American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 23, no. 1, 1999, pp. 95-110
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In a study focusing on use of tobacco and other substances by users in 15 centers; researchers found many participants were unaware of cultural aspects of tobacco.
Justice as Healing, vol. 4, no. 3, Fall, 1999, p. [?]
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Discussion of the impact of the decision on the sentencing, clarification of duty to consider factors in the sentencing of Aboriginal offenders.
Sample articles from the publication Justice As Healing are provided courtesy of the Native Law Centre of Canada. Subscriptions are available from the Centre.
Video (30 min) explores the First Nations prophecy of spiritual rebirth for all North Americans. Includes historical background and interviews with residential school survivors.
Law Thesis (LL.M.)--University of Ottawa, 1999.
"This thesis compares and contrasts the current legal protections provided to sexually abused, non-Aboriginal children with that afforded to Aboriginal children of Canada."
Aboriginal and islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 19, no. 3, May/June 1995, pp. 12-13
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Reports Western mainstream health services are not meeting the need of Aboriginal people. First published in Venerology: The Interdisciplinary, International Journal of Sexual Health, Volume 8, Number 1, February 1995, pp. 13-14.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 23, no. 4, 1999, pp. 159-173
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Examines the US Federal Court Case to determine the Aboriginal treaty rights, in Washington State, to take Shellfish (in the law case shellfish were termed all marine life other than fin fish).
Program expected that individuals would provide labour required to erect their own houses and examined the use of simplified housing "kits" which met design requirements and budget limitations.
Saskatchewan History, vol. 47, no. 2, Spring, 1995, pp. 3-11
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These selections from the Duck Lake Indian Agency records illustrate a pattern of negative government attitudes and oppressive fiscal policies of austerity towards First Nations peoples and communities. Introduction and commentary by J.R. Miller.
Entire issue on one .pdf, scroll to page 3.
Review has shown that every land claim and settlement is different in a variety of terms, so as a result aspects of these treaty settlements will not necessarily be applicable to British Columbia.
Journal of the West, vol. 38, no. 1, 1999, pp. 68-76
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Argues that judicial analyses of the St. Catherine's Milling and Lumber Company v. The Queen case rarely take into account the historical context and contemporary attitudes towards Aboriginal people at the time.
Native Studies Review, vol. 5, no. 1, Native Health Research in Canada, 1989, p. 17–40
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Discussion on Native patients' dependency on clinical encounters in the health service system as opposed to use of alternative methods with relation to medical evacuations and southern hospitalizations.
University of New Brunswick Law Journal, vol. 48, 1999, pp. 19-40
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Comments about Justice Ivan Cleveland Rand of the Supreme Court of Canada (1943 to 1959), and the three decisions he had rendered regarding Aboriginal rights.