Ozark Historical Review, vol. 37, Spring, 2008, pp. [1]-19
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Discusses the three methods used by Armstrong to secure funding from the government and philanthropists: celebrity endorsements, fund raising tours, and student correspondence.
Looks at the familial relationships which developed in the community of Île à la Crosse as well as those established with representatives of the fur trade and the Church.
Introduction and Chapter 1 of: One of the Family: Métis Culture in Nineteenth-Century Northwestern Saskatchewan.
Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies, vol. 29, no. 2-3, 2008, pp. 1-35
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Examines Frances Slocum’s cultural conversion from a white girl to an Indian woman; explores the dissemination of her story; and investigates the ways in which white writers later stressed the story of Frances Slocum as the story of a white woman.
Language in Society, vol. 37, no. 2, 2008, pp. 191-215
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Comments on the history of the place-names given to newly constructed neighbourhoods on the reservation in relation to locally established social idioms.
Using Stó:lö oral history to discuss the imbalance in Indigenous-white relations through each groups interpretations of "consultation" during land development on the Chawathil reserve.
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 101, no. 1, January/February 2010, pp. 83-86
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Looks at a case study to identify areas where future discussion is needed to improve the understanding and meaning of knowledge translation in Aboriginal health research.
The Ardent Review, vol. 1, no. 1, April 2008, pp. 31-35
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Discusses the complexities of anti-racist activism and First Nations people and the requirements of critical dialogue and political action. Gives examples.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to page 31.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 20, no. 4, Winter, 2008, pp. 111-114
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Book review of: The Third Space of Sovereignty: The Postcolonial Politics of U.S.-Indigenous Relations by Kevin Bruyneel.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access review, scroll to page 111.
Speech by Assembly of First Nations National Chief Phil Fontaine to the Canadian Club in Ottawa about poverty, residential schools and how these issues are affecting the people today. 9 minutes.
Resource for instructing students in the teachings associated with the moons in the three cultures, as well as numbers, days of week, months, and seasons in each language.
Discusses how Sherman Alexie (screenplay) and Chris Eyre (director) chose to portray American Indians in the film.
Excerpt from Sherman Alexie: A Collection of Critical Essays edited by Jeff Berglund and Jan Roush.
International Journal of Canadian Studies, no. 41, Representations of First Nations and Métis / Les représentations des Premiéres nations et des Métis, 2010, pp. 137-177
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Re-examines historical evidence used by Judge MacInnes in the case Manitoba Métis Federation v. Canada
Indigenous Law Journal, vol. 7, no. 1, 2008, pp. 39-66
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Analyzes reasons in favour of the First Nations public nuisance standing rule and concludes there's compelling reasons to re-examine the rule more generally.
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 19, no. 4, Success by Accountability and Assessment, Summer, 2008
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Illustrates the analogy between the tradional story of three sisters who plant corn, beans and squash together and how it can be applied to tribal colleges working together to achieve success.
Prairie Forum, vol. 33, no. 2, Fall, 2008, pp. 357-384
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Describes how, during treaty negotiations, Euro-Canadian statesmen used religious terminology, presented the British monarchy in a divine manner, and enlisted well-known and respected Christian missionaries to impress upon the Natives that they understood the sacred dimensions of the treaties.