Policy

Argues that while the Victorian era had a harsh racial attitude it was not necessarily based only on "biological" assumptions, but also on the concept of "civilization".

Examines the evolution of Canadian Aboriginal print media during 1990-1991, after the government discontinued its financial support of the Native Communications Program.

Political Science Thesis (M.A.)--University of Northern British Columbia, 2004.

Article from 1993 Conference proceedings, argues to have the confrontational, adversarial and antagonistic conventional justice system change and include control by Aboriginal peoples in select areas. Excerpt from Continuing Poundmaker & Riel's Quest: Presentations Made at a Conference on Aboriginal Peoples and Justice compiled by Richard Gosse, James Youngblood Henderson, Roger Carter.

Discusses how the work, through its examination of colonial policies, helps to contextualize the findings of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

Author of Clearing the Plains speaks about how government policy, use of food as a weapon to force First Nations to sign treaties, and its failure to fulfill treaty obligations contributed to the famine and disease which decimated Indigenous population. Duration: 1:40: 58.

Author of Clearing the Plains: Disease, Politics of Starvation, and the Loss of Aboriginal Life discusses his research. Duration: 1:04:16.

Professor discusses students' responses while using the book by James Daschuk in a third-year Canadian Native History course.

Book review of Clearing the Plains by James Daschuk.

To accompany award-winning book by James Daschuk which examines ecological, economic, and political factors affecting Aboriginal health and mortality from the early 1700s to the end of the 19th century.

Overview of the Canadian Indian policy from 1896-1905, when Clifford Sifton and the Laurier government attempted to overhaul the Indian administration, and assimilate the Aboriginal peoples.

Argues that policy intervention should focus on: transmission of environmental knowledge, emergency management capability, flexibility of resource management regimes, economic support to facilitate adaptation, increase research effort to identify risk factors and response options, protection of infrastructure, and promote awareness of climate change impacts

Article chronicles efforts that activists are undertaking to persuade the government to make changes to, 'close the gap' within a generation.

Contains statements of support from various Australian organizations regarding health care inequalities between Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal citizens.

Remarks from the International Union for Health Promotion and Education (IUHPE) Conference discuss the challenges of Indigenous Health Promotion and all major health indicators lagging behind the Australian general population.

Journalism and Communication Thesis (M.J.)--Carleton University, 2003.

Study commissioned by the Department of the Prime Minister, Australia to gather a qualitative assessment of initiatives undertaken as part of the Closing the Gap policy. Includes literature review and results of consultations with 200 stakeholders.

Looks at the social and cultural impacts of Aboriginal cultural industries and the challenges and opportunities created for Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people.

Assessment of performance in achieving objectives, need for programs, impacts, cost-effectiveness, and alternatives to practices in place at that time.

Geography Thesis (M.A.)--Carleton University, 1991.

Book review of: Co-operative Management of Local Fisheries edited by Evelyn Pinkerton.

FILES CAN ONLY BE ACCESSED USING FIREFOX BROWSER. Consists of minutes, transcripts, statements, correspondence/letters, submissions, and reports regarding the historical claim grievances of two First Nations who had 4,500 square miles of land seized to create the weapons range. 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.]

Legal costs for residential school lawsuits will be paid from reserves in the Missionary Society of the Anglican Church of Canada.

Book review of: Out of the Depths: The Experiences of Mi'kmaw Children at the Indian Residential School at Shubenacadie, Nova Scotia by Isabelle Knockwood, with Gillian Thomas.

Book reviews of: Colonial Genocide in Indigenous North America edited by A. J. Woolford, J. Benvenuto and Al. L. Hinton. This Benevolent Experiment: Indigenous Boarding Schools Genocide, and Redress in Canada and the United States by Andrew Woolford. Entire book review section on one pdf. To access this review scroll to p. 175.

Contends that the Department of Indian Affairs has a plan to change the rules governing First Nations, but suggests that Native people should have the right to develop their own democratic self-government.

Looks at the effects of personal and collective trauma through a political lens. Scroll down to read paper. Chapter from Indigenous Cultures and Mental Health Counselling edited by Suzanne L. Stewart, Roy Moodley, and Ashely Hyatt. Scroll down to read paper.

Looks at the effects of colonialism on the over representation of Indigenous people in the criminal justice systems of four countries.

Discusses how past colonial laws have harmed Aboriginal peoples and offers alternative forms of justice to redress the effects of those policies and practices. .

Looks at the influences of colonialism on Aboriginal mental health with emphasis on the effects of intergenerational trauma on communities.

History Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Quebec at Montreal, 2011.

Book review of The Colonization of Mi'kmaw Memory and History, 1794-1928 by William C. Wicken.

Argues that there is a strong association between colonization history of First Nations peoples and their state of health and well-being.

Chapter 4 in: Finding Directions West: Readings That Locate and Dislocate Western Canada's Past edited by George Colpitts and Heather Devine.

History Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Toronto, 1994.

Book review of: Colonizing Bodies by Mary-Ellen Kelm.

Book review of: The Comeback: How Aboriginals Are Reclaiming Power and Influence by John Ralston Saul.

Study looks at opinion over the meaning of nations, how Canadians react to the idea of "founders", and how the relationship between Aboriginality and the diversity of Canadians is seen. Scroll down to page 109 to read article.

Describes the Canadian Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development (DIAND) process for distributing its research funds. Advocates changes to be more relevant to Indigenous needs.

Identifies some of the perverse Medicaid reforms and suggests strategies for overcoming them.

Response to the article by Thomas Flanagan in Canadian Journal of Law and Society Vol. 7 (1992) page 185-206.

States that the federal government is pursuing a, "war of conquest" with a number of new strategies.

Note: The title and description of this document uses wording that was common to mainstream society of that time period in history. As such, it contains language that is no longer in common use and may offend some readers. This wording should not be construed to represent the views of the Indigenous Studies Portal or the University of Saskatchewan Library. This file contains a variety of documents pertaining to the Halfbreed Scrip Commission in the Saskatchewan District of the North West Territories following the Northwest Resistance. It also contains documents referring to the scrip issued to scouts who took part in suppressing the 1885 uprising.

Describes how the Department of Indian Affairs attempted to undermine leaders and gain control of lands by subdividing the reserve into plots which would be individually-owned, with the ultimate goal of dispersing the community.

Natural Resources Management Thesis (M.N.R.M.)--University of Manitoba, 1999.

Information on a consultation process to develop replacement legislation for some sections of the Indian Act that are limiting community governance.