The Goal of Indian Assimilation
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Willard W. Beatty
The Canadian Journal of Economics and Political Science, vol. 12, no. 3, August 1946, pp. 395-404
Description
Looks at the historical relationship between native Americans and white people in the United States, and discusses goals to "educate", "civilize", and "Christianize" native people in the early colonial days.
God in Indian Country: Traditional and Contemporary Approaches to the Holy
Alternate Title
Proceedings of the Western Social Science Association, American Indian Studies Section, 2OO7
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Thomas J. Hoffman
Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 18, no. 2, Summer, 2007
Description
Looks at religion in tribal societies and the views of the American Indians on the conceptions of God and the holy.
Going Back to Square One and Finding It's a Circle: (Not) Doing University Research in Indian Country
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Theresa Zolner
Pimatisiwin, vol. 1, no. 1, Spring, 2003, pp. 91-114
Description
Reviews the author's experience in intercultural research with some First Nations individuals as part of a doctoral degree in clinical psychology.
“Going Native”: Indigenizing Ethnographic Research
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Aubrey Jean Hanson
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 38, no. 2, 2018, pp. 83-99
Description
Article pulls together several elements that when implemented together into ethnographic research create a process of Indigenization. These elements include: respecting distinct cultures and nations, rooting methods in culture, understanding the importance of story, language, place, and relationality, committing to an ethic of reciprocity.
Gold Mining on Mayan-Mam Territory: Social Unravelling, Discord and Distress in the Western Highlands of Guatemala
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
C. Susana Caxaj
Helene Berman
Colleen Varcoe
Susan L. Ray
Jean-Paul Restoulec
Social Science & Medicine, vol. 111, June 2014, p. 50–57
Description
Examines the impact of mining operations on the health of an Indigenous community.
Gold on Haida Gwaii: The First Prospects, 1849-53
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robert Galois
BC Studies, no. 196, Perspectives on the Gold Rush, Winter, 2017/2018, pp. 15-42
Description
Looks at the role played by the First Nation in the discovery of gold and their interactions with those who came to exploit the resource.
"Good Indian": Charles Eastman and the Warrior as Civil Servant
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Drew Lopenzina
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 27, no. 3/4, Urban American Indian Womens Activism, Summer/Fall, 2003, pp. 727-757
Description
Biographical sketch of a Native American who advocated full immersion into white European culture.
Goodbye, Columbus: Take Two
Alternate Title
A Broken Flute: The Native Experience in Books for Children
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Jean Paine Mendoza
Description
Compares the treatment of the "discovery" of North America in two children's books: Encounter by Jane Yolen and A Coyote Columbus Story by Thomas King.
Excerpt from A Broken Flute: The Native Experience in Books for Children edited by Doris Seale and Beverly Slapin.
Gothic Silence: S. Alice Callahan's Wynema, the Battle of the Little Bighorn, and the Indigenous Unspeakable
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Amy Gore
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 30, no. 1, Spring, 2018, pp. 24-49
Description
Considers the possibility of a gothic aesthetic or genre specific to Aboriginal and Native American writings by examining the latent content of texts for experiences of genocide and colonization, rather the manifest elements for monstrosity.
Gov't Gets 'F' For Its Aboriginal Policies
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Doug Cuthand
Leader Post, November 27, 2006, p. B1
Description
Argues that the Conservatives have scorned the Kelowna Accord, which was to be Paul Martin's legacy, and have instead chosen to tackle issues of privatization of Indian land and property rights for Aboriginal women on reserves.
Gov't of Canada Apologize for 100 Years of Atrocities
Alternate Title
Government of Canada Apologize for 100 Years of Atrocities
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Christine Fiddler
Windspeaker, vol. 26, no. 4, July 2008, p. 8
Description
Comments offered by six Canadians from various demographics regarding Prime Minister's apology to Indian student residential survivors.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.8.
The Governance and Fiscal Environment of First Nations’ Fiscal Intergovernmental Relations in Comparative Perspectives
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Emmanuel Brunet-Jailly
Description
Examines the Canadian Aboriginal fiscal inter-governmental system by comparing it to other countries. Also focuses on the key characteristics of the Canadian system including the constitutional, legal and fiscal; revenues, functions and responsibilities; reporting arrangements; funding agreements; financial reporting; and Aboriginal and federal fiscal intergovernmental relations.
