Indigenous Affairs, no. 1-2, Development and Customary Law, 2010, pp. 16-21
Description
Discusses customary law’s contribution to addressing areas where ordinary criminal or civil laws have failed particularly in reference to mass violence .
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Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 17, no. 6, November/December 1993, pp. 15-17
Description
Looks at alcohol abuse and violence in Aboriginal communities and how some communities are using community shelter for women, rehabilitation, fewer liquor outlets and night patrols to deal with it.
Proceedings of the 15th International Congress on Circumpolar Health
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mariya A. Dikovskaya
Alexandr
N. Trunov
Valeriy V. Chernykh
Tatyana A. Korolenko
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 72, Supplement 1, 2013, p. article no. 21087
Description
Findings based on a study of 54 patients indicate that increased levels of cystatin C in tear fluid can be a diagnostic factor in the eye tumors studied.
Focuses on two objects from the exhibition (Wasco argillite platter and totem pole) to demonstrate the artist's execution of two-dimensional and three-dimensional design.
Excerpt from Charles Edenshaw curated by Robin K. Wright and Daina Augaitis.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 13, no. 10, October 2010, p. 13
Description
Discusses how the Dakota Dunes reinvests gaming profits to various communities which target youth, elders and the disadvantaged.
Article found by scrolling to page 13.
Purpose of study was to: describe extent and nature of violence/abuse, identify socio-economic issues associated with it, describe how it is identified and dealt within each community, assess available services from client's perspective, and make recommendations for providing more appropriate responses in the future.
Artist's own experiences as a hybrid subject influence her work and represents the reality of most Aboriginal people today. Includes annotated photographs from exhibition.
Analyzes the use of Ghost Dance and Wounded Knee references in Alexie's works.
Chapter 1 from Sherman Alexie: A Collection of Critical Essays edited by Jeff Berglund and Jan Roush.
Where Happiness Dwells: A History of the Dane-zaa First Nations
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Robin Ridington
Jillian Ridington
Description
Presents two versions of Dreamer Charlie Yahey's creation story.
Preface, introduction and chapter one from Where Happiness Dwells: A History of the Dane-zaa First Nations by Robin Ridington and Jillian Ridington.
American Antiquity, vol. 75, no. 2, April 2010, pp. 287-325
Description
Argues that the bow and arrow were present in the early Holocene and that atlatls, bows and arrows were used, in varying frequencies, at the same time.
Studies in Canadian Literature / Études en littérature canadienne, vol. 35, no. 2, Special Section: Indigeneity in Dialogue: Indigenous Library Expression Across Linguistic Divides, 2010, pp. [53]-75
Description
Comments on a play that focuses on the contemporary situation of youth in Montreal and the imaginary community of Kinogamish.
Describes how the Innu gave up the remnants of their nomadic culture to settle in half-built houses on the northeast coast of Labrador.
Duration: 8:11.
Discusses the social disintegration of an Innu settlement and the possible causes.
Classroom lesson plan to accompany segment on DVD News in Review. March, 1993.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 34, no. 2, 2010, pp. 81-101
Description
Promotes the cohesion of Haudenosaunee people on both sides of the United States/Canada border by sharing history, clan research and linking clan relatives.
Comments on the alleged slaughter of Inuit sled dogs by the RCMP, in the 1950s to the 1970s, and the Qikiqtani Truth Commissions' investigation of the allegations.
University of Toronto Law Journal, vol. 52, no. 3, Summer, 2002, pp. 253-300
Description
Article gives a brief history of the schools, explains why the litigation process has been less than satisfactory, disputes ADR's viability as a non-judicial alternative, and discusses the possibility of using some model of restorative justice for dealing with the issue.