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Research Reveals Discrimination, Explodes Stereotypes

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Paul Barnsley
Windspeaker, vol. 25, no. 1, April 2007, p. 9

Michael Mendelson, a senior scholar at the Caledon Institute of Social Policy in Toronto, suggests discrimination on the part of Canadian government policies in regards to the delivering and funding of Aboriginal education.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.9.

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Researching and Revealing Indian Hospitals in Canada

Alternate Title
Canada's History Forum ; 9th
Engaging Authentic Indigenous Histories
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Maureen Lux
Author of Separate Beds speaks about the history of segregation, discrimination, and substandard facilities, care and funding in the Indian Hospital Service. Duration: 15:56.
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[Reserve Pass Lesson Plan: Social Studies 8]

Alternate Title
Engaged Citizens 8: What Is Canada's Identity
[Grade 8: The Reserve Pass System and Its Impact on Treaty Relationships]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan]

Uses archival material as a starting point to teach about the influence of the treaty relationship on Canadian identity and how historical events have shaped contemporary Canadian identity. 

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"Reserves Are Only Good For Some People"

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
John Richards
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 35, no. 1, Spring, 2000, pp. 190-203
Discusses recent academic discourse about colonialism, reserve establishment and policy and suggest that writers create a utopian perspective, disregarding the severe problems faced by on-reserve residents.
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Residential School: Canada's Shame

Alternate Title
Truth and Reconciliation: What Does It Mean?
Web Sites » Personal
Author/Creator
Shannon Thunderbird
Historical overview of the residential school system. Includes timeline, school listing in Canada, government apology and response.
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Residential School Talks Enter New Phase

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Solange De Santis
Anglican Journal, vol. 127, no. 7, September 2001, p. 3
Jack Stagg appointed deputy head of newly formed Office of Indian Residential Schools Resolution.
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Residential Schooling at Fort Chipewyan and Fort Resolution 1874-1973

Alternate Title
Symposium on the History of the Oblates in Western and Northern Canada ; 2nd
[Centre for the Study of North American Religion Series; no. 1]
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Robert Carney
Western Oblate Studes, vol. 2, 1992, pp. [115-138]
Explores historical and contemporary issues at Holy Angels and St. Joseph's Schools.
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Residential Schools

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Erin Hanson
Brief history of the schools in Canada and the legacy of cultural abuse.
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Residential Schools

Alternate Title
False Assumptions and Failed Relationship
Looking Forward Looking Back
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Royal Commission on Aboriginal People
Part 10 of Volume 1, Part 2 of the Report of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples.
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Residential Schools

Alternate Title
4 Seasons of Reconciliation: Module Four
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Indigenous Continuing Education Centre, First Nations University of Canada]

Brief overview of the establishment of the school system, impact of students' experiences of physical and psychological abuse, and the subsequent intergenerational trauma.

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Residential Schools and Aboriginal Parenting: Voices of Parents

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Jean Lafrance
Don Collins

Native Social Work Journal, vol. 4, no. 1, Aboriginal Children and Youth, Issues and Challenges, December 2003, pp. 104-125
Looks at the experiences of Aboriginal adults with the child welfare system and their concerns about the system. Also discussed are the effects that residential schools had on their parenting skills.
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Residential Schools in Canada Research Paper

Alternate Title
OMFRC Special Edition
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ontario Métis Family Records Centre
Focusing on the history of residential schools in Canada. Asserts the government and churches attempted to eliminate aboriginal culture.
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Residential Schools Position Under Attack

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Paul Barnsley
Windspeaker, vol. 20, no. 9, January 2003, p. 2

Reports on the impending class action lawsuit against the Federal government's attempt to limit their culpability for damages claimed by plaintiffs who attended residential schools.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.2.

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Residential Schools: The Past Is Present

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Pierre Laboisser
James Craven
Roland Chrisjohn
Doug Henwood
Transcription of radio program about the United Church. Tape 1 - Apology given by the United Church of Canada in 1986; Tape 2 - Residential Schools: The Past and Present; Tape 3A - WBAI Interview - Economics and Politics (2/15/98); Tape 3B - WBAI Interview: 6/18/98.
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Resistance is Futile: Aboriginal Peoples Meet the Borg of Capitalism

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David R. Newhouse
The Journal of Aboriginal Economic Development, vol. 2, no. 1, Winter, 2001, pp. 75-82
Author reflects on issues faced while dealing with housing for the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and effects of capitalism on cultural and social institutions.
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Resituating the Ethical Gaze: Government Morality and the Local Worlds of Impoverished Indigenous Women

Alternate Title
Proceedings of the 15th International Congress on Circumpolar Health
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Caroline L. Tait
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 72, Supplement 1, 2013, p. article no. 21207
Reports that government policies and practices must leave individuals in a better state than before an intervention occurred.
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Responding to the Homeless Crisis

Alternate Title
Pressure Point
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Brad Newcombe
Judy Graves
John Van Luven
Discussion with the Manager of Vancouver Tennant Assistance Program and Executive Director of St. James Society Community Services on the agencies available to address the needs of Vancouver's homeless people. Duration: 27:40.
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Rethinking Child Welfare Reform in British Columbia, 1900-60

Alternate Title
Introduction: People, Politics, and Child Welfare in British Columbia
People, Politics, and Child Welfare in British Columbia
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Marilyn Callahan
Christopher Walmsley
"This chapter highlights the importance of not discarding our past but, rather, understanding the actions of social work pioneers within the context of their times and gaining appreciation for their accomplishments". Introduction and Chapter 1 from People, Politics, and Child Welfare in British Columbia edited by Leslie T. Foster and Brian Wharf.
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Rethinking the Jurisdictional Divide: The Marginalization of Urban Aboriginal Communities and Federal Policy Responses

