Racism & Discrimination

Discusses the continuing attitude that Indigenous peoples are the "problem" because they are deficient and lacking the ability to fully participate in society, how Western legal instruments have dictated how they receive, retain and exercise rights, and the need for alternative approach which listens to Indigenous voices and focuses on successes and the contributions that Indigenous peoples have made and continue to make to Canada. Duration: 1:04:54.

Reports information gathered about circumstances which led to relocation to an urban environment, experiences of living in the city in the early twentieth century, and establishment and displacement of "Indiantown".

Four modules specifically developed for dealing with issues experienced by Aboriginal women: circular thinking, colonization and the historical context, effects of culture loss on identity, and values. Each module includes readings and activities.

Pacific and Asian Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Victoria, 2012. Supplementary material: interview with Eden Robinson.

Purpose of the article is to compare how legal regulation of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal girls overlapped and differed based on race, class, and gender oppression.

Looks at patterns of disease for Walpole Island First Nation in Ontario. Chapter 11 from: Multiplying and Dividing: Tuberculosis in Canada and Aotearoa New Zealand edited by Judith Littleton, Julie Park, Ann Herring and Tracy Farmer. Scroll down to page 134 to read chapter.

Utilizes the landscape after the attack on the World Trade Center (911) to explore the traditional tribal and the modern American identities.

Comments on societal and institutional racism against Indigenous peoples.

Construction and Representation of Cultural Identities Thesis (M.A.)--University of Barcelona, 2012.

Chronicles how various governments around the world used the September 11, 2001 attacks to enact anti terror legislation that eroded basic human rights. To access this article scroll down to page 6.

Outlines arguments for and against having Native American mascots, and legislation and other proposed solutions.

Discusses the vital act of resistance and regeneration in Mean Spirit. Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.

Overview of blockades including underlying grievances, reasons for using a blockade to protest and reactions of non-Indigenous residents.

Interview with a political artist, visionary, and critic of Australian whiteness.

States how the modernization of greater Adelaide is aligned with the colonist desire to impose order and western civilization on, 'the bush'.

Indigenous Studies Thesis (M.Phil.)--The Arctic University of Norway, 2014.

Argues that placing Aboriginal culture and history on parr with other groups in a multicultural context is a way to ignore their unique position and sovereign rights in Canada.

Discusses how counsellors at boarding schools need to upgrade their programs.

Silvia Carrera discusses her life, the social discrimination against Indigenous peoples, and strategies for dealing with the government.

Book review of: Simply the Survival of the Fittest by Tony Austin. Review located by scrolling to page 180.

Comments on an affair between a priest and one of his former residential school students.

Material is full text of peer-reviewed literature.

Exploration of the themes represented in the travelling performance popular in the 1860s and 1870s.

Consists of an interview with three of Jim Brady's sisters. They talk about early life in St. Paul des Metis in the 1920s and 1930s, the politics and lifestyle of their father, Jim Brady, Sr., as well as discussing Brady's maternal grandfather, Laurent Garneau.

Book review of: Sister Girl by Jackie Huggins.

An interview that consists of Sister Norma Jeff's recollections of her experiences as a teacher.

Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Manitoba, 2014.

Examines the existence of racism within the public health sector and the imbalances between funders and providers of public health services.

Discusses the film series TimeTraveller which is about a Mohawk bounty hunter on a vision quest to uncover Mohawk history.

Book review of Skin Deep by Liz Conor.

Book review of: Skin For Skin by Gerald M. Sider

The authors discusses the Cherokee's attitudes toward slaves and "free Blacks", the laws they created to regulate them, and the possible motivations of the runaway slaves.

6 Part video series outlines the history of the residential school system and how it personally affected generations of First Nations people. Features the voices of many former school residents and their families, including Elijah Harper, Art Solomon, Shirley Cheechoo and the songs of Maria Linklater. Duration: 51:00. Click "play all" to see all six videos or click each part separately.

Story about Charlie Smoke who comes from the Akwasasne Mohawk Nation by way of the Oglala Nation in South Dakota and his quest to be recognized by the Canadian government.

Looks at aboriginal ways of knowing involving school culture, language-learning, and multicultural, culturally responsive teachers. Includes a cultural framework model.

Museology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Washington, 2016.

Looks at the nature and extent of inequality between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal peoples in Canada. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 93.

Argues that judicial analyses of the St. Catherine's Milling and Lumber Company v. The Queen case rarely take into account the historical context and contemporary attitudes towards Aboriginal people at the time.

Public Health Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Alberta, 2012.

Discusses challenges faced for prenatal and infant care, obesity, mental health, smoking, infectious disease, suicide, self-perception, racism and colonialism and looks at resilience factors.

Scoping review of literature on Aboriginal health, rights, and health policy highlights issues including the impact of ongoing colonialism, the role of government in rights realization, tokenism, and policies of assimilation. Notes an ongoing failure to move from rights recognition to implementation.

Links high STI rates in the aboriginal population to exclusionary structures and norms in Canadian society.

Challenges the fact that communication or solicitation for the purpose of sex, otherwise known as prostitution, is illegal and yet is so open, with 14 escort agencies listed in Saskatoon and 17 in Regina.

Study generally supports Gerhard Lenski's theory of social stratification with the exception of power differences or inequalities emerging before the inequalities of wealth.