Supports the Cree Nation's proposal of a wellness centre, which will include a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) clinic, on the urban reserve land in Saskatoon.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 11, no. 2, February 2008, p. 3
Description
Looks at the economic benefits and social development opportunities that the settlement agreement will bring to the Muskoday First Nation.
Article located by scrolling to page 3.
Found that the Crown breached its pre-surrender fiduciary obligations to the Muskowekwan First Nation regarding both surrenders. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
Pennsylvania History, vol. 71, no. 4, 2004, pp. 479-493
Description
Author, who graduated in 1894, relates his initial experiences at the school. He later became one of its most successful graduates and a vocal supporter of the principle of assimilation or extinction.
Poem by Nils-Aslak Valkeapāā and translated by Ralph Salisbury, Lars Nordström and Harald Gaski describes how the Sámi people live in relation to the land.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 20, no. 4, Winter, 2008, pp. 76-86
Description
Discusses the impact of Momaday's Pulitzer Prize winning novel, House Made of Dawn, on both Aboriginals and non-Aboriginals in the forty years since its' publication.
To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 16, no. 3, Fall, 2004, pp. 47-69
Description
Argues this work demonstrates, to mainstream readers, the power and presence of an alternative reality by juxtaposing technological advances to the lives of Native American living on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation in North Dakota.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 47.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 18, no. 2, 1998, pp. 255-270
Description
Discusses the principles of sentencing circles in Dene and Métis communities and uses the Dene mythic hero Swan to illustrate the principles in relation to several recent cases.
Canadian Woman Studies, vol. 26, no. 3-4, Indigenous Women in Canada: The Voices of First Nations, Inuit and Metis Women, Winter/Spring, 2008, pp. 193-199
Description
Contains personal narratives of individuals describing the development of their identities as two-spirit people.
Claim submitted to the Specific Claims Branch of the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs in 1992, alleging there was a failure to meet the statutory requirements regarding the taking of reserve lands for school purposes. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
Eagle Feather News, vol. 11, no. 8, August 2008, p. 5
Description
Looks at several inspirational stories of long distance First Nations runners and the continuation of the legacy by athletes attending the North American Indigenous Games.
Article located by scrolling to page 5.
Looks at the factors associated with participation in a Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) as well as the responses to a whole-school or early learning service Reflection Survey (RS)
Culture, medicine and psychiatry , vol. 32, no. 3, 2008, pp. 421-439
Description
Author argues that narratives developed in treatment are a product of the imposition of CBT in combination with dynamic group processes and this limits its effectiveness.