Activism

Book review of: The Indian Association of Alberta by Laurie Meijer Drees.

In 1981 IAA argued that First Nations had two choices: either remain outside the Constitution or negotiate a new relationship that will place them in Confederation.

Overview of the themes contained in the book. Excerpt from the book: Indian Association of Alberta: A History of Political Action by Laurie Meijer Drees.

Book review of: Indian Country by Gail Guthrie Valaskakis.

Using the Menominee Tribe of Wisconsin as a case study the author offers criticism of current Tribal government operations and details a step-by-step plan to non-violently seize political power.

Discusses the Aboriginal documentaries produced as part of National Film Board's initiative designed to give marginalized social groups a greater voice. Films include: Powwow at Duck Lake, Elliot Lake, The Indian Speaks, Ballad of Crowfoot, Cree Hunters of Mistassini, and You are on Indian Land.

Historical overview of fishing rights in the United States and 1991 Juanita Denny case decision, which challenged limitations on Treaty fishing rights

Supports a grassroots approach to self-government rather than federally imposed rules of governance.

Argues that a consistent, fair, and equitable policy of land restoration, in the United States, is the only way to resolve Indigenous land claims.

Sociology Thesis (Ph.D.)--Yale University, 1973.

Indian leaders meet over constitutional difficulties.

History Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, Los Angeles, 1993.

Chief David Ahenakew addresses 1971 Chief's conference.

Book review of Indian Policies in the Americas by William Y. Adams.

Twelve photographs (11 scanned here) of Aboriginal protestors at the Department of Indian Affairs office in Saskatoon on October 10, 1973.

"National publication for the Indians of Canada". Focus on Indigenous issues, events at residential schools and legal decisions. Previously published as Indian Missionary Record. Articles reflect the attitudes and polices of the time.

"National publication for the Indians of Canada." Focus on Indigenous issues, events at residential school and legal decisions. Previously published as Indian Missionary Record . Articles reflect the attitudes and policies of the time.

"National publication for the Indians of Canada." Focus on Indigenous issues, events at residential schools and legal decisions. Previously published as Indian Missionary Record . Articles reflect the attitudes and policies of the time.

Discusses John Collier's crusade to rebuild Indian tribal societies and rehabilitate and enlarge Indian lands.

Documents relating to the “Indian Question”, residential schools, The Bryce Report (health conditions in the schools), the McKenna McBride Commission, further restrictions imposed by the Indian Act, post-war activism, etc. Backgrounders and primary sources for topics covered in Book One.

Four components: purpose of schools, assaults and their legacy, resistance and change, and action of reconciliation. Unit developed in response to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's call for development of age-appropriate educational materials.

Book review of: Indian Resilience and Rebuilding by Donald L. Fixico.

Discussion on the Indian Rights Association and its goal of the assimilation of American Indigenous nations, in particular through the allotment policies in Oklahoma during early twentieth century.

Argues that there were eight themes in the story of Alcatraz which anthropologists ignored, and these are: self-determination, unity, equal educational opportunity, cultural revitalization, mutual assistance, changes to the Bureau of Indian Affairs, ecolog, and the land base for Aboriginal self-sufficiency.

Analyzes three types of political action First Nations' people have undertaken: acts of civil disobedience, general policy protests and international protests.

History Thesis (M.A.)--University of British Columbia, 2009.

Commentary on the San Xavier Development Project, a component of the Central Arizona Project (CAP), a massive water diversion project in Arizona.

Brief biography of the author, orator, rights activist and reformer of Native American policy. Special combined issue of Studies in American Indian Literatures and American Indian Quarterly. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 87.

Book review of: The Ordeal of the Longhouse: The Peoples of the Iroquois League in the Era of European Colonization by Daniel K. Richter, A Country Between: The Upper Ohio Valley and its Peoples by Michael C. McConnell, The Dividing Paths: Cherokees and South Carolinians Through the Era of Revolution by Tom Hatley, The Founders of America: How Indians Discovered... by Francis Jennings.

Engages the works and practices of Indigenous mapmakers throughout history; highlights the issues of nation, state, relationship to the land, resistance to colonial occupation, and epistemology; asserts technological and theoretical contributions of Indigenous cartographers; calls for an increase for cartographic training in Indigenous communities.

Author draws on their experience working within the academy to illustrate institutional discrimination against Indigenous scholars, graduate students, and allies who choose to confront issues of genocide, land theft, and colonization in their work.

Evaluates the Circle Project, Comprehensive Indian Resources for Community and Law Enforcement.

Parliamentary reform and reconciliation in Canada.

Focuses on the experience of facilitators and leaders in the program dealing with the challenges associated with adapting Western research methods to the Indigenous context.

Author considers different cases of Indigenous resistance; offers a critique of the process of settler-colonial nationhood citing Audra Simpson’s assertion in Mohawk Interruptus that “continued Indigenous defense undermines and corrupts the absolutism of settler-colonial nationhood”

Discusses the American mass media's monopoly on information dissemination, and failure to cover American Indian issues and activism. Duration: 55:29.

Brief profiles of Wally Awasis, Dan and Mary Lou Smoke, Frank T'Seleie and Carol Kobliski.

Educational Studies and Communication Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--McGill University, 2014.

Looks at the renewal of sumaq kawsay or living well in Quechua and provides suggestions to make it thrive.

Outlines the history and some challenges facing the coca policy of Evo Morales' government. To access this article, scroll down to page 57.

Communication Studies Thesis (MCS) -- Auckland University of Technology, 2019

Explores the main factors involved in the contentious collective action by the Labrador Innu during the 1980s and 1990s and questions the possible application of these factors to other cases.

Looks back at key documents during the last 500 years, since Columbus, and argues that in the future there is hope for greater emancipation of Indigenous Peoples.

Discusses Kaitiakitanga, an interpretation of Máori environmental customs and practices.

Looks at the political history and relations between the middle and upper class people of Bolivia and the governments' struggles to break with the past. To access this article, scroll to page 82.

Overview of diverse topics and issues explored in the book to underscore debate and importance of emerging Indigenous feminist endeavours. Introduction from Indigenous Women and Feminism: Politics, Activism, Culture edited by Cheryl Suzack, Shari M. Huhndort, Jeanne Perreault, and Jean Barman. Introduction located by scrolling to page 1.

Looks at the particular challenges of the Indigenous feminist movement. Scroll down to page 16 to read article.