American Indian Quarterly , vol. 27, no. 1/2, Special Issue: Native Experiences in the Ivory Tower, Winter-Spring, 2003, pp. 420-428
Description
Author examines the criticism faced by university faculty in the United States who choose to vocalize any criticisms of the war on terrorism initiated by the Bush administration following the bombing of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.
Describes the questionnaires used by archival and folklore societies in Saskatchewan to gather information on settler histories; discusses how they both showcase settler-Indigenous relationships in some cases and obscure them in others, creating a segregated history of the province.
Entire Issue on one .pdf, scroll to page 32.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 43, no. 1, 2019, pp. 31-54
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Study analyzes 24 years of US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission data (1991-2015) from eight states to examine the degree to which Indigenous people are overrepresented in the lower paying, less desirable, non-managerial, public sector positions in local and state government bureaucracies and underrepresented in the more desirable, better paying, managerial positions.
Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 22, no. 2, Proceedings of the 2011 Western Social Science Association American Indian Studies Section, Fall, 2011, pp. 1-12
Description
Looks at ways to change current inequalities and disharmony back into traditional ways of inclusive native kinship.
Faculty of Law, University of Windsor & the Commonwealth Legal Education Association Roundtable
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Georges Erasmus
Description
Discusses the role of the Aboriginal Healing Foundation in dealing with a variety problems of arising from the residential school system, and argues that a healing environment must be included in the compensation process.
Museum Anthropology, vol. 15, no. 3, August 1991, pp. 19-21
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Discusses joint agreement between the Museum and the community resulting in different options for collecting, displaying and repatriation of all culturally sensitive materials.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 15, no. 6, 1991, pp. 17-22
Description
Looks at workshop that centered around community which went from 100 percent alcohol dependency to 5 percent in fourteen years. Looks at the use of spiritual practices to heal the hurt and trauma cause by alcohol and drug dependency.
Report Identifies Ninety Billion Dollar Gap in Aboriginal Education
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Lisa Wilson
Eagle Feather News, vol. 14, no. 11, December 2011, p. 14
Description
Looks at findings of a report by an economist, Eric Howe, which speak of the benefits to society that education makes and commends the SUNTEP program at the University of Saskatchewan.
Article located by scrolling to page 14.
Report (Northern Labour Market Information Clearinghouse) ; no. 105
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jim Klingle
Description
Examines cultural and environmental influences on Aboriginal learners and distance education delivery practices. Provides recommendations for distance programming.
Aboriginal Law Bulletin, vol. 2, no. 49, April 1991, p. 16
Description
Explains that the Report of the National Inquiry into Racist Violence is unique in that it is the most comprehensive study of racial violence, intimidation and harassment ever undertaken in Australia.
Report (Northern Labour Market Information Clearinghouse) ; no. 108
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Wendy Doughty
Jim Klingle
Description
Combines primary data gathered through interviews with career counsellors, employment/job placement specialists, and people responsible for employment training programs with data from 1996 Census and national, provincial and local reports.
Presents research about adoptions, divorces, and separation, including the use of services and how Inuit families deal with family matters, and looks at increasing the knowledge and access to family rights and available services.
Compares delivery of secondary education to Indigenous young people to other states in Australia and outcomes being achieved by remote and urban students.
Civilian Review and Complaints Commission for the RCMP
Description
Investigation examined conduct relating to policing of pubic intoxication, cross-gender searches, missing persons and domestic violence reports, use of force, and handling of files involving youth.
Includes links to complaint, interim and final report, and Commissioner's response.
Summarizes presentations, outcomes of discussion groups, and recommendations. Participants included victims services workers, law enforcement officers, Crown Counsel, criminal justice employees, community workers, and representatives from Aboriginal organizations and government.
Survey asked indeterminate, term and casual employees with at least six months of continuous service to rate 55 statements. Twenty-one were benchmark questions common to federal, provincial and territorial government public service Engagement Surveys across Canada. Total of 1,692 respondents participated.
Outlines the Indian Claims Commission's (ICC) role in mediating a settlement summarizes events that led to resolution. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
Government Relations & Aboriginal Affairs Division
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Outlines provincial Strategy of Métis and Off-Reserve First Nations People (MOR) and discusses questions related to issues affecting Aboriginal people.
Examines the government's decision to move 92 Inuit to two locations on uninhabited and inhospitable High Arctic islands as a way to assert Canadian sovereignty in the region.
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 189, no. 33, August 21, 2017, pp. e1080-1081
Description
Talks about the report, Tubal Ligation in the Saskatoon Health Region: The Lived Experience of Aboriginal Women that confirmed allegations against the Saskatoon Health Region.
Canadian Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies, vol. 36, no. 72, 2011, pp. 33-62
Description
Focuses on press coverage which portrays women as disposable, distinguishes between "innocent" and "immoral" victims, and treats their remains as forensic evidence.