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Vulnerable: The Law, Policy and Ethics of COVID-19

E-Books
Author/Creator
Katherine Fierlbeck
Lorian Hardcastle
Aimée Craft
Deborah McGregor
Jeffery Hewitt … [et al.]
See: Chapter A-2 "COVID-19 and First Nations' Responses" by Aimée Craft, Deborah McGregor, and Jeffery Hewit. Chapter D-6 "Systemic Discrimination in Government Services and Programs and Its Impact on First Nations Peoples During the COVID-19 Pandemic" by Anne Levesque and Sophie Theriault.
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Walking in Two Worlds: The Role of Drama in Creating Cross-Cultural Understanding and Student Engagement in School

Alternate Title
McDowell Foundation Research Project ; no. 185
Opening Up about Oppression Through Forum Theatre: Teacher's Guide
Teaching and Learning Research Exchange
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Melissa] Marley
[Carol] Fulton
McDowell Foundation Research Project
Looks at a Grades 10-12 student drama project about living and going to school in a culturally mixed community. Included is a teachers guide with lesson plans.
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War of the Eagles [by] Eric Walters: A Novel Study

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Regional Vancouver Island Aboriginal Circle

Recommended for Grades 6 to 9. Story about two friends, one of Tsimshian/Caucasian descent, the other of Japanese descent, and how they react to the Japanese internment in Canada during World War II.

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Warriors Remembered at Solemn Ceremony

Articles » General
Author/Creator
John Lagimodiere
Eagle Feather News, vol. 11, no. 11, November 2008, pp. 1-2
Discusses the lack of discrimination in the army during the war towards Aboriginal soldiers and the discrimination they faced upon their return. Article located on page 1 and by scrolling to page 2.
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Washington Redskins

Alternate Title
Assignment
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Mike Wendling
Lucy Ash
Assignment reporter Mike Wendling in the United States to find out why protests against the name "Redskins" are on the rise. Duration: 25:00.
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"Watch This Spot and Whose In It": Creating Space for Indigenous Educators?

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Patricia Maringi Johnston
Australian Journal of Teacher Education, vol. 26, no. 1, 2001, pp. 1-8
Argues that creating space involves more than simply allocating positions and places to those who identify as Indigenous. It also includes recognition of world-views and knowledge bases that are distinctly Indigenous.
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Water (what’re) We Doing: An Analysis of Water Insecurity in Indigenous Communities in Canada

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Sawyer Junger
Federalism-E, vol. 20, no. 1, 2019, pp. 75-84
Uses literature on environmental racism to frame case study of the Canadian government's inaction on the issue and provides overview of Indigenous-government relations to illustrate factors which have allowed this human rights violation. Argues that the current situation is a result of lack of government accountability and the country's colonial history.
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Way of the Warrior

Alternate Title
WPT Documentaries (Wisconsin Public Television)
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Patty Loew
Documentary on the role of Native Americans in the military campaigns of World War I and II, and the Korean and Vietnam conflict. Duration: 56:14.
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We Are All Treaty People

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Becky Sasakamoose Kuffner
Smita Garg
Canadian Issues, Aboriginal Immigrant Relations Today, Summer, 2012, pp. 26-29

Comments on initiatives in the City of Saskatoon to bring together Aboriginal people, newcomers and the mainstream population through recreation, culture and business. To access article scroll to p. 26.

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We are Called Transformers

Articles » General
Author/Creator
María Teresa Madani
Indigenous Affairs, no. 3-4, Indigenous Youth, 2005, p. 23
Indigenous woman from the Aymara people speaks about being a free person. To access this article, scroll down to page 23.
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"We Are Syilx" [Part 1]

Alternate Title
[Indian Residential School Personal Stories]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Hazel Squakin
Presents a First Nations Elder speaking about her experience with residential schools and the impact on her life. Access Part 2. Duration: 14:35.
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We Can't Make the Same Mistake Twice

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Alanis Obomsawin
Documentary about a landmark discrimination case filed by the Assembly of First Nations and the Child and Family Caring Society of Canada against Indian and Northern Affairs Development Canada in 2007 about the treatment of First Nations children. Duration: 2:42:53.
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"We Celebrate Our Own Funeral, the Discovery of America:" Pathos, Promise, and Constraint in Simon Pokagon's (Potawatomie) Resistance to the 1893 World's Fair

