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Walking in Indian Moccasins: The Native Policies of Tommy Douglas and the CCF

Alternate Title
Walking in Indian Moccasins: The Native Policies of Tommy Douglas and the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
James M. Pitsula
Prairie Forum, vol. 23, no. 1, Spring, 1998, pp. 128-131
Description
Book review of: Walking in Indian Moccasins: The Native Policies of Tommy Douglas and the CCF by F. Laurie Barron.
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Wall, Doucette, Riders Top Stories in 2007

Articles » General
Author/Creator
John Lagimodiere
Eagle Feather News, vol. 10, no. 12, December 2007, p. 1,3
Description
Looks at the Saskatchewan Roughriders winning the Grey Cup, Robert Doucette re-elected as president of the Métis Nation-Saskatchewan, residential school victims receiving financial payment and the SaskParty winning the provincial election. Article located on page 1 and then scrolling to page 3..
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Walter Deiter Interview

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Walter Deiter
Murray Dobbin
Indian History Film Project
Description
Walter Deiter, former president of the Federation of Saskatchewan Indians and first president of the National Indian Brotherhood, talks about the importance of Malcolm Norris in Metis politics and the splitting of the National Indian Council into the National Indian Brotherhood and the Metis Association of Canada.
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Water Governance and Indigenous Governance: Towards a Synthesis

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Suzanne von der Porten
Rob de Loë
Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 23, no. 4, Special Issue: Exploring the Governance Landscape of Indigenous Peoples and Water in Canada, Spring, 2013, pp. 1-12
Description
Suggests that both Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples have a role in water governance processes.
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Water Rights and Water Stewardship: What About Aboriginal Peoples?

Articles » General
Author/Creator
David K. Laidlaw
Monique Passelac-Ross
Resources , no. 107, 2010
Description
Article analyzes the existence and nature of Aboriginal water rights, and argues that Aboriginals should be fully involved as the government of Alberta reviews water management policies.
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"We Have Kept Our Part of the Treaty": The Anishinaabe Understanding of Treaty #3

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Grand Council Treaty #3
Description
Discusses discrepancies between what had been promised in the agreement and what was later published by the Canadian government, and the government's actions after it was signed. Focuses on education, fishing, hunting, mineral, forestry, and wild plant rights, assistance for agriculture, and self-government.
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What are Cut-Off Lands?

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs (UBCIC)
Description
Comments on reserve land lost in British Columbia due to the 1916 McKenna-McBride Royal Commission and lists the Band, Reserve and acreage cut-off.
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What Do Indigenous Education Policy Frameworks Reveal about Commitments to Reconciliation in Canadian School Systems?

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Terry Wotherspoon
Emily Milne
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 11, no. 1, Special Section: Indigenizing Entrepreneurship , January 31, 2020
Description
Authors examine the policy frameworks relating to education implemented by provincial and territorial governments in response the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's (TRC) calls to action; find that Indigenous knowledge systems remain subordinate to Western frameworks which undermines the goals of the process of reconciliation.
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Whatever Happened to Jordan's Principle?

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Dan Lett
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 178, no. 12, June 3, 2008, pp. 1534-1535
Description
Discussion of special needs children from Norway House Cree Nation going without medical and social services due to federal-provincial wrangling over which level of government bears financial responsibility; this is contrary to the policy of "children first" drafted in response to the death of Jordan River Anderson.
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When Talk Trumped Service: A Decade of Lost Opportunity for Aboriginal Children and Youth in B.C.

Alternate Title
Special Report (Representative for Children and Youth)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond
Description
Critiques government spending, mainly channelled through the Ministry of Children and Family Development, on initiatives that have not produced concrete, successful outcomes through delivery of front-line services.
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Where We Have Been

Alternate Title
Research in Profile: Where We Have Been
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Anna Paletta
Kimberly Burnett
Just Research, no. 15, 2008, pp. 5-10
Description
Research conducted to help the Nunavut Government Department of Justice monitor and assess justice programs and help communities develop local programs suited to Inuit people. On one pdf. Scroll down to page 5 to read article.
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Which Comes First: Child or Politics? Accessibility and Care for First Nations Children

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Stephanie O'Brien
Our Schools / Our Selves, vol. 18, no. 3, Beyond Child's Play: Caring For and Educating Young Children in Canada, Spring, 2009, pp. 169-175
Description
Discusses the lack of supports and services for children with special needs living on reserves due to inequities in health funding resulting from interjurisdictional disputes between provincial/territorial and federal governments about which will supply the required resources, despite governments' stated commitment to Jordan's Principle.
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Whose Land is It Anyway? A Manual for Decolonization

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Taiaiake Alfred
Glen Coulthard
Russell Diabo
Beverly Jacobs
Melina Laboucan-Massimo ... [et al.]
Description
Contributors discuss the machinery of colonization and resistance movements, and comment on the possibility of reconciliation.
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Without Denial, Delay, or Disruption: Ensuring First Nations Children's Access to Equitable Services Through Jordan's Principle

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Stephanie O'Brien
Doug Maynard
Elizabeth Moreau
Marvin Bernstein
Lisa Wolff ... [et al.]
Description
Analyzes policies and administrative processes in response to the principle, which states that the government of first contact with a First Nations child needing medical treatment is responsible for expenses, with division to be decided later.
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"Working Together": The Dynamics of Multilevel Governance in Nunavut

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Thierry Rodon
Arctic Review on Law and Politics, vol. 5, no. 2, 2014, pp. 250-270
Description
Looks at the unique relationship between the Government of Nunavut and Nunavut Tunngavik Inc.(NTI) , a non-profit organization established as a result of the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement.
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Working Together: The New Yukon Day Care Strategy

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Duncan Sinclair
Northern Review, no. 7, Rural and Northern Social Work, Summer, 1991, pp. 76-91
Description
Comments on the success of the strategy due to the collaboration between government and community to identify requirements and define solutions.
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Youth Gather For Historic Summit

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Blue Pelletier
Eagle Feather News, vol. 10, no. 2, February 2007, p. 1
Description
Looks at a conference, with over 400 youth in attendance, held to discuss the future of the province of Saskatchewan and the future of youth in the province. Article located on page 1.
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