Accounting, Organizations and Society, vol. 31, no. 1, January 2006, pp. 47-76
Description
Examines how the 1860 - 1900 Canadian government used accounting/funding mechanisms to put policies, regarding Indigenous peoples, into practice and discusses the historical consequences of such actions.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 8, no. 1, Winter, 1984, pp. 37-49
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Using Lakota leader Black Elk's relationship with Christianity to discuss the evolution of Indigenous religions influenced by European culture, ideals and religion.
Journal of the History of Collections, vol. 18, no. 2, December 2006, pp. 237-247
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Uses the the sacred costume as an example of attitudes toward the acquisition and presentation of material culture; discusses the purchase of the clothing in relation to events taking place in Canada in the 1870s and traces changes in the museum's curatorial practices as demonstrated by its placement in the museum's collection.
Concludes that, although a reserve in the Blood Tribe’s home base was not formally set aside by Treaty 7, a joint reserve along the Bow River was set aside for the Blood Tribe, the Blackfeet, and the Peigan. This reserve should be located within the Blood Tribe's territory subject to the terms of Treaty 7. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
Examines whether the rejected claim was properly resolved. Commissioners include: Daniel J. Bellegarde and Alan C. Holman.
[These files were created and compiled by the ICC and provided to the Indigenous Studies Portal in 2009 to make widely available in online format.]
Historical background and issues involved in Indian Claims Commission (ICC) hearing regarding 1995 claim that the Crown transferred land to province of British Columbia without notification or compensation. No determination by the ICC as Canada accepted the specific claim for negotiation. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
Study conducted using interviews with 62 Alaska Native individuals who had attended schools or had parents who had experienced them. Looked at: disruption of family, multiple losses, coping strategies, and resilience.
Showed mental health outcomes for those attending boarding school fell in to five categories: severely impacted, ambivalent, positive, activated and driven.
Preventing Chronic Disease, vol. 3, no. 4, October 2006, p. article A114
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Contends that students who were involved with the Healthy Kids Project showed high rates of excess weight, with American Indians and African Americans at the greatest risk.
Discusses Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers and Kathleen Hepburn's film The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open set in Vancouver, BC. The film is about the interactions between two Indigenous women in a lower income neighborhood.
American Review of Canadian Studies, vol. 36, no. 4, Winter, 2006, pp. 644-648
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Reviews Origins: Canadian History to Confederation; Destinies: Canadian History Since Confederation; Journeys: A History of Canada by R. Douglas Francis, Richard Jones, and Donald B. Smith.
American Review of Canadian Studies, vol. 36, no. 1, Spring, 2006, pp. 137-142
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Book reviews of:
The Real World of Canadian Politics: Cases in Process and Policy edited by Robert M. Campbell, Leslie A. Pal, and Michael Hewlett.
Reinventing Canada: Politics of the 21st Century edited by Janine Brodie and Linda Trimble.
Canadian Politics edited by James Bikerton and Alain-G. Gagnon.
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 31, no. 1-2, Tchoukotka / Chukotka, 2007, pp. 365-374
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Essay containing reviews of: Where the Echo Began: and Other Oral Traditions From Southwestern Alaska by Hans Himmelheber.
Deering: A Men's House From Seward Peninsula, Alaska by Helge Larsen.
Nunguvik et Saatut: Sites Paléoeskimaux de Navy Board Inlet, île de Baffin by Guy Mary-Rousselière.
The Journal of Aboriginal Economic Development, vol. 5, no. 2, Fall , 2007, pp. 88-89
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Book review of: Partnerships in Sustainable Forest Resource Management by Mirjam A.F. Ros-Tonen, edited by Heleen Van Den Hombergh and Annelies Zoomers.