CHAPTER WEB LINKS

Visions of the Heart
Canadian Aboriginal Issues
Second Edition

David Long and Olive Patricia Dickason

WEB LINKS LISTED BY CHAPTER

LINKS TO GENERAL RESOURCES

CHAPTER ONE
Toward a Larger View of Canada’s History: The Native Factor

• The Virtual Museum of New France includes copious resources on exploration and life in New France, including occasional references to contact with the Aboriginal occupants. For example, see a facsimile of Sagard’s Journey to the land of the Hurons.
• Beringian Heritage International Park Program’s site includes information on Beringia past and present.
• Come Visit Our Ancestral Home, a page from the Makah Nation on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula site provides a brief history of the rediscovery of the village at Ozette and the significance of that rediscovery for the Makah Nation.
• Delgamuukw v. British Columbia. The full text of the historic ruling of the Supreme Court of Canada on December 11, 1997 concerning Gitksan and Wet’suwet’en claims in British Columbia, that states "the legal rights of the Indian people will have to be accommodated within our total society by political compromises and accommodations based in the first instance on negotiation and agreement and ultimately in accordance with the sovereign will of the community as a whole."
• Writing in Inuktitut: An Historical Perspective. This page, from the National Library of Canada, provides an illustrated history of this writing.

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CHAPTER TWO
The Role of Native Elders: Emergent Issues

• The transcript of an interview with Joe Couture, the author of this chapter, in 1991 by Peter Downie.
• Our Elders: Interviews with Saskatchewan Elders. This site, illustrated with photographs, contains interviews with close to two hundred elders.
• Dene/Cree ElderSpeak: Tales from the Heart and Spirit.
• The Aboriginal Elders Teachings, presented by Virtual Circle. The site offers brief quotations from selected elders.
• "Elders and Seniors in Native Cultures," a brief article by Donna McCloskey.

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CHAPTER THREE
Aboriginal Leadership

• "Poundmaker, Big Bear, and the 1885 Rebellion" by Brian M. Brown outlines the role of Poundmaker and Big Bear in the rebellion and includes details of the Frog Lake massacre and other conflicts.
• Deskaheh: Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) statesman and patriot. This page offers a detailed summary of Deskaheh’s life and achievements.
• An interview with George Manuel, then-president of the National Indian Brotherhood, conducted by Saskatchewan Indian in 1971.
• The Assembly of First Nations site. "About the AFN" section includes the full text of the charter of the AFN, history of the organization, an explanation of AFN’s structure, and biography of the National Chief.
• Photographs and brief biographies of past and present National Chiefs.

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CHAPTER FOUR
Contemporary Aboriginal Women in Canada

• Aboriginal Women in Canada and the Law, from the Native Law Centre of Canada. This page provides a brief description of the subject, as well as a select bibliography and links.
• Attorney-General of Canada v. Lavell and Isaac v. Bedard -- text of the proceedings.
• "Canada’s Experience with United Nations Human Rights Treaties" by Philippe LeBlanc. This article includes a description of the Sandra Lovelace case (in section V).
• An information sheet on Bill C-31 from the federal government.
• "Aboriginal Women & Bill C-31," a brief article from Action Now! Newsletter of the National Action Committee on the Status of Women.

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CHAPTER FIVE
The Politics of Jurisdiction: Pathway or Predicament?

• "Aboriginal Policing Issues: A comparison of Canada and Australia" by Les Samuelson.
• The full text of the Royal Proclamation of October 7, 1763, annotated by Bill Henderson.
• First Nations in Canada: Progress in the 1980s and the 1990s, from Indian and Northern Affairs Canada.
• People to People, Nation to Nation: Highlights from the Report of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples.
• The full text of the 1995 Federal Policy Guide on Aboriginal Self-Government.
• Self-Government Sechelt Style -- information from Indian and Northern Affairs Canada.

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CHAPTER SIX
Aboriginal Self-Government in Canada: The Cases of Nunavut and the Alberta Métis Settlements

• Backgrounder: Dene/Métis Comprehensive Claim Chronology.
• "The Impact of the Penner Report," an article from the April 1984 Saskatchewan Indian.
• Aboriginal Self-Reliance Initiatives in Alberta. This page provides links to the full text of the following Aboriginal legislation and agreements in Alberta: Constitution of Alberta Amendment Act (1990), Métis Settlements Act, Métis Settlements Accord Implementation Act, and Métis Settlements Land Protection Act.
• The full text of the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act.
• Nunavut Planning Commission. This site includes general facts about Nunavut, as well as detailed reports on land use planning. Also, The South Baffin Place Names Project lets you hear the pronunciation of place names in this area in English and Inuktitut.
• Government of Nunavut site.
• Government of the Northwest Territories site.

