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Editorial: It Takes All of Us to Enforce the Law

Alternate Title
It Takes All of Us to Enforce the Law: First Nations Child and Family Caring society of Canada et al. v. Attorney General of Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
First Nations Child & Family Caring Society of Canada
[Sarah Clarke
Sébastien Grammond
Anne Levesque
David Taylor]
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 13, no. 2, Special Audiovisual Edition, 2018, p. [5]
Links to a short film which examines the history and significance of a case in which the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal found Canada guilty of racial discrimination against First Nations Children. It Takes All of Us ... Duration 26:16.
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Education Act Will Be an Erosion of Treaty Rights, Says Fox

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Shari Narine
Windspeaker, vol. 30, no. 10, January 2013, p. 16

Looks at a meeting held between the Assembly of First Nations and the federal government to discuss First Nations education.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.16.

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Education Consultations Marred by Bloody Saskatoon Skirmish

Articles » General
Author/Creator
David P. Ball
Windspeaker, vol. 30, no. 12, March 2013, p. 24

Looks at a meeting held by Aboriginal Affairs Canada to discuss the proposed First Nations Education Act.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.24.

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Education, Culture and Identity in Rita Joe's "Keskmsi"

Alternate Title
Representing Aboriginality: Aboriginal Literature and Film from the Post-Settler Colonies
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Kathleen Sumpton
Rita Joe's poetry seeks to find a balance between the oppressor and the oppressed.
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Education of Aboriginal Students

E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Jim McCarter
Makes 5 recommendations, to help aboriginal students succeed in school and reduce the gap in student achievement, to the Ministry of Education and school boards. Chapter 3 section 3.05 of the 2012 Annual Report of the Office of the Auditor General of Ontario.
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"Educational Apartheid" Remains Despite New School at Attawapiskat

Articles » General
Author/Creator
David P. Ball
Windspeaker, vol. 30, no. 5, August 2012, p. 24

Examines federal government's promise to provide funding that would ensure First Nations schools be on par with other provincial schools.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.36.

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The Edwin Brooks Letters: Part III

Alternate Title
The Edwin Brooks Letters: Part 3
The Edwin Brooks Letters: Part Three
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Edwin Brooks
Saskatchewan History, vol. 11, no. 2, Spring, 1958, pp. 67-75

Brooks moved from eastern Canada to what is now Indian Head in the spring of 1882; went into partnership in with George P. Murray to form Murray and Brooks, General Merchants, 1883. In 1885 he sat on the jury that found Louis Riel Guilty of High Treason. Letters contain some commentary on local Indigenous peoples, events and settler-Indigenous and government-Indigenous relations. Entire issue on one pdf file, scroll to page 67.

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Effort Falls Flat

Articles » General
Windspeaker, vol. 26, no. 8, November 2008, p. 5

Claims that the Assembly of First Nations National Chief Phil Fontaine's 'Change Can't Wait' campaign failed to capture the attention of political players during the 2008 federal elections.

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Elections - CA : Accepting Office, Radio - TV- CBC

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
John G. Diefenbaker
File contains a copy of Diefenbaker's acceptance of government speech in which he speaks of "those magnificently proud and independent tribes of Indian peoples whose continuing place of precedence in Canadian society we are too often prone to forget."
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Electoral Reform - Path to Equality?

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Lorie-Ann LaRocque
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 21, no. 1, February/March 1992, pp. 4-5
Pros and cons of guaranteed Aboriginal representation in Parliament.
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Eleven Years Later: Inuit Leadership and Governance in Nunavut

Alternate Title
Inuit Studies Conference, 17th, 2010
[Inuit People and the Aboriginal World] Inuit Studies Conference : 17th]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Louis McComber
Comments on the lack of improvement in housing, education, and health since the creation of Nunavut and the signing of the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement.
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Elimination/Deracination: Colonial Terror, La Matanza, and the 1930s Race Laws in El Salvador

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jorge E. Cuéllar
American Indian Culture and Research Journal , vol. 42, no. 2, Settler Colonial Biopolitics and Indigenous Lifeways, 2018, pp. 39-56
Author investigates the colonial violence and race laws in El Salvador in the 1930s, and considers them as a form of terror employed by governing institutions for social control.
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Ellen Fairclough on Mistawasis Petition, Funding Cuts to Indian Affairs