Governance in Canada’s Northwest Territories: Emerging Institutions and Governance Issues
Alternate Title
Proceedings of the Third Northern Research Forum ; 2004
The Resilient North: Human Responses to Global Change
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Stephanie Irlbacher Fox
Description
Outlines government institutions and key governance issues including land claims, self-government agreements, intergovernmental processes, wildlife and resource management, institutional governance, and economic development.
Presentation from: Proceedings of the Third Northern Research Forum: The Resilient North: Human Responses to Global Change, Yellowknife, NWT, 2004.
Government Defining a People: The Structural Violence Embedded in the Federal Acknowledgment Process
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Rebecca L. Reddish
Description
Looks at examples from several different American Indian tribes on the experience of becoming federally recognized.
Anthropology Capstone Experience Manuscript--Commonwealth Honors College, 2011.
The Government of Alberta’s First Nations Consultation Policy on Land Management and Resource Development
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Government of Alberta
Description
Policy outlines Alberta's approach to how it will meet its consultation responsibilities and Alberta's expectations of resource companies and First Nations in achieving the goal of increasing certainty for all parties with respect to land management and resource development activities.
Government-to-Government Negotiations: How the Timbisha Shoshone Got its Land Back
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Steven Haberfeld
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 24, no. 4, 2000, pp. 127-165
Description
Discussion of the 1933 removal of the Timbisha Shoshone from Death Valley and then the 1994 legal requirement of the Department of Interior to study the ancestral lands within and outside of Death Valley National Park with the purpose of identifying lands suitable for a reservation.
Governor's Letter
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
George S. Mikelson
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 4, no. 1, Spring, 1988, pp. 26-29
Description
Letter from the Govenor of South Dakota to Bill Bradley addressing and outlining reasons why the Sioux Nations Black Hills Act should not be put forward and passed.
Governor William B. Caldwell’s Souvenir: Exoticism and a Gentleman’s Reputation
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Laura Peers
Anne Lindsay
Manitoba History, no. 73, Fall, 2013, pp. 2-8
Description
Discusses the significance of a decorated and dried human hand acquired by a colonial administrator who was posted at the Red River Settlement.
Grade 3: Mawi-amskwesewey Ankukumkewey na ujit Kkijinu Maqamikew = The First Treaty is with Our Earth Mother = Amsqahsewey Lakutuwakon Wiciw Kci Kikuwosson
Alternate Title
Treaty Education Resource
E-Books
Author/Creator
New Brunswick Department of Education and Early Childhood Development [Office of First Nations Education]]
Description
Content focused on the Mi'kmaq, Wolastoqewiyik, and Passamaquoddy (Peskotomuhkati) peoples of New Brunswick.
Grade 4: Alsumsuti Ujit T’an Teli-l’nuimk = To Be Indigenous Is to be Free = Topelomosu Wen Skicinuwit
Alternate Title
Treaty Education Resource2
E-Books
Author/Creator
New Brunswick Department of Education and Early Childhood Development [Office of First Nations Education]]
Description
Content focused on the Mi'kmaq, Wolastoqewiyik, and Passamaquoddy (Peskotomuhkati) peoples of New Brunswick.
Grade Eight Treaty Education Learning Resource
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Saskatchewan Ministry of Education?]
Description
Includes key questions, outcomes and indicators, "Exploring Treaty Impacts and Alternatives" inquiry questions about treaty relationships, spirit and intent, historical context, and treaty promises and provisions, teacher background information, and suggested resources.
Grade Five Treaty Education Learning Resource
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Saskatchewan Ministry of Education?]
Description
Includes key questions, outcomes and indicators, "Assessing Journey in Honouring Treaties" inquiry questions about treaty relationships, spirit and intent, historical context, and treaty promises and provisions, teacher background information, and suggested resources.
Grade Four Treaty Education Learning Resource
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Saskatchewan Ministry of Education?]
Description
Includes key questions, outcomes and indicators, "Understanding How Treaty Promises Have Not Been Kept" inquiry questions about treaty relationships, spirit and intent, historical context, and treaty promises and provisions, teacher background information, and suggested resources.