Discussion on organized Native response formed to force a judicial decision on land claims and protect Aboriginal rights.

Chronicles how the interpretation by Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada deprives Aboriginal children their rights.

Includes links to audio stories, an inter-active map, photographs and an article about how American Indians are reclaiming their place.

A photograph of the view across the river of the Indian Industrial School in Battleford (left side).

Historical note:

The building was formerly Government House. Taken over as the Indian Residential School in 1883, and remained that until 1914. First principal was Thomas Clarke. The building was given heritage designation in 1984.

Discusses how legislation such as the Indian Act, with its arbitrary rules about who is considered to be an "Indian", has impacted relationships and identity in Aboriginal communities. Chapter seven from Moving Forward, Making a Difference, vol. 3, which is also vol. 5 in the Aboriginal Policy Research series. Originally presented at the second annual Aboriginal Policy Research Conference, 2006.

Uses the example of applying for travel funding through Health Canada's Non-Insured Health Benefits program to illustrate how the Indian Act controls actions and produces artificial categories of identity.

Analyzes three types of political action First Nations' people have undertaken: acts of civil disobedience, general policy protests and international protests.

The author, Deputy Attorney General of Saskatchewan, gives his personal views on the Calder vs. Attorney General of British Columbia legal case that established that Aboriginal title exists in modern Canadian law. The Calder case related to the Nishgas (Nisga'a) land claim in northwestern British Columbia. Item found within folder 'XXXII-39'.

Historical note:

Book review of: Indian Treaty-Making Policy in the United States and Canada, 1867-1877 by Jill St. Germain.

Book review of: Indian Treaty-Making Policy in the United States and Canada, 1867-1877 by Jill St. Germain.

Reviews, compares and analyzes the rights held in the past and up to 1988 in the three jurisdictions.

Criminology Thesis (M.A.)--Simon Fraser University, 1987.

This article is a collection of Father Renaud's observations relating to "the possible insertion of Indian populations within the fabric of the nation" [Canada]. He sees aboriginals as both an ethnic group in Canada, and an ethnic minority as well.

This document, in French, describes aspects of Aboriginal life in Canada, including history, settlement location, administration, treaties, legal status, economic development and education.

Investigates several factors related to the role and responsibilities of Australian Indigenous health workers.

Open letter to Australian politicians and the general public advocating for measures to improve Aboriginal health outcomes.

Looks at policies and consequences relating to Indigenous children in Canada, the United States, Australia and New Zealand effected by boarding schools and transracial adoption.

Focuses on the four accessibility standards developed by the Canadian Accessibility Standards Development Organization (CASDO): design of public space, employment, plain language, and means of egress/exits from buildings.

Study found gaps in geographical distribution of institutions offering the program with most concentrated in Queensland and the Northern Territory.

Commentary on the need for quality data to help develop policies for improving socioeconomic outcomes and well-being gaps in Indigenous communities and aid Indigenous research.

Sociology and Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--Simon Fraser University, 2007.

Introductory editorial article to special edition focusing on education for and about the Indigenous people in Australia.

Comments on a 2014 reform proposed by government and proposes several policy recommendations to move educational attainment forward.

Overview of war service motivations, circumstance of service, post-service experiences, and legacies. Chapter from: 1914-1918-Online: International Encyclopedia of the First World War edited by Ute Daniel, Peter Gatrell, Oliver Janz, Heather Jones, Jennifer Keene ... [et al.]

Reports on the agreed range of key principles to establish the design and implementation of local programs in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities in Australia.

Website includes information and resources on the history, culture, identity, rights, and politics of Aboriginal peoples.

Bill was designed to remove sex-based discrimination in the provisions of the Indian Act. Discusses implementation of the Bill and unresolved, ongoing issues such as second-generation cut-off and the implications for registered population, age and marital status-based distinctions, implementation in urban areas, and unknown and unstated parentage policy.

Excerpt of a speech describes the health inequities that exist in the Australian Indigenous community

Discusses the calls for fundamental change from the Public Health 2016 conference held in Toronto that questioned the delays in changes to the health care system for Indigenous Canadians.

Describes the trauma caused by past policies of removing children from their families.

"This report presents key findings from a four-month study exploring the gap between on reserve and off nation Indigenous housing through the lens of two core funding streams, Section 95 (serving First Nations on reserves) and the Urban Native Housing Program (serving urban Indigenous populations)."

"43rd Parliament, 2nd Session"

Arts and Science Thesis (M.A.)--Trent University, 2011.

Social Justice and Community Engagement Thesis (M.A.)--Wilfrid Laurier University, 2015.

Identifies and evaluates significant works, critiques current curricula and makes recommendations.

Linguistics Thesis (M.A.)--University of Victoria, 2009.

Reactions coming from various agencies and leaders following the Indigenous Health Conference: Toward Health and Reconciliation held in May 2016 in Toronto, ON.

Examines significant factors to be considered regarding the development of a National Indigenous Men's Health Policy in Australia.

Looks at the current terminology, policies and context for language education and research in Canada.

Looks at the emerging challenges of nursing research since 2005.

Looks at involvement with and responses to United Nations declarations and studies, International Labour Organization Convention 169, Organization of American States, Inter-American Indian Institute, and Indigenous non-governmental organizations.

Looks at an address on the issue of reconciliation in child welfare by Mr. Justice René Dussault, Quebec former Co-Chair of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples.

Author suggests some stragegies as a starting point for contesting the negative effects of neoliberal Aboriginal governance.

Analyzes the Danish government's aid policy which emphasizes indigenous people's right to self-determination. To access this article scroll down to page 40.

Advocates for a focus on life style improvements with emphasis on preventative medicine.

Examines Roque Roldán Ortiga’s six criteria for judging the quality of a particular land and resources rights regime with regards to Indigenous governments; and looks at how those criteria can be used to measure the degree to which Aboriginal peoples in Canada have been successful with their struggle to have of their land, resource and other rights recognized.

Argues that government policies are actually speeding the move away from traditional foods and contributing to the subsequent increase in chronic disease.