Documents & Presentations
File contains correspondence by Ellen Fairclough and John Diefenbaker. Includes a letter from Diefenbaker mentioning a petition from the people of Mistawasis signed by members of the Dreaver family, and a letter from Fairclough to Donald Fleming protesting cuts to her Departmental Budget, stating that such cuts will hurt the Indian Affairs branch.
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Emergency Management in the Arctic: The Context Explained

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Meredith Kravitz
Vanessa Gastaldo
Discussions on the emergency preparedness needs of northern Indigenous communities with highlights of key issues and obstacles for success including geography, population density, infrastructure, communications, and climate change.
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Empowering Treaty Federalism

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
James [sákéj] Youngblood Henderson
Saskatchewan Law Review, vol. 58, 1994, pp. 241-329
Examines treaty federalism as a relationship and not just an idea, also argues for consolidation of treaty federalism and provincial federalism.
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Enabling First Nations Children to Thrive

Alternate Title
An Assessment of Major Phases of the Research Methodology Used in IFSD’s First Nations Child and Family Services Project
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Halaina Gaspard
[Scott Edward Bennett]
Study conducted as a result of the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal ruling that First Nations children were being discriminated against in the existing child welfare system. Purpose was to: develop reliable data collection, analysis and reporting methodology; provide technical expertise to analyze current agency needs and advice on how to monitor and respond to needs from fiscal and governance perspectives; analyze complete needs assessments; and complete a cost analysis.
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Enacting Reconciliation

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Joyce Green
Contends that all Canadians should be interested in the Final Report, the Executive Summary and the Calls to Action produced by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
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Ending an Era

Alternate Title
Métis Development in the Canadian West ; 5
E-Books
Author/Creator
Calvin Racette
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Energy East and Dakota Access: Pipelines, Protest, and the Obstacles of Mutual Unintelligibility

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kyle Conway
Maude Duguay
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 53, no. 1, Winter, 2019, pp. 27-47
Examines the discourse around two different contested pipeline projects; discusses rhetorical elements including the difference between “claimed” and “government sanctioned” spaces, and whether the perspectives are consistent with or counter to mainstream perspectives. Highlights the differences in worldviews, understandings of cause and effect, and conceptualizations of time and space and the role these differences play.
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The Environment of the Canadian Indian - Arthur J. Smith. - Article. - 1965.

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Arthur J. Smith
This article details the visit of the Hon. John R. Nicholson, Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, to various Aboriginal and Inuit settlements in western and northern Canada. It acknowledges that more should be done by the government to improve housing, employment opportunities and general living conditions.

Historical note:

The responsibilities of Minister of Citizenship and Immigration also included the operation of the Indian Affairs Branch.
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Environmental Governance in First Nation Communities

Alternate Title
Provincial Aboriginal Women's Environmental Health Conference, Thunder Bay, August 15, 2003
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Theresa McClenaghan
Discusses reasons to exercise governance over environmental issues to protect the environment and natural resources that are integral to Aboriginal peoples’ culture.
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Environmental Scan and Gap Analysis on Programs and Services Available to Métis Members

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Marlane Christensen
Janet Newbury
Lists resources available to Métis people in British Columbia through federal, provincial and regional agencies in the areas of children and families, education, economic opportunities, health, housing, identification and data collection, wildlife stewardship, and arts and culture. Based on results of scan makes four recommendations about accessible information, accountable distribution of resources, increased Métis-specific resources, and equitable access to services.
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Envisioning Reconciliation and a New Way Forward

Alternate Title
Nation2Nation Speaker Series
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Robert Joseph
Relates personal stories of residential school experiences, the moment of reconciliation and envisions a renewed Canada. Duration: 47:09.
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[Episode 8. Part 1: Calvin Helin]

Alternate Title
David Berner: Ending the Dependency Trap ; episode 8, part 1
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Calvin Helin
David Berner
Interview with the author of two books which discuss First Nations reliance on the government and the need for self-sufficiency. Duration: 14:18. Part II.
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Esketemc First Nation: Wright's Meadow Pre-Emption Inquiry

Alternate Title
Indian Claims Commission: Esketemc First Nation: Wright's Meadow Pre-Emption Inquiry
E-Books
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
p. 103
At issue is the pre-emption of a meadow used by the Esketemc First Nation or as it was then known the Alkali Lake Band. The inquiry found that Canada breached its fiduciary duty by not protecting the meadow, which was clearly in the band's settlement lands. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
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