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CHAPTER SEVEN
Aboriginal Peoples in Canada: Demographic and Linguistic Perspectives

• 1996 Census from Statistics Canada. The Statistical Profile of Canadian Communities page allows searchs for detailed statistics on specific communities (provinces and territories, cities, towns, etc.); search results include statistics on population, education, income and work, land area, families and dwellings, and births and deaths.
• Aboriginal peoples (First Nations, Métis, and Inuit) information from Health Canada, including reports and statistics on a variety of diseases among Aboriginal people, alcohol and drug abuse, family violence, and more.
• Statistics from Indian Northern Affairs Canada, including annotated tables of 1991 census highlights on registered Indians, highlights of Aboriginal conditions in 1991 and 1986 (demographic, social, and economic characteristics), registered Indian population by sex and residence (1998), and socio-economic indicators in Indian reserves and comparable communities (1971 - 91).
• The population section of Statistics Canada’s site includes statistical information on Aboriginal population and languages.
• Aboriginal Languages of Canada -- a table showing language name, language family, population, and region in which the language is spoken.
• These two sites offer a brief discussion of Native American languages and extensive lists of links to sites related to this topic.
• A Handbook for Aboriginal Language Program Planning in British Columbia -- a report prepared by Marianne B. Ignace.
• Read about the retention rates of Iroquois languages and learn selected words in Mohawk, Onondaga, and Cayuga.

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CHAPTER EIGHT
Aboriginal People in Urban Areas

• National Association of Friendship Centres. This site includes contact information for and links to friendship centres in Alberta and across Canada. Also available: information about the association, calendar of events, and a chat room.
• "Issues in Urban Corrections for Aboriginal People: Report on a Focus Group and an Overview of the Literature and Experience," is a 1998 report covering such topics as the comparison of crime and incarceration rates in urban and non-urban areas, characteristics of urban Aboriginal offenders, and urban justice initiatives.
• Gathering Strength: Canada's Aboriginal Action Plan.
• Guide to Federal Initiatives for Urban Aboriginal People.

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CHAPTER NINE
Struggles within the Circle: Violence, Healing, and Health on a First Nations Reserve

• Aboriginal Healing and Wellness Strategy. The two main components of AHWS are "‘healing" and "wellness." These components evolved from "the need to address the issues of family violence in Aboriginal communities and to create a provincial, Aboriginal-specific health policy." The site includes copious information on the Aboriginal Health Policy, family healing, and services, such as a chat room and a bulletin board.
• Aboriginal Corrections Publications from Solicitor General Canada. This site includes the full text of such studies as "Making it Work: Planning and Evaluating Community Corrections and Healing Projects in Aboriginal Communities" and "Understanding and Evaluating the Role of Elders and Traditional Healing in Sex Offender Treatment for Aboriginal Offenders."
• About Stoney Nation.
• "The Tyranny of Tribalism," is a 1997 article from the Alberta Report magazine about Judge Reilly’s statement about the Stoney Nation reserve, including follow-up material, such as letters to the editor and other articles.

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CHAPTER TEN
We Can Heal: Aboriginal Children Today

• Aboriginal Youth Network. This site includes tonnes of information in resources. For example, check out Adam Beach’s "Come in out of the Web: Let’s Talk about Solvent Abuse."
• Aboriginal Youth Today, is a newspaper for Aboriginal youth in Canada.
• Healing of Nations: Suicide Prevention and Crisis Intervention among Native American Youth. This site, developed by Sam English, contains useful information and practical tips.
• "Cultural Continuity as a Hedge Against Suicide in Canada’s First Nations," is a paper by Michael J. Chandler and Christopher Lalonde of the University of British Columbia.
• AIDS and HIV-related information and news from Windspeaker, a Web-based Aboriginal news source.
• The Development of a Healing Centre for the Dakota and Ojibway First Nations -- a resolution.
• This page includes information on and links to several First Nations organizations and services, such as Sto:lo Nation -- Xolhmi:lh Department Family and Child Care Services and Nisha Family and Children’s Services Society -- ASTRA Program.

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CHAPTER ELEVEN
Aboriginal Education: Is There a Way Ahead?

• Aboriginal Healing Foundation in Ottawa, whose mission is "to encourage and support Aboriginal people in building and reinforcing sustainable healing processes that address the legacy of Physical Abuse and Sexual Abuse in the Residential School system, including intergenerational impacts."
• Information on the United Church’s Healing Fund.
• "Tradition and Education: Towards a Vision of Our Future – A Declaration of First Nations Jurisdiction Over Education."
• Capucine’s Native Resources: Native Education. This page offers links to tonnes of schools, organizations, and sites related to Aboriginal education.
• Protective Legislation for Aboriginal Languages in Canada, by The First Nations Confederacy of Cultural Education Centres.
• This page provides a list of several "Native survival schools in Canada" that integrate education about Aboriginal culture into the curriculum.

