Indigenous Peoples in Canada: Understanding Divergent Conceptions of Reconciliation

Alternate Title
ISID Aboriginal Policy Study Papers ; PB-2013-04
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Colleen Sheppard
Description
Discusses two approaches to reconciliation: one focusing on victims and perpetrators involved in residential schools as an isolated policy of the past, the other which considers the schools part of a system which perpetuates harm and discord.
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Indigenous Peoples in Canadian Migration Narratives: A Story of Marginalization

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Hélène Pellerin
Aboriginal Policy Studies, vol. 8, no. 1, October 28, 2019, pp. 3-24
Description
Author interrogates the mainstream narrative of Canada’s successful immigration history and its failure to recognize the implicit colonial practices which discriminate against Indigenous and racialized people. Examines Indigenous-settler-immigrant relationships over time and calls for further critical migration scholarship.
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Indigenous Peoples within Canada: A Concise History: Student Resources

Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Oxford Learning Link
Description

To accompany 5th edition of book written by Olive Patricia Dickason, William Newbigging and Cary Miller. Contains links to: chapter outlines; learning objectives; key terms, figures, or sites; study questions; essay questions; additional resources; and flashcards.

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Indigenous Perspectives Education Guide

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Historica Canada
Description

Teacher's resource includes lesson plans, classroom activities, links to online resources, and worksheets divided into five sections with associated themes: human geography (Indigenous peoples, civilizations and territories; contact to 1763 (encounters with Europeans); 1763 to 1876 (oral histories and biographies); 1876 to 1914 (policies and politics); 1914 to 1982 (separate and unequal); and 1980s to present day (toward reconciliation).

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Indigenous Perspectives of Ecosystem-based Management and Co-governance in the Pacific Northwest: Lessons for Aotearoa

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sarah-Jane Tiakiwai
Jonathan Timatanga Kilgour
Amy Whetu
AlterNative, vol. 13, no. 2, June 2017, pp. 69-79
Description
Case studies of Marine Plan Partnership for the Pacific North Coast and the Great Bear Initiative and discussion of how principles involved might apply in the New Zealand context.
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Indigenous Planning and Community Development

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ted Jojola
Description
Discusses how communities are reformulating planning practices and incorporating traditional knowledge, cultural identity, and stewardship over land and resources. Includes a case study of the Oneida Tribal Nation of Wisconsin’s Turtle School.
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Indigenous Planning and Municipal Governance: Lessons from the Transformative Frontier

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Noelle Bouvier
Ryan Walker
Canadian Public Administration, vol. 61, no. 1, March 2018, pp. 130-134
Description
Reviews six pieces of literature which demonstrate how local governments are collaborating with the Indigenous community in the areas of land use and strategic planning initiatives, cross-cultural relations offices, advisory committees, urban design and new reserves.
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Indigenous Posthumans: Cyberpunk Surgeries and Biotech Boarding Schools in File under Miscellaneous and SyFy’s Helix

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Stina Attebery
Extrapolation, vol. 57, no. 1-2, 2016, pp. 95-116
Description
Uses Jeff Barnaby’s film, File Under Miscellaneous, and SyFy’s series, Helix, to discuss the subtleties inherent in Gerald Vizenor’s concept of “survivance” and Archille Mbembe’s competing logics of “martyrdom and survial.” Considers these as elements of resistance to colonial biopolitics.
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Indigenous Radical Resurgence and Multispecies Landscapes: Leslie Marmon Silko’s The Turquoise Ledge

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nathaniel Otjen
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 31, no. 3-4, Fall-Winter, 2019, pp. 135-157
Description
In this literary criticism article, the author deconstructs the colonial narrative practice of portraying a place or space as a wasteland and as uninhabited in order to justify extractive practices and describes Indigenous narrative strategies of resistance.
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Indigenous Recruitment and Retention: Ideas and Best Practices from a Literature Review of Academic and Organizational Sources: Discussion Paper

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Marika Morris
Description
Findings divided into five sections: preparing the workforce for Indigenous recruitment and retention; partnerships for recruitment and retention; existing Indigenous employees as assets for recruitment and retention; workplace transformation; and Nunavut Inuit Employment Strategy. Includes annotated bibliography.
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Indigenous Relationality and Kinship and the Professionalization of a Health Workforce

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Erika Campbell
Alyssa Austin
Maddison Bax-Campbell
Esmé Ariss
Sophia Auton ... [et al.]
Turtle Island Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 1, no. 1, Heartwork, October 12, 2020, pp. 8-13
Description
Authors advocate for the prioritization of Indigenous systems of kinship and relationality over the professionalization of healthcare providers in healthcare practices as a means of decolonizing biomedical healthcare frameworks and systems.
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Indigenous Rememberings and Forgettings: Sixteenth-Century Nahua Letters and Petitions to the Spanish Crown

