Racism & Discrimination

Purpose of brief compilation is to provide historical and current context for Aboriginal health status. Lists significant legislation and events chronologically, as well as discusses benefits, social determinants of health, gaps in services, etc.

Book review of: Comparative Indigeneities of the Américas edited by M. Bianet Castellanos, Lourdes Gutiérrez Nájera, and Arturo J. Aldama. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 127.

Government Thesis (M.A.)--University of Arizona, 1969.

Study looks at negative prejudicial attitudes, in 102 volunteer participants, using three measures.

Presents introduction to the essays in Indian Subjects: Hemispheric Perspectives on the History of Indigenous Education edited by Brenda J. Child and Brian Klopotek.

Determines six factors in need of improvement for quality of life (QoL): education and training, justice system, understanding of culture and rights, employment opportunities, community funding, spiritual spaces.

Looks at Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath, in light of a class system that marginalizes people and then leaves them at the mercy of federal bureaucrats who pretend they don't exist.

Abstracts of works in the Research Series. Aboriginal Sexual Offending in Canada by John H. Hylton. Mental Health Profiles for a Sample of British Columbia's Aboriginal Survivors of the Canadian Residential School System by Raymond R. Corrado, Irwin M.

Canadian Studies and Indigenous Studies Thesis (M.A.)--Trent University, 2009.

Focuses on residential schools and assimilationist policies.

Looks at how the intergenerational effects of colonization have produced improved economic, social and political wellbeing of settlers' descendants.

Discusses the connection between historically traumatic events and contemporary stressors on individuals, families, and communities.

For materials relevant to Aboriginal women, see points 17-20 (matrimonial real property) and 29-32 (violence and missing or murdered).

Indigenous Studies Thesis (M.Phil)--University of Tromsø, 2012.

Investigates what types of legal cases existed and how they were resolved.

This article contains descriptions of extreme sexual and systemic violence. Author describes the social and institutional discourses that render Aboriginal women disposable in the Canadian consciousness; addresses the stereotypical “Indian squaw” – “Indian princess” dichotomy, and examines RCMP approaches to investigating missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls (MMIWG) cases.

Critiques the Canadian fantasy of innocence and niceness regarding its historical colonial practices.

Addresses current health care practices affected by historical events and identity, changing nature of identity, and racism in health care decisions.

Leadership, Higher and Adult Education Thesis (M.A.)--Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto, 2014.

Discusses the sexual abuse of Aboriginal women by white men and the lack of protection from colonial law in Australia.

Presents an overview of trauma experiences that have affected a specific group of Australian Indigenous populations.

Brian Sinclair was a 45-year-old Aboriginal man who died after sitting for 34 hours waiting for medical attention at Winnipeg's Health Sciences Centre's emergency department.

Looks at the patterns of systematic discrimination carried out by Canada's crown corporations. Entire issue on one pdf. Scroll down to page 40 to access article.

Overview of the history of tourism at Banff, Alberta and the Banff Indian Days Festival.

Paper outlines the organization's position on regulating street checks, answers the Government of Ontario's 15 consultation questions and provides recommendations for consideration.

Investigates whether contact with mainstream Canadian culture affects perceived discrimination.

Criticism and Curatorial Practice Thesis (M.F.A.)--Ontario College of Art and Design University, 2017.

Artists speak about their life and work in context of form, image and consequences. Duration:1.33.17.

Ethnic Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, Berkeley, 2013.

Compares Cheyenne and American world views to show why there are different stories about the events that took place at Sappa Creek.

"This article examines the complexities of the Australian Aboriginal sporting experience including long entrenched racist barriers that denied Aboriginal participation on the sporting field".

Requests that people support the position of the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations regarding the policing problems that exist in Saskatchewan.

Interview with prominent artist, writer, singer and dancer. Excerpt from Nuu-Chah-Nulth Voices, History, Objects & Journeys edited by Alan L. Hoover.

Comments on the historical trauma intervention model which uses four components designed to foster healing from grief: confronting the history, understanding the trauma and its effects, releasing the pain, and transcending the trauma. Part 1 of 3.

Comments on the experiences of survivors of the Jewish Holocaust, the Japanese American WWII camps and key events affecting Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders. Part 3 of 3.

Discusses Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome. Part 2 of 3.

Higher Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Arizona, 1995.

An examination of portrayals of Indigenous peoples in fictional writings and how they reflected the prejudices of the time and helped to perpetuate stereotypes.

Statistics reveal inequalities exist in Bolivia, Brazil, Guatemala, Mexico, Paraguay and Peru among both Indigenous peoples and linguistic minorities.

Workshop deals with anti-racism.

Discusses a series of books for children which critics and scholars see as a cultural counterpoint to Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House books.

Author considers different estimates for the pre-contact population in the Western Hemisphere as a means of estimating the number of lives lost to colonial factors of violence in the ongoing Indigenous Holocaust. Primarily focuses on United States.

Presents a selection of papers presented April 29-30, 2009, Faculty of the VCA and Music, The University of Melbourne about the business of Indigenous performing arts, its history and its future.

Comments on the cruelty indigenous peoples have endured and the need for a variety of reparation programs.

Reports on the oppressive policies employed by past and present Australian governments against Aboriginal peoples.