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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Unidentified Female Speaker

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File contains a brief presentation by an unidentified female speaker who believes that before larger issues can be solved, "We need to take care of the people at home first." The speaker says the childhood abuse she suffered made her stronger as an adult, but more adult role models and more child services programs are required to help children before abuse occurs.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentations by Rena Kinney, Geraldine Thomas, Rosalind Caldwell, Lillian George and Betty Ann Barnes

Documents & Presentations
This file contains a transcript of part of a portion of a sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at Prince George, British Columbia. This part includes opening remarks by Karin Hunt, the moderator for the session and presentations by Rena Kinney, Jessica Lafond, Geraldine Thomas, Brenda Thomas, Rosalind Caldwell, Gloria Lerat, Lillian George, Sophie Thomas, and Betty Ann Barnes and others on the various topics of racism, self-government, Aboriginal woman's issues, taxation, land claims, sexual abuse,healing and the issues of Metis women.
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[Sacred Lives: National Aboriginal Consultation Project]

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Cherry Kingsley
Melanie Mark
Goal of consultation project is to record the youth recommendations and then act upon them in conjunction with community members, government officials and service providers.
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A Safe Distance

Alternate Title
The Next Step
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Tina Horne
Short documentary about services offered to battered women in the communities of Portage La Prairie and Thompson, Manitoba and the West Bay Reserve, Ontario. Duration: 27:40.
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Safeguarding the Future and Healing the Past: The Government of Canada's Response to the Law Commission of Canada's Report: Restoring Dignity: Responding to Child Abuse in Canadian Institutions

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Author/Creator
Department of Justice Canada

Discusses the issue of institutional abuse in Canada, provides assessments of possible approaches to meeting the needs of survivors, and makes recommendations in continuing efforts to develop more effective policies and programs.

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Saskatchewan Child Abuse Protocol 2014

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Government of Saskatchewan
Defines child abuse under the law and looks at the responsibilities of service providers and implementation of the protocol.
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SCAN (Suspected Child Abuse and Neglect)

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Dianne Stafford
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 10, no. 3, September 1986, pp. 23-24
Describes role of the SCAN committee which creates locally-based solutions to situations in remote Australian communities.
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Second Stage Housing for Native Women: An NWAC Report

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Author/Creator
Native Women's Association of Canada (NWAC)
Examines information gathered through interviews with shelter directors pertaining to the necessary changes in the delivery of services in regards to the needs of abused Native women.
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Seeds of a Community Healing Process

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Hollow Water First Nation
Justice as Healing, Winter, 1995, p. [?]
Excerpt from Appendix 3 of the Interim Report of the Hollow Water First Nations Community Holistic Circle Healing describing their activities from 1993-94. Note: This is a sample article from the publication. Subscriptions are available from the Native Law Centre.
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Seeing Pine Ridge

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Akim Reinhardt
Great Plains Quarterly, vol. 36, no. 1, Winter, 2016, pp. 53-64
Film reviews of: Sober Indian/Dangerous Indian directed by John Maisch. Thunder-Being Nation: The Oglala Sioux of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation directed by Steven Lewis Simpson. The Battle for Whiteclay directed by Mark Vasina.
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Seeking Justice For Canada's 500 Missing Native Women

Alternate Title
Seeking Justice for Canada's Five Hundred Missing Native Women
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Deidre d'Entremont
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 28, no. 3, The International Decade of the Worlds Indigenous People, Fall, 2004
Comments on Robert Pickton's trial, missing aboriginal women and violence against aboriginal women.
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Services for Sex Trade Workers Need More Support

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Laura Suthers
Windspeaker, vol. 25, no. 1, April 2007, p. 22

Discusses how programs that aid sex trade workers require continued government support in order to maintain the much needed services.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.22.

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Sex Offender Registration in Indian Country: SORNA Implementation and 18 U.S.C. § 2250

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lori McPherson
United States Attorney's Bulletin, vol. 69, no. 2, Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons: Legal, Prosecution, Advocacy and Healthcare, March 2021, pp. 209-250
An explanation and breakdown of the process to register sex offenders in the United States. Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to page 209.
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Sex Trafficking of American Indian Women and Girls in Minnesota

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Suzanne Koepplinger
University of St. Thomas Law Journal, vol. 6, no. 1, Fall, 2008, pp. 129-137
Discusses sex trafficking in Minnesota and urban American Indian communities stating international indicators for trafficking are similar to domestic trafficking indicators.
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Sexual Assault: Issues for Aboriginal Women

Alternate Title
Conference proceedings (Australian Institute of Criminology) ; no. 20
Without Consent: Confronting Adult Sexual Violence: Proceedings of a Conference Held 27-29 October, 1992
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Carol Thomas
Presents number of factors that need to be considered when developing appropriate strategies to deal with needs of Aboriginal women. Presented at Without Consent: Confronting Adult Sexual Violence, conference sponsored by the Australian Institute of Criminology.
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Share the Power: Women Working Together

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Anita Lahey
Herizons, vol. 10, no. 2, Spring, 1996, pp. 15-17
Describes how the Aboriginal Women's Support Centre in Ottawa has evolved and been enhanced by the values of its members' cultural background.
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Sharing Our Stories of Survival: Native Women Surviving Violence

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Kimberly Roppolo
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 28, no. 1, 2008, pp. 196-197
Book review of: Sharing Our Stories of Survival edited by Sarah Deer, Bonnie Clairmont, Carrie A. Martell and Maureen L. White Eagle. Scroll to page 196 to read review.
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The Silence

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Tom Curran
Mark Trahant
PBS Frontline documentary examines the sexual abuse of children committed by Catholic Church priests and employees during the late 1960s and early 1970s in St. Michael, Alaska. Contains graphic descriptions that some viewers may find disturbing. Duration: 28:16.
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Sisters in Spirit Traveling Quilt

Alternate Title
Sisters in Spirit Travelling Quilt
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Canadian Woman Studies, vol. 26, no. 3/4, Indigenous Women in Canada: the Voices of First Nations, Inuit and Métis Women, Winter/Spring, 2008, pp. 122-127
Describes the initiative designed to increase knowledge of the impact of violence against Indigenous women.
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The Sixties Scoop Thirty Years Later

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Arthur Milner
Inroads , vol. 10, May 2001, pp. 154-165
Round table with members of organization called, Advocacy for Native Adoptees. All Native adoptees had been adopted into white families residing in Montreal.
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Society Needs to Recognize Worth of Aboriginal Women

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Anonymous
Windspeaker, vol. 25, no. 10, January 2008, p. 5

Discusses how advocates for Aboriginal women stress that society and the justice system need to treat Aboriginal women with the same respect as non-Aboriginal women.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.5.

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Special Report: Aboriginal Children: Canada Must Do Better: Today and Tomorrow

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Canadian Council of Child and Youth Advocates
Submission contends that Canada has failed to adequately address issues facing Aboriginal children and therefore has not complied with the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, UN Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and other human rights instruments.
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The Stages of Healing

Documents & Presentations
Excerpt from The Courage to Heal: A Guide for Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse by Laura Davis and Ellen Bass.
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