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National Projects to Benefit Health Workers

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Michael Wooldridge
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 23, no. 2, March/April 1999, pp. 2-3
Description
Australian Federal Government announces two significant projects designed to achieve improved health outcomes in Aboriginal communities.
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A Nationwide Population-Based Study Identifying Health Disparities Between American Indians/Alaska Natives and the General Populations Living in Select Urban Counties

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mei L. Castor
Michael S. Smyser
Maile M. Taualii
Alice N. Park
Shelley A. Lawson
et al.
American Journal of Public Health, vol. 96, no. 8, August 2006, pp. 1478-1784
Description
Argues that health disparities can be addressed through improvements in health care access, high quality data collection, and different policy initiatives.
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Native Connection to Place: Policies and Play

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rena Martin
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 25, no. 1, 2001, pp. 35-40
Description
Discusses perspectives on relationship to land, and cultural and linguistic ties to places.
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Native Intelligence

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Mary Janigan
Maclean's, vol. 115, no. 4, January 28, 2002, p. 47
Description
Describes economist John Richards' look at funding and changes necessary such as increasing educational achievements and decreasing reliance on welfare.
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Native Life

Alternate Title
CANADIANHISTORY.CA: The Many Histories of Canada
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
J .R. Miller
Description
Overview of Aboriginal history from the 1850s to 2000. Could be used as an educational resource for high school students.
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Native Migrant Labour in the Southern Alberta Sugar-beet Industry: Coercion and Paternalism in the Recruitment of Labour

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ron Laliberte
Vic Satzewich
Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology, vol. 36, no. 1, February 1999, pp. 65-85
Description
Looks at the employment of Aboriginal workers in Alberta during the 1950's and 1960's and describes migrant labour policies as well as public welfare programs.
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Native People in Areas of Internal National Expansion

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
D.E. Sanders
Saskatchewan Law Review, vol. 38, no. 1, 1974, pp. 63-87
Description
Examines issues of native land claims affected by different projects like the Bennett Dame in the Peace-Athabasca Delta area.
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Native Rights and the 21st Century: The Making of Red Power

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
James Frideres
Canadian Ethnic Studies, vol. 22, no. 3, Special Issue: First Nations: The Politics of Change and Survival, 1990, pp. 1-7
Description
Introduction to themed issue on changes to cross-cultural relations over the last decade and the societal structure Aboriginal people operate in.
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Native Rights in Canada (Second Edition)

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Peter J. Usher
Arctic, vol. 28, no. 1, March 1975, pp. 78-80
Description
Book review of: Native Rights in Canada (Second Edition) edited by Peter A. Cumming and Neil H. Mickenberg.
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Native Spirituality Behind Bars: A Policy Proposal

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Evelyn Zellerer
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 12, no. 2, 1992, pp. 251-268
Description
Intended to provide a structure to uphold the fundamental right to spiritual freedom for Indigenous inmates. Includes historical overview and implementation issues.
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Native Studies and Ethical Guidelines for Research: Dilemmas and Solutions

Alternate Title
Commentary: Native Studies and Ethical Guidelines for Research: Dilemmas and Solutions
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Laurie Meijer Drees
Native Studies Review, vol. 14, no. 1, 2001, pp. 83-104
Description
Discusses how research can best be carried out to meet informational needs by focusing on problems of research ethics problems and how to deal with the issues.
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The Neglected Human

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Muriam Fancy
The First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 11, no. 1, 2016, pp. [7]-8
Description
Looks at the under funding of First Nations agencies and continuing discrimination against First Nations children.
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Negotiation Only Way Out for Feds in Akwesasne

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Doug Cuthand
Star-Phoenix, June 5, 2009, p. A11
Description
Comments on the political unrest observed at the United States and Canada border crossing that runs through the Akwesasne Mohawk Nation.
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Negotiation or Confrontation: It's Canada's Choice: Final Report of the Standing Committee on Aboriginal Peoples Special Study on the Federal Claims Process

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Gerry St. Germain
Nick Sibbeston
[Larry W. Campbell
Lillian Eva Dyck
Aurélien Gill ... [et al.]]
p. 63
Description
Presents the fifth report of the Committee which was authorized to examine and report on the general concerns of First Nations in Canada related to the claims process.
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Nelson Commission / Report of the Commission / Appointed to investigate the unfulfilled provisions of Treaties 8 and 11 as they apply to the Indians of the Mackenzie District. - 1959.

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Nelson Commission
Description
Findings of the Nelson Commission, headed by Walter H. Nelson, a Prince Albert, Saskatchewan lawyer, relating to unfulfilled provisions of Treaties 8 and 11 in the Mackenzie District. Included are minutes of a meeting on 25 June 1959, locations of commission meetings, and recommendations made.

Historical note:

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Neskonlith, Adams Lake, and Little Shuswap Indian Bands Neskonlith Douglas Reserve Inquiry

Alternate Title
Indian Claims Commission: Neskonlith, Adams Lake, and Little Shuswap Indian Bands Neskonlith Douglas Reserve Inquiry
E-Books
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description
Submitted specific claim to the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development arguing that a reserve had been created in 1862 by the British Crown and was later unlawfully reduced. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
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New Agency Meets

Articles » General
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 5, no. 2, February 1976, p. 7
Description
Opening of the Shellbrook Indian Agency described.
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A New Approach: Co‐development of a New Fiscal Relationship between Canada and First Nations

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Assembly of First Nations-Indigenous Services Canada Joint Advisory Committee on Fiscal Relations]
Description
Reports on process and results of consultations between officials from the Assembly of First Nations and Indigenous Services in the 17 months following the Memorandum of Understanding signed in July 2016. Five key issues were identified: insufficient transfers; insufficient and under-utilized revenue generation opportunities; inflexible and unpredictable funding arrangements; excessive administrative and reporting burdens; and excessive focus on compliance rather than results.
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New Deal Rumored for Off-Reserve People

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Paul Barnsley
Windspeaker, vol. 21, no. 9, December 2003
Description

Outlines the federal government's political stance on Aboriginal issues as Prime Minister, Jean Chretien, hands over the reins to Paul Martin.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.10.

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