Government

Discusses assimilation policies and testimonies of children of mixed descent who were forcibly removed from their Aboriginal families and raised in white families. Excerpt from Lives in Migration: Rupture and Continuity edited by Martin Renes.

Correspondence relating to Diefenbaker's being made an honorary Chief of the Stoney tribe, his visit to the Stoney Reserve in Alberta, and indigenous voting rights.

Looks at recently created co-managed regulatory boards in three northern Canadian territories: Nunavut, the Northwest Territories and the Yukon. To access this article, scroll down to page 26.

Looks at key law and justice issues: funding services in rural areas; national women's legal program; and women's law and justice policy development and funding issues.

Describes efforts to establish comparable political representation in Russia. Discusses key initiatives and their origins, effects of activists' approach and certain functions of the original institutions.

Overview of funding of health and substance misuse services and hearing and mental health and agreements being negotiated between the Commonwealth and each State and Territory.

Looks at history, economics and politics to explain internal instability and the exploitation of resources. To access this article, scroll down to page 24.

Typescript of a sketch of the formation of provincial governance in the North West Territories. Includes a brief mention of an ordinance for Protection of the Buffalo, and of 'the issue of Scrip to the Halfbreeds of the Territories'.

Looks at background history of the court case and appeal case filed by Negotiating Team regarding the San and Bagkalagadi people. To access this article, scroll down to page 20.

A photograph of students and staff in front of the Indian Industrial School at Battleford. Photograph shows the new east wing added in 1889. Religious and academic subjects, trade courses and a physical education program were included in the curriculum. The students at the far right hold musical instruments (trumpet, bass drum and snare drum are partially visible).

Includes transcript of House Bill 2570, background and committee activity, minutes and reference materials, and various submissions discussing the issue.

American Indian Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Arizona, 2005.

Inquiry responds to the government's failure to adequately address recommendations in Bringing them home: Report of the National Inquiry into the Separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children From the Families.

Uses specific example to illustrate the impact of displacement from important resource harvest sites and efforts to eliminate traditional gardening activities.

Discusses the resilience of reciprocity rites practiced by the Chukotka people in Russia; describes how the people continued to practice these rites, which honour their relationships with the reindeer and the salmon on which they subsisted, even as the Soviet state reordered the social and economic structures in their region.

Includes Saskatoon City Council minutes regarding an application by the Saskatoon Native Woodworking Council Inc. to operate a Sunday Bingo, and Council's recommendations on the matter. Part of minutes from the Monday, March 12, 1984 meeting of Saskatoon City Council.

Makes recommendations for each of five key messages about digital language resources: a "whole community approach is required, the community or nation should own and control resources and technology, Elders should guide development, and policies should be guided by UNDRIP and TRC Calls for Action.

Abstracts and selected papers. Topics were grouped in four areas: global food policy and food safety issues; food production and economic development; food production and sustainable practices; and global perspectives in advancing food security in the Circumpolar world.

Overview of field-based, policy and social solutions which are being proposed or have been put into place.

Analysis of situation in Russia, Norway, Finland, Alaska, and Sweden for Sami herders in terms of management systems, economic efficiency, external conditions, and legislation. Summary Report.

Analysis of situation in Russia, Norway, Finland, Alaska, and Sweden for Sami herders in terms of management systems, economic efficiency, external conditions, and legislation. Full Report.

Reports on research on current state of swidden agriculture in upland villages and the adaptations employed by locals in response to state pressure on land use. To access this article, scroll down to page 6.

Study looked at the experiences and attitudes of six non-Indigenous South Australian Government employees responsible for natural resource management.

Narrative review draws on international literature and Canadian research and practice. Concludes that community-based action combined with structural changes and supportive policies are needed to facilitate healthy living and chronic disease prevention.

Interview with author of Peace, Power, Righteousness: An Indigenous Manifesto. Duration: 26:49.

Looks at the disconnect between Indigenous politics, journal content, and research methodology.

Discusses reasons for including Indigenous people in the REDD (Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation) strategy process.

Brief summary of study which involved interviews with 75 individuals representing First Nations, provincial and federal governments and industry. Discusses progress to-date, pressures, barriers, and recommendations. Includes case study of Saskatchewan.

[Social Policy] Thesis (Ph.D.)--Massey University, 1999.

Looks at the history of Chinese land use and policies toward upland minority nationalities. To access this article, scroll down to page 38.

Looks at the progress of telemedicine and eHealth since hospital reform in 2002.

Authors deconstruct the language and concepts of sovereignty and territory, and re-examine the relationship between the two. They advocate shifting away from contemporary models of “sovereignty over a territory” and towards an approach in which the practice of sovereignty is rooted in a particular territory, its peoples and communities.

Looks at the interpretation of territoriality, state assimilation of the Sami, and the increase of state regulation in herding.

Author reflects on the aftermath of events in Kanehsatà:ke (Oka crisis) and the reasons why Mohawak people took action.

Book review of Theorizing Native Studies edited by Audra Simpson and Andrea Smith.

Conference held in 1995 looks at the imbalance in health circumstances of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and provides recommendations to address the situation through policy changes and funding.

Thomas Major was one of the Metis involved in the early Metis organizations of the province.

Sepia Photograph of the Indian agent Thomas Trueman Quinn, who was the first man killed during the Frog Lake Massacre.

Compares the experience of the Sami to that of Canadian Aboriginals. 2nd ed., revised and expanded.

Reports the Philippine government lacks the political will to enforce the Indigenous Peoples' Rights Act. To access this article, scroll to page 20.