International Journal of Canadian Studies, no. 12, Aboriginal Peoples and Canada, Fall, 1995, pp. [285]-289
Description
Acceptance speech by Alan Cairns delivered May 31, 1995 in Ottawa for the Governor General's International Award for Canadian Studies.
Scroll down to page 285 to read article.
Discusses meaning of political community and the relationship between it and the people who belong to it, and legal, psychological, and participatory dimensions of membership.
Great Plains Quarterly, vol. 20, no. 2, Spring, 2000, pp. 141-158
Description
Highlights dialogue between leaders of the organization and a Special Committee of Parliament struck to investigate Indian administration. Argues that the issues and ideas articulated at that time are still relevant today.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 24, no. 2, March/April 2000, p. 23
Description
Describes how local activists in the remote Northern Territory, Australian community were able to reduce air pollution by planting trees supplied by the Rio Tinto mining company.
Original documentary was about a two-day exercise in discrimination. Third grade students were divided into two groups, the blue-eyed and the brown-eyed. The first day one group was told they were better than the others and received special privileges; the next day the roles were reversed.
Includes additional links to follow-up documentary, interviews with producer and teacher, teacher's guide and frequently asked questions.
Discusses the artifacts and traditions of Coast Salish Aboriginal people through the presentation of documents, archaeological collections, archival photographs and oral histories.
American Educational Research Journal, vol. 32, no. 3, Autumn, 1995, pp. 493-522
Description
Argues that the fundamental changes needed in the way that diversity is dealt with in the classroom could be accomplished by moving from a lesson plan-centered approach to a inquiry-centered approach.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 19, no. 1, 1995, pp. 97-118
Description
Looks at films as social barometers of attitudes and ideologies; films discussed: Dances With Wolves, Black Robe, Thunderheart, Clearcut, Loyalties, Company of Strangers, Where the Spirit Lives, Spirit Rider, and Powwow Highway.
A Comment on John Rowzée Peyton and the Mound Builders: The Elevation of a 19th Century Fraud to a 20th Century Myth
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jeffrey K. Yelton
American Antiquity, vol. 54, no. 1, January 1989, pp. 161-165
Description
Discusses how the mound builder myth may have been created from stories of John Rowzée' Peyton's in 1774, and writings of John Lewis Peyton, his grandson.
American Antiquity, vol. 54, no. 4, October 1989, pp. 851-855
Description
Criticism of the article, "Identification of Cultural Site Formation Processes through Microdebitage Analysis" by Kathleen Hull in American Antiquity, Vol. 52, No. 4. (Oct., 1987) at pages 772-783.
Information gathered at a provincial training conference offered by the Ontario Native Literacy Coalition. Presents results from pre-conference survey (questionnaires and forms included in document) and small group discussions.
Western Canadian Protocol for Collaboration in Basic Education
Description
"...support document for schools or regions in the Western provinces and the territories wishing to develop curricula, learning resources or strategies dealing with Aboriginal languages".