Report looks at factors impacting placement decisions for children subject to the Act (ICWA), the degree to which, if any, placements have been delayed, and federal oversight of state administration.
Overview of the Indian Claims Commission activities for the year, including status of claims, summary of claims, inquiry reports, inquiries and mediation and facilitation.
Overview of the Indian Claims Commission's activities for the year including inquiries and reports, special initiatives and plans for the next year. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
Outlines the inception and history of the Indian Claims Commission (ICC) and how it has gained credibility as an independent, neutral body conducting inquiries into specific claim disputes. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
Reports include the Roseau River Anishinabe First Nation Inquiry, the Peguis First Nation Inquiry and the Cowessess First Nation Inquiry. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
Whispering Wind, vol. 42, no. 3, December/January 2014, pp. 19-23
Description
Describes the encampment created as part of the Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition held in Omaha, Nebraska. Over 500 Native Americans from 35 tribes attended.
Museum Anthropology, vol. 28, no. 2, Fall, 2005, pp. 17-30
Description
Attempts to address criticisms of the National Museum of the American Indian by giving an overview of its structure, exhibitions, and total museum experience.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 25, no. 3, 2001, pp. 143-159
Description
Paper introduces complexity theory as a new conceptual approach to research in Native American studies and to gaming in particular. The paper argues that although gaming can have positives, it can also spawn major and irreversible changes in a community, perhaps even weaken a tribe and its sovereignty.
History of Education Quarterly, vol. 45, no. 1, Spring, 2005
Description
Looks at the ways Native-American teachers influenced the experiences of children in boarding schools by helping students value both white education and their Native-American heritage.
Canadian Bulletin of Medical History, vol. 27, no. 1, Spring, 2010, pp. 139-161
Description
Discusses the structure and function of two hospitals within the Indian Health and Alaska Native Health Services. The article also looks at the historic training and role of Aboriginal nurses and caregivers within those systems.
Presents a short story titled, The Indian in the Child, written by the seventeen-year-old winner of the Canadian Aboriginal Writing Challenge, Stephanie Wood.
Brief background on the entrepreneur behind Native Trail Tours and the story told to tourists which prompted the development of the Indian Maiden product.
Continuation of business case study describing marketing the product and the subsequent idea of publishing a book of Mi'kmaw stories as told to the entrepreneur by her mother.
Indigenous Law & Policy Center Occasional Paper Series
Indigenous Law & Policy Center Working Paper ; 2010-02
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Erin Lillie
Indigenous Law & Policy Center Working Paper
Description
Discusses the Act which prohibits employment discrimination based on religion, race, colour, national origin, age, sex, height, weight, familial status or marital status.
Discusses the ramifications of Bill C-31, which amended the Indian Act, and the policy options available to the Registrar of Indian and Northern Affairs to deal with the inequities that have arisen in terms of children having status.
Looks at suits filed by residential school survivors against the Canadian government for loss of culture, spirituality and physical and sexual abuse.
Duration: 7:13.
[ISID Conference 2014: Whose Truth? What Kind of Reconciliation?]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Murray Sinclair
Description
Presentation by the Chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada on the history of residential schools, treaty promises, abuse in the schools and more.
Duration: 44:59.
LawNow, vol. 38, no. 6, Bench Marks: Cases that Change the Legal Landscape, July/Aug. 2014, p. [?]
Description
Presents timeline beginning at 1755 leading up to the inception of the residential school system and ending at 2014 with the Truth and Reconciliation Commission hearings wrap up.
Report on the activities of the independent, quasi-judicial tribunal which administers the Independent Assessment Process for claims related to acts committed at the schools which resulted in physical and/or psychological injury..
Report on the activities of the independent, quasi-judicial tribunal which administers the Independent Assessment Process for claims related to acts committed at the schools which resulted in physical and/or psychological injury.