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Urbanization and Indigenous Peoples in Canada: Responses for the Questionnaire from the Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
National Association of Friendship Centres
Questions were posed about key factors driving urbanization, impacts on social, economic and cultural cohesions, discrimination, identity, recognition and culture, at risk populations, and Indigenous-led initiatives and state responses.
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Use Your Voice Ta’Kaiya Blaney Speak - and Sing - Her Hope for the Future

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Ta’Kaiya Blaney
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 37, no. 3, The World on Our Shoulders: Cultivating Indigenous Youth Leadership, September 2013, p. [?]
Young environmentalist discusses her views and her song, Shallow Waters which highlights how an oil spill in the northwest coast could tragically end the traditional way of life for many coastal First Nations and devastate all marine and coastal life and habitat.
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"Veto" and "Consent" - Significant Differences

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Paul Joffe
Explains free, prior and informed consent (FPIC) in the context of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the term "veto" by the Supreme Court.
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Violence Against Aboriginal Women and Girls: An Issue Paper

Alternate Title
National Aboriginal Women' Summit, June 20-22, 2007
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Native Women’s Association of Canada
Describes the impacts of violence, current policies, strategies, action plans, and presents recommendations.
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Violence Against Women and Due Diligence: Applying the Inter-American Court of Human Rights’ Cotton Field Framework to the Case of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women in Canada

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Olívia Radics
De iurisprudentia et iure publico / Journal of Legal and Political Sciences, vol. 7, no. 1, 2013, pp. [1]-23
Discusses statistics, historical, social and economic context of the issue, Canadian state's investigations, and specific responses and observations by international treaty bodies.
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Violence and Abuse in Sámi Communities

Alternate Title
Thematic Report (Norwegian National Human Rights Institution)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Norwegian National Human Rights Institution

Analyzes the State's human rights obligations as found in the European Convention on Human Human Rights, the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, the Istanbul Convention, and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and examines the challenges that prevent Sámi victims from accessing support services and the measures implemented to provide remedies to the problem.

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The Violence That Indigenous Women Face

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Anna Hunter
Canadian Dimension, vol. 39, no. 2, March/April 2005, pp. 34-35
Explains the issue and describes the "Sisters in Spirit" campaign that urges government action to ensure the safety of Indigenous women in Canadian cities.
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Voice of a Leader: If You Truly Believe Children Are Our Future - the Future is Now

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Wayne Chistian
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 5, no. 1, 2010, pp. 10-14
Modified speech by Chief Wayne Christian talking about the history of his community, and how state policies, legislation and laws have affected a way of life for his people. The article also illustrates, through narrative, the importance of re-­learning cultural practices.
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Voices For Change: Aboriginal Child Welfare in Alberta: A Special Report

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Del Graff]
Looks at data gathered from children, youth, caregivers, and other stakeholders regarding involvement with the child welfare system and identifies issues that are contributing to the over-representation of Aboriginal young people in the system. Presents 8 recommendation to improve outcomes.
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The Way Forward: How Indigenous Philanthropy Can Change the World

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Evelyn Arce
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 37, no. 2, The Seventh Generation: Spotlight on Indigenous Youth, June 2013, p. [?]
Describes effective grant-making strategies to support sustainable and culturally appropriate development projects, planned and implemented by and for Indigenous communities.
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We Are All Crees

Alternate Title
cs canada 17.2
Articles » General
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 17, no. 2, Behind the Headlines, Summer, 1993
Highlights an excerpt from a testimony to the Massachusetts legislature given by Grand Chief MathrewCoon Come of the Grand Council of the Cree regarding hydroelectric developments in Quebec.
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We Can't Make the Same Mistake Twice

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Alanis Obomsawin
Documentary about a landmark discrimination case filed by the Assembly of First Nations and the Child and Family Caring Society of Canada against Indian and Northern Affairs Development Canada in 2007 about the treatment of First Nations children. Duration: 2:42:53.
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We Need to Return to the Principles of Wahkotowin

Alternate Title
Reflections
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Maria Campbell
Eagle Feather News, vol. 10, no. 11, November 2007, p. 5
Looks at the importance of honoring and respecting relationships with humans and animals and the good that will come of this. Article located by scrolling to page 5.
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"We're Going Slowly Because We're Going Far": Building An Autonomous Education System in Chiapas

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Stine Krøijer
Indigenous Affairs, no. 1, Indigenous People and Education, 2005, pp. 16-20
Looks at the implementation of an Indigenous education program that reflects the needs of the community by focusing on four areas: life and environment, history, languages and mathematics. To access this article, scroll down to page 16.
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Weaving the History of Despair, Resistance, and Hope: Acoma Poet Simon Ortiz Writes Environmental Justice

Alternate Title
Native American Symposium ; 3rd, 1999
Native American Symposium ; 4th, 2001
Stealing/Steeling the Spirit: American Indian Identities ; and Smoke Screens/Smoke Signals: Looking Through Worlds: Proceedings of the Third and Fourth Native American Symposiums
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Jia-Yi Cheng-Levine
Examines the link between environmental injustice, racism and cultural genocide; and discusses the importance of creating a nature based culture that is both environmentally sustainable and socially just.
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A Welcome Change

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Ellen L. Lutz
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 33, no. 1, A Celebration of Pacific Culture, Spring, 2009
Comments on Australia's decision to commit to the United Nations Declaration of Rights of Indigenous Peoples after opposing the declaration along with the United States, Canada, and New Zealand.
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Where are Canada's Disappeared Women?

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Lauren Carter
Herizons, vol. 19, no. 2, Fall, 2005, pp. 20-23
Reports on various recent socio-political developments concerning the alarming number of missing Aboriginal women in Canada.
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White by Definition: Status, Identity and Aboriginal Rights

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Susan B. DeLisle

Examines the issue of Aboriginal identification and inherent rights of Aboriginal peoples, and looks at how government policies fail to meet the concerns of specific groups. Uses case study of Ardoch Algonquin First Nation.

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Who Cares About the Facts?

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Moira Rayner
Eureka Street, October 2003
Comments on the history of the removal policy regarding Aboriginal children in Australia.
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Who Owns Native Culture?

Alternate Title
Heritage Protection: Seeking a Middle Ground
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Stephen B. Brush
Current Anthropology, vol. 45, no. 5, December 2004, pp. 716-718
Book review of: Who Owns Native Culture? by Michael F. Brown.
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Who's Really to Blame?

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Paul Barnsley
Windspeaker, vol. 18, no. 12, April 2001, p. 7

Discusses the national residential school survivors organization set up by Alvin Tolley and Walter Rudnicki and the high incidence of paedophilia in this Ottawa school system.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.7.

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Why the World Needs to Watch: The Canadian Government Held to Account for Racial Discrimination Against Indigenous Children before the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal

Alternate Title
United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues: Forum on Indigenous Child and Youth Rights, Vancouver, Canada, March 2-5, 2010
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Cindy Blackstock
Submission presents evidence of failure to provide equitable and culturally based welfare and education on reserves, and outlines the complaint currently before the Tribunal and the government's response, which is aimed at preserving the status quo.
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Willy Hodgson

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Cheryl Petten
Windspeaker, vol. 24, no. 8, November 2006, p. 26

Chronicles the life of the 1994 Saskatchewan Order of Merit recipient who advocated on behalf of equality for Aboriginal people within the justice system.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.26.

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