IDN: Current Issues
By leading an internship and creating a new online course, University of Alberta professors Kim TallBear and Jessica Kolopenuk are using science as a tool to advance Indigenous peoples’ self-determination and sovereignty.
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The conversation today is with Cris Stainbrook. Cris, Oglala Lakota, has been working in philanthropy for 25 years and has been President of Indian Land Tenure Foundation since its inception in 2002. ILTF is an American, community-based organization focused on American Indian land recovery and management.
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Have you ever wondered how commercial and residential developments happen on First Nations? Dr. Andre Le Dressay walks you through the fundamentals of Indigenous economics and lays a groundwork for understanding the connection between infrastructure and public services, individual revenue growth, job creation, housing, employment demand, and government revenue.
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"Let me be a free man, free to travel, free to stop, free to work, free to trade where I choose, free to choose my own teachers, free to follow the religion of my fathers, free to talk, think, and act for myself." Chief Joseph, Nez Perce, 1879
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The Institute is a First Nation-led research centre based in the Faculty of Arts at Ryerson University in Toronto, Ontario. Privileging First Nation philosophy and rooted in community networks, Yellowhead is focused on policies related to land and governance. The Institute offers critical and accessible resources for communities in their pursuit of self-determination. It also aims to foster education and dialogue on First Nation governance across fields of study, between the University and the wider community, and among Indigenous peoples and Canadians.
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The Indigenomics Institute is an Indigenous economic advisory for public governments, Indigenous communities and the private sector. The Indigenomics Institute focuses on four core areas in overcoming Indigenous economic barriers and addressing challenges
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Indigenous Communities: Surviving Canada
Some months ago, a University of Toronto professor specializing in Indigenous health was a guest on The Agenda. In the midst of one of her answers, she said something off topic but quite provocative: that the government of Canada was essentially keeping Indigenous people in crisis, in order to get unfettered access to the riches of their land. The Agenda assembles a panel to discuss this controversial idea.
The Indian Act: What to do with it
Created more than 150 years ago, the Indian Act has structured relations between the federal government and Indigenous people for generations. And in the eyes of many, its purpose was and still is, to assimilate, control, and even destroy the people and communities that come under its jurisdiction. In 2017, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised to scrap it. That hasn't happened. The Agenda discusses what should be done about the archaic legislation.