Communique, Special Section: Indigenous Peoples: Promoting Psychological Healing and Well-Being, August 2010, pp. xxxii-xxxiv
Description
Overview and historical look at Native American And First Nation communities and their attitude towards "Two-Spirit" personhood.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page xxxii.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 24, no. 1, 2000, pp. 189-198
Description
Argues that decisions of the Indian Claims Commission (ICC) and the courts have not extinguished every acre of original, traditional or recognized titled lands.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 24, no. 1, 2000, pp. 129-162
Description
Retirement of the Indian Claims Commission (ICC), in 1978, did not ultimately resolve all tribal claims to Aboriginal lands as there are still many outstanding claim in the United States.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 24, no. 1, 2000, pp. 173-182
Description
Looks at the long legal process that resulted in the Catawba Land Claim Settlement Act and the extinguishment of a claim for 144,00 acres of highly developed South Carolina land. The settlement also saw the Catawba receive federal and state benefits, restoration as a federal tribe and a $50 million payment.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 24, no. 1, 2000, pp. 163-171
Description
Examines the demand for justice and for the settlement of several land claims put forward by the Zuni Tribe of New Mexico. As a result of these demands three pieces of legislation were created by US Congress and three court cases were filed.
American Quarterly , vol. 62, no. 2, June 2010, pp. 387-394
Description
Book reviews of: The National Museum of the American Indian: Critical Conversations edited by Amy Lonetree and Amanda J. Cobb.
Fritz Scholder: Indian/Not Indianedited by Lowery Stokes Sims, Truman T. Lowe and Paul Chaat Smith.
George De Forest Brush: The Indian Paintings edited by Nancy K. Anderson.
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 34, no. 2, Technologies Créatives / Creative Technologies, 2010, pp. 149-166
Description
Examines the controversy surrounding the shooting of Inuit sled dogs in the communities of Kuujjuaraapik, Puvirnituq, and Kangirsujuaq in the 1950s and 1960s.
[United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women]
E-Books
Author/Creator
Government of Canada
Description
Government's response to Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women's recommendation about investigation of cases of missing or murdered Aboriginal women.
Aboriginal Concerns: Self-Government, Nunavut, Repatriation, Representation, and Aboriginal Media
E-Books » Chapters
Description
Book based on presentations given at a colloquium of the same name. Part V contains Aboriginal content.
To access chapter, scroll down to appropriate page.
Chapter 36: Converging or Diverging Pathways to Aboriginal Self-Determination? Indigenous Peoples, Self-Government, and the Federation by Frances Abele and Michael J. Prince. (p.443)
Chapter 37: Keynote Address on Nunavut: Convergence and Divergence in North America: Canada and the United States by Donat Savoie. ( p.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 20, no. 2, Summer, 2008, pp. 47-63
Description
Comments on e-mails, phone calls and a luncheon meeting that spanned over three years with Native American author David Treuer.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 47.
Looks at effectiveness of existing services offered for the community and for Aboriginal women and concludes that not enough gender and ethnic services are offered.
Looks at the need to import provisions to feed the growing population.
Chapter from Papers of the 39th Algonquian Conference edited by Karl S. Hele, Regna Darnell.
The Beaver, vol. 80, no. 2, April/May 2000, pp. 34-[?]
Description
Describes explorer William Epps Cormack's walk across the interior of Newfoundland and his attempt to locate any members of Beothuk tribe, who were feared extinct due to the effects of European settlements on the coast.
Federal government site providing links to Policy and Legislation, Families of Offenders Portal, Restorative Justice, Citizen's Advisory Committees, Parole and Community Corrections, and reintegration programs.