Discusses three misconceptions: that there is a large migration taking place from reserves and rural areas to urban centres, that once in these centres they become members of an impoverished ghetto, and that Aboriginals face huge challenges in building culture and community in urban settings.
Revisits the politics and controversy surrounding a controversial science initiative program called Man: A Course of Study (MACOS) which attempted tof teach American children what it was to be human.
Duration: 55:00.
Justice as Healing, vol. 1, no. 1, Spring, 1996, p. [?]
Description
Relates a story for use in discussion and teaching of the justice as a healing concept.
Note: This is a sample article from the publication. Subscriptions are available from the Native Law Centre.
American Indian Quarterly , vol. 28, no. 1/2, Special Issue: Empowerment Through Literature, Winter-Spring, 2004, pp. 238-251
Description
Author offers a settler-ally perspective on the Commemorative Walk, and on the historical events which it remembers. Discusses the history of colonization and of genocide through the lens of trauma, healing, and social justice.
First Nations Métis Education Provincial Advisory Committee (FNMEPAC)
Description
Working draft of strategy with vision to build local capacity through relationship and understanding, excellence and equity, and accountability to First Nations and Métis learners and all learners across Saskatchewan.
Access Catalyst Leaders' Toolkit.
Nicotine and Tobacco Research, vol. 6, no. 4, August 2004, pp. 689-692
Description
Rates of tobacco cessation agent usage appear to be less by First Nations peoples versus other Canadians, further research is recommended to discover the factors why.
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 33, no. 1, Connecting to Spirit in Indigenous Research, 2010
Description
Discusses the way in which the tobacco contributes to Indigenous research methodology and examines how Indigenous research can draw upon Indigenous ways of knowing by connecting individuals with the spiritual and physical world.
UBC Undergraduate Journal of Art History, no. 1, November 1, 2010, pp. [1]-11
Description
Discusses the exhibition which consists of twelve signs situated on unceded land on the grounds of the Vancouver Art Gallery and the Point Grey campus of the University of British Columbia.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 16, no. 3, Fall, 2004, pp. 29-46
Description
Contends that the Tlingit author's poetry, with its traditional themes and world concepts, successfully translates into a non-traditional form of English poetry.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 29.
Jordin Tootoo describes his life and the differences between playing with the Nashville Predators in the National Hockey League and life in Rankin Inlet, Nunavut.