Reports on the initiatives and challenges faced by the Canadian government in bringing First Nation people in the mainstream of Canadian society

Historical background and submission to Indian Claims Commission (ICC) regarding the loss of 4500 square miles of land by the two First Nations. ICC found breaches of Treaty and other fiduciary obligations and recommended the claim be negotiated under Canada's Specific Claims Policy. French language version. Commissioners include: Harry S. LaForme, Daniel J. Bellegarde, and P. E. James Prentice. [These files were created and compiled by the ICC and provided to the Indigenous Studies Portal in 2009 to make widely available in online format.]

Examines the applicability of the term "internal colonialism" to Canada's northern territories.

Looks at the history of policy-making from the 1950s to the early 1990s and conflicts which have arisen between Indigenous peoples and governments. Compares developments to those in Australia's Northern Territory. Revised 3rd edition.

English Language and Literature Thesis (Ph.D.)--Carleton University, 2018.

Podcast presents an overview of the "Critical Conversations Series" and outlines some of the key features of the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement (IRSSA) Duration unknown.

Discusses the social disparity factors that contribute to poorer health outcomes for Indigenous Australian children.

Book review of: "Real" Indians and Others by Bonita Lawrence.

Book review of: "Real" Indians and Others: Mixed-Blood Urban Native Peoples and Indigenous Nationhood by Bonita Lawrence.

Looks at high school completion rates and school-to-work transition programs as areas to ensure economic and social success.

Political Science Thesis (Ph.D.)--Carleton University, 2014.

Order book of the North-West Field Force, with Winnipeg being the first entry. Entries made from (all NWT / SK) Troy (Qu'Appelle), Fort Qu'Appelle and area, Humboldt, Clark's Crossing, Fish Creek, Gabriel's Crossing, Birch Hills, Batoche, Lepine, Prince Albert, while on board the steamer "North West," Battleford, Fort Pitt, while on board the steamer "Marquis"; (all NWT / MB) Cedar Lake, while on board the steamer "Princess," ending at Selkirk, MB. Entries made by Colonel Houghton, Lord Melgund, General Middleton's Chief of Staff, and a third unidentified officer.

This essay examines reasons for unrest among the Aboriginal population of the old Northwest in the years leading up to the disturbances of 1885. The writer worked for the Indian Department of the Dominion Government during this time. Item found within folder 1 of file Rebellion, 1885.

Book review of: Rebirth edited by Anne-Marie Mawhiney. A collection of presentations from the Third Annual Conference of the Institute of Northern Ontario Research and Development (INORD) of Laurentian University.

The review editor of the journal discusses selection of books published between 1981 and 1986.

Looks at the relationship between the Kwakwaka'wakw nations, with British Columbia and Canada, the problems and possible solutions.

Describes various Australian government initiatives to increase the employment of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders to improve patient outcomes.

Canadian Studies Thesis (M.A.)--Carleton University, 2011.

Discusses the proposed First Nations Governance Act, Bill C7 as an example of legislative initiatives.

Discusses both the technical and common meanings of the term “recognition”, and examines a number of ways in which the existence, history and contributions of the Aboriginal people of Manitoba could be recognized by the Manitoba government.

Questions whether the federal government`s attempts at apology, reconciliation and redress have the ability to challenge colonial foundations.

Synthesis of discussions and presentations which took place at the Future of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Broadcasting: Conversation and Convergence gatherings from February to June, 2017. Initiative took place to create or identify terms of reference for the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission review of the Native Broadcasting Policy.

Discusses how colonization and construction of identities have affected the health and well-being of Aboriginal people.

Article compares the health determinants set out by the Public Health Agency of Canada with traditional knowledge systems of First Nations people.

Looks at three campaigns run by the Caring Society that seek to get equity in education, services and child welfare funding for First Nations.

Discusses Andrew Leigh's meaning of adaptive leadership type for engaging in reconciliation.

Provides brief historical background on European settlement in Australia.

Article explores how the Indian Act was employed as a tool to eliminate Indigenous people as a legal and social fact.

Submission to Standing Committee on the Status of Women.

Chapter 3 from: Putting a Human Face on Child Welfare: Voices from the Prairies edited by Ivan Brown, Ferzana Chaze, Don Fuchs, Jean Lafrance, Sharon McKay and Shelley Thomas Prokop.

Reports on a whole range of health and societal yardsticks that influence health inequities for Indigenous Australians.

Discussion of two types of reconciliation and the proposed model that Canada could offer.

Podcast about the history of the treatment of Indigenous People by the State and important factors for creating a beneficial relationship with Canada. Duration: 33:11.

Political Science (Ph.D.)--Simon Fraser University, 2005.

Examines the legal recognition of Indigenous title as it relates to Canadian environmental policy.

Discusses how Indigenous authors narrate personal experiences to document the removal of Aboriginal children from their parents.

Excerpt from: Canadian Military History Since the 17th Century: Proceedings of the Canadian Military History Conference, 5-9 May 2000 edited by Yves Tremblay. Article appears on p. 523.

Uses the example of an Australian initiative to develop a radio network as an exercise in developing an agency capable of caring out the community's will. The author argues that the experience can be transfered to other cases where the community executes government policies of "Aboriginal self-determination". Chapter 12 of: The Power of Knowledge: The Resonance of Tradition edited by Luke Taylor.

Presents the opening of the new industrial school built by the Dominion Government and operated by the Methodist Church.

Book review of: The Red Man's on the Warpath by R. Scott Sheffield.

Book review of: The Red Man's On the Warpath by R. Scott Sheffield.

Book review of: The Red Man's on the Warpath: The Image of the "Indian" and the Second World War by R. Scott Sheffield.

Book review of: The Red Man's On the Warpath: The Image of the "Indian" and the Second World War by R. Scott Sheffield.

Provides an overview of the issues with a focus on injection drug users, young people, women, and factors of incarceration. Gives strategies to reduce the spread of HIV/AIDS.

Book Review of: Red Skin, White Masks by Glen Sean Coulthard.

Liberal Studies Thesis (M.A.)--Simon Fraser University, 2007.

Argues that the reliance on discretionary spending has produced a system that is unreliable and insufficient for health disparities.

Secret document giving Associate Deputy Minister's approval to draft a memorandum to Cabinet seeking both mandate and funding to consult First Nations peoples regarding the consolidation and redesign of support programs for core Indian government operations.