Series of twelve podcasts (approx. 45 min. each) in which Indigenous and non-Indigenous people share stories, ideas and expertise in pursuit of reconciliation. Topics include literature, identity, media, the entertainment industry, comedy, music, and education.
Language, Culture and Curriculum, vol. 11, no. 3, 1998, pp. 367-389
Description
Looks at some educational difficulties faced by Aboriginal students including non-comprehension of classroom instructions and irregular school attendance.
Reports on the results of interviews with Service de police de la ville de Montréal (SPVM) and community workers about the police force's response to the crisis. Includes discussion of the current situation and challenges to collaboration, and recommendations for developing a better a relationship.
Summary Report.
Discourse and Writing/Rédactologie, vol. 31, 2021, pp. 1-37
Description
A qualitative analysis of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. Discussed are the state inquiry, the human rights report, and the official history.
A discussion of the how the political rhetoric and lack of action from government officials has served to diminish the importance of the crisis. The author focuses on the Harper and Trudeau governments.
Australian Humanities Review, no. 25, March 2002, p. [?]
Description
Book reviews of: Mission Girls: Aboriginal Women on Catholic Missions in the Kimberley, Western Australia, 1900-1950 by Christine Choo and Loving Protection?: Australian Feminism and Aboriginal Women's Rights 1919-1939 by Fiona Paisley.
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 96, no. 4, December 2015, pp. 608-611
Description
Book review of Mission Life in Cree-Ojibwe Country by Elizabeth Bingham Young and E. Ryerson Young, edited and with an introduction by Jennifer S.H. Brown.
Prairie Forum, vol. 9, no. 1, Spring, 1984, pp. 27-44
Description
Investigates missionary publications that often presented distorted, one-sided views of Aboriginal peoples, but revealed a great deal about the intellectual and moral base of the missionaries' society.
Arctic Anthropology, vol. 2, no. 2, 1964, pp. 25-31
Description
This article describes the author's experiences as an Anglican missionary in Ontario in the mid-1950s. Aspects of Aboriginal life covered include marriage, kinship, education, value system and religion.
Copy of illustration depicting white missionary shaking hands with an Aboriginal man wearing traditional head-dress, beside a sod-roofed log cabin - supposedly near Carlton. Copied from Red Indians of the Plains by J. Hines, 1916, p.78. Two natives look on. Caption reads: I thought I never saw a finer built man.
This file contains three reports on the missionary and other work of the Church of England, mainly in Canada, in the early 20th century: "The Diocese of Qu'Appelle (1908?)," "M.S.C.C. Report of Committee on work among Indians and Eskimos, Montreal October, 19th, 1916," and "Report of the Missionary Society of the Church of England in Canada for the year 1903." The first two booklets are mainly financial reports, while the latter report gives a short history of the church in Canada, and the activity of Indians in the various missions. Part of this report was scanned.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 17, no. 2, 1997, pp. 259-291
Description
Explores how the Mississaugas of Northern Ontario adapted to the process of colonial marginalization by cooperating with the missionaries and openly rejecting European values in favour of their traditional way of life.
Created to accompany play. Includes curriculum connections and expectations, brief information on residential schools, and pre- and post-show questions.
Great Plains Quarterly, vol. 39, no. 4, Fall, 2019, pp. 341-362
Description
Uses elder interviews, archival analysis, and behavioral observation to explore the cultural and communications practices of the Lakota people; relates those practices to the core cultural values of kinship and relationality; the idea that all people/things are related.
AlterNative, vol. 16, no. 1, March 2020, pp. 29-37
Description
Explores the ways that Black and Indigenous identities intersect and manifest in mixed raced people in Canada; specifically looks at the marginality factors of erasure, racism, and fractured identity and at the representation of these identities and marginality in the Proclaiming our Roots project.
Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies, vol. 26, no. 3, 2005, pp. 101-134
Description
Examines the cultural difference and women's perceived role in maintaining traditions from the stories of New Mexican Indian women who married Anglo men.
Journal of Indigenous Voices in Social Work, vol. 1, no. 1, February 2010, pp. 1-18
Description
Study examines issues of diversity disaster relief, recovery and the need to develop culturally appropriate methods for future training and preparation.
Canadian Journal of Political Science, vol. 45, no. 4, December 2012, pp. 781-804
Description
Discusses how corporate approach has allowed the Inuit to develop the economic and political capacity necessary to implement future self-government structures and arrangements.
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 8, no. 4, Reconciling Research: Perspectives on Research Involving Indigenous Peoples-Part 2, 2017, pp. 1-16
Description
Examines using the Indigenous Cultural Responsiveness Theory as a decolonizing way to research health, education, governance and policies.
Ministry of Northern Development and Mines' Policy: Consultation and Arrangements with Aboriginal Communities at Early Exploration
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ministry of Northern Development and Mines (MNDM)
Description
Examines the Ministry of Northern Development and Mines' operation policy for implementing section 78 of the Mining Act and its regulations and consultation requirements.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 30, no. 3-4, Fall-Winter, 2018, pp. 72-95
Description
Examines multiple narratives—historical and contemporary—relating to the river and discusses how those narratives in combination with the privileging of text-based have been used alternately to empower and disempower Indigenous communities and nations.
Aboriginal History, vol. 41, December 2017, pp. 47-70
Description
Article examines oral histories and archival content to reveal the lived experiences of Aboriginal women in Australia who formed relationships with the allied service men stationed there during WWII. Discusses how Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and African American, Native American and other servicemen of colour were often drawn together in the face of shared experiences of colonial discrimination and oppression.
CAEPR Indigenous Population Project 2011 Census Papers ; no. 9
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Nicholas Biddle
Francis Markham
Description
Discusses Australian mobility patterns, how they may vary across time, place and other characteristics, and compares them to patterns of the non-Indigenous population.
Contains links to a set of lesson plans with links to extensive lists of resources and supporting documents for Grades 1 through 8 which focus on treaty-making, history of Indigenous-settler relations, the Indian Act, residential schools, and Indigenous worldviews. Although designed for Ontario, much of the material is applicable to Canada as a whole or easily adaptable.