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kelly McDonough
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 5, no. 1, Spring, 2018, pp. 69-99
Description
Argues that while historical narratives have denied the Indigenous intellectual legacies in the written sphere, examples of Indigenous writing from around the world continue to surface in private and local collections. Focuses on letters penned by Nahuas nobles in which they highlighted certain aspects of their past and suppressed others as they maneuvered through the social, political and economic circumstances of the time.
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Indigenous Research and Academic Freedom: A View From Political Scientists

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Christopher Alcantara
Dianne Lalonde
Gary N. Wilson
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 8, no. 2, Reconciling Research: Perspectives on Research Involving Indigenous Peoples-Part 1, April 2017, pp. 1-19
Description
Argues there is still a place for a researcher to have academic autonomy over a project in non-community based research.
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Indigenous Research, Publishing, and Intellectual Property

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kenneth D. Madsen
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 32, no. 3, 2008, pp. 89-105
Description
Describes how working closely among the Tohono O'odham has altered the authors views on Native American topics.
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Indigenous Rights and the 1991-2000 Australian Reconciliation Process

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Andrew Gunstone
Cosmopolitan Civil Societies, vol. 1, no. 3, 2009, pp. 35-51
Description
Comments on the failure of the reconciliation process and the Howard Government, to recognize Indigenous rights such as sovereignty, a treaty, self-determination and land rights.
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Indigenous Rights in Canada: Implications for Leadership in Education

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Frank Deer
Antistasis, vol. 5, no. 1, 2015, pp. [37]-40
Description
Discusses how social movements like Idle No More provided context for jurisdictional discourse and how educational leaders can learn from the discourse to provide appropriate, respectful and balanced learning opportunities for all Canadian citizens.
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Indigenous Scholars Versus the Status Quo

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Devon A. Mihesuah
Angela Cavender Wilson
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 26, no. 1, Winter, 2002, p. 145
Description
Difficulty encountered by Indigenous academics in higher education institutions.
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Indigenous Self-Discovery: “Being Called to Witness”

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Steven W. Koptie
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 5, no. 1, 2010, pp. 114-125
Description
Discusses the nature of an Indigenous scholar’s journey of self-­discovery and reconciliation of colonial injustices.
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Indigenous-Settler Treaty Making in Canada

Alternate Title
Honour Among Nations? Treaties and Agreements with Indigenous People
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Bradford W. Morse
Description
Comments on the value of treaty making for both parties. Chapter 2 from Honour Among Nations? Treaties and Agreements with Indigenous People edited by Kathryn Shain, Marcia Langton, Maureen Tehan, Lisa Palmer.
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Indigenous Sovereignty, Culture, and International Human Rights Law

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lorie M. Graham
Siegfried Wiessner
South Atlantic Quarterly, vol. 110, no. 2, Sovereignty, Indigeneity, and the Law, Spring, 2011, pp. 403-427
Description
Overview of international Indigenous rights movement and the the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
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Indigenous Sport

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Victoria Paraschuk
Journal of Sport History, vol. 35, no. 2, Indigenous Sport, Summer, 2008, pp. 191-194
Description
Introduction to special issue on Indigenous sport in North America.
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Indigenous Storytelling, Truth-telling, and Community Approaches to Reconciliation

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jeff Corntassel
Chaw-win-is
T’lakwadzi
English Studies in Canada, vol. 35, no. 1, [Special Issue: Aboriginal Redress], March 2009, pp. 137-159
Description
Looks at how Indigenous methodologies and experiential knowledge offer alternatives for resisting contemporary colonial realities and legacies of residential schools.
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Indigenous Struggles, Environmental Justice, and Community Capabilities

Articles » General
Author/Creator
David Schlosberg
David Carruthers
Global Environmental Politics, vol. 10, no. 4, November 2010, pp. 12-35
Description
Looks at the environmental justice struggles of Indigenous peoples and their demands for equity, recognition, participation, and other capabilities, looking at all of these in terms of a concern for the basic functioning of nature, culture, and communities.
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Indigenous Student Matriculation into Medical School: Policy and Progress

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kathy Sadler
Marjorie Johnson
Candace Brunette
Lorne Gula
Mary Ann Kennard ... [et al.]
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 8, no. 1, January 2017, pp. 1-15
Description
Looks at the Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry (SSMD) continued policy and process revisions for making access easier for Indigenous students.
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Indigenous Tourism Development in Southern Alberta, Canada: Tentative Engagement

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Claudia Notzke
Journal of Sustainable Tourism, vol. 12, no. 1, 2004, pp. 29-54
Description
Examines the current issues in the Aboriginal tourism industry and the growth potential for a sustainable form of tourism including the development of an Aboriginal tourism product; market reconnaissance and market development; and the evolution of a partnership between Aboriginal tourism product suppliers and the travel trade.
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Indigenous Tourism Development in the Arctic

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Claudia Notzke
Annals of Tourism Research, vol. 26, no. 1, January 1, 1999, pp. 55-76
Description
Examination reveals emerging niches in ecotourism, cultural themes and ethnic tourism.
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