Canadian Dimension, vol. 44, no. 5, September 2010, pp. 12-13
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Discusses the federal government's funding cuts in 2010 to the Aboriginal Healing Foundation and the effects on organizations such as the Native Women's Shelter of Montreal which provided healing support from the trauma of residential schools.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 12, no. 6, June 2009, p. 21
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Looks at the program, Bridges and Foundations for Aboriginal Development, developed to train 400 First Nations and Métis people in residential construction.
Article located by scrolling to page 21.
Describes the thriving fur industry in the Montreal region in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Website includes history, the bourgeois, the voyageurs, role of Aboriginal women, North West Company, Hudson's Bay Company, virtual tour, image gallery, and activities.
Australasian Canadian Studies, vol. 27, no. 1-2, Globalising Indigeneity: New Research Directions, 2009, pp. 85-94
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"This paper introduces the concept of fur trade colonialism as something that is separate to settler colonialism".
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 85.
Overview of Ochekwi Sipi Cree First Nation and the treaty negotiation process.
Chapter in book: Papers of the Rupert's Land Colloquium 2008 edited by Margaret Anne Lindsay and Malory Allyson Richards.
Journal of Aboriginal Health, vol. 1, no. 1, Governance of Aboriginal Health, January 2004, pp. 96-97
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Book reviews of:
Colonizing Bodies: Aboriginal Health and Healing in British Columbia, 1900-50 by Mary-Ellen Kelm and Akak'stiman: A Blackfoot Framework for Decision Making and Mediation Processes by Reg Crowshoe, Sybille Manneschmidt.
Journal of Aboriginal Health, vol. 1, no. 1, Governance of Aboriginal Health, January 2004, pp. 115-116
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Book reviews of: Beyond Intellectual Property: Toward Traditional Resource Rights for Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities by Darrell A. Posey, Graham Dutfield and
Protecting Indigenous Knowledge and Heritage: A Global Challenge by Marie Battiste, James (Sa'ke'j) Youngblood Henderson.
Journal of Aboriginal Health, vol. 1, no. 1, Governance of Aboriginal Health, January 2004, pp. 26-27
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Book reviews of 2 books:
Aboriginal Health in Canada: Historical, Cultural, and Epidemiological Perspectives by James B. Waldram, D. Ann Herring, T. Kue Young and
Comparing the Policy of Aboriginal Assimilation: Australia, Canada and New Zealand by Andrew Armitage.
Journal of Aboriginal Health, vol. 1, no. 1, Governance of Aboriginal Health, January 2004, pp. 52-53
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Book reviews of:
The Coming of the Spirit of Pestilence: Introduced Infectious Diseases and Population Decline Among Northwest Coast Indians, 1774-1874 by Robert Boyd and
Doing Things the Right Way: Dene Traditional Justice in Lac La Martre, N.W.T. by Joan Ryan.
Journal of Aboriginal Health, vol. 1, no. 1, Governance of Aboriginal Health, January 2004, pp. 66-67
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Book reviews of:
Unfinished Dreams: Community Healing and the Reality of Aboriginal Self-Government by Wayne Warry and
Shifting Boundaries: Aboriginal Identity, Pluralist Theory, and the Politics of Self-Government by Tim Schouls.
Futures, vol. 41, no. 1, Futures of Indigenous Knowledges, February 2009, pp. 13-23
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Looks at the challenges facing the growth of research incorporating indigenous knowledge (IK) and recommends the continued promotion of a holistic approach.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 13, no. 12, December 2010, p. 16
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Overview of the three-day cultural conference, celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Gabriel Dumont Institute, which was attended by approximately 350 people and featured a keynote address by Maria Campbell.
Article found by scrolling to page 16.
Profiles gathered from Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal planners and practitioners currently undertaking process with First Nations. Covers areas of governance, land use planning, consultation, and environmental management.
Explores relationships between key background variables of youth and their experience on the street and identifies gaps in the literature that may be considered in the planning of future research.
Journal of Indigenous Voices in Social Work, vol. 1, no. 1, February 2010, pp. 1-18
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Summarizes lessons learnt from a project that facilitated the discussion on issues of survival in the academy and social work programs; and discusses experiences of personal and collective healing.
Gabriel Dumont Institute Big Winner at Book Awards
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Andréa Ledding
Eagle Feather News, vol. 12, no. 12, December 2009, p. 13
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Comments on the award winning childrens' book, Dancing In My Bones, and other nominations and awards at the 2009 Saskatchewan Book Awards.
Article located by scrolling to page 13.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 13, no. 7, July 2010, p. 16
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Looks at GDI's 30th year celebration along with the 125th anniversary of the 1885 Resistance and trial of Louis Riel, the 105th anniversary of Saskatchewan's entrance into Confederation, and the 40th anniversary of the Back to Batoche festival.
Article found by scrolling to page 16.
Journal of Aboriginal Economic Development, vol. 6, no. 2, Fall , 2009, pp. 46-63
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Assessment and recommendations made by representatives of the Native Women's Association of Canada.
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Discusses the housing needs of urban Aboriginal peoples and how this issue relates to unemployment, poverty, and child-rearing challenges, often faced by single parent households.
Gender, Place & Culture: A Journal of Feminist Geography, vol. 16, no. 2, April 2009, pp. 201-223
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Presents a study that looks at health and environmental risk perspectives associated with gender and place in two sets of northern Canadian Aboriginal communities.
History Compass, vol. 7, no. 6, November 2009, pp. 1606-1615
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Studies reveal that gender and sexuality were paramount to all colonial North American borderland encounters among and between Native Americans and Europeans.
Canadian Issues, Journeys of a Generation: Broadening the Aboriginal Well-Being Policy Research Agenda, Winter, 2009, pp. 45-51
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Examines differences between female and male aboriginal and non-aboriginal students and details results in terms of official Band status and those not formally affiliated by a Band.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 45.
Reports discrimination remains in the registration provision of the Indian Act and is found in the second generation cut-off rule which was not looked at in the McIvor case.