Human Ecology, vol. 42, no. 1, February 2014, pp. 137-146
Description
Findings from analysis of bark-peelings in a nature reserve in Sweden, suggest inner-bark was used by the Native Sami people to supplement their diet in the spring.
Discusses issues involved in the withdrawal from the Assembly of First Nations with indications that Treaty issues and land claims were central precipitating factors.
Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy Public Lecture
JSGS Public Lecture
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Perry Bellegarde
Description
Chief of the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations outlines Canadian First Nations governance structure and highlights major events, legislation, and court decisions which form the framework for future negotiations.
Duration: 1:31:59.
Presentation Slides
Case studies of Chiefs Poundmaker and Big Bear compiled by Blair Stonechild using oral history and original source materials. A curriculum intended to "enable the student to review the circumstances surrounding Indian involvement in the Resistance and to arrive at his or her own conclusions about the culpability of the Indian people."
Includes general statistical information about the population and incidence of disease, SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats) analysis, past, present and future approaches to dealing with the problem and list of seven strategic objectives and actions needed to reach them.
Diabetes Care, vol. 37, no. 4, April 2014, pp. 934-942
Description
Looks at a behaviour-change intervention program offered to Australians aged 50 or older and at risk groups including indigenous Australians of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent.
Canadian Journal of Environmental Education, vol. 19, [Dark Matters], 2014, pp. 18-30
Description
Comments on three workshops in which participants were invited to learn forgotten or unheard Aboriginal, immigrant, and settler histories in their neighbourhood.
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 8, no. 1, 1988, pp. 73-105
Description
How the Sechelt Indian Band of British Columbia, in 1984, became the first to develop its own constitution and to withdraw from the authority of the Indian Act.
Dorchester Review, vol. 4, no. 2, Autumn/Winter, 2014, pp. 25-29
Description
Argues that it might be time refocus attention away from residential schools, and incorporate three elements into conversations between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people: roots of marginalization (including residential schools), contemporary social, economic and cultural challenges, and significant examples of success.
Study interviews engaged and non-engaged parents, teachers, and school administrators from six Saskatchewan high schools as well as national and international administrators. Concludes with recommendations.
Research conducted to provide background information on governance issues related to providing public works, assist First Nations in development of guidelines for processes and structures to enable delivery of services, and determine if further research was required.