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jason Edward Black
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 38, no. 1, 2018, pp. 165-181
Considers Potawatomie’s address at the 1893 World’s Fair, in which he used the platform to expose the realities of the U.S. Government Indian policy, as a rhetorical strategy of resistance and an attempt to garner sympathy from the public at large. Discusses the implications and potential fallout of Potawatomie’s move.
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"We still need the game. As Indigenous people, it's in our blood." A Conversation on Hockey, Residential School, and Decolonization.

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Eugene Arcand
Sam McKegney
Michael Mahkwa Auksi
Canadian Ethnic Studies Journal, vol. 53, no. 3, Fall, 2021, pp. [15]-27
An interview with Eugene Arcand, from the Muskey Lake Cree Nation, to discuss their personal experiences in residential schools and playing hockey in Canada.
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Weesageechak Meets the Weetigo: Storytelling, Humour, and Trauma in the Fiction of Richard Van Camp, Tomson Highway, and Eden Robinson

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kristina Fagan
Studies in Canadian Literature / Études en littérature canadienne, vol. 34, no. 1, 2009, pp. [204]-226
Looks at the use of storytelling and humour to explore connections between the traumatic experience of Aboriginals' past and their problems in the present.
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Wennebojo Meets the Mascot: A Trickster's View of the Central Michigan University Mascot/ Logo

Alternate Title
Team Spirits: The Native American Mascots Controversy
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Richard Clark Eckert

Short story involves the Trickster traveling to Mount Pleasant, Michigan to speak to the former mascot about the university's persistence in using "Chippewa" as their mascot's name.

Chapter from Team Spirits: The Native American Mascot Controversy edited by C. Richard King and Charles Freuhling Springwood; foreword by Vine Deloria Jr.

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The West and Beyond: New Perspectives on an Imagined Region

Alternate Title
The West Unbound: Social and Cultural Studies
E-Books
Author/Creator
Gerald Friessen
Lyle Dick
Winona Wheeler
Matt Dyce
James Opp
Kathryn McKay
Amber Dean... [et. al.]
Based on papers presented at the conference: The West and Beyond : Historians Past, Present and Future, held at the University of Alberta, 19–21 June, 2008.
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What Can We Learn from the Stanley Trial?

Alternate Title
Can Canadian Literature Help Us Explain the Boushie Tragedy?
How Property and Place Were Key Issues in the Stanley Trial
Indigenous Law Can Help Confront Intergenerational Injustice
Jury Reform Will Contentious and Limited after the Stanley Trial
Legal and Systemic Issues Left Unexamined in Stanley Trial
Policy Options ; September 24, 2018
Safeguarding Trials from Racial Bias
The Forensic Failures of the Stanley Trial
Transparency around Jurors, Verdicts Would Help Trail Fairness
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Hadley Friedland
Kate Sutherland
David M. Tanovich
Robin McKechney
Emma Cunliffe
Estair Van Wagner
Alexandra Flynn ... [et al.]
Contains links to articles by members of a legal think tank called the Project Fact(A), who were examining the trial in which Gerald Stanley, a Saskatchewan farmer, was charged with second-degree murder in the shooting death of a 22-year-old Cree man, Colton Boushie, and was subsequently acquitted.
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What Do We Do about the Legacy of Indian Residential Schools?

Alternate Title
Big Thinking [Lecture Series]
Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences Conference ; 2015
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Murray Sinclair
Paul Voudrach
Chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission discusses its unique mandate, problems with defining and contextualizing reconciliation, how schools affected children, and intergenerational trauma. Duration: 1:03:16.
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What I Learned in Class Today: Aboriginal Issues in the Classroom

Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
First Nations Studies Program
University of British Columbia
Research project investigated the challenges associated with dealing with politically and culturally sensitive subject matter in the post-secondary classroom. Contains links to student and instructor interviews, discussion topics, and workshop materials. Some videos may not be compatible with Internet Explorer.
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