Law Thesis (LL.M.)--York University, 2005.
Explores violence perpetrated against Helen Betty Osborne, Neil Stonechild and the Lovelace case in the negative legal context created in Canada in relation to First Nations peoples.
History of Education, vol. 33, no. 2, March 2004, pp. 199-230
Description
Discusses informal photographs which relate to the structure of the schools, their physical environment and the daily lives of teachers and students. Argues that because they provide social and cultural context, visual representations should be treated as important primary sources in research.
Native Studies Review, vol. 9, no. 1, 1993-1994, pp. 33-50
Description
Argues that negative, stereotypical depictions are significant because they both reflect and influence public opinion and that artistic interpretation failed to evolve at the same pace as historical literature.
Risk Analysis: An International Journal, vol. 24, no. 4, August 2004, pp. 1007-1018
Description
Results show little downside economically or nutritionally when replacing some "country food" with food from other sources, but few have actually altered their lifestyle perhaps because of the high value placed on the traditional economy.
Fifth Canadian Rural Health Society Conference: Rural Health: Celebrating Diversity and Strength, Sudbury, Ontario, October 21-24, 2004
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Anelise Santo
Tara Lyons
Description
Identifies four contributing risk factors: sexually transmitted disease, substance abuse, social problems and cultural factors.Recommends further research and culturally sensitive community involvement to address epidemic.
Explores how social capital theory has been applied to Aboriginal contexts in each country.
Chapter from Social Capital in Action: Thematic Policy Studies by Maurice Lévesque, Norah Keating, Jennifer Swindle, Deborah Foster, Jean Lock Kunz ... [et al.]
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Canadian Journal of Political Science, vol. 37, no. 3, September 2004, pp. 671-694
Description
Discusses the Yukon First Nations' rejection of financial terms presented by the federal and territorial governments and the implications for self-government of other First Nations.
Human Ecology, vol. 32, no. 4, August 2004, pp. 421-441
Description
Assesses the impacts of the 1984 change in Alaska fire policy from one of exclusion to one of management on Native land use in the Yukon Flats National Wildlife
Refuge.
Addresses concerns regarding lack of cultural knowledge to inform programs of support, screening, and intervention.
Paper from: World Indigenous Peoples' Conference on Education, University of Waikato, Hamilton, Aotearoa, New Zealand, November 27-December 1, 2005
Indian Residential Schools: Implications of the Supreme Court Decision in the Barney (Blackwater) Lawsuit
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
The United Church of Canada
Description
Presents the background to the Blackwater v. Plint case, which was about the harm done to children at the Alberni Indian Residential School and the implications of this decision for the United Church of Canada.
Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, vol. 67, no. 8-10, May 2004, pp. 791-808
Description
Survey of the Sencoten (Saanich) people and exposure to persistent organic pollutants (POPs) via traditional foods including fish and aquatic resources.
Current Anthropology, vol. 34, no. 1, February 1993, pp. 93-100
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Review of exhibitions Indigena: Perspectives of Indigenous Peoples on Five Hundred Year and Shared Visions: Native American Painters and Sculptors in the Twentieth Century.
ĆELÁNEN: a Journal of Indigenous Governance, vol. 1, no. 1, 2004, p. [?]
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Discusses recommendations that should be made to address the conflict between the Chilean state and Mapuche Nation including establishing an exchange program between the Indigenous Institute in Temuco and the Indigenous Governance Program at the University of Victoria, B.C.