Alternate Title
Public Policy Paper (Saskatchewan Institute of Public Policy) ; no. 28
SIPP Public Policy Paper ; no. 28
E-Books
Author/Creator
Janice Stokes
Ian Peach
Raymond B. Blake
Discussion of urbanization and the limitations of services to off-reserve people. Argues that past policies and programs have not met with real success.
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Returning to Reser

Articles » General
Author/Creator
John Lawler
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 24, no. 1, January/February 2000, pp. 23-25
Focuses on agencies delivering housing to Indigenous Australians rather than the consumer. Housing is determined to be a significant factor in the occupant's physical and psychological health.
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Reverse English: Strategies of the Keewatin Career Development Corporation in Discourse Surrounding the Knowledge-Based Economy and Society

E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Frank Winter
Describes the establishment of the organization and the environment of the development of broadband telecommunications in northern Saskatchewan. Chapter sixteen from Connecting Canadians: Investigations in Community Informatics edited by Andrew Clement, Michael Gurstein, Graham Longford, Marita Moll, Leslie Regan Shade.
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Reversing the Spirit of Delegitimation

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
J. Tim Goddard
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 17, no. 2, 1997, pp. 215-225
Provides an overview of the development of First Nation control over education with the establishment of Band-controlled schools and argues the schools are simply a means to continue the federal assimilation policy.
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Reviews

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Nile Thompson
Carl G. Foster
Joane Nagel
Thomas F. Schilz
Joseph B. Herring
Catherine Price
Imre Sutton
G. Edward Evans
Larry R. Stucki
Ronald K. Inouye
Alan L. Hoover
Scott Rushforth
Karl E. Gilmont
Rebecca Kugel
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 12, no. 1, 1988, pp. 73-109
Book reviews on: Coast Salish Essays by Wayne Suttles. Phoenix Indian School by Robert Trennert. The Good Red Road: Passages into Native America by Kenneth Lincoln with Al Logan Slagle. The Indians of Texas: An Annotated Research Bibliography by Michael L. Tate. The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains by John C. Fremont. Among the Sioux of Dakota: Eighteen Months' Experience as an Indian Agent, 1869-70 by D. C. Poole. Sovereignty and Symbol: Indian-White Conflict at Ganeinkeh by Gail H.
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Reviews

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Joanna L. Endter
Allan R. Taylor
Thomas Biolsi
Jerome Klinkowitz
James Ruppert
Douglas R. Parks
Yasuhide Kawashima
Sidner Larson
Cornelius J Jaenen
Donald A Grinde
Helen Jaskoski
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 13, no. 2, 1989, pp. 107-138
Book reviews of: A Stranger in Her Native Land: Alice Fletcher and the American Indians by Joan Mark. Blackfoot Dictionary of Stems, Roots and Affixes by D. G. Frantz and N. J. Russell. The Indians' New World: Catawbas and Their Neighbors From European Contact Through the Era of Removal by James H. Merrell. American Women Writing Fiction edited by Mickey Pearlman. New Voices From the Longhouse: An Anthology of Contemporary Iroquois Writing edited by Joseph Bruchac. Spirit of the New England Tribes: Indian History and Folklore, 1620-1984 by William S.
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Reviews

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Douglas W. Veltre
Jeffrey D. Anderson
David Reed Miller
Katherine Beaty Chiste
Sean M. Rafferty
Carol Miller
Caskey Russell
Thomas W. Cowger
Hugh Shewell
Alfred Young Man
Michael A. Glassow
Karen J. Travers
Stephen Warren
Ken Coates
et.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 35, no. 2, 2011, pp. 183-246
Book reviews of: An Aleutian Ethnography by Lucien M. Turner ; edited by Raymond L. Hudson. The Arapaho Language by Andrew Cowell and Alonzo Moss Sr. Broken Treaties: United States and Canadian Relations with the Lakotas and Plains Cree, 1868–1885 by Jill St. Germain. Canada’s Indigenous Constitution by John Borrows. Cave Archaeology of the Eastern Woodlands: Essays in Honor of Patty Jo Watson edited by David H. Dye. Cherokee Thoughts: Honest and Uncensored by Robert J.
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Richard Cardinal: Cry from a Diary of a Métis Child

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Alanis Obomsawin
Tribute to an adolescent who committed suicide after moving in and out of 28 foster homes. This film deals with mature subject matter. Viewer discretion is advised. Duration: 29:10.
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Riel Project / Bulletin / du Projet Riel - No.1. - April / Avril 1979.

Articles » General
Two copies of the premiere issue of the bulletin published by the University of Alberta. Article subjects include a letter written by Louis Riel, dated 16 November 1885, the day of his execution; and the Riel Mini-Conference, held in October 1978 at the University of Alberta.

Historical note:

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"Riel Rebellion"

E-Books
Author/Creator
Jules Sioui
Vernon LaChance
Neil Brodie
This file contains five booklets related to the history of the 1885 Riel Rebellion. Diary of Francis Dickens by Vernon LaChance (1930), Four Months Under Arms by H. S. Nelson (nd), Twelve Days With The Indians by Neil Brodie (1932), War-Peace in Canada: The Invader Responsible for the Death of the Patriot Louis Riel by Jules Sioui (1943), and Saskatchewan Guide to Historic Sites of the North West Rebellion (1985).
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