Video of representative from the Office of the Treaty Commissioner speaking at the 2010 Growing Saskatchewan Conference.
Five parts. Viewer is automatically sent to next part.
Total duration: 59:10.
International Journal of Mental Health Addiction, vol. 8, no. 2, April 2010, pp. 320-335
Description
Reviews existing research of alcohol and illicit drug treatments and looks at two integrated treatment programs for Aboriginal women, New Choices and Sheway.
Looks at the historical and modern meaning of the annuity and its significance as an annual reminder of obligations and promises made during treaty-making.
Chapter from A History of Treaties and Policies edited by Jerry P. White, Erik Anderson, Jean-Pierre Morin, and Dan Beavon, which is vol. 7 in the Aboriginal Policy Research series.
Originally presented at the Aboriginal Policy Research Conference, 2009.
Presents a study looking into educational provisions for Michigan Native Americans contained within treaties made between the United States and the Anishinaabe Three Fires Confederacy governments.
Curriculum Sub-committee of the Shared Standards and Capacity Building Council
Saskatchewan Ministry of Education
Description
Lists specific expectations for Kindergarten to Grade 12 students in the subject areas of treaty relationships, spirit and intent of treaties, historical context, and treaty promises and provisions.
Grade 7 students in Saskatchewan were tested for their understanding of history and treaties and the success of the mandatory K-12 treaty education program was assessed with respect to requirements of the Treaty Commissioner.
Board of Education Saskatoon School Division no. 13, Meeting of the Saskatoon Board of Education Tuesday, October 8, 2013
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Scott Tunison
Jennifer Hingley
Barry MacDougall
Description
Measures Saskatoon Grade 7 students' knowledge in six areas: treaties, treaty relationship, history, worldviews, symbolism and contemporary issues. Compares scores to earlier years.
Survey results appear on p. 10.
Discusses the art works created as part of the author's The Treaty Lands Project, focusing on the research conducted for the The Treaty 3 Suite (Outside Promises).
Forward and part IX from: Papers of the Rupert's Land Colloquium 2008: The Centre for Rupert's Land Studies at The University of Winnipeg: May 14 to 16, 2008, Rocky Mountain House, Alberta edited by Margaret Anne Lindsay and Mallory Allyson Richard; foreword by Jennifer S. H. Brown.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 13, no. 1, January 2010, p. 14
Description
Comments on the consortium between two Saskatchewan tribal councils and K-Mech Constructors in an effort to create economic development in local communities.
Article located by scrolling to page 14.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 37, no. 1, 2013, pp. 210-214
Description
Book review of: Tribal Libraries, Archives, Museums edited by Loriene Roy, Anjali Bhasin, and Sarah K. Arriaga.
Review located by scrolling to page 210.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 22, no. 3, Fall, 2010, pp. 81-84
Description
Book reveiw of: Tribal Theory in Native American Literature: Dakota and Haudenosaunee Writing and Indigenous Worldviews by Penelope Myrtle Kelsey.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access review, scroll to page 81.
Website links to out of print works by American Indians, Alaska Natives and First Nations people in Canada, the American Native Press Archives and serials list, The Trail of Tears Through Arkansas, and Trail of Tears Primary Sources.
Images, Imaginations, and Beyond: Proceedings of the Eighth Native American Symposium
Native American Symposium ; 8th, 2009
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Marija Kneževiċ
Description
Discusses how the comic mobility of the trickster is used to address serious social issues in Sherman Alexie's volume of short stories.
Excerpt from Images, Imaginations, and Beyond: Proceedings of the Eighth Native American Symposium edited by Mark B. Spencer.
Provides summary on commitments and principles of the agreement and progress towards implementing capacity for governance of First Nations health information.
Provides a detailed look into progress in Canadian policy and law in addition to the Swedish model.
Public and International Affairs Major Research Paper (M.A.)--University of Ottawa, 2013.
Western American Literature, vol. 45, no. 1, Spring, 2010, pp. 30-52
Description
Discusses the social and national implications of lying in the popular Western formula through a reading of three works that cross gender and cultural lines.
Assessing the Indian Residential Schools Litigation and Settlement Processes, Session 7
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Murray Sinclair
Description
Session Seven from public conference Assessing the Indian Residential Schools Litigation and Settlement Processes held Friday, January 18, 2013 at the University of Toronto. Murray Sinclair, chair of the TRC, speaks about the commission's mandate and reconciliation going forward.
Duration: 35:53.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 13, no. 1, January 2010, p. 5
Description
Discusses the objectives and mandate of the TRC and the need for Aboriginal People to tell their residential school survivor stories with the hope of healing and growing.
Article found by scrolling to page 5.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 13, no. 5, May 2010, p. 8
Description
Looks at the office opening of the Truth and Reconciliation Committee, the mandate of the committee, and the creative ways testimonies are received.
Article found by scrolling to page 8.
Website deals with the misappropriation of a Quileute legend by Stephanie Meyer, the author of the Twilight series.
Contains links to Quileute culture, twilight misconceptions, imaginary indians, and resources.