Government

[American Indian Studies] Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Minnesota, 2012.

Reviews recommendations made by United Nations, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, and the Legal Strategies Coalition, and Canada's responses to them.

Looks at the influences of state ideologies in the policies and practices of a provincial museum.

Debunks 10 commonly-held misconceptions.

Examines how racism influences environmental policy in relation to housing, employment and law enforcement.

Major problems identified include lack of co-ordination between health, housing, employment and education systems and the Government and State/Territories and community agencies .

Book review of: Native America, Discovered and Conquered by Robert J. Miller.

File contains 2 negatives from an unidentified National Chief's Conference Panel (Prince Albert?) held on March 5, 1989. The negatives show a variety of unidentified officials sitting at a table, during a panel discussion.

Book review of: Native Nations and U.S. Boarders by Rachel Rose Starks, Jen McCormack and Stephen Cornell.

This bibliography includes materials relating primarily to Canadian Aboriginals in the area of ethnographic, historical and political geography. Specific subjects include ethnography and human ecology; early European contacts, settlers and the fur trade; conflict and control over native peoples; the British Indian Department and the Canadas; and contemporary Indian reserves. Also included are materials from the United States, Latin America, Australia, New Zealand, Greenland Inuit and Russian minorities.

Provides some insight into the differences between the value systems of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginals.

Presents the Australian Native Titles Act of 1993.

Book review of: The Navajo Political Experience revised edition by David E. Wilkins.

Sociology Thesis (Ph.D.)--York University, 2014.

Geography Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of British Columbia, 1996.

Author of Neoliberal Apartheid discusses commonalities between two states, including the patterns of extreme inequality, racialized poverty and advanced securitization which are symptomatic neoliberal regimes.

Discusses an initiative to restructure national scientific research funding and the way it was critiqued by Maori researchers for its failure to include their input or perspectives. Study looked at documents produced by the government ministry responsible for the policy, media coverage and blogs, and conducted interviews with 17 Māori researchers.

Looks at historical and contemporary conflicts between the government, the Maoists rebels and the youth movement. To access this article, scroll down to page 50.

Curriculum and Instruction Thesis (M.A.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2016.

Looks at policies that would enable Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders to enjoy the same living standards of other Australians.

Three photographs (2 scanned here) of David Ahenakew, president of the Federation of Saskatchewan Indians, speaking at an NDP convention in Saskatoon, November 19, 1977.

Contemporary Art, Design, and New Media Art Histories Thesis (M.A.)--OCAD University, 2014.

Looks at working party established to develop a framework for health workers, nurses and doctors that defines their roles in remote communities and how they should work together.

Book review of New Treaty New Tradition by Carwyn Jones and Fragile Settlements by Amanda Nettelbeck, Russell Smandych, Louis A. Knafla, and Robert Foster. Entire review section on one pdf. To access this review scroll to p. 156.

Discusses tribes' struggles to protect their rights and reclaim their reservation lands.

Brief article about National Institute of Health of the United States and the Canadian Institute of Health Research signing a joint agreement to cooperate on issues related to health research.

Book review of: Noble, Wretched, & Redeemable by C. L. Higham.

Focuses on the Duroobe in Burkina Faso, the vulnerability of nomadic pastoralists and negative stereotypes and makes recommendations for improvement. To access this article, scroll down to page 48.

A photograph of a non-Aboriginal woman and man in Victorian style dress posing beside a large catch of Northern Pike, location unknown. The woman is probably Blanche Mann who lived and worked with her father, Indian agent George Mann (see historical note).

Chapter 3 from The Sea of Identities: A Century of Baltic and East European Experiences with Nationality, Class, and Gender edited by Norbert Götz. Looks at state run violence against the Nordic minorities and long term results.

Law Thesis (LL.M.)--University of British Columbia, 2012.

Norman Brudy is a member of the Communist party and was provincial party organizer for Saskatchewan in the early 1960s when both Brady and Norris were party members. Brudy gives his impressions of Norris and Brady as political leaders and Marxists and discusses their application of Marxism to the native question.

1 file containing: An Introduction to the Geography of the Canadian Arctic. Chapter VI, Pages 75-86, discusses the way of life of the Canadian Inuit including: population and distribution; social organization; hunting and fishing; language, art and religion; and regional groups. -"The Awakening North", an excerpt from the annual report of Seagrams Ltd. including a portfolio of pictures of the north, several of which are of Inuit peoples.

Introduction to special issue on state-society relations.

Discusses Aboriginal voting patterns and participation in the electoral process. Duration: 9:28.

Bonita Beatty discusses the political culture found in the north. Duration:10:02.

Looks at the Australian government's intervention in Aboriginal communities due to allegations of sexual abuse.

Looks at findings from three-year research project on voter engagement. Related material: Community Engagement Factsheet.

Uses examples of research on the Sámi and immigrants to illustrate how lines have been blurred between scholarly activities and domestic policies.

Looks at the influences the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland and the Standing Committee on Applied Anthropology had on policies concerning Aborigines.

Examines the eviction of the Keeseekowenin Ojibway Band from a small reserve within the Riding Mountain National Park boundary in response to local economic development, tourism, and federal administrative priorities.

Lists correspondence and internal working papers.

Looks at the strategy developed to address violence and sexual assault using holistic and culturally sensitive methods.

Discusses the partnership between the New South Wales government, Community Controlled Medical Services and Aboriginal communities and the development of a State Aboriginal health policy.

Results of community consultations conducted by the review panel, gives recommendations for improvement to support recipients to become more self-reliant.