Racism & Discrimination

Study based on interviews with 25 individuals from the Six Nations of the Grand River in Canada and 20 individuals from the Inari municipality in Finland.

Explores consequences resulting from ethnic discrimination, racism, sexism, exploitation, poverty and political violence. To access this article, scroll down to page 16.

Sociology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Delaware, 2006.

Describes and compares the politics of land, sovereignty, labour, race relations and law enforcement enacted in the two countries by settler governments. Details general practices and events which illustrate the politics described.

Discusses theological methodology focusing on four elements: race and politics of oppression, inappropriateness of lumping Indigenous people in with larger class of the poor, language colonization and marginalization of women. Chapter one from American Indian Liberation: A Theology of Sovereignty.

Comments on the recognition of and redress for historical injustices against ethnic minorities and Aboriginal peoples.

Study examines barriers and successes experienced from an Aboriginal women's point of view when accessing health care related services.

Teaching and Learning Thesis (Ed.D.)--University of North Dakota, 2009.

Study illustrates how perception may exacerbate hostility towards Native American students.

Looks at abuse at residential schools focusing on underlying causes of student to student abuse.

Study conducted to discover how to better promote and support the success of Aboriginal education in public schools, and how to create an on-going dialogue regarding learning within teacher organizations and the broader educational community.

Discusses consequences of loss of culture through eradication of language, destruction of family unit, forced Christianization, and abuse. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll down to appropriate page.

Argues that practice of "carding" i.e. stopping, questioning, and demanding proof of identity, promotes racialized policing which in turn leads to over-incarceration of Aboriginal peoples.

Commission was created to examine circumstances that resulted in the teenager's death and the subsequent investigation of it by Saskatoon City Police and the RCMP.

Presents results of six weeks of fact-finding conducted from January to July 2016, interviews and correspondence with police, and complaint mechanisms from August 2016 to January 2017.

Inquiry responds to the government's failure to adequately address recommendations in Bringing them home: Report of the National Inquiry into the Separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children From the Families.

Discusses the negative undertone that fosters physical and psychological exclusion of children that continues in Canada

Inquiry looked into circumstances surrounding the death of a Mi'kmaq man who was removed from Vancouver Police Department lock-up, left in an nearby alley and subsequently died of exposure and hypothermia.

Article presents research from a four-year place-based project which investigate the success of Aboriginal communities in addressing the disparity faced by Aboriginal people; participants redefine this disparity as symptom of colonial structures and cultural exclusion and develop trauma informed approaches.

Human Kinetics Thesis (M.A.)--University of Ottawa, 2014.

Response in support of Julia Emberley's book, Defamiliarizing the Aboriginal: Cultural Practices and Decolonization in Canada.

Sociology Thesis (Ph.D.)--Iowa State University, 2001.

Looks at the arguments put forth by Constable Harwig, Constable Senger and the Saskatoon Police Association to contest the Commissioner's conclusions.

Reveals findings and recommendations from a hearing surrounding the events that took place at Kanesatake and Kahnawake during the summer of 1990. Reproduction is a copy of an official work that is published by the Government of Canada and it is reproduced in affiliation with, or with the endorsement of the Government of Canada.

Analyzes American government and political textbooks used for introductory college courses for Native American content.

Looks at the reasons for the disproportionate number of Aboriginal people in the sex trade.

Nursing Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Western Ontario, 2018.

Results of a national telephone survey conducted in 2006.

Discusses differences between First Nation and non-first Nation parental involvement in the education system as well as barriers that limit parental involvement in schools.

Explores how this work symbolizes demise of the Aboriginal ways of life in terms of the author's background and tradition.

English Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of New Mexico, 1997.

Discusses past and continued racism directed at Aboriginal people in Canada, and the segregation of their art because of their race. Excerpt from a speech given at the opening of the Diversities exhibition mounted at the Glenbow Museum.

Matika Wilbur explores contemporary Native identity through her photographs and stories from Project 562 documenting Native America. Duration: 18:10.

Book review of: Surviving Wounded Knee by David W. Grua.

Book review of: Surviving Wounded Knee by David W. Grua.

Goal of document is to "gather together materials on Indigenous history in and around Canada that might be useful for people teaching, researching, writing history or working in public history". Current as of 2019.

Analysis of articles published in The Globe and Mail from 2000 to 2007. Chapter from: Understanding Violence: Contexts and Portrayals edited by Marika Guggisberg and David Weir.

Report of ideas, issues, opportunities, and actions identified by participants to find answers for Indigenous and non‐Indigenous peoples to move forward on the question of reconciliation.

Book review of: Take This Child by Barbara Cummings. Review located by scrolling to page 177.

Focuses on the ways that humour has been used by Indigenous Australian performing artists to highlight unpleasant social issues.

Comments on what is considered the beauty ideal in contemporary Australian society.

Book reviews of: Talking About Celia by Jeanie Bell. Sister Girl by Jackie Huggins. Reviews located by scrolling to page 281.