Uses income, education, housing and labour force activity to determine socio-economic well-being of First Nations, Inuit and non-Aboriginal communities.
The Beaver, vol. 70, no. 1, February/March 1990, pp. 50-?
Description
Book review of: Empire of the Bay: An Illustrated History of the Hudson's Bay Company by Peter C. Newman, edited by John Geiger with photographs by Kevin Fleming.
Report concludes the following: First Nation Control of First Nation Education is the ultimate objective, define comparability in terms of educational opportunity, avoid past misinterpretations of the principle of comparability and acknowledge and respect a series of guiding principles pertaining to the use of comparability.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 36, no. 1, Winter, 2012, pp. 50-74
Description
Looks at the effects of tribal-state Indian gaming on the gaming industry in the U.S. and contends that the industry is not regulated fairly and does not protect Native American sovereignty.
Looks at the pros and cons of using the nosological category and the Independent Assessment Process to claim compensation for abuses and wrong doings for victims suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder.
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 4, no. 1, Spring, 1988, pp. 49-50
Description
Argues that the United States government did not properly compensate the Sioux Nation for taking $18 Billion worth of natural resources, negatively affecting future generations.
Discusses terms related to personal effectiveness, interpersonal relationships, leadership, and achieving business results. Under each topic includes checklists for achievement of goals and areas for further development.
Regional Educational Laboratory for the Central Region
Description
Focuses on four areas: language needs, family and community involvement, alternative instruction techniques, culturally responsive schooling, and standards-based instruction.
Looks at research done on various functions of the Downtown Community Court. Contains six reports providing a look at operations by the staff, community stakeholders, and Downtown Community Court (DCC) participants.
American Anthropologist, vol. 113, no. 2, June 2011, pp. 262-276
Description
Looks at landscape anthropology and how anti-clearcutting activism at the Grassy Narrows First Nation has changed the vantage point from which activists conceive their experiences with the landscape.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 15, no. 8, August 2012, p. 21
Description
Comments on the three day Natural Resources Transfer Act National Summit where delegates discussed ways of sharing resource opportunities with First Nations communities in Saskatchewan, Alberta, and Manitoba.
Article located by scrolling to page 21.
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 36, no. 3, Defending Life First, September 2012, p. [?]
Description
Discusses how the government neglected cultural rights by illegally licensing an oil company to do business on traditional lands without community consent.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 24, no. 3, Fall, 2012, pp. 115-137
Description
Author looks at her formative years, living with her parents and living in a Children's Home.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 115.
First Voices! First Women Speak! A Teach-in & Community Gathering
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Lee Maracle
Description
Writer/activist looks at the relationships between the land, other living beings and each other and suggests advise to reconnect.
Presents a video lecture, from First Voices! First Women Speak! A Teach-in and Community Gathering, given by a teacher and activist.
Duration: 54:47.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 15, no. 7, July 2012, p. 8
Description
Brief profile of a residential school survivor and health support worker whose role was to assist other survivors at the June 2012 Truth and Reconciliation National event in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
Article located by scrolling to page 8.
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 2, no. 2, 2011, pp. 1-15
Description
Reviews First Nations' role in provincial land and resource management and conservation and the related opportunities and challenges of Conservancy designation.