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We Can't Make the Same Mistake Twice

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Alanis Obomsawin
Documentary about a landmark discrimination case filed by the Assembly of First Nations and the Child and Family Caring Society of Canada against Indian and Northern Affairs Development Canada in 2007 about the treatment of First Nations children. Duration: 2:42:53.
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"We Must Farm to Enable Us to Live": The Plains Cree and Agriculture to 1900

Alternate Title
The Prairie West as Promised Land
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Sarah Carter

Disproves the commonly held belief that despite government efforts and assistance, reserve populations lacked the inclination or ability to farm.

Chapter five from The Prairie West as Promised Land edited by Chris Kitzan and R.D. Francis

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We Were Children

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Tim Wolochatiuk
Jason Sherman
Kyle Irving
Lisa Meeches
David Christensen ... [et al.]
Film about the Canadian government's residential school system as experienced by two children, their stories and the lasting after-effects. WARNING: Contains disturbing content. Duration: 83:05. Accompanying Facilitators Guide.
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[Week 6: The Legacies of Residential Schools with Residential School Survivors]

Alternate Title
MIKM 2701: Learning From Knowledge Keepers of Mi'kma'ki
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Stephen Augustine
Ashlee Cunsolo Willox
Clark Paul
Karen Burnard
Michael R. Denny
Clark Paul shares his emotional and inspiring story of his experience at residential school. Stephen Augustine provides an overview of residential schools in Canada. Presentations begin at 20:35. Duration: 2:41:51.
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Western Australian Achievements in Aboriginal Health

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Allison Bellottie
Ken Boas
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 24, no. 4, July/August 2000, pp. 33-36
Chronicles yearly (1993-2000) policy changes and/or improvements that were captured in a presentation called, Celebrating The Past Seven Years In Aboriginal Health.
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What Is It About Us That You Don't Like?

Alternate Title
The Truth about Stories: A Native Narrative. Pt. 5
[2003 CBC Massey Lectures]
[Ideas with Paul Kennedy]
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Thomas King
In speech, noted author uses a coyote story as a springboard for a discussion on European-Aboriginal relations throughout the history of Canada and United States. To listen to this audio, scroll down to Part 5. Duration: 54:22.
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What Kind of Policy Matters? Recognition, Redistribution, and Indigenous Health Outcomes in Canada and New Zealand

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Louise Humpage
Australasian Canadian Studies, vol. 27, no. 1-2, Globalising Indigeneity: New Research Directions, 2009, pp. 27-54
Contends that there is no clear evidence that self-determination policies are the answer to improving Indigenous health outcomes. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 27.
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What Other Canadian Kids Have: The Fight for a New School in Attawapiskat

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Karl Reimer
Native Studies Review, vol. 19, no. 1, 2010, pp. 119-136
Discussion, at the structural level, about the kind of education that is provided to Canada’s Indigenous peoples. The article also discusses a social activist, Shannen Koostachin, and her campaign to engage in social action in order to pressure the federal government to build a new school.
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What Their Stories Tell Us: Research Findings From the Sisters in Spirit Initiative

Alternate Title
Sisters In Spirit 2010 Research Findings
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Native Women's Association of Canada (NWAC)
Report, based on five years of research into missing and murdered Aboriginal females in Canada, explores circumstances, root causes and trends of violence, numbers of missing/murdered women, and questions why this is occurring.
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What Treaty Eight Actually Says

Alternate Title
What Treaty #8 Actually Says
What Treaty 8 Actually Says
What Treaty No. 8 Actually Says
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Candis McLean
Report, vol. 30, no. 1, January 6, 2003, p. 12
Brief review of recent judicial decisions involving land claims and select issues related to Indigenous mineral rights in Alberta.
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When a Language Dies

Articles » General
Author/Creator
John Milloy
Index on Censorship , vol. 28, no. 4, 1999, pp. 54-64
Discusses how the Canadian government inflicted damage on First Nations cultures by the suppression of language and learning, and the enforcement of schooling in "civilized" culture.
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When Disaster Strikes: Emergency Management in the Arctic

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Sara French
Northern Public Affairs, vol. 2, no. 3, Arctic Search & Rescue, July 2014, pp. 32-36
Roundtable identified two major barriers to addressing the North's search and rescue operations: a complex jurisdictional landscape and cost.
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Where Do Policy Makers And Politicians Look For Policy Directions?

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Clem Campbell
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 21, no. 6, November/December 1997, pp. 25-28
Instructive article for Australian rural health research workers provides an understanding of the role that various politicians play in developing health policy.
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Where Whitemen Come to Play

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Nicholas Lawson
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 9, no. 1, Parks and People, Spring, 1985
Suggests that Parks Canada should follow similar guidelines to other nations, such as Australia, where a national park is created in conjunction with the settlement of an aboriginal land claim.
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Whispered Gently through Time: First Nations Qualilty Child Care

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Margo Greenwood
Perry Shawana
Native Social Work Journal, vol. 4, no. 1, Aboriginal Children and Youth, Issues and Challenges, December 2003, pp. 51-83
Study designed to provide a vehicle for communities to articulate the nature and structure of child care in their community; to provide recommendations for the development of First Nations quality child care programs; and to examine options for First Nations jurisdiction in child care.
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White by Definition: Status, Identity and Aboriginal Rights

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Susan B. DeLisle

Examines the issue of Aboriginal identification and inherent rights of Aboriginal peoples, and looks at how government policies fail to meet the concerns of specific groups. Uses case study of Ardoch Algonquin First Nation.

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Whitewashing the Gap: The Discursive Practices of Whiteness

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robyn Moore
International Journal of Critical Indigenous Studies, vol. 5, no. 2, 2012, pp. 2-12
Analyzes the, 'Closing the Gap' speech made in 2011, by then Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard, which addresses Indigenous disadvantage.
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Who Cares About the Facts?

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Moira Rayner
Eureka Street, October 2003
Comments on the history of the removal policy regarding Aboriginal children in Australia.
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