Organizations

Looks at attempts by Arctic Athabaskan Council, Gwich’in Council International, Inuit Circumpolar Council, and the Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK) to frame Arctic climate change as a security issue.

Looks at the American Indian Movement (AIM), protests and Russell Means.

Looks at the history of the Central Australian Aboriginal Congress and where it is today.

Presents the story of a woman finding her natural mother with the help of Link-up, an organization established to help Aboriginal fostered or adopted adults find their families.

File contains 5 negatives showing two men being made honorary Chiefs of the Federation of Saskatchewan Indians (presumably in Prince Albert, SK) on November 15, 1967.

File contains two negatives showing two Prince Albert, SK women who were elected to the Executive of the Saskatchewan Indian Women's Association. The photographs were taken on July 14, 1972.

Includes links to: library, publications for purchase, events, research, etc..

Looks at the effect the International Decade of the World's Indigenous People had on the world's Indigenous people as well as their impact on the United Nations. To access this article, scroll to page 3.

Discusses the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples finally being endorsed by the United States, and what it will mean to Canada and the rest of the world. Article found by scrolling to page 6.

Discussion of an agreement to increase efforts in protecting traditional knowledge and genetic resources.

Overview of the UN Declaration includes topics of Aboriginal treaty rights, women’s rights, rights to education and employment, rights to self-determination, and rights to land.

Part I discusses historical and colonial context, provides snapshot of general communities and statistical indicators of families accessing services, and looks at the Indigenous Outcomes model found in Raising the Village. Part II explores needs of families with children requiring specialized services, perspectives on partnership-building, and eight themes which emerged from discussions with non-Indigenous service providers.

Discussion of characteristics of Aboriginal economic development followed by analysis of the success of Lac la Ronge Indian Band and its Kitsaki Development Corporation.

Paper from: AGSE 2004: Regional Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research 2004: Proceedings of the First Annual Regional Entrepreneurship Research Exchange edited by L. Murray Gillin, Frank La Pira, and John Yencken.

File contains 2 negatives of an unidentified man (possibly a Chief) recieving a plaque from an undintified official at the official opening of the District Chief's Office in Prince Albert, SK, in March, 1988.

Results of gathering of representatives from several AIDS organizations, funders, federal and provincial governments, Tripartite First Nations Health Plan staff, and researchers which discusses and identifies strategies and challenges faced in ending the HIV epidemic.

Provides links to resources, First Nations Digital Document Source, issues/campaigns and action centre.

Describes the events, activist groups, and preceding organizations which influenced the formation of the Union.

Discusses a framework to assist the UN system to integrate Indigenous peoples' issues into country policies and programmes.

Discusses recommendations from a United Nations conference on effects of racism and discrimination on social and economic relations between Indigenous peoples and countries they live in.

Outlines the history of the human rights ambassador and explains the complaint process. To access this article scroll down to page 32.

Scrutinised the drafting process of the Universal Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

Atlantic Canada Studies Thesis (M.A.)--Saint Mary's University, 2003.

History Thesis (Ph.D.)--Simon Fraser University, 2015.

Looks at the proposed construction of coal gasification plants on the Navajo Reservation in northwestern New Mexico in 1977, and how the interests of local residents were ignored.

Brief news updates on the Oka Crisis, James Bay environmental battle, rainforest logging, and the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, to be held in Brazil.

Summaries for the Atlantic, Central, Prairie (Saskatchewan, Manitoba), and Western Regions.

Information gathered from interviews with 16 representatives from service organizations. Questions concerned services and programs offered, partnership development, gaps in service provision, and funding.

Study focused on: demographic and mobility patterns, service delivery, culture and identity, issues specific to children, youth, and women, racism, health, and income and poverty. Research conducted through key informant interviews, life histories, focus groups and community survey. Sample size of 288 respondents.

Study undertaken to provide information for development of strategic resource allocation, understanding of current policy approaches and legislative frameworks, and on-going issues faced by the population in the cities of Thunder Bay, Ottawa, Barrie/Midland/Orillia, Sudbury and Kenora.

Study focused on: education, income, employment, housing, culture and identity, racism, health, issues specific to youth, women and men and provision of social services. Research conducted through key informant interviews, life histories, focus groups and community survey. Sample size of 280 participants 96 percent of whom were Aboriginal.

Study focused on: demographics and mobility patterns, culture and identity, service delivery, racism, health, housing, income and employment, and issues specific to youth and women. Research conducted through key informant interviews, life histories, focus groups and community survey. Sample size of 441 respondents; 182 participated in qualitative component and 259 participated in quantitative component.

Study focused on: demographics and mobility patterns, service delivery, culture and identity, issues specific to youth and women, racism, and health. Research conducted through key informant interviews, life histories, focus groups and community survey. Sample size of 425.