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CHAPTER TWELVE
Lessons in Decolonization: Aboriginal Overrepresentation in Canadian Criminal Justice

• "Developing & Evaluating Justice Projects in Aboriginal Communities: A Review of the Literature," is a report by Don Clairmont and Rick Linden submitted to the Solicitor General of Canada.
• Information on the 1999 Alberta Summit on Justice, including reports and recommendations. The summit provided an opportunity for the Aboriginal peoples of Alberta "to provide input to the government of Alberta on how the system is performing and what needs to be done to improve Aboriginal people's confidence in Alberta's justice system." The site includes First Nations and Métis consultation reports.
• Summary of the 1991 Manitoba Aboriginal Justice Inquiry.
• Creating Choices: The Report of the Task Force on Federally Sentenced Women. The report includes a section on Aboriginal women in the Canadian justice system.
• Survey of Federally Sentenced Aboriginal Women in Maximum Security, a report prepared for the Correctional Service of Canada in January 1999.
• The Full text of the 1992 Corrections and Conditional Release Act.
• A 1998 report on Aboriginal offenders, prepared as part of the review of the Corrections and Conditional Release Act. The report includes a lot of interesting statistics; for example, the number and percentage of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal members and staff of the National Parole Board.

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CHAPTER THIRTEEN
The Precarious Movement of Aboriginal Peoples and their Supporters: A Case Study of the Lubicon First Nation Coalition

• The Lubicon Archive. This excellent site provides copious information about the Lubicon Lake First Nation and about the Daishowa boycott, organized chronologically from 1983 to 1998.
• Friends of The Lubicon page. Includes extensive information on the Daishowa v. Friends of the Lubicon lawsuit and includes the full text of the court’s decision.
• Lubicon Supporters’ Home Page.
• "American activists take up Lubicon cause," is a brief article from Varsity Online.
• A list of organizations and companies that supported the Daishowa boycott.

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CHAPTER FOURTEEN
Aboriginal Peoples’ Vision of the Future: Interweaving Traditional Knowledge and New Technologies

• Dene Cultural Institute.
• Inuit Circumpolar Conference. This site includes information about the conference, discussions of traditional ecological knowledge, and a speech made by Aqqaluk Lynge, the president of the conference, to the United Nations Commission for Sustainable Development in 1997.
• Porcupine Caribou Management Board. This site offers information on the health, population, and migration patterns of porcupine caribou migrations and on the board’s activities.
• Shuswap Nation Tribal Council. This page includes information on land use and resource management.
• Information on the National Aboriginal Forestry Association.
• First Nations Technical Institute in Deseronto, Ontario.

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Appendix A

• Full text of the Nisga’a Final Agreement.
• Full text of Treaty 6.

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Links to General Resources

Collections and Exhibitions

• First Peoples site on Canada’s Digital Collections. It includes links to about 40 topic-specific Canadian sites, most of them exhibitions (for example, First Nations Art: An Introduction to Contemporary Native Artists in Canada).
• First Nations Histories. This site offers thorough, detailed histories of about 50 First Nations.
• Aboriginal Digital Collections. This site, produced by Aboriginal youth in partnership with Industry Canada, covers a wide range of topics, including Aboriginal art, culture, business, education, and natural resources.
• North: Landscape of the Imagination. For this well-illustrated site, the National Library of Canada "has drawn on its collection of books, magazines, manuscripts and music to reveal the North of the artist." This site offers brief descriptions of the main historical periods and numerous links to secondary sources that provide in-depth information on specific topics (for example, the Inuit parka).
• First Peoples Hall of the Canadian Museum of Civilization’s virtual museum includes virtual exhibitions of Aboriginal history and culture. For example, The Inuvialuit of the Western Arctic: From Ancient Times to 1902 offers a close look at the land, the people, and their history.
• First Nations in Canada. This Indian and Northern Affairs Canada’s overview of Aboriginal culture and history, from prehistory to the present.

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Government Departments and Agencies and Other Organizations

• Indian and Northern Affairs Canada.
• Links to provincial government Aboriginal sites.
• Assembly of First Nations.
• The Indian Claims Commission site offers not only information about the commission and news on recent developments, but also an up-to-date Status of Inquiries page, which offers detailed descriptions of all current claims.

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Legislation

• Indian Treaties, Acts, and Regulations – this site includes the full text of many of these.
• The full text of the 1985 The Indian Act, annotated by Bill Henderson.
• Canadian Native Law Cases database includes the  full text of rulings.

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Media

• The First Perspective Online, Canada’s source for Aboriginal news and events.
• Windspeaker, Canada’s Aboriginal news source.
• Saskatchewan Indian: a collection of selected full text articles from the 1970s to the 1990s.
• Aboriginal Peoples Television Network.

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