the care continuum; competing priorities; health literacy; and transformation.
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 37, no. 2, The Seventh Generation: Spotlight on Indigenous Youth, June 2013, p. [?]
Description
Describes effective grant-making strategies to support sustainable and culturally appropriate development projects, planned and implemented by and for Indigenous communities.
Aboriginal Canada and the Natural Resource Economy Series ; 3
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Brian Lee Crowley
Ken Coates
Description
Discusses emerging authority of Aboriginal people over natural resources and the largest infrastructure project in recent Canadian history, the Northern Gateway pipeline project.